#anxious tics

[asexual-amanita]

Anxiety doesn’t cause tics.

ADHD doesn’t cause tics.

Autism doesn’t cause tics.

OCD doesn’t cause tics.

Tics are caused by neurological conditions like Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders.

[mercurymasc]

somehow i picked up "tick tock" as my only vocal tic and now when i get tics i just feel like wiress in catching fire repeating it over and over

[oh-dear-sally]

genuinely what are people teaching kids about mental illness/health, especially on tiktok. i was told i can’t use the term “tics” for my INVOLUNTARY ANXIOUS TICS because it’s only for people with Tourette’s.

i was not told this on tiktok, but in the real world by someone who did not know any better. i had to explain to him that that is not a thing and whoever told him that lied.

[allmyplantsarefake]

hey uuuuuuh

ppl with anxiety tics what kind do you have

vocal, motor, both?

[asexual-amanita]

Anxiety tics don’t exist. Anxiety cannot cause tics, it can trigger them but is never a root cause.

People often don’t understand this, so here’s an analogy.

Say someone with PTSD hears a loud noise at a grocery store, and has a flashback. The loud noise did not cause the PTSD, it triggered the a symptom from a pre-existing disorder.

This is the same way that anxiety doesn’t cause tics, but it can trigger symptoms of a pre-existing disorder.

[mercurymasc]

it's tic attack tuesday 😜

[androgynous-eyes]

I love when tics

/sar