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Originally Posted by dannyhatch

I'm voting yes. If I have Tourette's (which I think I do, because that's how I'm voting), it's a very mild form of it. It's not absolutely completely imperative for me to get the words out, like it is for some people, but it certainly feels better. Ditto with certain tics I have, like jerking my head. The jerking of the head thing comes and goes but when I have it, it stays for a few months at a time and it's much more crucial to do it than saying words that come into my head.

I can trace it back to around when I was 9 or 10 and the motivation is the same as it is now (even though it's currently not an issue). I will not feel good unless I let myself experience the tic (say the words, jerk the head, etc.) When I do relieve myself and experience it, I still don't feel any better. Then I do it again and again and again, with the same results until the need to do it recedes.

Huh.

Poll over. Someone stole all the "No" beakers.