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They can also change over time. The tics I have now at 19 are very different to the tics I had at 12. Some can last for a very long time (like how I’ve had a nose scrunching tic since I was a young child) while others can form and disappear over the course of a few months to a few years.

The severity of your tics can change over time as well. You can have periods of only having a few minor tics to then developing many much larger more noticeable tics, then back to minor ones. This of course changes from person to person depending on the severity of their condition. Some will have minor tics for the majority of their life and others may have debilitating ones, others a mix of both. It’s very fluid and presents in many different ways.

HOW TICS CAN GET TRIGGERED:

Now, as for how they get triggered, that can be for many, MANY different reasons. Tics in general can be very sensitive and can get triggered from just talking or even thinking about them. They can also get worse with stronger emotions, louder environments, or stressful situations. Many are present all throughout the day, but certain tics will only come about under certain conditions.

For example, I have developed a tic where whenever I am drawing with my tablet I will press my pen down into the screen as hard as I can (yes, this has damaged both my tablet and my pen 🥲). It doesn’t happen when I’m writing, or when I’m drawing on paper, only when I’m using specifically my drawing tablet.