Is it normal to have a paralyzing tic where your whole body goes limp it last a few seconds to a a few minutes and I'm conscious during it or should I search into it?
What are tics?
Tics are sudden, recurrent, and meaningless motor movements or vocalizations
Tics are either Simple or Complex.
Simple tics MOTOR (movement) tics: brief, meaningless movements, such as; eyes blinking, eye movements, grimacing, head jerks, or shoulder jerks.
Complex Motor Tics: slower, longer, more purposeful movements, rarely seen in the absence of motor tics. Ex) touching objects/people or oneself, dystonic movements, obscene gestures (copropraxia).
Simple Vocal Tics: sudden, meaningless sounds or noises Ex) barking, sniffing, throat clearing, grunting.
Complex Vocal Tics: includes utterance of syllables, words, phrases, or statements, odd patterns of speech, ecophenomenon, or obscene, inappropriate and suggestive statements (coprolalia).
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ok but something ive never heard anybody talk abt ever and they should
tourettes omo
or at least tics, i understand why it may be a touchy subject bc awareness and stuff but like as someone with tourettes can i just say
i get bladder tics
and theyre luckily on the rarer side but like, it is literally ill just be doing stuff and then essentially suddenly either actually just wetting myself, or so ungodly close to it as im fighting the waves of desperation accompanying the muscle spasms and its
actually crazy
but like could you imagine your fc who has ts or some other tic syndrome (ts au ? medication ? idk man) and theyre hanging out with friends just doing whatever or something like that, and basically they just start wetting themselves out of nowhere, leading to prying questions (good naturedly or not) about why they didnt go if they had to that badly
maybe theyre peeshy and this kind of thing is semi normal already; or they arent, and they then have to delve into explanations on the fact that either they didnt know/didnt have to go, met with varying degrees of belief, or that they did know, but they also were certain it wasnt near close to bad enough to have an accident yet, and maybe through rambling even admitting straight up that they literally just pissed themselves regardless of need.
or if they didnt even wet fully, anywhere from a rather messy leak that they cant hide, similar to above; to one thats smaller and less obvious, but maybe they freeze up in a really conspicuous way, still bringing attention to themselves, and maybe they suck at playing it off, or just have really pushy/concerned friends, or both, so they end up still having to admit to just having peed themselves a little, despite there being no immediately visble/no visible damage, and then try to explain that they arent in desperate need of a bathroom despite that
or maybe they are. maybe now their body is confused and theyre teetering on the edge of a full accident all of a sudden. and of course theres the constant worry nagging in the back of their head that theyll tic again and lose it the rest of the way, but also trying not to think about it for fear that focusing on it too much will make it happen, which is an entirely real possibility
not to mention any tics that arent actually their bladder, but help just as little, for instance, i get vocal tics but they arent often real words, so like,, invlountary whines and groans that have nothing to do with anything but sound so desperate, paired with jerky/restless movements that arent a real potty dance but at this point only the one ticking themselves can tell the difference; which doesnt matter much in the end anyway, as theres still a real chance theyll wet regardless
or someone who is actually rather desperate, and theyre trying to play it off for one reason or another, but despite their control in terms of potty dancing, they continually lose focus on their tics, which eventually simulate the same thing, and they keep drawing attention to themselves anyway
the absolute confusion and misdirection it causes for everyone else because no one can ever tell when they actually have to go, and eventually they learn that it doesnt really matter if their bladder isnt already completely empty (which only really lasts for like 5 min after using the bathroom if that, so)