Hello reddit. One of my friends is very sensitive to certain things and it can cause several "rituals" within her, such as hitting, pinching, scratching herself, closing her ears, screaming "No", "Stop" etc. For example, she could walk by a random person and her mind will say "sh**head" or something like that. She is really sensitive to curse words, or bad words in general.But any word can trigger it. She would never say or use those words. It is like her mind is another person. When her minds says a word, she tells them out as well, so she says another word to stop the profanity coming out. If her mind says "s**t" she says "ship" out loud. She gets anxious and does the rituals to calm down. Anything can cause the rituals, people, songs and such.

Is there anyone with a similar story, or any advice you can give? It would be greatly appreciated.