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Living with Tourette's is like having to explain in depth to people what a sneeze is every time you sneeze and them constantly questioning you on every minute detail and asking if you can just keep it in.

Not everyone with Tourette's has a premonitory urge, or as I like to call it, tic energy, but to me it's so much a part of my tics, I use the word "tic" often to refer either to the movement or the tic energy behind it. They're all part of the same process to me.

I want Tourette's to be seen more as a disability instead of as bad behavior, a mysterious swearing disease, bad habits, a personality quirk or whatever else people make up in their minds that it is instead of acknowledging that we don't have control over our bodies.

I swear dogs try to trigger this tic on purpose. How to they know?😭😂 #tourettes #DisabilityTwitter

I really wish it was possible to show your tics on the internet without having to expect your tics becoming the subject of the video. Like just let people tic and have lives outside of ticcing.

That feeling of knowing your mentally ill brain is causing you to think and feel irrational things but also knowing that being able to realize that is probably a good thing.

I forgot to mention the other day, this is also why there's a stigma against ambulatory wheelchair users. Bc if you can at all choose to present as abled, you're supposed to do that as long as possible. You're not meant to choose to use a wheelchair if you at all have a choice.

You know that problem where if you repeat a word too many times, it doesn't sound like a word anymore? Yeah, constant problem with Tourette's

I don't think most people even realize that socially, there's a learning curve to experiencing new disabilities. Maybe they realize you have to learn to do tasks differently, but there's also a journey to navigating new kinds of discrimination and oppression, not to mention...

I don't think people realize that Tourette's is a whole neurodevelopmental disorder and that it's not just the movements or tics, but we also are often diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, Autism, anxiety, depression, etc. Just having tics definitely isn't the norm.

i think disabled ppl should be able to complain however much they want to

Ngl it feels very ableist that if you tweet inconsistently, the site just hates you. Especially when the owner is actively trying to make your life harder in every way.

I'm so tired of the Tourette's jokes in media. Especially media we're never in, save maybe as a joke or some inspirational PSA or something at best. Like I just wish Hollywood would shut up about us.

I think the misuse of the word "tic" that annoys me the most is when it's used as a synonym for "mannerism". Just no connection to disability at all. Now it's for ableds and their quirks or whatever.

Reminder that tics are not stims, habits, mannerisms, muscle twitches, shivers, etc. They're a kind of involuntary movement caused by a neurodevelopmental condition.

They're also not caused by anxiety, ADHD, OCD or Autism, but these are all very common comorbidities with tic disorders and all have symptoms that get mixed up with tics frequently, hence the confusion.

So...it's all of us who are having more tics right now, isn't it?

Anyone who's had Tourette's for more than a few years can tell you how much any media on it can affect your daily life, especially the most sensational, worst portrayals. As the discourse starts to die down, I keep thinking about how this is the latest trending topic for some...

I think one of the most important things if you're new to disability or even if you're not, but just haven't done this before is to try to learn about disabilities that aren't your own and disability history. Don't only narrowly focus on your own disability.