#tourette syndrome

[small-but-mightyy]

I wish more people understood Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders

[tourettictrans]

characters with wires i love you characters who glitch out i love you robot characters i love you characters with gears i love you

[hydeingpurples]

Someone came up to me yesterday and asked if I have Tourette's, and then proceeded to explain how they have no filter and that it'd be great to have Tourette's as an excuse for all of the random things they say.

This is a reminder that Tourette's is INVOLUNTARY and is NOT just speaking tics. It is PAINFUL self-injury tics, muscle and joint pain, repetitive strain injury, not being able to cook, not being able to drive, feeling excluded from spaces, being told off something you can't stop, being glared at, and more.

[arcticduckie]

Shoutout to people with tourettes

Shoutout to people with functional tics

Shoutout to people with coprolalia and/or copropraxia

Shoutout to people with dystonia

Shoutout to people with "ugly" and "weird" tics

Shoutout to people with screaming tics

Shoutout to people who have a bunch of tic attacks

Shoutout to people with tics that "makes others uncomfortable"

Shoutout to people with "annoying" tics

Shoutout to every person with tics

[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!!!

[growntourettesmemes]

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

The "you only ever talk about your disability!" crowd will never not be funny to me. Yes of course I only talk about my disability on the blog I made exclusively to talk about my disability

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

ADHD & Tourette Syndrome

Personally, I find this very interesting. I never thought ADHD could cooccur/be connected to Tourette Syndrome.

Neurodivergent-insights

[pinnakoladda]

is caffeine worth it? yes/no? i ask as i tic and tic and tic and tic after drinking half a monster in like 3 minutes

[crippledcryptidd]

Happy Tourette syndrome awareness month

[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.

[tourettictrans]

sometimes when my tics wane i forget i have TS i am just a person with other issues. then my tics wax and i go "oh. right" and continue on

[hydeingpurples]

Think I've just about had it with people who ONLY find Tourette's funny.

I'm declaring here and now, yes it absolutely can be funny sometimes.

But I'm also declaring that it is sometimes very NOT funny.

You're just lucky that you haven't seen anything nasty.

[fentrashcat]

My mom's puppy is slowly training herself to assist with my tics, despite being afraid of them like a month ago.

I started up with some self injurious tics and she came to me immediately, climbed onto my lap, and laid upwards across my chest so I had to hold her. No free hand for the self injurious tics, and even when I got a full body shake she stayed put.

Once my tics passed, she got back down and went to my mom.

I've never specifically trained any of my animals, they just learn what helps and do it themselves. I've thought about getting them specially trained and certified but ik that would be a long and difficult process.

For now, they just help me when I'm home, and that's more than I could ever ask for.