If Tourette's involves a compulsion to say socially inappropriate things, what happens if those things don't turn out to be socially inappropriate? Does the compulsion switch to something else? Does it fade?
That's not what tourettes is actually. It can take a number of forms.
I went on a date with a guy that had it and he just frequently vocalized small grunts. I have to admit it was a little uncomfortable at first but I got used to it while we watched a movie in bed. I didn't meet him again though, because the sex was very bad, but I think that's unrelated to tourettes.
I think it goes to something else. The (relatively uncommon) compulsion is caused by an issue with the part of your brain that inhabits those thoughts that you don't normally even notice.
So it's like the brain occasionally hits the gas pedal when aiming for the break.
It's part of what makes it so distressing for people who have it, since it tends towards the things they don't want to say.
I believe it just gravitates toward whatever you know you shouldn't say in the moment. Sort of like a "call of the void" for social situations that manifests as a tic that you can only avoid for so long.
I remember seeing a documentary or news piece or something about a woman who pivoted hers to "BISCUIT!" I really hope that was real. But I don't remember how she got there, like if she had to trick herself that "biscuit" was offensive.
Before covid everyone was shaking each others hands. I can guarantee you that not all the handshakes I've had were clean, because I sometimes didn't wash my hands after having a wank.