http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/blurt Questions tagged with 'blurt' at Ask MetaFilter. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:23:37 -0800 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:23:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/97968/Blurt%2DSupport Remember this question (<a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/97265/Compelled-to-Blurt">compelled to blurt</a>)? Help me, a non-blurter, support my blurting partner. What an eye-opener that thread was for our household. I've always noticed he did this, but probably not as often as I do now after reading that thread. While he found great comfort reading that thread by finding others who do this too, I worry I'm making it worse now that I notice it so much more. Before I used to just ignore it and that's probably best. I don't mean to react, but my reaction seems to be making his utterances more frequent. I want to be supportive, loving, all that! <br> <br> So tell me - if you have this dynamic in your life, what helps you? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.97968 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:23:37 -0800 blurt compulsion embarrassment dog food sugar http://ask.metafilter.com/97265/Compelled%2Dto%2DBlurt What's with my weird compulsion? As far as I am aware, I am a mentally healthy, well-adjusted, and sane person with no disorders. But I have a strange, fairly innocuous quirk which seems beyond my control and I'm curious about it...<br> <br> When I think of / remember something embarrassing from my life, I compulsively make some kind of noise. It seems to happen unconsciously, before my censor can catch it and stop myself (it even happens when I am in a quiet or inappropriate place).<br> <br> It's not especially loud, in fact it's often under my breath. The sound is usually just a quiet grunt, or a word/syllable or two. If I remember an embarrassing conversation, I tend to blurt out a random word of the conversation (as in, I'm replaying the dialogue in my head but then all the sudden one of the words pops out of my mouth). If it happens while I'm reading, I tend to blurt out one or two of the words that happen to be under my eyes at the moment. <br> <br> It usually only happens when I'm remembering something palpably embarrassing or humiliating from my life -- not for mild everyday kind of stuff. (Again, I had a fairly happy childhood and have nothing particularly traumatic in my past -- I don't think my embarrassing memories are any worse than the average joe's)<br> <br> So what is this, do I have some kind of low-grade tourette's syndrome? Is there a name for this phenomenon? Does it happen to others or is it unique to me? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.97265 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:23 -0800 blurt compulsion embarrassment Alabaster