In the movie Phoebe In Wonderland what is the disease that Phoebe has?

Answer 1

Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Phoebe doesn't have a 'disease' - She has the neuro-developmental disorder Tourette syndrome. TS is partly inherited and affects around 1 in 100, more commonly boys and varies considerably between people. It is usually diagnosed in childhood. Phoebe has symptoms typical of the type of TS where simple overt motor tics (movements) are less prominent but the obsessive-compulsive symptoms and complex tics are more dominant. In people with this phenotype of TS the symptoms tend to be more internalised. Children with TS tend to be bright, quick thinking and often very talkative but often have attention difficulties. Many with TS also have difficulties that are also common in autism especially literal thinking and sometimes problems understanding other's actions, responses, intentions and also social protocol and following 'rules'. Phoebe has many vocal tics as well as the busy and expansive thoughts typical of TS. She doesn't have coprolalia (swearing is a rare aspect of TS) but has vocal tics known as non-obscene socially inappropriate tics (NOSI) and also displays the dysinhibited responses, thoughts and emotional reactivity that characterise the reduced ability to filter neural activity in TS. The rest is all Phoebe's imagination.