#Tourettes awareness month

[fentrashcat]

May 15th- June 15th is Tourettes Awareness Month!

I want to try to do something for at least every other day to talk about Tourettes and my experience with it.

⚠️please be aware that each person's experience is different and I can only talk about my own personal experiences⚠️

For today I'm just going to talk about vocabulary, both medical and colloquially.

Gillies de la Tourette's Syndrome- also called Tourettes Syndrome, Tourette disorder, Tourette's disease, or TS- is a tic disorder characterized by the presence of both motor and vocal tics that last a year or longer and are onset before the age of 18.

Tic- which I occasionally call a glitch- is an involuntary sound or movement. They can be motor based (shrugging, head jerks, blinking, ect) or vocal (humming, saying words or phrases, clearing the throat). They can also vary in complexity, for example saying one word vs saying a full phrase.

Prompt- idk how widely used this one is but I personally use it so including it here- is the feeling you might get before a tic. My common tics have different prompt feelings so I can sometimes know what's coming. I don't always get a prompt, and they don't mean I can change what is about to happen, it's just kind of a warning.

Coprolalia- the involuntary use of obscene language. If you only know Tourettes from popular media, this is likely what you know it for. In reality this only affects about 10% of people with Tourette's, though I have seen estimates that go up to 30%.

Echolalia- involuntary repetition of words or phrases spoken by others. I also count mimicking noises under this but there may be a word for that I'm not aware of.

Copropraxia- involuntary obscene gestures

Echopraxia- involuntary repetition/mimicking of movements.

Tic attack- a sudden severe outburst of tics.

That's all I can think of at this moment but I'll try to update if I think of anymore. My asks are open if anyone has questions I will be happy to answer to the best of my ability 😊

Trigger- sets off a tic. Not all tics have triggers but several of mine do, and some of them are very odd, I'll probably talk about my strange triggers tomorrow lol.

Tic shopping- picking up a new tic from someone else who has tics.

#fentics #tics and tourettes #tourettes #tourettes awareness month #actually tourettic #tic disorder

[hydeingpurples]

Thank you Tourette's, so very much, for all of the neck pains you've given me lately. Appreciate you xx

#tourettes #tourette syndrome #tics #tic disorders #tic disorder #motor tics #vocal tics #mental tics #ticcing #tourettes awareness #tourette syndrome awareness #disability #disabled #awareness #tourettes awareness month

[transpoettryinghisbest]

It's Tourette's Awareness Month!

To celebrate Tourette’s awareness month, I want to share my first ever Tourettic headcanon. Maggey Byrde. She’s hyperactive, restless, easily irritated and is known for having bad luck just follow her around, which is often what having Tourette’s feels like. It’s no one’s fault, it’s just bad luck, and it causes many problems in its wake. But despite all of the difficulties she faces, and the judgement she gets from a neurotypical world, she still has such a go-getter attitude and never gives up on trying to live a normal life.

Tourette’s has taught me so much about life and trying to find meaning and appreciation for life. So here’s to all of us.

Thanks so much to @probablygayattorneys for making this edit for me!

#ace attorney #ace attorney headcanon #maggey byrde #tourettes syndrome #tourettes #tourette's syndrome #Tourettes awareness month #Tourette's awareness month #Tourette's headcanon #Tourettes headcanon

[its-ticsticstics]

Lesser Talked about Phenomenon in Tourettes Syndrome

-Rage attacks -Self-injurious behaviour -Sensory issues -Obessions: harming others or self, intrusive nonsense words, music, or sounds, thoughts about catatrophic incidents -Compulsions: checking, excessive washing, toothbrushing, cleaning rituals, counting (arithmomania), hoarding, and collecting things  -Premonitory urges: the horrible sensation that comes before ticcing and that builds up and is only relieved by ticcing 

#tics #tourettes #tourettes syndrome #tourettic ocd #tocd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #TS awareness month #tourettes awareness month

[cheese-named-kyle]

#tourette #tics and tourettes #tourettes #tourettes syndrome #tourette syndrome #tic disorder #tics #tourettes awareness month #actually tourettic #image #no id #no image id #neurodivergent

[neurosky]

Day 9: I hate the stigma that a lot of people fake Tourette's. Although, unfortunately, there are some people who do, most people aren't faking it. Fakeclaiming does far more harm than good.

#tourettes #tics #tourette syndrome #tic disorder #tourettes syndrome #tourettes awareness month #tourettes awareness

[my-tourettes-journey]

TS awareness prompt day 11

11: Do you have any other health conditions?

Yes, quite a lot unfortunately, both in the physical and mental categories. I thought about this question for a while and how to answer it, because I wanted to basically just list off my conditions, but I didn't want to seem like I'm just... laying out all my conditions online.

but you know what! this is my account, and i'll do what i want with it, so here's what i've been diagnosed with so far :)

Tourette Syndrome (obviously lol)

Functional Neurological Disorder

OCD (doesn't usually bother me much anymore)

ADHD

Emetophobia (not as bothered by this as i used to be!)

Social anxiety disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder

Major depressive disorder

ARFID (pretty much recovered from this though!)

PTSD (this is the only condition that i will ask you not to ask questions on, please respect that)

People have mentioned possible other things, but I'll share those when it becomes official.

Any questions on any of these (except PTSD) are allowed! I really don't mind :)

#tourette syndrome #tourettes #tic disorder #actually tourettic #tourettes awareness #tourettes awareness month #actually neurodivergent #sky's old blog

[jakekochina]

#timothy chalamet #no mam #i don’t think so #oops #how tragic #god damnit #tourettes awareness month #narnia

[mugsy]

My friend brought up the idea of Giovanni having Tourettes and I fell in love with it immediately so here’s some doodles of this idea. I neeeeever see Tourettes headcanons ever and I NEEEEED to change this. It’s my duty as a tourettic. I’ll die if I don’t.

Anyways. Giovanni Tourettes real. Do not get on my ass about it if u aren’t tourettic urself I don’t wanna HEAR IT!!!!! Take this edit and begone from my sight

#epithet erased #ee giovanni #giovanni potage #ee edits #epithet erased edits #actually tourettic #tourettes headcanon #it’s gonna be Tourettes awareness month in like 14 days #reblog this if u love tourettics #epithet anthology #yeah I’ll tag that too

[didderd]

(Click/tap images for better quality)

TWO BIG DISCLAIMERS HERE:

1! Ofc you can draw him, but please do research on Tourette's before attempting to depict his Tourette's!

This is in order to avoid stereotypes and misconceptions.

2! Please don't ship him with other Sanses!

Sorry, this is just a personal comfort thing. You can ship that stuff in your head or in private spaces with friends, just not in public please, and don't let me know about it. ^^; (Plz it would make me very uncomfortable.)

Now that that's out of the way, look! It's him! :D I'm so exited to share this. I love him sm already. ;v; I've wanted to post this so bad the last couple of days, but I had to finish it first lol.

For anyone who doesn't know, I have Tourette's. Most of the tics I give him are ones I have or have had before. (Any others are one's I've heard of/seen from other ppl.) :> Btw, he's Tourette's Awareness color coded, and the ribbon embroidered on his jacket is the Tourette Syndrome ribbon. :D (Never realized before that my theme colors that I use everywhere are so close to the Tourette's Awareness color and that makes me very happy.)

I hope ppl like my silly lil neurospicy Sans. (Especially anyone else who might also have Tourette's.) ;v;

#btw i gave himb eyeliner simply bc i love fell sans's red eyeliner :> #the ref sheet says “tic” so many times lol #literally every sentence #was unavoidable #if u look closely there r bruises on his hand from smacking surfaces lol #i have so many ideas for this mf already #expect much of the boi from me #especially during tourette's awareness month. may 15th-june 15th #tw tics #jus incase bc i know making this was triggering my tics a lot lol #tics #tourette syndrome #tourette's #tourette's sans #tic sans #tourette'stale #(???) #sans #undertale #undertale au #oc #digital art #didderd art #didderd ocs

[fentrashcat]

Tourettes Awareness Month day 5!

Since I talked about some negative stuff yesterday, I'll be trying to keep today lighter but still informative!

Today I'll be talking about tic prevention and ways I use to ease the affect of my tics.

⚠️ Everyone with TS and tic disorders is different, this is just my personal experiences

Number 1 tic prevention in my case is headphones! Since my tics can be triggered by sudden loud noises, headphones are my go-to, particularly in storms. I also have a go-to tic soothing Playlist on my Spotify. If I'm already twitchy, or it's storming I'll usually be found with my headphones.

Fidgets is another big thing for prevention, but also mitigation. Early in my diagnosis I discovered rubber ducks were a really good fidget for myself and carried one in my pocket most of the first year after my diagnosis. I also wear necklaces that I can fidget with. I don't use ducks as often now, but I still always have something to fidget with. If I start ticcing some fidget can keep my hands busy, and if my "bad ones" tic hits I have soft fidgets to squeeze so I'm less likely to hurt myself.

Also there are some youtubers/streamers whose vibes can help me calm down, or I've watched their content enough that it's become comfort content. Some notable names here would be Arcolf, MontyGlu, Distortion Devil, MatPat, Loey Lane, Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, Ze Frank, and Dingo Doodles.

So I don't have a service animal, but one of my cats and one of my mom's dogs have kind of trained themselves to help me with tics. If they are around when I start ticcing they'll try to come to me so I can pet them and get myself calm. My cat actually knows the phrase "nap time" because if I come home in a fit I'll tell her it's nap time, so she'll run to my room and wait for me. Then she lays on top of me and purrs until I'm done ticcing, then she lays next to me to cuddle until I fall asleep. ❤️

Engaging in embroidery can also help soothe or prevent tics, as it keeps my hands busy and my mind focused. Sometimes drawing or writing helps too, but one of my tics is specifically "throw pen", but I have yet to throw a needle. I'm also better at embroidery than drawing so it makes me happier. (Putting trashcatsews in the tags on this post so you can check out some of my creations if you'd like)

My mom's favorite way to help with my tics is kind of funny, because its purely distraction. The easiest way she does this is "here hold this" followed by handing me a random object. It's not foolproof and sometimes I just throw what she hands me but it works often enough that she still does it.

That's all of my main prevention and mitigation tactics, but I'm sure I'm forgetting some. As always thank you for reading, and my asks are open if you have any questions or curiosities 😊

#fentics #trashcatsews #tics and tourettes #tourette syndrome #tics #actually tourettic #tourettes awareness month #tourette's #tourettes

[tic-loud-tic-proud]

[image: a photo of an orange pill bottle being thrown into a garbage can. Text reads "TOURETTE SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH? YALL BOUT TO BE VERY AWARE"]

#happy ts awareness month #and happy 1 year anniversary of me going of all my meds #best decision of my life #tourettes #described #tourette syndrome #actuallytourettes #tic disorder

[atticollateral]

going in for an autism assessment on the 23rd of April (go me!) so in honour of my potential autism, my short term memory issues and my diagnosed ADHD & Tourette's I would like to present to you:

my favorite phrases, which I say so much that they are now knee-jerk comments & tics but I always end up forgetting what I'm going to say (if I'm going to say anything at all), a master list.

fun fact,

did you know-?

I need everyone to understand,

can we talk about-?

and another thing!

have you ever

has anyone here

do you know where...?

have you seen...?

what if

yes and also

it's...

no, but...

well, about that...

did i ever tell you / have i ever told you

what if i told you

jesus

General Stammering. ex: i- but? wait. no. i uh. shit, wait. what?

#speech impairment #stuttering #stammering #autism #autism acceptance #autism acceptence month #autism awareness #do we need autism awareness on tumblr? it's tumblr. #adhd #adhd brain #actually adhd #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #neuroscience #tourettes #actually tourettic #tourettes syndrome #tics #tics and tourettes #motor tics #vocal tics #sometimes i do have fun facts #i have a lot

[its-ticsticstics]

its still TS awareness month and i’ve seen no posts mention mental tics 

so here’s to all my pals dealing with mental tics! they are draining and exhausting and remember to take care of yourself the same way you would for dealing with other types of tics!

🖤

#tics #tourettes #tourettes syndrome #tourettic ocd #mental tics #neurodivergent #neurodivergency #tourettes awareness month

[dezzytics]

Hi! If you didn’t already know, it’s Tourette’s awareness month today til the 15th of June! I’d like to do something on this blog for that, but I’m not sure what. I could answer questions possibly? Any suggestions?

#dezzy tics #Tourette’s awareness month #tourettes #actually tourettic

[neurosky]

Day 8: I have a 504 in school, so my main accommodations are taking tests in different rooms, going down to the counselor's office to calm down if i need to, and leaving 5 minutes early from classes to avoid crowded/loud hallways.

#tourettes #tics #tourette syndrome #tic disorder #tourettes syndrome #tourettes awareness #tourettes awareness month