u/Forever_searching188

I'm curious how many of you recognize this.

We're all very familiar with the description that tics are a response to a premonitory urge. But I often get the impression that many of my tics happen without any noticeable urge at all, and that I only really become aware of the urge when I try to suppress a tic, or when I consciously focus on it.

I think this mostly applies to simple tics? They feel so reflex-like most of the time that, whenever I do become aware and try to suppress, that's when I actually start to feel an urge to tic instead of it just happening.

I don't think I was ever aware but today I just realized that whenever I squint/frown (as a tic), I got a strong sudden urge in my right arm followed by a arm jerk tic. I've had both tics for quite some time but I think it's the first time I've noticed a specific tic, triggering another tic. Usually tic successions felt kind of random. Come to think of it, a lot of my vocal tics are often like a follow-up after a neck tic... They're like a 1-2.

Anybody else ever notice any specific tics that trigger specific other tics?