This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2016 Youth Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! Imagine telling a child with the hiccups to stop making sounds. That… Continue Reading
Good evening … and the anxiety kicks in. This isn’t 100 percent Tourette’s related, but is very much anxiety related. Soo there’s this one guy I like a lot. Today I invited him over. I’m going to have a few… Continue Reading
I can write a 20-page letter to someone in which I share my deepest secrets and fears. When I write, I can say things that I have never told another soul in my life. If I sit down to talk… Continue Reading
A little more than a week ago, I participated in a Missouri TSA event called the teen panel. Basically, it was an event where we had 4 people (including me) who were teens and college students and we talked to… Continue Reading
Sometimes I feel that my emotions aren’t real. I feel nervous about something or unhappy about something or stressed, but I feel like I try to block that emotion out and not feel it. I think I’m just so used… Continue Reading
This weekend, one of my closest friends (who I will call Gally for this blog) had her roommate/close friend from college visit her. Our plan for Friday was to go see The Bling Ring together and our plan Saturday was… Continue Reading
It’s now almost 8 p.m., Athens time, and I’ve just arrived in the hotel where I will be staying for the next 6 nights. It’s been a long day (12 hours of traveling), but I like the hotel, and when… Continue Reading
One more day. Then I leave for Athens. Over the past few days, I’ve gotten more and more nervous. On Friday, I started to really practice my speeches, which only made me more nervous because my English wasn’t that fluent… Continue Reading
My roommate got back to me! She sent me two really long messages! She explained that she was out of town and out of the country, and that she had limited internet and cell phone access!!! Yay, I’m so glad… Continue Reading
Recently I decided to tell my RA about my OCD and Tourette Syndrome over Facebook. I decided to tell her before I move into my dorm and before college starts for a lot of different reasons: I got access to my dorm… Continue Reading