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Broad definition: involuntary, spasm-like bodily, occular (eyes), facial, shoulder, neck, and head movements.

Types/Classifications of motor tics: 

1) Simple Motor Tics- they can be clonic (isolated, single movements) like blinking, nose-flaring, and eye movement. They can also be dystonic (slow, temporarily sustained pulling, twisting, or stretching movement) such as arm thrusting, mouth gaping, and sidewards eye movements. 

Dispelling some myths

NO you can’t ‘catch tics’ from watching tiktok videos.

NO anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and Autism do not cause tics, HOWEVER, they are extremely common in people with TS/tic disorders and up to 90% have them as comorbidities.

NO ticcing in your sleep is not a sign of epilepsy.

NO CBD/THC are not magical cures.

NO not everyone with tics has tourettes. Tic disorders are there own seperate diagnoses from tourettes and many other neurologic disorders (and things like degenerative diseases, brain injuries, and enviromental toxin exposure) have tics or tic-like movements. 

and finally 

PEOPLE WITH TICS DO NOT TIC 24/7

FAQS

Do you tic during sex????!?!?!

First- stop asking strangers this, you’re CREEPY. Second, normally no, tics tend to lessen while ‘distracted’. 

Isn’t Tourettes just swearing? 

Nope! It includes motor movements, other vocalizations, many comorbid mental health disorders, and phenomenon like tic attacks and uncomfortable urges before tics. Coprolalia and copropraxia (the swearing and inappropriate gestures) actually only appear in ~10% of TS patients. 

Do tics hurt? 

Technically, the sensation of ticcing is just uncomfortable. However if the ticcing invovles self-hitting or anything that would normally be considered self-injurious, or the tic repeatedly happens and strains a muscle, then yes, it hurts.

Can I laugh?

This depends on the person. Some people are okay with it at anytime, others only if they’re laughing first, and for me- its okay as long as its not a tic where I’m hurting myself or something and othertimes, I want my tics ignored completely no matter how ‘funny’. 

Is there a cure?

No. There are therapies and medications to help manage symptoms but there is no one ‘cure’ for tic disorders or tourettes syndrome. 

And here are some of my other posts on Tics/TS terminology/Need-to-Knows:

Basic Terminology

What Are Motor Tics?

Phenomenon in TS

Tourettes is INVOLUNTARY. We CANNOT control it. We can try to hold it in or redirect it but its like trying not to cough when youre sick. Damn near impossible, and leaves you crying. There is NO medication MADE for tics. It is frequently treated with seizure medication, and, fun fact, if you take seizure meds and you Dont have seizures, then you might DEVELOP seizures. I was on a Blood Pressure med for my tourettes and had to stop because it triggered heart issues. Redirection therapy doesnt work for everyone, and for me, still causes tic attacks!

Having tics isn’t all “hehe I can’t believe I just said that” or “I’m just so quirky”

Shoutout to people who tend to have a lot of tic attacks.

Shoutout to people with coprolalia, copropraxia, etc.

Shoutout to people with "bad and ugly" tics.

Those who's face get twisted, and looks "ugly"

Those who can't do anything because of their tics.

Those who struggle with walking, eating, etc.

I see you

People think we're drunk or on drugs or we mean what we say and somehow that gives them the right to abuse us.

What I say as a tic is ALWAYS out of my control, but your reaction is 1000% in YOUR control.

That includes people with tic disorders.

That includes people who smell ‘bad’.

That includes people who can’t help being loud.

That includes people who move ‘strangely’.

That includes people with bulky mobility aids.

That includes people who drool.

That includes people who struggle with incontinence.

People with personality disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with substance abuse disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with tic disorders are neurodivergent too.

People with bipolar disorder are neurodivergent too.

People with dissociative disorders are neurodivergent too.

Neurodivergence isn’t just ADHD, autism, anxiety, and depression. (Plus those last two also get left out sometimes!) Neurodivergence is anything that affects your brain.

CARD GAMES

ft. amagi hiiro

© tokusaatsus 2022

warnings: none

On the days leading up to his birthday, Hiiro becomes a little more…sullen, though that’s not the word you would use to describe it. Maybe melancholy is a better fit? It hurts you, to see the normally bright leader of Alkaloid so dull and sad, and you can tell Aira feels the same.

That’s why you decide to do something about it.

Coming from a rural village, Hiiro is quite unused to the modern-day world. He’s assimilated well, mostly due to everyone’s combined efforts to teach him more about the world beyond his village. But there are some things ES has that his village doesn’t, and that leaves him out of his depth. This includes–but is not limited to–technology, cuisine and, most importantly, card games.

You think it’s a little funny, how the leader of an idol unit based on a deck of playing cards has never played any card games.

Taichi and Sakyo-nii

My favorite characters and Autumn is my fav troupe