If a person with Tourettes is brought up in a totally swear & profanity free environment ..?
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People with tourettes say what they think would be the worst possible thing to say. If they've never heard a swear word they would just come up with something different. With tourettes it's kind of like the person is thinking oh no! it would be terrible if I called that person a lard ***.then that's what comes out.
In reality most tourettes afflicted actually just grunt, click, bark and make other random noises.
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hmmm, not all tourettes people use swear words, some blurt out anything at anytime.doesn't have to be a swear word. So no, that answer is no.
good question...
I've wondered this before too. I believe they make noises like dog barking or something like that.
good question. I hope you find out and get a good answer.
I've always wondered that myself. Perhaps he would use words like soda or pants or cat. Don't you ever wonder how swear words became such? I bet on another planet swear words are completely different, and if we spoke the language we would be amazed.
Excellent question. I suspect that the answer is no. Did you see the documentary about a group of kids with Tourettes going to america? One lad kept shouting "TWIN TOWERS" in New York. So he was not swearing, but was equally upsetting to by-standers
buggered if I know
There would always be a version of swear words!It depends on the society you live in and what they regard as a profanity
turret's a neuro-chemical disorder, so they would blurt out whatever triggers the same reaction as a swear word for the brain would be incapable of noticing the difference
If they have no experience of profanity then no. But they would still be predisposed to twitches, spasms and random verbal interjections.
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Tourette syndrome
Tourette syndrome — also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette Spectrum (TS), Tourette's disorder, or Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (after its discoverer, Georges Gilles de la Tourette) — is a neurological or neurochemical disorder characterized by tics — involuntary, rapid, sudden movements or vocalizations that occur repeatedly in the same way. Symptoms include multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present at some time during the disorder although not necessarily simultaneously; the occurrence of tics many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly every day or intermittently throughout a span of more than one year; the periodic change in the number, frequency, type and location of the tics, and in the waxing and waning of their severity; symptoms disappearing for weeks or months at a time; and onset before the age of 18. Vocal tics may fall into various categories, including echolalia (the urge to repeat words spoken by someone else after being heard by the person with the disorder), palilalia (the urge to repeat one's own previously spoken words), lexilalia (the urge to repeat words after reading them) and, most controversially, coprolalia (the spontaneous utterance of socially objectionable words, such as obscenities and racial or ethnic slurs). There are many other vocal tics besides those categorized by word repetition - in fact, a TS tic can be almost any possible short vocal sound, with the most common tics resembling throat clearing, short coughs, grunts, or moans. Motor tics can be of endless variety and may include hand-clapping, banging the knuckles together, and contorted facial grimacing.
The term "involuntary" used to describe TS tics is a source of confusion since it is known that most people with TS do have some control over the symptoms. Before tic onset, individuals with TS experience what is called a "premonitory urge," similar to the feeling that precedes yawning. What is recognized is that the control which can be exerted from seconds to hours at a time may merely postpone and exacerbate outbursts of symptoms. Tics are experienced as irresistible as a yawn and must eventually be expressed. People with TS often seek a secluded spot to release their symptoms after delaying them in school or at work. Typically, tics increase as a result of tension or stress (but are not caused by stress) and decrease with relaxation or concentration on an absorbing task. In fact, neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks has described a man with severe TS who is both a pilot and a surgeon.
Other commonly associated symptoms are obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The entertainment industry has often depicted those with TS as being social misfits whose only tic is coprolalia, which has led to the general public's misunderstanding of TS sufferers as "people who can't help yelling swear words a lot". However, this is merely a clinomorphism, as coprolalia is a relatively rare symptom compared to other types of tics.
Diagnosis
According to the DSM-IV, TS is indicated when a person exhibits both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics (although these do not need to be concurrent) over the period of 1 year, with no more than 3 consecutive tic-free months. This disturbance must cause distress or impairment in the individual's normal functioning. The onset must have been before the age of 18, and cannot be attributed to the use of a substance or another medical condition.
It is estimated that as many as 1 in 200 experience some form of TS. Males are affected 3 to 4 times more often than females. Some cases decrease in severity or cease entirely upon reaching adulthood.
As it is a spectrum disorder, the severity of the condition can range vastly. Those with mild cases are often highly functioning, so much so that others would not know of their condition. More severe cases can inhibit or prevent the individual from engaging in common activities such as holding a job, having a fulfilling social life, or maintaining his/her basic needs.
Treatment
The majority of people with TS require no medication, but medication is available to help when symptoms interfere with functioning. TS medications are only able to help reduce specific symptoms. Neuroleptic and antihypertensive drugs can have long- and short-term side effects, and use of stimulants is controversial. Relaxation techniques and biofeedback may be useful in alleviating stress.
Until 2004, there wasn't a cure for TS. However, doctors in the US successfully carried out a brain surgery in February 2004, in which tiny electrodes powered by batteries inserted in the chest, were placed beside the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere. Within half a minute of activating the electrodes, the patient could walk normally and displayed a complete lack of symptoms. However, this is a dangerous procedure and is unlikely to become widespread. In any case, the condition in many individuals improves as they mature. Individuals with TS can expect to live a normal life span. Although TS is generally lifelong and chronic, it is not degenerative. In a few cases, complete remission occurs after adolescence, and in many cases this occurs after the age of 40.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can be used to try to disrupt the automatic chain of events underlying the tics.
Genetics
Genetic studies indicate tic disorders, including TS, are inherited as a dominant gene(s) that may produce varying symptoms in different family members. A person with TS has about a 50% chance of passing the gene(s) to one of his/her children. However, the gene(s) may express as TS, as a milder tic disorder, or as obsessive compulsive symptoms with no tics at all. It is known that a higher than usual incidence of milder tic disorders and obsessive compulsive behaviours are more common in the families of TS patients. The sex of the child also influences the expression of the gene(s). The chance that the child of a person with TS will have the disorder is at least three times higher for a son than for a daughter. Yet only a minority of the children who inherit the gene(s) will have symptoms severe enough to ever require medical attention. In some cases, TS may not be inherited; these cases are identified as "sporadic" TS because a genetic link cannot be found.
Alternative medicine
Alternative medicine tends to hold the view that TS is caused by yeast infections and mercury poisoning (see gluten-free, casein-free diet).
Famous People with Tourette's
Joshua James William Skaug - author
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - former NBA player
Howard Ahmanson, Jr, American Christian fundamentalist and millionaire philanthropist
Tim Howard - goalkeeper for Manchester United Football Club
Jim Eisenreich - former major league baseball player
Mike Johnston - relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Michael Wolff - Jazz musician
Dr. Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, certainly had Tourette syndrome as evidenced by the writings of James Boswell.
Some historians think Mozart may have had Tourette syndrome, although many experts on Tourette syndrome disagree (see external link below).
Some neurologists think Thelonius Monk may have had Tourette syndrome
In fiction
The Tic Code is an unusually accurate discussion of the syndrome, with extensive input from Polly Draper, whose husband and son both suffer from it.
The character of Jeronimo in The Confusion (volume two of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle) is a typical clinomorphism, with severe coprolalia and extremely fast reflexes.
Seldom Silent, Never Heard, a sixth-season episode of Quincy, M.E., focuses extensively on Tourette's Syndrome. It originally aired on March 4, 1981.
The main character, Lionel, in Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem also suffers severely from coprolalia.
In music
The grunge band Nirvana recorded a song on the In Utero album titled "tourette's sic"—a song with neither audible nor written lyrics, but only shouting, as if mimicking the Tourette Syndrome.
References
Tourette Syndrome Fact Sheet, provided by NINDS
"Making Sense of Tourette's", Science Magazine volume 305, 3rd Sept 2004, p1390
DSM-IV Diagnostic Critera for TS
External links
The Tourette Syndrome Association Inc. - The US advocacy group.
The Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association - The UK advocacy group.
Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia - The AU advocacy group.
Tourette's Disorder - A TS awareness website.
Mr. Indiana Jones - A TS sufferer's personal website containing info about TS.
BBC article on surgery that led to cure, and the followup interview with the cured patient.
Mozart and Tourette Syndrome.
It's a condition. It has nothing to do with where,are how a person is raised.Blame it on the devils game's.He's a rotten dude.It's not the person.
There was a documentary on T.V recently about DR Johnson the creator of the first English Dictionary.By all accounts he suffered from "Tourettes" ,this manifested it"s self as a series of clicks and grunts but no profanities.
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Aunty Beeb 4
I suppose if they have never EVER heard swear words then they are not likely to suddenly "think" of them, but some Tourettes sufferers do not swear at all, it is a type of tick known as corprolalia, but if that particular type of tick is likely to develop and they have heard swear words, then they are still going to swear.
Most people with Tourettes have motor tics more than the swearing vocal tics. The vocal tics do not always have to be swear words. I used to work with a kid with Tourettes that said "biscuit" as a verbal tic.
As far as the profanity free environment, I do not think there is such a thing. Between school, friends, parents, TV, and movies, a kid will inevitably learn swear words.
No. People can only repeat what they have heard, including Tourettes Sufferers.
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Mom of child with Tourettes, ADHD and OCD (living in a stress free, curse word free, home)
tourette's has involuntary impulsive speech and movements.. the repeated swearing is some kind of hollywood or media over-dramazation of the illness. this is like saying if they have an episode and it makes their hands twitch.. they will ALWAYS stick their middle finger up at the world. rather unlikely. Of all the words in their vocabulary.. why would they repeat a swear more often than say. hmm.. saying or yelling cat cat cat .. or pen pen pen instead?
I used to work with a guy with Tourettes, and he never swore or said weird words. He would twitch occasionally and make weird little chirping noises, but that's as far as it ever went.
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