#tourette syndrome

[hydeingpurples]

Does anyone else with Tourette's get massive random surges of premonitory urge that no matter what you tic it won't calm down? It feels like there's flaming electric ants crawling around in my veins all around my body. It's so incredibly horrible and painful. But it isn't like any other type of pain, it's a unique kind of pain specific to this. I hate it so very much.

[small-but-mightyy]

I wish more people understood Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders

[asexual-amanita]

Should people with Tourette’s be allowed in public spaces?

Your immediate answer is probably yes, but it gets more complicated than just being at stores and daily necessities. Many people have very strong opinions on where I, and people like me, should be allowed.

As someone diagnosed with Tourette syndrome, I am very aware of how my tics can be ‘annoying’ or ‘disruptive’. For the longest time I completely avoided places like libraries and movie theatres because I knew people would think of me as an annoyance and distraction to their peace.

When I did begin to venture into these places, I would get asked to leave, or receive dirty looks and comments about how people “like me” should just stay at home. This was frankly upsetting, because I, like any teenager, wish to be like everyone else, and do the things that everybody does.

Despite this, I believe that we should be allowed in public places, even places like museums, libraries, theatres, and places you typically are supposed to be quiet in. We cannot control our tics, and have just as much right to occupy public spaces and a neurotypical person.

Saying that the tics of people with Tourette’s are “inconvenient” is like saying the seizures from someone with epilepsy are inconvenient. It’s not fair to us. Sure, it annoys you, but imagine how we feel, dealing with our symptoms on a daily basis.

Overall, I deserve the same amount of respect as anyone else. Your reaction to my disability shouldn’t prohibit me from going about my daily life. And frankly, if you can’t handle being around me with my Tourette’s, leave. Your reaction is not my problem.

[tourettictrans]

more work tourette's doodles

if you can't read my handwriting it says:

panel 1: my tourette's is big...

panel 2: sometimes.

panel 3: it waxes and wanes

panel 4: but i still have tourette syndrome.

[pickles-likes-ducks]

I want more neurodiversity in DC content

I don’t mean the stuff where they all have autism.

I want Bruce to have ADD.

I want Dick to have dyslexia or hypermobile joints or some shit.

Jason should have ADHD.

Tim? I’m pretty sure he canonically has OCD and Bruce suspected he was on the spectrum. HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISTIC AND OCD IT IS.

Damian is mildly callous unemotional (mild bc he’s not like an actual psychopath).

Alfred? He’s immortal. (it counts, shut up)

Steph? Eating disorder. Not anorexia, no, she's got AVOIDANT/RESTRICTIVE FOOD INTAKE DISORDER.

Babs got shot through the spine? She’s got tics now

Harley Quinn? Schizophrenic, but Poison Ivy’s toxins help (don’t ask why, just bc i say so)

Someone should have Down Syndrome (I think the most obvious choice would be probably be Penguin, but like, what if like, Sinestro had Down Syndrome?) 

Wally West has Tourette Syndrome bc he came in contact w the speed force before his brain was fully developed and he also wasn’t born with it like Bart and Barry's kids

Artemis Crock? Dyslexic.

Zatanna? Dyslexic, but only when writing normally. Her dyslexia has zero effect when she writes/speaks/reads backwards.

Jaime Reyes? Give him POTS.

Oh, Jon Kent is half human? Now he has hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Anyone of Kryptonian descent is now colorblind. It sucks when you can’t tell the difference between different types of Kryptonite.

Lex Luthor is bald? Alopecia.

[autisticfanperson]

now what if i gave my favorite character tourettes

[talking-tics]

Fake claiming people who had tics in 2020/21 needs to stop and here's why:

first of all. I'm against fake claiming in general. you have no idea what people's situations or lives look like. you have no right to tell them what medical conditions they do or don't have. but. let's lay out some reasons why you may have seen a lot more people with tics then vs now.

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- firstly. it was 'trending'. if you were seeking out people with tics to gawk at. you were going to see them.

- talking about tics brings them out. people were making videos and content about their ts/tics, and so naturally, they were ticcing in those videos. that does not mean that they must tic all of the time in order for them to have tics.

- I spent years trying medications, waiting to see a neurologist. getting on different doses, etc. before I found something that works. when I'm on my meds, I usually don't tic hardly at all. that very well could be the case for some of these people as well.

- tic disorders wax and wane. it's a well known part of the disorders. tics can be bad for a while, and then almost non-existent for a while. and then come back. it's normal.

- tics also tend to get worse in times of high stress and anxiety (global pandemic??!)

- tourettes is not the only tic disorder. the options aren't only. tourettes or faker. there is such thing as transient/provisional tic disorder, which is a very real tic disorder that lasts for less than a year. there are also other causes of tics such as fnd.

- it's a well known phenomenon that people's tics sometimes improve in adulthood. it doesn't mean that they were faking before. it just means that they got a lucky break.

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fake claiming is gross, and this mindset only does harm to the tic disorder community. it's ableist and ignorant to assume someone is faking just because you're uneducated and think that you know more than the person who actually has the disorder.

please try to support the people you know, and the people in your community with tics. it's rough out here for us.

[marsbars9]

When they tell you they understand but how can they? They’ve never been a 13 year old girl losing control of their body. When they say that it’s hard on them too but they get a break, you never do. When people tell you that you can say anything you want and get away with it but little do they know it’s something you’d never do, you’re told you’re faking it enough already, and when you meet people who are the same as you but you make them worse and that’s on you. When you say something you’d never say by yourself and you feel their pain. Hell is not only a teenage girl but a teenage girl with Tourette’s syndrome.

[growntourettesmemes]

[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

[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.

[disapunk]

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!!!

[cozymushroom13]

I hate having disabilities that react poorly to stress.

[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