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Study: A popular YouTuber is creating a spike in fake Tourette’s symptoms among adolescents HotAir

By Thomas A. Smith

Adolescents are suddenly reporting Tourette s-like symptoms and in many cases are being diagnosed and medicated as if they have Tourette s. But the Hannover psychiatrists, who are experts in real Tourette s cases and behavior, say the whole thing is actually just adolescents imitating a very popular YouTuber in Germany who has a channel devoted to living with Tourette s. The psychiatrists believe the young man who started the channel does have Tourette s but that he is essentially exaggerating his symptoms in ways that make for very watchable YouTube videos:

via hotair.com

Real Tourette’s is no joke, let me tell you.

Obviously it’s impossible to do, but it often seems like a good idea to just ban social media. It’s making life miserable for everyone. Now I’ve got to get back to blogging and YouTube.