Obsessive compulsive symptoms mirror the relationship between thought and muscular activity. Tourette’s often accompanies OCD and responds to dopamine blocking agents. If a tic is an involuntary motor symptom which is slightly modifiable by the individual, a compulsion is a voluntary motor symptom which arises not from a physical imperative but a cognitive, conceptual one.Continue reading “OCD AND TOURETTE’S: ON MUSCULAR ACTIVITY AND THOUGHT”
Perhaps the greatest achievement of humankind is the suppression of dopamine.
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