Tourette Syndrome and Dyslexia - Uh, No
For a while I struggled with this: what is the connection of Tourette Syndrome with Dyslexia? It turns out nothing. However, the quality of this article on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is impressive, and a good reference. It’s actually …
An article in Time Magazine by Jeffrey Kruger describes the difficulties that haunt a person with OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). He describes a man leaving work whose car bumps a pothole cover. He had seen a child on a bike: had he hit the child? The driver circles back and back and back for hours, checking everything around, before he can finally allow himself to complete the drive home.
A little anxiety is a good thing. Cavemen needed to know there was no lion near the family cave. They also needed to be able to imagine places the lion might be. “There’s a creative, ‘what if’ quality to this thinking,†says clinical psychologist Jonathan Grayson of the Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. “It’s evolutionarily valuable.â€
Great stuff, well written. Like I said, it has nothing to do with the site’s focus on dyslexia, but good information is worth passing on.
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Mark, thanks so much for visiting the blog and commenting on the OCD post. Your site is a nice surprise, with a wealth of information on Tourette’s! I’m sure that you manage to educate many others on this syndrome, which is invaluable to those of us who know so little. And I’ll have to admit that it’s fascinating and exciting with all of the research obviously being conducted. Neuroscience seems to have come such a long way in such a short time. Best of luck to you and yours, as well, in managing it. I’ll be sure to check back in often to learn more.
Melanie
Oh, yes, and keep up the fiction writing. It’s such a great stress reducer and a rewarding pasttime!