Yesterday, I moved into the dorms at school. My anxiety was really high during the moving process, and it felt really overwhelming to have to move all my things into my room, unpack and deal with everyone around me. After… Continue Reading
Feeling a little better about my new swearing tic thanks to my amazing friends! I was texting one of my best friends in college who is going to live in my suite this year and I told him about it.… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago, on June 7, it was European Tourette Syndrome Awareness Day (or ETSA)! This day we use to attract as much awareness as possible for Tourette, especially from te media. I know in America you have the… Continue Reading
Hello! Happy summer to everyone. I am currently still trying to remember how to relax (and succeeding, I feel) after a very busy semester at university. Being so busy through the last semester had quite an effect on my tics.… Continue Reading
What are some things you shouldn’t say to a person when they tell you they have Tourette’s? For starters don’t say “Man! That’s so awesome! You can swear all the time and get away with it! I wish I had… Continue Reading
The following post is from Alec Stott, author of the Adult Onset Tourette Syndrome blog who this year, at age 21, was diagnosed with TS. WARNING: This post is designed to show what living with tics, Tourette Syndrome and coprolalia… Continue Reading
I haven’t written a post on here for an absurdly long time. I think that’s because everything was sort of just going quite well, and my tics had been really on the down low for ages. Quite frankly, there were… Continue Reading
The following post is from Alec Stott, author of the Adult Onset Tourette Syndrome blog who this year, at age 21, was diagnosed with TS. I’ve started to realize lately how much I suppress my tics pretty much all of… Continue Reading
I just finished meeting with my creative writing professor about my Tourette’s. She is the first professor so far in college that I have talked to personally about Tourette’s and it could not have gone better! We eased into the… Continue Reading
Hey guys! I sent this message about my Tourette’s to the RA (Residential Adviser) who is a senior at my college and who will be living on my floor next year supervising us crazy sophomores! She seems like she is… Continue Reading