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benny  1yr ago (academic.oup.com)   Edited 1yr ago   2613 thread views

Stop that! It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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In Germany, the current outbreak of mass social media-induced illness is initiated by a ‘virtual’ index case, who is the second most successful YouTube creator in Germany and enjoys enormous popularity among young people. Affected teenagers present with similar or identical functional ‘Tourette-like’ behaviours, which can be clearly differentiated from tics in Tourette syndrome.

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patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasant tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely disappear while conducting favourite activities.

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I'm going to approve this, but for future reference, we would really prefer links be accompanied by actual commentary, not just a couple of "choice quotes."

I thought it was a good summary. If the OP doesn't have anything to add, why force them?

FWIW I thought I was doing more than necessary, based on the actual submission and the upvotes of this comment: https://www.themotte.org/post/206/back-from-the-front-a-british/37219?context=8#context

Also FWIW, while I prefer an actual commentary that explains how a given post might be relevant to the Motte or at least interesting to its userbase, I thought that your selection of quotes worked fairly well and was at the very least infinitely preferable to bare link posts.

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