10 Tourette's Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #3: Touching and Smelling
Our sense of smell is very valuable to us as it gives us very important information about the world around us. The same can be said for our fingers, as they give us a sense of touch that relays vital information back to the brain. Despite this, touching and smelling objects repetitively is not a common behavior in most people.
People with Tourette’s will often have compulsions to touch objects, pick them up, and smell them. This is considered a complex motor tic as well. This can mean picking up inanimate objects to smell them and maybe also personal belongings.
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