So that's what it's called.

[Hyzenthlay]

Something I've always done is to constantly parrot things I pick up from other people. TV and radio ads, even phrases and intonations used by certain hosts, stupid rhymes I made up when I was a kid, crap my siblings or my peers or my colleagues have used to tease me...I could go on. The phrases can stay the same or mutate or even go full circle.

Until fairly recently, I never realized that it had a name: echolalia. Just another piece added to my own personal puzzle,along with coprolalia, (which I can mostly control until I'm able to be alone and let fly).

Silly question...is there some sort of a checklist that I could have my partner go through and see whether or not she's observed a given tic in me?

 

[David Baxter PhD]

See http://www.gapacademy.ca/files/checklist_tics.pdf

 

[Hyzenthlay]

Thank you! Not sure if I came across this before. A quick glance suggests that I can already fill in a whole raft of these.

 

[Retired]

There is always some satisfaction and perhaps even relief when we learn the behaviours that affect us actually have a name and that we are not the only ones in the world that are afflicted with these behaviours. If nothing else, knowing these behaviours have previously been identified medically makes it a whole lot easier to openly discuss them with others, because we now have the confidence to know we are not alone to try to explain or define them.

I share and understand your relief, because it was that realization, for me, in later life, when I was fortunate to be diagnosed with Tourette that it ceased being my deepest darkest secret. The power of this knowledge allowd me to seek the counseling I needed to resolve many lifelong issues associated with my Tourette, and eventually gave me the confidence to become an advocate for Tourette awareness.

My wish for you, Hyzenthlay, is that this journey of discovery will bring you the peace and joy I experienced through the knowledge and support I received following my diagnosis and discovery of Tourette.

You may have already read this Psychlinks post describing vocal tics, which is also so well descibed in the checklist Dr. Baxter provided in his earlier post.