tics tw sometimes i read things about people’s tics or see them do them and i get the urge to do it too. i don’t know if it’s ocd or tourette’s! like i feel i have to do it in a sort of ‘just right’ way but a lot of people with tourette’s say the same.

this is very interesting. i think in quite black and white ways at times, so tics automatically means tourette’s in my mind. but i guess it’s more nuanced than that!

are they not consciously ‘choosing’ (for lack of a better word)?

@garden No, not really, and this comes from a person with tourette's

I can elaborate slightly if need be but in short it gets compared quite often, if not constantly, to traits portrayed by "just right" ocd as in having to repeat a task if a certain ritual or sequential order or even just mental or physical satisfaction was met (brief nutshell for you if you are not already familiar with it 😅😅) ive been told most often sufferers of tocd dont have the anxiety or mental stress that typically comes with having ocd but rather physical stress or somatic feelings of pressure even - and so, to relieve said pressure you obviously then perform any number of tics or physical compulsions to get that relief/satisfaction/"just right" feeling.... problem is your ocd tells you, it COMMANDS YOU, even, to do it. Constantly. Hundreds of times. For me personally, texting can be a hassle because i have to backspace and retype the sentence because it really REALLY irks me and makes me tic if something anout the typing was even *slightly* off. Definitely varies a lot, person to person, just as actual tourettes syndrome does ....