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- Oct 2, 2017
Being exposed to tiktok zoomer rot video essays on teens faking an array of medical conditions I was reminded that I've more or less had physical tics my entire life, always being told it was OCD. Ethan Klein of all people randomly brought up his wacky facial expressions actually being tourettes which made me read a bit into it, whereas I like other people only correlated it with yelling out slurs. For the first time in my life I actually googled it and obviously it's what he said it was: Tourettes.
The tics aren't exactly compulsive as I got some manner of control over them at expense of discomfort, and while I've always been ashamed of them to some degree, I've met people who had it way, way worse, but simply just chose not to hide the tics. One dude squirmed his face like Ethan during conversation and people didn't once in those 3 years ever mention it. I've had episodes of doing weird straining in my throat which physically made me ill and exhausted, so sometimes it's more than just being minor annoyances, yet not enough to control my life.
"These feelings are known as premonitory sensations. Premonitory sensations are only relieved after the tic has been carried out. Examples of premonitory sensations include:
Anyway: "1 in 162 children have TS and boys are three times as likely. 4 of 5 also have another disorder of which 50-60% suffer from ADHD or anxiety". Are you one of His chosen or have experiences with any? It didn't exactly affect my life but would've been nice being told it was a condition I may or may not grow out of, rather than the boomer approach of saying kids with ADHD are just "being kids".
The tics aren't exactly compulsive as I got some manner of control over them at expense of discomfort, and while I've always been ashamed of them to some degree, I've met people who had it way, way worse, but simply just chose not to hide the tics. One dude squirmed his face like Ethan during conversation and people didn't once in those 3 years ever mention it. I've had episodes of doing weird straining in my throat which physically made me ill and exhausted, so sometimes it's more than just being minor annoyances, yet not enough to control my life.
"These feelings are known as premonitory sensations. Premonitory sensations are only relieved after the tic has been carried out. Examples of premonitory sensations include:
- a burning feeling in the eyes before blinking
- a dry or sore throat before grunting
- an itchy joint or muscle before jerking"
Anyway: "1 in 162 children have TS and boys are three times as likely. 4 of 5 also have another disorder of which 50-60% suffer from ADHD or anxiety". Are you one of His chosen or have experiences with any? It didn't exactly affect my life but would've been nice being told it was a condition I may or may not grow out of, rather than the boomer approach of saying kids with ADHD are just "being kids".