{"id":503,"date":"2012-02-01T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=503"},"modified":"2012-02-01T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T14:00:57","slug":"tourette-syndrome-support-groups-good-or-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/tourette-syndrome-support-groups-good-or-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourette Syndrome support groups: Good or bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve often considered joining some kind of social group or support group<\/a><\/strong> for people and families with TS. I love meeting new people, and it would be interesting to meet other people living with the same challenges that I do.<\/p>\n

However, it has been shown that tics tend to feed off of each other, and I remember reading about a family with multiple children with Tourette and the kids’ tics would be so much worse when they were all in a room together.<\/p>\n

I have even noticed that my tics get worse when I am around another person with a tic, whether or not that person has TS. So I question whether it would be a good idea for me to walk into a room full of people with tics! Has anyone ever visited such a group or experienced a similar problem?<\/p>\n

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