Motor Tics Quotes

I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.

People with Tourettes.....What makes them tick?

I'm on television, ticcing and twitching. I think that's kind of cool.

I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night.

I've got Tourette's, practically. I'll tell anyone anything.

Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing.

I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.

I have Tourettes syndrome.

Tourette's is involuntary in that it is impossible not to do. And it's torture to know what you're doing and not be able to stop it.

My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a sudden, I just started to notice that the teacher was looking at me, and all the kids were wondering what I was doing. I suddenly felt really strange.

Some people with Tourette's have flinging tics- sudden, seemingly motiveless urges or compulsions to throw objects..... (I see somewhat similar flinging behaviors- though not tics- in my two year old godson, now in a stage of primal antinomianism and anarchy)