Around 10% of people with Tourette's also display something called "coprolalia" (derived from Greek, literally meaning shit-talking), which is the involuntary uttering of socially unacceptable things.Įthnic and racial slurs are usually out to avoid being racist (except when a person accidentally blurts out the n-word in a room full of black people, and hilarity theoretically ensues). These tics can range from something small like uncontrollable breathing patterns or involuntarily pulling a face to hand movements and gestures to specific words.
To be categorized by a psychiatrist as Tourette's (instead of a related disorder), the sufferer must have multiple physical tics or at least one Verbal Tic. In real life, Tourette's Syndrome is characterized by involuntary "tics" that the person feels compelled to perform fairly regularly depending on the severity, this can range from an easily-suppressed thought to actions so uncontrollable that it makes Adrian Monk seem perfectly normal. And like most neurological conditions, this is not the case on TV. Like all neurological conditions, Tourette's Syndrome is a complicated and variable disorder that can manifest itself in many different ways.
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