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A comic with some information on Tourette Syndrom and my experiance with it! Thought I’d spread a little info since it’s been on my mind more than usual lately

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Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me (and Especially My Peers) About Tourettes

Disclaimer: this is by no means a definitive list, nor does it apply to every case of tourettes, and it can also apply to other tic disorders.

It is actually very common to have other disorders alongside (Autism, ADHD, OCD)

Break away clasps on necklaces are your best friends (you can get magnetic ones to attach to any old necklace!)

You can have a swearing tic without Coprolalia (it can come from echolalia!)

NEVER EVER PROVOKE SOMEONES TICS

If you worry that youre faking it, youre probably not. People who fake for attention dont care if theyre faking or not.

Any crude thought can become a tic but this does not reflect truthfully on you or any other person who tics. It happens. It's okay.

Referring to tics makes them happen. A lot.

Saying "ha imagine if that was a tic" can make it a tic. Dont say this to people who tic.

Grabbing someone having a tic attack does not help. Always ask them what will help. Pay attention if they signal for you to shut up.

NEVER MIMIC ANYONES TICS. EVER.

It's okay to laugh at tics! So long as youre not laughing at the person who ticced. Either you laugh with them or not at all. If you're the one who ticced do whatever the damn you want.

Some people can go hours or even days without ticcing. Some people cant. It does not mean that the person is faking it.

NEVER SUPPRESS FOR OTHER PEOPLE

Suppressing is something a lot of us can do to varying degrees, but it is painful and it makes the tics so much worse when you stop.

On that note, NEVER ask someone to stop ticcing or ask them to suppress. EVER. I don't care if you have a baby and they are swearing like a sailor you have no right to ask someone to suppress.

A tic loop is when two thinks keep on setting one another off and you cannot stop it (for example, barking at a dog and the dog barks back. people with tics can put one another in tic loops as well)

Tics are just as physical as they are verbal.

Verbal tics are not always just one word. They can be, but they can also be grunts and breathing patterns, or if youre me then the whole chorus to Fergalicious.

If you feel a tic attack coming on remove all jewellery as fast as possible and set it aside if you are able to.

Sometimes you can feel tics coming on. Sometimes you cant. It varies.

This was just some stuff I wish I knew before my tics got dialled to 1000.

Feel free to add anything more if you like, whether its advice for other people who tic or for people who dont tic.

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Tics

I had a tic that I sometimes still do that’s like a high pitches ‘huh’ and I didn’t know what to call it back then so I called it a hiccup despite it not being at all like a hiccup other than how it sounded. Like I didn’t have the chest tightening or whatever it’s called, it didn’t mess with air flow, or any of that. It was basically like saying a word but instead it was a sound. I now know it was and is a tic. 

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you don’t owe the world a neurotypical version of yourself.

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Oldest vocal: a semi high pitches ‘huh’

Oldest motor: probably single leg bounce or eye darting (which makes reading difficult) and also eye doctor didn’t find a physical problem with my eyes

what are yall oldest tic? mine is like an spasm, it was my first tic, ive had this one since i was 7-8 years old

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sakura kiss!

i forgot to post this here :( but i was suddenly struck with ouran high school host club nostalgia a week ago and drew this. 

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Why can't it all just stop? What more can I do? Will it ever be enough..?

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I made pride rats!!

You can get them in stickers, phone cases, totes, prints, and more on my new Redbubble shop!

Please check it out if you have the time. If not, reblogs always help! Thank you so much for your support!!

EDIT: He now comes with an aromantic heart as well!! My apologies for forgetting it before.

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I /totally/ looooove overhearing my mom talk on the phone to someone about a coworker she has that has adhd and describe him as, and I quote "how do I put it nicely? Not all there"

He apparently just recently started some medication and it makes him sleepy/brain foggy I think and so at work he makes mistakes. Understandable. To me anyway. Not to her.

Hearing my mom talk like that makes me worried what my coworkers say about me. I'm not even medicated.

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the A in LGBTQIA+ does NOT stand for ally.

the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for AROMANTIC.

the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for ASEXUAL.

the A in LGBTQIA+ stands for AGENDER.

DON'T ERASE OUR IDENTITY. WE ARE HERE, WE ARE REAL, WE ARE VALID.

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garrison, ny

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apparently silly is my type

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every friend group should include:

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[ID: An image from the Matrix of Neo, labelled “me, an enby”, dodging bullets, labelled “being a boy” and “being a girl”. End ID]

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