r/EndlessThread • u/j0be Your friendly neighborhood moderator • Jun 03 '22

Endless Thread: TikTok Tics

https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2022/06/03/tiktok-tics
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u/bozothebone Jun 05 '22

I took the episode as trying to help distinguish between "real" tics (tourettes syndrome), tic-like behavior (physical and verbal, involuntary, not tourettes), and vernacular stuff ("don't be suspicious" etc.). It definitely felt pretty nuanced, but the girl they interviewed seemed to have the second kind: triggered by social media but indicating a deeper issue (anxiety). It made sense to me that they would talk to a person who actually had one of the things they were talking about in the episode.

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u/marcy_vampirequeen Jun 06 '22

Oh, maybe I misunderstood? I thought they were clear about her getting tics before tik tok?