I spent a day with people w/ TOURETTE SYNDROME

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Seriously the girl who has the hat on, her mom was the worst. Her arm was broken and she was shaking it and telling her not to make a fuss. Her mom doesn't deserve her.

kid with tourette's syndrome: i have tourette's the bully: understandable have a great day

The more I hear about Sweet Anita’s background, the angrier I get. This woman has faced SO much abuse. I’m so happy she’s in a better situation.

I really like when Anita said "I'm not defined by the fact that I'm facing it, I'm defined by how I handle it".

the doctor that said “you can tell your bullies you have tourette’s” vs the doctor that said “i won’t diagnose you so you don’t get bullied” FIGHT

“Why are you doing that?” “ I dunno I’m dancin” she cracked me up

"Does Tourette's interefere with relationships?" As a person with Tourette Syndrome, ABSOLUTELY. I hade a girlfriend who had Tourette's as well and we could never spend any time with each other because we would always set each other off. She was a great partner.

I was diagnosed with tourettes when i was really young. The way they described the feeling of having a tic is spot on. I have a tic where i shake my hand or head. Its like a tingly feeling in my chest that wont stop until i do it. The longer i dont the stronger the feeling gets

"I dont see my tourettes as who I am, I see it as my challenge. Everyone get's challenges, and I'm not defined by the fact that I'm facing it, I'm defined by how I handle it" damn i felt that

No one: trisha paytas: i AcTuAlLy hAVE tUoRrEtTs

sweet Anita is canonically the toughest human being to exist

Anita saying that seeing tics can trigger your own helped me realize why my small physical tics happen more often while I’m watching certain things.

Imagine anyone who has ever been “possessed” rly just has tics

It’s so adorable how they had her on a tv but still set her up in a chair

Just because I deal with it 24/7, doing a video on living with ADHD would be amazing. It’s crazy how many people misconstrue what it is. These people are amazing!

Oh my god. I have ADHD, and I’ve had Tourette’s for about 15 years and it’s only ever been more minor things like blinking/eye rolls, little chirping sounds, that sort of thing. I was feeling these different physical sensations that I had to try and get rid of or I couldn’t focus on anything else, like an itch needing to be scratched really, really badly. But it was never super disruptive to my life, more just embarrassing growing up because it took a while before I developed ones that were easier to hide or do quietly. A couple of months ago the twitching and shifting got really bad. It became so unbearable that I could. Not. Sleep. Like when Samuel was talking about how distressed he felt as a kid when he couldn’t make himself stop? A few months back it got so bad that I felt like I was losing my mind every night. I would put my phone away to try and sleep but then my brain had nothing else to focus on and it was like my body was on fire with how many sensations I was suddenly experiencing. I was hypersensitive to every wrinkle in my sheets, to how a toe felt, to the way my ear lay on my pillow. There were a few nights that I literally cried myself to sleep because I was so sleep deprived and mentally exhausted. I was finally prescribed some medication to help the racing thoughts at night but if I don’t remember to take them early enough (curse you ADHD) then it becomes extremely difficult again. Very much a “don’t think about pink elephants” sort of situation where the harder I fight it the worse it gets. Also idk if this is a normal Tourette’s thing but similar to Anita talking about how her tics don’t really happen if she’s distracted mine flair up SUPER badly if they’re pointed out or discussed. Watching this video was really helpful mentally, but holy shit I felt like my body was going berserk Anyway, wow. Just kind of shouting this out to the void lol

Anthony: shakes people’s hands Society: wait, that’s illegal

"Oh you have tourretes? My bad here's your lunch money back"

"I'm not defined by the things I didn't choose about myself. I'm defined by how I choose to handle my challenges." Simple but encouraging quote, especially given the severity of the speaker's condition. At times I have been tempted to reduce everything about how I interact with people based on some of my peculiarities, but this quote has stuck with me and helped me to grow outside the box I I was putting myself in. Thanks.