I think it goes to something else. The (relatively uncommon) compulsion is caused by an issue with the part of your brain that inhabits those thoughts that you don’t normally even notice.
So it’s like the brain occasionally hits the gas pedal when aiming for the break.
It’s part of what makes it so distressing for people who have it, since it tends towards the things they don’t want to say.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
That’s not what tourettes is actually. It can take a number of forms.
I went on a date with a guy that had it and he just frequently vocalized small grunts. I have to admit it was a little uncomfortable at first but I got used to it while we watched a movie in bed. I didn’t meet him again though, because the sex was very bad, but I think that’s unrelated to tourettes.
Zozano@lemy.lol 7 months ago
Maybe his timing was thrown out because some of them were ticks.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In which case it’s lucky they didn’t catch Lyme disease from him.