{"id":2949,"date":"2013-08-16T07:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2013-08-16T07:30:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:30:06","slug":"why-is-this-so-hard-to-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/why-is-this-so-hard-to-understand\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is this so hard to understand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my pet peeves. I try to acknowledge the fact that I have TS because my tics are obvious and instead of getting an &#8220;Oh, OK&#8221; or some other brief acknowledgement of understanding and move on, I get people telling me I don&#8217;t need to apologize for my disorder. I just want people to understand what they are seeing\/hearing, no apologies unless I throw something at you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/why-is-this-so-hard-to-understand\/1167300_582237188484136_1644676313_o\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2950\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/1167300_582237188484136_1644676313_o-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/why-is-this-so-hard-to-understand\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my pet peeves. 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