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Is tourettes syndrome genetic?

I think i may have Tourettes Syndrome?

  • So i was looking through some videos on youtube and i found a video about what a tourettes syndrome is...and some of the people told their ticks and some of them sounded very familiar with some of my "habits" but then i realized that i do some of them with out noticing that i do them or i just feel like i absloutly need to do them or else i am going to die, here are the ones... Knuckle Cracking, Neck Cracking, Toe Cracking(weird i know), Back Cracking, making a noise with my lips, and making my eyes really big, so please help, i just think that i may seriously have tourettes, and it would be helpful if i knew if i really have it or if i am just paranoid, thanks, serious answers only, but please help any way you can!

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    I don't think it's Tourette's because cracking things is a habit. Tics are different. There are plenty of people that sit there and crack their bones without realizing it. The noise is probably just something you do subconsciously. A lot of people make noises without realizing it. The eye widening could be something else like if you are tired or distracted. It definitely isn't Tourette's though.

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The having to do them or else you are going to die part sounds more like obsessive-compulsive disorder than Tourette's syndrome. With OCD, the behaviours are triggered by an intrusive though that causes anxiety, that needs to be addressed by performing the action/ritual. If the action is not performed, anxiety continues to rise. With TS, the actions are involuntary, but can be controlled up to some point - the more a person holds back the tic, the stronger the urge becomes to perform it. The difference between the 2 is the thoughts leading to anxiety part.

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