Is TikTok Causing A Tourette’s Epidemic in Young Women? – Unapologetic LIVE

Tourette’s Syndrome is a rare disorder of the nervous system involving involuntary movements and sounds that usually affects young boys. But in just the past few years, a massive surge of videos of teen girls displaying “tics” similar to those of people with Tourrette’s has swept across TikTok. Have these girls really suddenly manifested the disorder? Or could we perhaps have what’s been called a “mass psychogenic illness” on our hands? Amala looks at what medical professionals and journalists have found while investigating this strange phenomenon and gives her take on what this has to say about social media’s power over our minds.

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Doctors Say The Rise In Tic-Like Behaviors May Be Connected To TikTok: https://people.com/health/doctors-say-rise-in-tic-behavior-among-teen-girls-connected-to-tiktok/#:~:text=Pediatric%20hospitals%20have%20reported%20an,occurring%20in%20boys%2C%20not%20girls.

Is TikTok Causing Tics In Teens?: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/tiktok-causing-tics-in-teen-girls/

Tics and TikTok: Can social media trigger illness?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tics-and-tiktok-can-social-media-trigger-illness-202201182670

West Bank Fainting Epidemic of 1983: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_West_Bank_fainting_epidemic

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