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Well im gonna let loose here and see if anyone else suffers the same....does anyone has tics they do when they feel anxious? lick their lips repeadtly, clear the throat, make subtle sounds, tense certain muscles? i wanna be reassured that i dont have tourettes...so please dont tell me that i have it...lol

I don't have OCD, but do have generalized anxiety and yes I do get tics. My are like blinking eyes, twitching nose, sucking in my tummy, turning my head a certain way. Sometime the tics last a few hours or a few weeks. It sucks and I sometime feel weird about it.

There's a halfway decent memoir out about this same kind of thing. It's called Passing for Normal by Amy Wilensky.

OMG I am happy to read this post, I blink my eyes alot or kinda stretch my neck and I flex my neck muscles, its really weird and I dont know why I do it!! Its not all the time but it is embarassing!!!!! I have had kids ask me why I blink all the time and I just make up an excuse about my contacts or something.