{"id":3914,"date":"2015-02-05T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2015-02-05T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T19:00:48","slug":"tics-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/tics-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tics & Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hi! My name is Megan and I’m 23-year-old student with Tourette’s Syndrome. Tourettes is a neurological condition where one has vocal outbursts and\/or physical spasms. I firmly believe that eating healthy and exercising helps reduce Tourettes. If exercise can help with Tourette’s it can help with ANYTHiNG. Exercise is your best medicine. Visit my Facebook page!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Tourette’s is a battle I deal with every day. I bite my lip and tongue until it chaps and bleeds, I wear a mouthguard to protect it but have tics where I spit out the mouthguard and it falls to the ground. Embarrassed and disgusted, I put it back in my mouth. Desperate time comes for desperate measures, so without a sink nearby I have to put it back in my mouth or wait.<\/p>\n I jerk my neck back repeatedly until I feel a certain pain. Not until I feel the pain I will never be satisfied. Once satisfied, the tic happens again — an ongoing cycle. I can’t write. Although I have beautiful hand writing, the beauty is useless because I either cramp my hands or throw my pencil at someone’s face.<\/p>\n There are so many more tics I experience that makes everyday a battle. But I am thankful. Thankful for the people who do love and understand me. Thankful for my family, friends, fiance, acquaintances, and kind strangers who give me a smile. I continue to strive in school. I continue to exercise and practice to be a personal trainer.<\/p>\n I still have the ability to save up money to attend the University of Washington to major in International Studies because I want to help the world. I am thankful. And all I ever want is to pay it forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi! My name is Megan and I’m 23-year-old student with Tourette’s Syndrome. Tourettes is a neurological condition where one has vocal outbursts and\/or physical spasms. I firmly believe that eating healthy and exercising helps reduce Tourettes. If exercise can help… Continue Reading