hot take: the definition of tourette's will soon be changed to include this "sociogenic illness" to avoid offending those who develop tics from watching online videos. Otherwise you'll be implicitly offending those with it as being less legitimate (which they are, but that's besides the point)
It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
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Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#462Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's plausible [1] [2]. I am by all accounts neurotypical (except perhaps for a touch of Aspergers) but I have an involuntary tic. Every now and then (like once or twice a week) a memory of some incredibly stupid thing that I once did -- sometimes decades ago -- will pop into my head and before I can re-establish conscious control I'll make a vocalization that sounds like a cross between a whimper and a sneeze. It's…
EMDR therapy may help with something like that.
EMDR looks mighty hinky to me.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11393607/
"In sum, EMDR appears to be no more effective than other exposure techniques, and evidence suggests that the eye movements integral to the treatment, and to its name, are unnecessary."
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#463Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28302725 (August 2021)
Thanks! I missed that. Macroexpanded:
It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28302725 - Aug 2021 (80 comments)
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#464Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's plausible [1] [2]. I am by all accounts neurotypical (except perhaps for a touch of Aspergers) but I have an involuntary tic. Every now and then (like once or twice a week) a memory of some incredibly stupid thing that I once did -- sometimes decades ago -- will pop into my head and before I can re-establish conscious control I'll make a vocalization that sounds like a cross between a whimper and a sneeze. It's…
Interesting. I am wondering if you've tried EMDR after the event happens? So you have the thought that triggers the tic and then you'd focus intensely on the event and do the EMDR stuff. That may reduce the intensity of the past event and reprogram your nervous system to not trigger so intensely on it.
See my response here:
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#465I picked up a mental weirdness from the internet and now can't get rid of it: Trypophobia. I never experienced anything like it until Trypophobia was trending a few years back.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21834-trypoph...
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#466Earlier quoted context omitted.
How can there ever be an informed transition with something like shifting genders?
If you suppose that understanding this well is not possible, that would imply you also do not understand it well, so perhaps you should leave other people alone to do what they will, unless some good reason is revealed not to.
Agreed — until it starts to harm people. Some are suggesting that this is creating harm for minors.
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#467This reminded me of the Dancing Plague[0] that happened in medieval Europe. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
Is this real? That's bananas.
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#468I picked up a mental weirdness from the internet and now can't get rid of it: Trypophobia. I never experienced anything like it until Trypophobia was trending a few years back. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21834-trypoph...
It was that awful seed pod boob photoshop image that did it to you too, wasn't it?
Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness
#469Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's plausible [1] [2]. I am by all accounts neurotypical (except perhaps for a touch of Aspergers) but I have an involuntary tic. Every now and then (like once or twice a week) a memory of some incredibly stupid thing that I once did -- sometimes decades ago -- will pop into my head and before I can re-establish conscious control I'll make a vocalization that sounds like a cross between a whimper and a sneeze. It's…
I have this happen to I've always assumed it was an anxiety response. The interesting things is I am able to control it to some extent, I used to hit myself, now I mutter profanities. Anyone else do something like this?
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