#Tourette's Syndrome

[lylahammar]

btw since we're talkin about intrusive thoughts being contagious, I would recommend everyone avoid sharing details about specific intrusive thoughts they have anywhere in public, or with anyone who also suffers from intrusive thoughts. Whenever I see a post about intrusive thoughts on social media, the comments are pretty much always filled with people sharing really graphic info about their specific recurring thoughts, and while I understand the urge to illustrate your suffering for ableists/those who don't understand, it's ultimately really harmful to others like you who might idly take a peek at the comments without thinking about it. Please just keep that in mind and if you're gonna talk about your intrusive thoughts, try to keep your language broad and vague!

[meowticta]

recently saw post that goes like

''if you are young and going out in public with a mobility aid there probably will be an ''able-bodied'' kid watching you and feeling less alone. and just maybe they might try taking their aid outside, someday.''

(i copied it some parts)

dont wanna derail a post from physically disabled, (even tho i am one i think)

and god i wanna be that, i wanna be that person, that young person who tics and stims in public, who uses disability aids (if thats the correct word!) in public, such as earplugs (god bless that woman i saw in bus that also had the same earplugs that me!), noise cancellation headphones, stim toys, chewelry, etc etc, be ''weird'' in public.

i wanna be that teen that lets other kids know that its okay to be like that, we are different, but everyone is different somehow you know? i wanna let little kids who are also like me, kids who may be different for society that its fucking okay!! for god's sake you dont have to adapt to some perfectionist idea for people, and i understand not being able to.

bc of ableist parents, friends, family, etc, bc of own internalized ableism... but i know someday you will be free, you will tic and stim, and be weird, and be a ''freak''! reclaim the word! and you will shout to the top of the world, to all the people, that you Are Free.! and no one will take that away from you. no one can if you dont let them

i wanna be that teen, i wanna be that kid that is an inspiration for others, not in a ''inspiration porn'' for abled and neurotypical people, but for people like me.. for people who are similar to me, who just know understand how shitty and lovely the world can be, who are learning but dont forget that you will never be alone,

i spent most of the 10 years with my tourettes feeling that i was Alone in this world.

but i am not.

people can be so kind to eachother, people can love so much, and there will be people who will not have the same condition as you, but will support you no matter what, doesnt matter if its online. You have people who care!!!

[newsies-lodging-house]

My tourettes is an asshole actually guys I'm ejecting it out of my body like a symbiote now (if any of yall even tried to take this seriously gtfo there's no way you thought that was serious)

[disagoogibility]

i think the worst thing about tourette's is the unpredictability of it,

i can have a few good months, i can have a few good weeks.

i can have good and bad days.

yet i don't know WHEN it's going to happen, when one day i will not be able to walk correctly, again. when one day i won't be able to stop shouting and talking, when one day i will not be able to even hold a glass of water.

and it's scary knowing that one day i can be great! that i have little to zero tics, and one day, my whole body hurts because of the constant movement, and it hurts to talk because of the constant talking and shouting, to spending my whole days in bed after tic attack, exhausted, crying, exhausted.

that's all, i wish people could take it more seriously.

[yrfemmehusband]

I wish I knew literally anyone else with tourettes. I wish I wasn't the only person in my life that has it. I wish anyone else understood what it's like how shitty it is all the time for so many reasons other than it being irritating. I wish I had someone who understood how uncomfortable premonitory urges are, I wish I knew someone who also felt endangered day to day because people think WE are dangerous or on drugs, I wish I had someone who understood how hard it is to get through an interview without ticcing, or get through a movie in a theater, or a dinner at a restaurant, the constant stares, the questions from little kids, the awkwardness after I explain to grown adults, being prayed over for no fucking reason.... literally nothing is easy and I'm not upset about it every day but today I am.

[vent-antiendo]

I haven't been diagnosed with OCD but I've been suspecting having it for years now. I remember things such as having to have both sides of my body be "equal", aka I had to do the exact same thing with both sides.

I highly likely have Tourette's as well (working on getting a diagnosis right now!!) and I'm diagnosed AuDHD as well, and I also have AN so it's highly, highly likely I could indeed have OCD.

But then I start worrying about faking it (which is a symptom of itself!!) and I get so stressed that my symptoms show more and I get more compulsions. And then I think I'm faking because I notice my symptoms more.

This is exhausting.

[turrets-and-tourettes]

it's so hard to explain it sounds so fake like "i can somewhat control it but it's hard" "sometimes i go hours without ticcing but then i think about it and it starts up again" "it goes away if i'm focusing on something really hard" it's such a weird disorder

[redplanetlobster]

Gotta love when thinking about your disability triggers it.

I just got home from a pretty good day and thought, "I haven't ticed today," and immediately had one of the worst tic attacks I've had in a while.

[goatfelons]

this is hyper specific to me

[1asbrightasthestars3]

That neurodivergent feeling of relating to all but also none of the questions in your diagnosis process due to multiple types of neurodivergency

You either scream 'YES', 'NO' or 'IDFK'.

[giraffeseatingcake]

I have Tourette's/some tic disorder, and some of my tics are to say "You're beautiful" and "I love you" out loud. I usually whisper my vocal tics and they trigger most often when I'm alone.

I had the realization that the ghosts in my house probably feel flattered by me, until I also remembered some of my other tics are to say things like "I fucking hate you" and "you fucking idiot"

The ghosts in my house get mixed signals. Sorry ghosts :(

[artsykerfufflespam]

Why are you barking? Tourette's? No dude I got that dawg in me

[meowticta]

Shoutout to people who have "annoying" and "uncomfortable for others", type of tics.

Shoutout to people who tend to have a lot of tic attacks.

Shoutout to people with coprolalia, copropraxia, etc.

Shoutout to people with "bad and ugly" tics.

Those who's face get twisted, and looks "ugly"

Those who can't do anything because of their tics.

Those who struggle with walking, eating, etc.

I see you

And I don't think you're a bad person for it, I don't think you're a burden for others, you aren't, you are as valuable as people without tics.

[livingwithtourette]

Living with Tourette’s is honestly one of the most difficult things out there. Not only because you don’t have control over your body and voice, but because people don’t understand it and don’t know how to treat you. I’ve never had a good experience at school, the combination of Tourette’s and dyslexia hella kicked my ass.

But I managed to graduate with a certificate of completion, and despite everything, I’m happy. I’m proud of myself for getting through it even if I wanted to stop several times. I’m proud of my family for helping me get through it even if they did make the journey more difficult appoints.

My life is definitely not gonna be easy after this, I have a lot of things to do, and a lot of things to think about and I am scared. But I’m sure I can do it.

Please take a moment out of your day, and just realize all of the things you’ve gone through to get to this moment. Even if you don’t have Tourette’s, I hope you take a moment to be proud of yourself  

[drinkingnoodlesandeatingtea]

one of the annoying things about tourette's(at least for me) is that whenever I remember something embarassing from years ago, it almost always almost immediatly triggers a tic

[tourettes-swag-tournament]

tourette's swag tournament

a tournament to decide who has the most tourettic swag <3 definitely based on all the other nd & such swag polls <3

what is tourette's? a neurological tic disorder. tics are sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people do repeatedly. tics are something people with ts cannot control <3

rules:

this competition is limited to fictional characters! no real people!

the character does not canonically need to have ts because... then we wouldn't actually have much to go off lol

use vibes to nominate! characters that have tourettic traits!

i will not be accepting any s.outh p.ark or m.inecraft-streamer-type characters. s.outh p.ark isn't Great rep and the streamer thing is confusing for me personally lol

ngl to y'all i will be including a few characters that i personally hc with ts and i just. i will be including them. very important to me.

submissions will be open for a week, until march 26th

submit your nominations here!