Coprolalia Puns

I’ve heard it’s only about 10% of people with Tourette’s that have coprolalia but it seems like I see a lot more than that. I want to use this poll as a little experiment to see if 10% really is accurate or not

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hey y'all, ive had tourettes for over 10 years now, and i was wondering if anyone else went from regular vocal tics to coprolalia? like how did it develop? bc ive never said any words as tics before and ive started to? idk it's just scary and i wanna know if other people have gone through this

So, most of my day to day tics are motor and semi simple vocal tics with some complex of both thrown in for flavour, but on occasion when my tics are flaring up pretty bad I'll experience coprolalia tics despite my general ones being quite tame or harmless. It doesn't bother me a lot (I just see them as any other tic) but that's probably partially due to the fact that I can mostly suppress complex vocal tics/make a different sound, or that I'm not socially punished when they do come out because I am alone or with a friend. Rarely I'll have an outburst tic where I say something unkind but it's very infrequent. Something like >!"Why don't you SHUT THE FUCK UP."!< suddenly while chatting with a friend, but again, it's pretty rare that it comes out.

My main types of vocal tics are palilalia and echolalia, and I say offensive things as jokes with my friends as a way to mock people who genuinely say terrible things (such as mocking transphobic comments, as I am a trans person) so I sort of see this as more palilalia that happens to be offensive in nature.

Anyways, does anyone else only experience occasional coprolalia?

I’m from the Philippines and so far, I haven’t offended anyone fortunately and I’ve been only met with surprise usually but I’m moving to the US soon and I’m concerned about my swearing.

It doesn’t help that I sometimes blurt out the n word and other derogatory stuff.

Just as the title says, what does mild Coprolalia sound like to you. Is it a short onset of curses? A single curse word? Short single handed middle finger? I'd like to hear your experiences.

Or would they instead be segregated into a Tourette's congregation similar to the way that hearing-impaired JWs have sometimes been grouped into sign language congregations? And if so, would those meetings require posting special warning signs about language and be limited to adults only?

i was having a bad day, then Tix (i named my tics Tix), with no trigger or premonition, just popped up and said something completely lewd and off the wall but in my normal talking voice, and it was so dumb that i laughed and felt better immediately

thanks Tix i don't necessarily LOVE you but i definitely don't hate you

You'd sure think so judging by the amount of "Fuck you"'s said in ToS

I'd like to estimate if I can consider myself 'safe' since I don't have it or if there's still time to develop it if my brain decides to do so

Hi, I have a urge to say something (in the case the word "f!ck"). I can hold it, for a long time, really, and I just did it once, but the thought is getting stronger and I'm afraid it'll get to a point that I can't hold.

So I have a question, what I have is coprolalia or am I just thinking so much about it that it's turning real ? Idk, just want some answers, sorry if I offended someone.

Hello r/Tourettes! This is my first post in this subreddit. I'm seeking advice on what I should do in this situation. I'm 26, female, and have been diagnosed with tourette syndrome. a few months ago my tics have increased in intensity and frequency. I've moved in with my girlfriend who has a 4 year old son. I've seen and interacted with him a bit, but now I've developed many aggressive swearing tics. He's commented on some of my more "appropriate" tics and even requested for me to stop. I've attempted to explain to him that I can't stop my tics, but I don't think he understands, and I doubt he will understand my worsening swearing tics. Thank you for any advice.

So Im 13 and I have alot of coprolalia tics and my mom doesn't know this and I need advice on how to tell her bcs I can't suppress anymore it is to uncomfortable and takes to much energy

Edit: I texted her and she's fine with it

I've had Tourette's since I was ~4 but just got diagnosed this year. A few times in the past year or so there have been a few times where I was stressed out and just swore and wasn't able to withhold it well but for the past three days it's been happening a lot with the phrase "f*ck you," but it's never really happened before. Could this be a tic or am I just not realizing that I chose to do this?

If this is insensitive or anything, let me know and I'll take it down.

Hi, I was wondering, how does it feel to have coprolalia ? Like, is it like every tic or is it different ? Can you hold it for a moment or is it totally involuntary ? Thanks in advance for the responses, I was just wondering about that, because I have tourette's aswell and just wanted to know it's like.

So I had a question. As someone with TS, I pick up tics based off of things that other people in my life have said, videos I've watch etc. You guys get it. As an adult - I am absolutely surrounded by people who curse constantly, as in make a sailor blush kind of constantly, and I swear extremely heavily just as casual parts of my vocabulary.

I've recently (within the last 5 or so months) developed a couple tics that are swear words or sentences that include swear words.

Whenever people talk about swearing tics they talk exclusively about coprolalia. But is what I'm experiencing coprolalia, or just normal TS "pick up tics" symptoms but being surrounded by curse words affects this? I don't believe that I do experience coprolalia but now I'm confused because all I ever see regarding "swearing tics" is about coprolalia (Correct me if I'm wrong in saying that I believe this could be because most of my research was child and adolescent based, where swearing would be deemed more obscene?)

Secondly, relating to this - how does one properly classify if they have Echolalia, coprolalia, or paraliala? I know I had paraliala all through early childhood, but I was only diagnosed a few weeks ago so I'm trying to learn a lot.

Thank you to anyone who responds.

I’ve always wondered, if only 10% of people with Tourette’s have Coprolalia (tics that are swearing or inappropriate gestures) why does EVERYONE on TikTok seem to have it?

Are you required to get a TikTok as part of the diagnostic or treatment criteria?

(Not sure what flair to use, please let me know if I used the wrong one)

Last night I ticked out at 2:30 AM and poof! Now I have a coprolalia tic. Wooo.... I’ve been dreading this for a long time. I attend and live at a Christian college. I’ve sworn in public before (voluntarily) but I know it makes people uncomfortable so I try to tone it down but now I don’t have a choice. It’s pretty tame as far as tics go but still. I’m hoping it just goes away but does anyone have any advice on how best to navigate this? Thanks!

So i recently developed coprolalia (yay.) and it’s kinda f!cked up my life plan since I’ve always wanted to work with kids as either a special education teacher or social worker. I figure as long as I’m yelling out curse words and slurs, no elementary school is gonna hire me. It hasn’t even been two weeks of it (feels like so much longer than that) and parents have already told me they don’t want me around their kids until i “learn how to control it.” Does anyone have any knowledge on working with kids while having coprolalia? Maybe affective ways to explain it to them or their parents, or ways to advocate for myself during interviews?

So unfortunately I have a pretty bad case of tourettes and i have tics where i SCREAM swear words and insults almost every single day. Some examples include "F YOU B" or just a simple shouting of the c word. I also have an odd tic where I will say the opposite of what I intended on saying by interruptung myself [EX: "Thank you for coming to [X establishment], is there anything i can help you with-- F YOU I CANT HELP YOU"]. They also make me convulse or throw things or move like i am "possessed". Unsurprisingly this tends to shock, offend, or draw attention towards myself. I can repress it for a period of time, but it comes flooding in usually afterward and results in tic attacks a day or so after. I am starting a part time job soon and i went through the entire interview without ticking but I doubt my ability to go the entire job without swearing at least once. In this job I would be required to handle hot drinks and talk to people, which worries me. I would also like to note that I tried to apply to jobs that would involve situations that require less talking to people, but unfortunately none of them called me back. I have to answer a question on this form asking me if I have a condition that would prevent me from performing the position properly or would need accomodation, and I guess the totally honest answer would be kinda. I TRULY do think I could hold myself back from making a total idiot of myself, but If i am being realistic, its possible I may slip up with a "F you" or two. I do not want to intentionally misrepresent myself to my employer or let them down, I dont wanna be dishonest, but i am afraid they won't hire me or will be more likely to let me go. Any advice or comment helps.

TLDR: I REALLY need money right now and wanna work in a coffee shop, but i have very noticeable and offensive tics. Should I warn them or just try to repress it? Any tips on how to handle it?

Is coprolalia actually that rare? I've never met anyone else with Tourettes but I've seen in a lot of articles and from other posts on here that its super rare? If that's true, its astonishing to me because I have Tourettes, and have a lot of vocal tics, and probably 90% of my vocal tics are coprolalia. Basically every swear word you can think of, I have or have had as a tic in some sort of way.

anybody know what i should do about my coworkers and manager expressing their grievances with me regarding my tics? just had a coworker i thought had my back tell me that the next time i curse around him, he's going to file a formal complaint. my manager is attempting to manage where and how i work because he overheard me ticcing curse words near him. there have been no customer complaints.

i've only been diagnosed with a simple tic disorder (so far) and i'm afraid my diagnosis won't be enough to save me from possible disciplinary actions for something i cannot control.

Hey ts friends. So I’ve had ts for 16 years now and I just developed coprolalia. It’s kind of hard trying to mask it, and becomes frustrating when I’m having conversations with others, because I don’t want to seem rude. I don’t know how to really open up to strangers about it, it makes me very anxious which leads to it flaring up (just like all my tics). So I was wondering if anyone had any tips on masking the coprolalia or a good way to explain to strangers that I meet (because I meet a lot of people daily).

Give me some if your best and funniest coprolalia quotes, if you feel comfortable of course.

I feel like laughing at our condition in a way that doesn’t make us feel hurt is a great way to learn how to live with it in a positive way.

I have coprolalia and other word tics, but for me they don’t feel different and I wouldn’t personally put them in separate categories of tics. However, we tend to talk about coprolalia and word tics as separate symptoms, and of course people with tics can have word tics without also having coprolalia (and vice versa??). My CBiTs therapist even said that she can’t help me with coprolalia, but implied she would be able to help with other vocal tics.

My question is, if you have both word tics and coprolalia: Do they feel like different types of tic? Do you find one more difficult to suppress than the other? Are your premonitory urges (if you have them) for them different? Do you think coprolalia is separate from other vocal/word tics?

My opinion is that they’re not intrinsically different, but we treat them as different things due to the social and maybe psychological impact they can have.

I have tourettes, and for me it's mostly coprolalia that happens at home, not out in public. So as far as coprolalia goes, it's pretty mild since it doesn't make me look like a crazy person swearing at nothing on the street. However, when I tic, the stuff that comes out of my mouth is not good. It's not just swearing, it's extreme racism, sexism, inappropriate/gross sex stuff, you name it. It all comes out in a really angry (and loud) tone of voice, too.

I have a very understanding wife, and now we have a one year old daughter, and I love them both very much. My daughter doesn't speak yet or understand many words, but when she does we need to teach her that these things I say are not things she should repeat. If she repeats some of these things when she starts school, I could totally envision the teacher calling CPS on us. Without knowing about my TS, the teacher would probably think we were (at the very least) terrible parents, and might think we were nazis or perverts or something. Even if the teacher does know about my TS, he or she might not have a good understanding of what Tourette's is, and might think my daughter is in some kind of danger from me (i.e. if she equates TS with "crazy" like many people unfortunately do).

I have found tons of resources for parents when the children have TS, but I can't seem to find any at all where it's the parents who have TS. But I can't imagine I am the only one who has this problem. Does anyone have recommendations for me?

tl;dr I'm looking for books or advice about parenting when the parent has coprolalia and doesn't want a young child to parrot the inappropriate swearing and tics.

Having tics myself I've heard the stories of countless people with Tourette's syndrome. A common thing that I see being said a lot is that despite swearing tics being a stereotype, studies show coprolalia only affects 1 in 10 people with Tourette. However it seems like almost every person with Tourette's follows that statistic with "but I happen to be one of those people" and as I said, I now know of a few dozen people with the disorder through research, docos and youtube vids (not including a couple of my friends who have it too). Is it just a coincidence that a lot of people with coprolalia are in my field of view or is the idea that coprolalia only effects 10% of Tourette folks outdated?

Tl;dr despite claims of Coprolalia being rare in Tourette's I know of more people with it than without it which makes me wonder if it's confirmation bias or

Hi folks!

I'm so glad that there is a community on reddit to support people like us!

My question is this: I'd say I've had mild Tourette's my whole life, and I don't have coprolalia, But I swear A LOT, and sometimes I'll say things without thinking first, despite them being somewhat contextual.

For example, someone might come up behind me and spook me, and while I should normally go "oh you ass, you scared me!" I'm more likely to say something like "fuck you, you son of a whore," just... Completely without thinking, and then I feel real guilty and remedy the situation.

Has anyone had problems with what I call a "lowered filter", where one is more likely to swear a lot? I use the word "fuckin'" in place of a placeholder word like "like".

I'd love to see if I'm not alone in this. Much appreciated!

I've statted to have some speech tics but as of now don't have any coprolalia, but habe a tic that pops up once in a while where I'll say fuck. I think it's just because I swear normally, does anyone else get this?

Because nobody, and I repeat, nobody wants to fake anything but the lalias. The medical literature has basically nothing about faking: it is solely something people with Tourette’s, and the people that know them, consider. There is no “faking” clinically significant distress.

Part of Tourette’s is first symptoms appearing before age 12. People aren’t capable of faking an entire disorder, before they even know it exists, at age 6. On top of that, behavioral psychology would say that a normal human brain would react to painful movements like head jerking by simply stopping. Not to mention the widespread shaming and bullying. One would have to have personality disorders and be engaging in multiple forms of intentional self-harm by grade school.

Tourette’s is distinctive due to its uniquely binary options for conscious control: suppress or don’t suppress, on a per-tic basis. Speaking of which, it is basically impossible to fake tic suppression. You cannot willfully choose to not have your “fake tics” then manually tell your brain to suffer the negative effects of suppression. For someone that was faking and constantly thinking about and choosing each individual tic, “suppressing” would make them less mentally exhausted.

Sorry if this is a silly question!