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This is the essay I submitted to the NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS<\/strong><\/a>) for their 2017 Youth Scholarship Award contest.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Daniel O.<\/p><\/div>\n

I was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 6 years old. I was very scared when I first found out I\u00a0had some rare disease but my mom made me feel better about the condition that I had because she would\u00a0educate me about why my body was doing the things it was doing. I started to become more aware of my\u00a0tics, later on in my diagnosis I found out about some specific learning disabilities I had, and began to\u00a0develop anxiety issues.<\/p>\n

Tics have waxed and waned my whole life but thankfully for me, my tics weren’t as noticeable\u00a0compared to some other children who had Tourette Syndrome growing up. Thanks to this, I was never\u00a0really subject to bullying. However, the types of tics that I had such as shoulder shrugs, rapid blinking,\u00a0joint popping, and muscle flexing takes a toll on my body and can leave my back in pain on days where I\u00a0tic a lot. Recently I’ve learned to cope with these tics and use conditioned response therapy to help relieve\u00a0them.<\/p>\n

I am fluent in many subjects that don’t require much math skill such as language arts,\u00a0woodshop, and many other fields. I’m a creative person but I feel as if I my creativity and knowledge\u00a0capacity is limited due to my learning disabilities involving math. It is hard for me to stay focused on a\u00a0math problem and when doing many math problems I become anxious and overwhelmed. Learning math\u00a0is hard for me as well because I will learn about certain types of problems or theories and we’ll just barely\u00a0grasp it. When we move on to different theories, I sometimes forget what I learned before making it more\u00a0difficult to learn new problems. I’m lucky enough to have a tutor in my school who I am close with who\u00a0helps me when I struggle with math.<\/p>\n

Not until quite recently have I become aware of my anxiety issues. I tend to get overworked on\u00a0things and tasks that many people find normal, but my brain blows it out of proportion. This can cause me\u00a0to rethink a lot of decisions I make as well as a sense of self-doubt. This ties in with my learning\u00a0disabilities and can aggravate my tics.<\/p>\n

Tourette Syndrome will always have a lasting impact on me, when I go to college, when I get\u00a0married, and when I have kids. My tics will still be there, my learning disabilities will be there, and my\u00a0anxiety will be there as well. I need as much support as possible getting into college so I may become\u00a0successful and independent so one day I can get married and have kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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