Hi Luke.
I had a feeling that was what you meant but I'm a little confused 'cause in one of your posts you said that "my jaw tics quiet alot".

That's why I posted all that info. about what tics are etc..

If you're swearing 'cause you're upset or frustrated with someone then that's something totally different from the tics of Tourette Syndrome.

Unfortunately TS has been called all sorts of things over the years that are incorrect... including things like "the swearing disease". This hasn't helped people at all because although a very small minority of people with Tourette Syndrome do have tics that may involve swear words or other words, it is not voluntary behaviour spoken out of anger or frustration.

An actual tic that involves swearing is a part of what is called Coprolalia. It's actually a complex phonic or vocal tic. Things like eye blinking are simple motor tics.

Coprolalia is the term for words or phrases spoken out of context. Swearing when it is not a tic is not out of context. It's out of anger or frustration and is a voluntary action although I can understand totally how feeling frustrated and upset is out of our control at times. However, displaying that frustration with anger and swear words is something that we all can control or at least learn to control over time. People who don't have tics, like I described in my other post, don't have Tourette Syndrome.

If you have other tics and are having out of context episodes of swearing or other words or phrases, anger issues and other things, then it would be worth talking to a doctor about all this, Luke.

With the struggling with the teachers in class, or maybe with family at home, or even finding the work too difficult or having problems with any of your classmates etc., then I would suggest that you should maybe be asking for some guidance through this difficult time. If you're 16 then you're in the upper grades and probably got a really heavy workload with homework and all of that. If you have guidance counsellors in your school that you trust then it might be helpful to get in to see one of them. They aren't a bad thing, you know... they're there to help, although not all experiences with teachers and guidance counsellors are always positive, it can just take time to find the right person.

Sometimes it helps all of us to learn a little anger management techniques as well. I'm not you, but if I was, I'd try to think about why you're actually feeling so frustrated in class and work on that if you can. Sometimes the only way to do that though, is to ask for help. If you do have tics, like the ones posted in the other message, then do go talk to your doctor.

Good luck with it all.