Hey everyone!\u00a0I would like to stress the fact that people with Tourette Syndrome are still people, too. I have a pretty much ordinary teenage life, except I have a few things about me that make me very different from other kids. Even though I am very different, I am very much the same as them at the same time. It\u2019s confusing, but it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n
I have a disorder that is \u2026 let\u2019s face it … pretty peculiar. It is a part of my life, though, and I have good and accepting friends. I tic, unlike all the other kids I know, but I still hang out with friends, get boyfriends and go to parties — not wild parties \u2026 yet. I know that one day I am going to be the designated driver for my crazy best friend “Holly.\u00a0Even though I\u2019m extremely anxious about driving, I\u2019ve been encouraged that I\u2019ll be able to do it one day.<\/p>\n
I may have four different medicines prescribed to me, but I still go to sleepovers and have fun. I may stay up until the AM ticcing so hard that I get cramps in my muscles, but I still go out to places with my friends the next day. I may have extreme anxiety about driving, but I still take Holly\u2019s golf cart out for a spin almost every weekend.<\/p>\n
I may go to a psychiatrist, but hey, who doesn\u2019t these days? I may need things to be symmetrical, but I still wear cute dresses even if they cannot be one-shoulder dresses. I may stress out over school everyday, but I still get straight A\u2019s. I might have gone to the emergency room for a tic that was nonstop for more than 40 hours, but I\u2019m still a pretty healthy person.<\/p>\n
I may have Tourette, but Tourette doesn\u2019t have me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey everyone!\u00a0I would like to stress the fact that people with Tourette Syndrome are still people, too. I have a pretty much ordinary teenage life, except I have a few things about me that make me very different from other… Continue Reading