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yellow_lead on Aug 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass socioge...

A friend of a friend is currently pretending to have Tourettes on TikTok and amassed quite a following. This person seems to have shown attention seeking behavior in the past. I'm not sure one would call this an illness, but it depends on your definition.

alisonkisk on Aug 26, 2021 [–]

Clinically speaking, if it hurts the individual, it's a disorder. If it hurts the people around the individual, it's a personality disorder.

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