#phonic tics

[faendan]

Crime Comedy Show Idea (yes, I know it's been done to death, but still): A detective with Tourette's (phonic and minor motor tics because major motor tics would likely result in this detective not being allowed a gun, etc.) struggling to deal with other cops, suspects, and an overprotective family, and to explain to the odd but REALLY attractive barista at the nearby Starbucks that 'no, my name -shit- isn't Angelie Fuck Barrens, I have -your tits look nice- Tourette's.'

For those confused, I decided that her name is Angelie Barrens, she's a lesbian, and she's going to have a slow burn romance with a Starbucks barista who comes from a rich family named Jack Rinnson.

NO, she will not have relationship issues. I fucking hate those plotlines. She and Jack will have a happy, healthy relationship after a torturously slow romantic subplot. There will be random parts of the show in which Angelie is brought by Jack into the rich world, and it will be fucking hilarious when the nouveau rich and the old moneys alike are shocked by her asking for a 'glass of -tits- -tits- -tits- champagne.'

Also, no sex scenes. I dislike sex scenes. Violently crashing into stuff while pulling off clothes and then fading to black is fine.

My largest exposure to Tourette's has been Sweet Anita, if you hadn't noticed, but that's largely what I'm going for anyway.

Feel free to use this idea, in fact, please do. I'd love to see this one day.

[tourettes-syndrome]

I think my tics are waxing. smoked a lot but still wanting to tic. not sure how others will be able to hand if I start ticcing nor do I know how bad they will be due to length of suppression.

[coffee-lover-666]

My Tics

[April 17, 2020]

So recently my tics have been getting worse. Some I try to suppress when in public as I hate feeling like a freak and that all eyes are on me. I often suppress them in front of people as well as I don’t want to seem weird. 

I know most of the people I’m around know about some of my tics, but only the motor ones, the phonic ones are the ones I suppress. The other tics I end up doing include weird squeaking like noises, and at times will sound like a puppy whining or sound similar to I don’t even know how to relate some of the others.

What sucks about suppressing tics is it can make them worse, and when I’m alone I end up ticcing a lot. My Cockatiel, Summer, has now been trying to mimic some of my phonic tics. Awesome. I don’t know how I feel about that.

I know I shouldn’t suppress my tics, even my mother tells me to never suppress them. Tics run in our family. However, I just don’t like ticcing. It’s one thing I hate about me. What sucks is, I can’t change it and it’s something I can’t learn to get out of, it’s not a habit like smoking that you can just quit. 

I’ve never smoked but I can explain the urge to tic is like the withdrawal from smoking, if you don’t do it, it can hurt in a way, and it makes you act differently. When I try not to tic, I stutter or have long pauses in what I’m saying. While when I stutter it’s in public spaces where it stresses me out, it’s often due to the fact that I’m trying to suppress my phonic tics. I stutter also in general at times so it can be difficult to tell if I’m suppressing a tic or not.

Okay, I just wanted to share that. Maybe if somebody wants give me encouragement to stop suppressing my tics and to learn to love that part of me? I hate it so much.

I also hate talking about my tics. I put a lot of courage into saying that I have tics. I haven’t been diagnosed but my father and mother have tics. They just don’t have as many as I do. Well my father HAD tics, he passed away so can’t say have anymore. Anyways, yeah.

[tourettes-syndrome]

Tics

Tics are sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic movements (motor tics) and utterances (phonic tics) that involve discrete muscle groups.[5] Motor tics are movement-based tics, while phonic tics are involuntary sounds produced by moving air through the nose, mouth, or throat.