(March 10, 2019 at 8:10 am)EgoDeath Wrote:(March 9, 2019 at 8:51 pm)Shell B Wrote: That's coprolalia. Most Tourette's sufferers don't even have that. Makes it less funny. The funniest thing I think is when the screams scare the shit out of someone.
The problem is, some people who have Tourette's can get into swearing fits and the like. And honestly, it can be funny.
That's what the public perception of Tourette's has become and they've portrayed some pretty hilarious characters in different cartoons/shows.
It may not paint the whole picture, but that's what it's become in the public eye.
It can definitely be funny when they have complex swearing tics. That's okay. I think the problem is that's what the public perception of Tourette's is, which I know for a fact is frustrating for sufferers, even though they recognize swearing tics are funny. I wonder how people with swearing tics who don't have Tourette's feel about it.