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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by throw__away7391 on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:23PM (#33885613)
Is this not totally normal and very common though? This exact thing happens to me all the time, with some specific memories linked to seemingly random acts like shaving the left side of my neck.
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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by lisper on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @02:41PM (#33885865)
I have no idea if it's common or not. It might be. It's not the sort of thing people generally discuss. This is the first time I've ever talked about it.
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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by tgv on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @03:12PM (#33886361)
A (long) time ago, I noticed something not dissimilar in my behavior. I've never noticed it in others, so it quite likely that your behavior goes unnoticed too.

But what I did was tell myself to not react like that again next time. Of course, that didn't work, but it made me notice it better. And after repeating that for some time, I had timely control over the reaction (not over the stimulus that provoked it). If your tic is light and annoys you, you could try that. Your subconscious is capable of picking up more than you think, and it is (somewhat) malleable.

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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by twic on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @03:29PM (#33886570)
Yes, loads of people get this. A couple of random reddit threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/socialskills/comments/hzgm1n/how_to...

https://www.reddit.com/r/socialskills/comments/2nnff4/how_to...

I do it. When i'm alone, and one of those thoughts hits, me, i often vocalise a bit. If i'm in company i just wince (if i made a noise in front of other people when i thought of something embarrassing, that would be embarrassing, so that would lead to a sort of embarrassment Kessler syndrome).

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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by cscheid on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @05:48PM (#33888199)
> embarrassment Kessler syndrome

Thank you, this is a genuinely great turn of phrase.

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