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What is the difference between a motor tic and a compulsion?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 12/22/2022

The main difference between a motor tic and compulsion is that one is that a motor tic is involuntary and a compulsion is not. A compulsion is more of a learned or hereditary behavior.

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