What is this?
in Psychology & Therapy ·
I'm not sure if this is even related, but my cousin had these weird little rituals growing up—stuff he did constantly until he finished high school. Basically, there were these stretches where he’d shake his head like crazy, even though he was totally fine otherwise. Then, once that would stop, he'd spend a few months shaking his hand instead, and after that, it was just constant, intense blinking... It would go away for a bit, and then the head shaking would start all over again. He actually opened up to me about it once, saying he just *has* to do it—like he doesn't even know how to make it stop and it feels like it's pulling him along... People used to mess with him and call him all sorts of names, but honestly, I didn't find any of it funny at all. Is this some kind of medical thing or what?