#tourette’s

[yrfemmehusband]

it’s so difficult being someone who needs to talk to themself in public. there is no way for me to avoid looking “crazy” when im constantly shouting or whispering to myself or jerking my neck. i wish people understood this doesn’t mean im dangerous. people with many different mental illnesses or disorders face this issue as well and all situations deserve more compassion. treat people who talk to themselves loudly or quietly, continuously, repeatedly, or with pauses, the same as anyone else.

Edit: not targeted at anyone but I feel the need to say that This post is about tics and tourettes and psychosis please do not derail, your experience with needing to mutter bc of ADHD, autism, etc, is valid but different than being uncontrollably loud, and this is about an experience that's often left out of conversation.

[forggyfan]

Okay but honestly the worst thing about having Tourette’s syndrome isn’t the ableism, pain, stigma, etc. while all of those really do suck, nothing is worse than desperately trying not to tic and disturb your cat that has curled up resting on your leg.

I am currently in bed trying not to disturb the resting baby because I know he won’t understand that I can’t control it. I don’t care much about my tics in most situations, but when it disturbs my little kitty just trying to take a sleeb. I WILL NOT STAND IT.

[talking-tics]

people are 'fine' with people with tic disorders until we're not entertaining enough.

until we're not 'cute' or 'interesting' enough of a freak for them.

and then they kick us to the curb when they've had their fucking fill. and I'm so damn tired of it

[awakefor48hours]

I'm making this poll for personal reasons. To the neurodivergent folks

Please consider reblogging for a larger sample size.

[r3musmoony]

was an idiot this morning and caused a tic attack from watching a bunch of Tourette’s videos -_-

[the-grape-entity]

People with tics/TS: what is your weirdest tic trigger

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Hi everyone,

I found this Venn diagram showing the difference and similarities between ADHD & Tourette Syndrome. I found the overlap interesting. The article going over ADHD & Tourette Syndrome will be below:

ADHD

Tourette’s

[theatrekidenergy]

Having to lock yourself in your bedroom during an extreme tic attack so you don’t hurt anyone or yourself is a feeling I wish I never had to fucking experience. I fucking hate this. Why does my brain have to work like this. Fuck.

[givemebishies]

Ugh I wanna read so bad right now but I can not because my brain is too full of beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep

[spidermkai]

hinata has tourette’s.

that’s it.

[the-fabled-disabled]

who wants to burn down an insurance company with me?

[yrfemmehusband]

PLEASE include people with tic disorders in your conversations about neurodivergency! They are so much more than just tics.

Tourette's has so many overlapping symptoms with ADHD that many people go misdiagnosed with ADHD when they actually have a minor form of tourette's. About 90% of those with tourettes also meet the criteria for ADHD.

Tourette's is highly associated with OCD, which is also part of the neurodivergency umbrella.

Other parts of tourette's that aren't tics:

Sleep issues

Rage and impulse control

Sensory processing issues

Deficit of social skills and functioning

Learning disability

Anxiety

These are all parts of tourette's but not everyone with tourettes experiences all of these. Many people with tic disorders may not even know they experience it and have been misdiagnosed with autism or ADHD. It is so vital to include tourette's and provisional or persistent tic disorder in your posts about neurodivergency, so more people are aware of the impact it can have on people and see it as more than just the cussing disorder.

Please do not use this post to self diagnose do your own research if you must but if you have tics please see a neurologist.

[oppositionaltics]

What is oppositional defiant tic or oppositional tic?

This term is coined by Jess Thom aka Touretteshero. She has Tourette’s and is a public speaker and advocate on Tourette’s. She has a blog dedicated to sharing information and personal experiences. (This link will directly take you to her sharing her experiences with ODT)

Oppositional tic is a tic that makes you say, do, or think of something you’d normally wouldn’t do or never would do.

E.g.

Ticcing a Christmas gift secret in front of the person

Tics forcing you to tense your stomach muscles until you pee (bladder tic)

Gagging tic that could lead to a vomiting tic

Ticcing insults or rude comments when you’re the type of person that keeps negative thoughts and opinions to yourself

Ticcing slurs

Tics mimicking regular conversations and makes it seem like you’re directly speaking to someone, when you're not meaning to or are shy and would less likely strike up a conversation (e.g. ticcing questions, ticcing specific words or paragraphs like: “Cool shoes!” “Hello!” may be combined with waving, “How’s your day?” Etc.)

Suggesting or requesting the ticcer to stay silent in certain places (library, movie theater, etc.), not to do something in the building (e.g. A sign says not to tap on the glass after hearing or reading the sign the ticcer may immediately tap on the glass as a tic, etc.), giving an assignment not to drop or spill something the ticcer may end up breaking or spilling it.

Getting a mental picture (spilling food and drinks, throwing stuff, hitting someone or something), words or phrases (these will not lead to anxious behavior or OCD as tics are exclusively a tic disorder neurotype, if one has a anxiety disorder or OCD, mental tics can trigger anxiety and OCD)

What makes it an oppositional tic if the disorder is oppositional itself?

Oppositional tics includes more range of complex tics and not just inappropriate and slur tics. It shows and open up minds that tics can mimic everything the human body possibly can do.

Are coprophenomena terms problematic?

No, though it caused uneducated people to create / use the ablest term “the swearing disease / disorder”. It also has lead people to believe it's something we want to do or choosing to do to get away with it, which can be really difficult to talk about tics including mental tics.

Coprophenomena terms are perfectly okay to use. Coprophenomena only focuses on insults, slurs and inappropriate vocal, motor and mental tics, while oppositional tics focuses on more range of complex tics.

ODT / OT also focuses more on the ticcers experience with their inappropriate tics, instead of focusing on how society is distressed by it.

Here's a video of a tourettic women who talks about OT / ODT

Snapple and Cats! - Oppositional Tics on youtube

[talking-tics]

reminder that anxiety tics don’t exist and that you can’t get tics from adhd/autism. If you’re ticcing please go see a doctor.

[frickityfrackityfuckingshit]

Sharing things about myself is so hard because like.

Someone will ask “you’re really good at whistling, it’s impressive!”

And then I’ll tell them how I developed motor tics just before I turned 15 which was an extremely mentally physically taxing time for me, only for a month later to develop vocal tics as well, one of which included whistling the Peppa pig theme song, but because I couldn’t whistle very well, the tics wouldn’t be satisfied meaning I would frequently have tic attacks, all in al lleading to me eventually having a very good, accurate whistling ability, which is now mostly used for bird-noise tics.

And they have nothing to say to that. I don’t blame them. But they started it, and I feel compelled to answer, so it’s just awkward for both of us.

[r3musmoony]

how does everyone deal with tics that aren’t ‘enough’ if you get what I’m saying?

Cuz i’ve recently developed a tic where I stretch my leg out/jerk it out but doing the tic doesn’t actually help relieve the feeling and it’s driving me insane