{"id":3071,"date":"2013-09-19T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T15:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2013-09-19T11:31:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T15:31:01","slug":"person-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/person-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Person &gt; Label"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each and every case of Tourettes is unique, but we all have similarities, a connection. Sometimes I feel like I want to be separated from TS and OCD, to just be me without having to worry about what I look like when I&#8217;m ticcing in public or what people think when I make funny noises or get upset over something that may seem trivial to them, but is part of what makes my day go on.<\/p>\n<p>I just started a new job and it&#8217;s hard enough being someone who isn&#8217;t traditional by nature, because people don&#8217;t accept different and they&#8217;re intimidated by it. So it makes it that much harder having to tic in front of them. Every time I go into a new setting I have to go through the steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start with facial tics, because they&#8217;re less noticeable.<\/li>\n<li>Next a few neck and arm &#8220;stretching&#8221; tics, because they look natural, right?<\/li>\n<li>Then most of my quiet resolve dissolves into upper body shaking tics and some lower body if I&#8217;m standing.<\/li>\n<li>Then come the ones that may seem a little more embarrassing or scary looking: sticking my tongue out or hitting my arms against my sides.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance &#8230; What do I do about my vocal tics??? I don&#8217;t get them very often, but when I do, there&#8217;s nothing subtle about them. Ever since I&#8217;ve grown up I think I&#8217;ve struggled more with those and have yet to come to terms with them. I developed a little bit of a stutter now and again and I do bird calls and random noises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I recently started a new job, and I&#8217;m in this 15&#215;20 room training with over a dozen other people and I tic in front of them all the time. I went through all the steps, only treading lightly on that last one, but I&#8217;ve done it. I tic and I sign in front of them and I don&#8217;t care. It feels so good and it makes me feel like I&#8217;m just a person, not a label. When I&#8217;m able to do that, I can get out of my own head and see other people and things. Although I have to be pro-active in said process too, I couldn&#8217;t do it without God and my family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gossipcop.com\/carlos-guevara-x-factor-video-audition-tourettes-syndome-gravity-performance-youtube-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Check out this guy on X-Factor<\/strong><\/a> who has TS and OCD. Here&#8217;s the article and video. 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