Bad parenting causes tics; myth. The only treatment for Tourette syndrome is medication; myth. Teaching kids to suppress one tic will trigger more or different tics; myth. Everyone with Tourette syndrome blurts out obscenities; myth. There is a common misconception that one who has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome is prone to uncontrollable vulgarities and swear words; this is the most commonly known, and unfortunately, highly mocked tic. What is it, really? How common is it? What can be debunked? Tics in Tourette syndrome: There is a fine line between a tic and a habit. Though habits are, like tics, usually unconscious, they present themselves in some kind of pattern. You might have a particular way of making your bed, or doing your morning routine, but the thing that separates it from a tic is that you only do it when the time comes for it to be done. For example, your habit of taking a shower in the morning only presents itself when you wake up; the urge will not present itself throughout the day. A tic, however, presents itself randomly, and unwillingly. On top of this, it is generally not so organized; it may seem …show more content…
Essentially, something most of these fallacies have in common is the idea of connecting two unrelated things; for example, with the idea of false cause, the one committing the fallacy sees two factors: Tourette syndrome and excessive swearing. That person then connects these two factors into a cause and effect dynamic. With anecdotal fallacies, the person may look back to a time when they witnessed a person with Tourette syndrome who also happened to have Coprolalia. That person now connects those two things, and therefore believes that they are one in the