#involuntary movement

[neuroticboyfriend]

This is a genuine question but would epilepsy fall under neuropunk? I just haven't looked into it fully and at a distance the community is mostly focused on autism/ADHD. It's confusing because it's a thing that isn't the same kind of punkness as my ADHD/BPD with NPD traits stuff. It's something else entirely. More physical than my BPD but less physical than hEDS, if that makes sense. Feels somewhere inbetween.

yeah, it would! nonpsychiatric neurological conditions count under neurodivergent (what neuropunk is based around). that's the cool thing about the term neurodivergent - it doesn't draw a line between "physical" and "mental," or encourage conditons being boxed into one or the other.

for example, I'm neurodivergent for both my schizophrenia and my spinal nerve condition. i'm neurodivergent for both my autism and my involuntary movements (which ,I don't know if they're seizures or from the spine condition). etc. etc. and i can be neuropunk in relation to all of these things.

#asks #anon #neuropunk #neurodivergent #neurodivergency #schizophrenia #schizophrenic #schizoaffective #schizospec #autism #autistic #epilepsy #seizures #involuntary movement #spinal stenosis #disabled #disability #adhd #bpd #npd #heds #neurological condition #neurological disability #mental illness #physical disability

[creekfiend]

the other thing is that like... respectfully. antipsych may not have much to do with your life. that's fine. prison abolition does not have much to do with my life -- except as those two things intertwine institutionally. the prison system isn't one I have to face.

but it would not be appropriate for me to enter those conversations and be like "well what about when the cops helped me find my dog, who will help me find my dog" you know? like. or at the very least if I did that, people whose day to day lives have been horribly impacted by the prison system would be deeply justified in telling me to sit the fuck down, lol

#antipsych #by 'not having much to do with my life' i dont mean i do not care about it. i care about it LOTS #but i am not the person being harmed by it. at the moment. which does not diminish its import #is all i am saying. #same for this: perhaps you have not experienced and have no fear of experiencing involuntary institutionalization #thats fine. but it does not mean your personal concerns should be more central to this movement

[crippleprophet]

hey, i don't want to put you out or anything, i was just wondering if like off the top of your head if you knew any disability studies articles/books/whatever that center (or even just feature) tic/involuntary movement disorders?

so the answer to this was pretty much no but i spent a bit of time poking around and turned up this 2023 undergraduate honors thesis (link) by a student with tourette’s which seems like a solid starting point for going down the citation rabbit hole!

that piece is “The Embodied Performance of Tics and Tourette Syndrome in the Academic Environment” by Benjamin Allen; i’m only ~1/4th through rn but they argue for a continuum of ticcing + criticize the diagnostic system so i’m comfortable reccing it on that front! the (non-medical) tic-related works cited there are:

Buckser, Andrew. “Before Your Very Eyes: Illness, Agency, and the Management of Tourette Syndrome.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 2, 2008, pp. 167-192.

Buckser, Andrew. “The Empty Gesture: Tourette Syndrome and the Semantic Dimension of Illness.” Ethnology, vol. 45, no. 4, 2006, pp. 255- 24. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20456601.

Curtis-Wendlandt, Lisa. “Time and the Tic Disorder Triad.” Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, vol 27, no. 2, 2020, pp. 183-199.

Curtis-Wendlandt, Lisa, and Jack Reynolds. “Why Tourette syndrome research needs philosophical phenomenology.” Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, vol. 20, no. 4, 2021, pp. 573-600.

Miller, James. “The Voice in Tourette Syndrome.” New Literary History, vol. 32 no. 3, 2001, pp. 519-536. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nlh.2001.0039.

Trubody, Ben. “Ticced off: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of The Experience of Tourette’s Syndrome.” Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, vol. 25, no. 2, 2014.

i also searched a handful of disability studies journals for a variety of keywords (movement disorder, tic, tourette’s, involuntary movement, chorea, huntington’s) but didn’t turn up much unfortunately, so all but the first of this next list include someone with tics and/or involuntary movements rather than being about moving involuntarily.

haven’t read these so i can’t speak to the politics / quality (although i’ll make a post if i’m able to read more) but here’s what seemed potentially relevant! also if anything is paywalled please don’t give T&F your money lol, try SciHub or if you can’t find something i can ask around for somebody with institutional access!

Cultural Differences in Reactions to Tics and Tic Severity (2021)

Using virtual reality to implement disability studies’ advocacy principles: uncovering the perspectives of people with disability (2023)

I had every right to be there: discriminatory acts towards young people with disabilities on public transport (2020)

From comedy targets to comedy-makers: disability and comedy in live performance (2015)

From the Case Files: Reconstructing a history of involuntary sterilisation (2010)

i also want to mention “Movements of the Uncontrollable Body Part Two” by Bronwyn Valentine (2019), a creative writing piece about her experiences of embodiment + ableism with spina bifida that i first read pretty soon after it was published & went looking for after developing my movement disorder a year ago because it was so impactful. @fndportal also has some incredibly vital work.

also if you haven’t already read Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s Staring: Why We Look, it’s not specifically about involuntary movements but definitely a core text for theorizing any visibilized disability.

i hope some of that is helpful!! if anybody checks any of these out i’d love to hear your thoughts/critiques! all the best to you & i hope these offer some resonance with + understanding of your experiences 💓💓

#tics #ticcing #involuntary movements #movement disorder #disability studies #asks #reading lists #movements of the uncontrollable body

[mischiefmanifold]

reminder again that anxiety, ocd, autism, adhd, trauma, fnd, pandas/pans, etc., do NOT cause tics

if you have tics you have a tic disorder

if you have at least two motor tics and one vocal tic you have tourette syndrome

also remember that there's a lot of different types of involuntary movements

#tics #anxiety tics #autism tics #adhd tics #ocd tics #ptsd tics #fnd tics #fnd #pandas/pans #autism #adhd #ocd #anxiety #involuntary movements #tic disorder #tourette syndrome #tics and tourettes #tourette

[p1xelpc]

having twitches , tremors , and tics is so weird

#which involuntary movement happening now??? #tremors been weird recently too so

[hulludragon]

I be ticcin again twitchin even feelin like a malfunctioning robot

fnaf

#a poem by me #no but fr I was diagnosed with tics caused by stress #<- tic = involuntary jerk or movement of the body #most commonly seen happening to people with tourettes #I have autism #jäyssi rambles

[rox-reads]

alec what the fuck

ok so his power is less being able to cause involuntary movement in his target, and more being able to make them move however he wants except he needs prolonged contact to reach that point

#worm #parahumans #worm lb #worm30 #ch 10.1 #so if he can only apply his power a few seconds at a time it will result in 'involuntary' movement but he can eventually fully take over #is he taking over the nervous system? #can he only do this to humans? #also is sophia awake right now?? #this is kinda fucked up

[mariamlovesyou]

no seriously somethings amiss

#i cant stop chattering my teeth and doing weird involuntary movements and it's not even a little bit cold

[beomurang]

Whats he digging there 😐

It's always Beomgyu at the crime scene.

#യ t : time ! 🍵༊*·˚ #❛ 𐂴 : moots 🍷‧ ⋆ ⁺ #— 🪻 : yerie ♡⊹₊˚ #tho i do that too 😀 #i feel him #it's just a involuntary muscle movement #if I go into details #i will turn soobin in that vlive when he was describing Yeonjun's butt and had to be stopped

[steampunk-raven]

my brain fails to understand that there is something in between “constant involuntary movement” and “paralysis” and that something is called “not being annoying”

#brain may I gently request that you send signals to the rest of my body correctly please and thank you #and then there’s dystonia which is the worst of both worlds in my experience lol #involuntary movement that then gets stuck like that. can’t move it #kinda the opposite of what I’d like #(although dystonia feels super different to paralysis don’t get me wrong lol)

[neuroticboyfriend]

i sure love suddenly feeling inexplicably Off and slightly unaware of my surroundings only for my body to begin randomly, sometimes violently, jolting. and then it goes back to normal as if nothing happened. like ??? hello ??? there wasnt even any loud/sudden noise this time. the tv was on normal volume. what do you want from me. what is this shit

#julian rants #vent #involuntary movement #involuntary movements

[parappa-the-killer]

might fuck around and get my prescribed antipsychotics

the shrink specifically instructed me to do clown shit with them. i might try a different kind of clown shit and hope it will make me normaler without causing me to be half conscious at all times.

also today i got my neetbucks and i no longer have only 39 polish złoty [under 10 american dollar] in my bank account. so i can afford some clown shit

#me when i go outside and display symptoms of being naruto divergent and get self conches #me when the movements are involuntary. elle emm ayy oh. lets kill everynyan #[also. substance lore. some antipsychotics are also used for tourettes #not sure what my issue is (parents didnt love me and i kinda took antipsychotics from age 12 til i got off them a bit past age 18) but #there might be a connection between taking stuff used for tourettes and not having much of *gestures vaguely*. anyway] #crawlie.pdf

[crippleprophet]

fuck it. self-care

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#got some absolute garbage on my dash & i’m sooo done. ‘‘once you get a job & go outside you’ll understand’’ #once you have debilitating untreated pain fatigue & involuntary movements you’ll understand :) hope this helps xoxo #mac.txt #homebound #cripple punk #image described

[mischiefmanifold]

Hey there, do you have some cool sources on other types on involuntary movement that are not tics?

Yes, I do! Here is a list of involuntary movements, a simple description, and links to resources on them:

Akathisia -> an inability to remain still

StatPearls article

cleveland clinic article (very good)

Akinesia -> the loss of spontaneous, voluntary muscle movement

StatPearls article (free article)

healthline article

Athetosis -> slow, continuous, involuntary writhing movements commonly affecting arms and hands

healthline article

Chorea -> rapid, chaotic movements that seem to flow from one body part to another

NINDS article

StatPearls article

Dystonia -> sustained or repetitious muscular contractions; often produces abnormal posture

mayo clinic article

NINDS article

StatPearls article

Hemiballismus -> sudden, intermittent, flinging, or ballistic high amplitude movements commonly affecting proximal limb muscles

StatPearls article

Myoclonus → sudden, brief, involuntary muscle twitches

mayo clinic article

NINDS article

StatPearls article

Parkinsonism -> a clinical syndrome characterized by slowness, rigidity, tremor, and postural instability

StatPearls article

parkinson's disease vs parkinsonism

types of parkinsonism (parkinson's UK)

types of parkinsonism (parkinson's foundation)

Stereotypies -> repetitive, rhythmic movements with typical onset in early childhood

stereotypies in adults

medlink article

Tardive Dyskinesia -> uncontrollable and repetitive movements of the tongue, lips, face, trunk, and extremities

webmd article

Tics -> sudden, rapid, recurrent, and nonrhythmic movements or vocalizations

mayo clinic article on tourette syndrome

NINDS article on tourette syndrome

child mind institute article on tics and tourette

Tremor -> rhythmic back-and-forth or oscillating involuntary movements

NINDS article

classification of tremor

(at request I can find Tumblr or blog posts talking about personal experiences with some of these movements)

Basic definitions come from this article: https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/effects/drug-induced-abnormal-involuntary-movements-prevalence-and-treatment/

#asks answered #anon asks #involuntary movements #akathisia #akinesia #athetosis #chorea #dystonia #hemiballism #hemiballismus #myoclonus #parkinsonism #stereotypies #tardive dyskinesia #tics #tremor #links

[docbe]

Yknow I know I’ve been having a lot of brain and fatigue issues for a while now, but parts of this last week or two I’ve been feeling like actually *awake* for the first time in what feels like years…which does help put it into perspective bc it’s really easy to start thinking like “what if I’m just blowing this out of proportion?”

No, the difference between Struggling and being actually mentally present is huge

#maybe the involuntary 6 month hibernation period actually did help #and like..daylight or whatever #but I’ve been completing Tasks! multiple! #that involve movement and active cognition or creativity for more than half an hour! #will update in 1-2 months on whether this is a trend or a weird outlier period #blarg

[devilboydogman]

Having a psychologically induced physical disability be like “sorry I can’t walk right now I’m sad.” And it’s completely unexaggerated and literal.

I’ve been in therapy for ten years, and have been inpatient, iop, and partial hospitals. I was taught unresolved trauma and stress can cause like. Stomach and heart issues, migraines.

No one ever told me whatever the actual duck THIS is could happen. Like yeah, my new normal is that crying and panic attacks and triggers make me jerk around involuntarily until I’m catatonic. Is that. How does. PLEASE TELL ME I’M NOT CASE 0 FOR THIS??? MY DOCTORS ARE SO CONFUSED BUT APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS ‘YEAH, PSYCH DISORDERS CAN CAUSE THIS.’ While also seeming confused. I am baffled myself. Like huh???

#mental illness #physically disabled #psychological disorders #mobility aid user #what even #involuntary movement disorder #neurodivergent #young disabled #anxiety #depression #medical trauma #psychological trauma #chronic fatigue #mobility issues #tw psych ward #catatonia