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Originally Posted by MiddayNap
What you are referring to is Coprolalia-which is a rare form of Tourette's.
As someone who has had Tourette's since she was a little girl, I can assure you it isn't something you wonder whether you have or not. Also, one can only have "full-blown" Tourette's. There is no semi-Tourette's. No convenient Tourette's that is polite enough not to show up at interviews.
A person can control their tics in the same way someone with OCD can control whether they turn the doorknob thrice to the left before entering a room. There are times when they will, for the most part, disappear, and others when they are so bad I worry whether I'll ever stop. Because you have to continue until the tic is complete-you cannot stop until it feels "right".
In order to be diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, you must have both a motor and a verbal tic which have been present for more than a year. Most have symptoms surface when they are quite young.
You appear to simply be under a lot of stress.
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i like the way u described that... very concise...
by that definition, i cant say ive ever experienced anything like this... i do have several ocd qualities though, particularly when it comes to repetitive tasks. i cant go on without evenly brushing deodorant in multiples of 10 on both pits. i mean, i can force myself to accept one with 11 strokes and the other with 8, but it will bother me, so on a regular basis, i do this almost naturally, like instinct.... the same with many other things....
i knew someone that definitely had tourette's.... apparently couldnt notice their verbal ticks... guess cause it was so normal to them that it tunes out...