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Hi! I’m writing a fanfic connected to a movie with a lead character who has Tourette’s, and I was hoping you, or some of your followers could help me. As I’ll be writing from the POV of the lead I was hoping someone who actually knows what it’s like to live with Tourette’s and tics could help me. This way I can be accurate and also avoid being offensive! Some help would be great, either way thank you very much and I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Hey there! I would love to give you my personal insights. Something to keep in mind though; People with Tourette’s Syndrome honestly experience the condition in their own unique way, as is the case with all neurological disorders. Regardless, here’s my tea.

Tourette’s Syndrome has and always will unequivocally define who I am. Everywhere I go, every time I speak, people know that I am not normal. My tics range from physical to motor, and some days I drop tics and some days I pick new ones up. I also have a sub-diagnosis of Tourettes called “Echolalia”, where I will HEAR or READ a certain passage of words that sound satisfying to me and I’ll repeat them to myself. I often play a card game called “Magic: The Gathering” with my best friends and you can imagine how easy I am to beat as I’m sitting there reading my cards damn near OUT LOUD to my opponents as we’re all trying to outplay one another. Lmao

The most misunderstood thing about Tourettes is that people assume it’s literally UNCONTROLLABLE. Like our brains are sending out these random messages to our mouths and hands to do these random carnival acts and that we have no control over it; that’s not true. Our tics are in fact URGES to do certain things. When I squint my eyes and tense my neck up, it was because my Tourette’s caused me to have the URGE to do it. Tourettes Syndrome and OCD are so heavily tied together. My tics are these compulsive thoughts that come to me every 5 seconds and I succumb to them because I know the feeling will return in literaly 5 more seconds.

This is, in my opinion, the hardest part about tics. We KNOW that with the right mindset and focus, we can hold them in. We can control them. The urge literally feels like scratching an itch. You’ve been scratching your arm anytime it itches your whole life, right? We’ve been having the urge to tic our whole life - after a while, we just stop giving a fuck and do it. We consent to the urges and tic. I remember when I was bullied in elementary school, that’s when I would be the most upset... Cause i knew I could avoid the confrontation had I just held them in. “Why didn’t i just hold them in for a little bit? I wouldn’t have been made fun of...” I now understand that young kids are just ignorant and don’t understand. I dont get bullied anymore for my tics, just stared at condescendingly.

Speaking on behalf of all people with Tourette’s, we just want to be understood. We want people to understand that our tics aren’t too far from being relatable - imagine having to burp every 5 seconds, and that’s pretty much what it feels like. You can hold the burp in, or you can let it loose. Once you let it loose though, be ready for people to stare at you as they try to figure out what mindset you’re in. I really hope you can sift through this answer and find some things you can use... Like I said, EVERY person with Tourettes experiences it differently. It’s like depression or anxiety, it strikes randomly and has varying severity. If I were you, I would try to take this knowledge of tics and try to relate it to the character you’re posing as, and maybe you can use preexisting knowledge of psychology to find out the mindset of the character you’re writing as. Thanks for approaching me in a very transperant way as well, genuinely being asked about my tics always excites me because it’s nice to have the ability to talk about them instead of being stared at BECAUSE of them.

A Guide To Lucid Dreaming

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lucid dreaming

Lucid dreaming is essentially becoming aware that you are dreaming while dreaming. While lucid dreaming it’s also possible to gain control over the dream where you’re able to do essentially anything you could think of.

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how do I lucid dream?

These tips/ steps can be helpful for begginers and people learning to lucid dream but aren’t necessary :) ♡

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1. Keep a dream journal, when you wake up write down everything you recall. If you usually have troubke recalling anything at all setting the intention to remember your dreams the night before can help.

2. Do reality checks while awake. A reality check essentially helps your brain recognize patterns in the waking vs the dream state.

3. Simply set the intenion before bed that you will lucid dream.

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reality checks

1. Check your hands. Look at your hands, counr your fingers, and look away. Look back at your hands and count your fingers again. Do you have the same number of fingers, does your hand look the same? If not you’re probably dreaming!

2. Check the time. Look at a clock and look away, then look back at it again. Is the time the same? You’re awake. Is the time drastically different? Again, you’re probably asleep. :)

3. Take note of your surroundings. What do you see? hear? smell? feel? taste? Take note of the texture of your surroundings near and far. If you’re awake tell yourself out loud.

lucid dreaming methods

Wake Back To Bed (WBTB) - This method involves entering the REM stage of sleep from being conscious and awake.

1. Set an alarm for 3-5 hours from when you go to bed and fall asleep.

2. Wake up to your alarm and busy yourself with a calm activity for 15-30 minutes.

3. Go back to sleep.

Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) - This is mostly just the act of specific intention setting to lucid dream by recalling past dreams.

1. Fall asleep as you think of a dream you recently had.

2. Identify some sort of sign or totem you’re asleep. This can be anything that comes across as strange or unusual (anything that doesn’t usually occur in waking life). Acknowledge this sign as only occuring when you are asleep.

3. Tell yourself the following “The next time I dream I will remember/ I want to remember that I am dreaming”, and fully go to sleep.

Wake-Initiated Lucid Dreaming (WILD) - This method involves entering a dream from your waking life. It uses remaining conscious as your body falls asleep (sound familiar?).

1. Lay down and relax your mind and body.

2. Wait until you experience a hypnagogic hallucination (a hallucination that occurs as you fall asleep).

3. Bam, you’ve drifted off into sleep and are now conscious of the fact you’re asleep!

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controlling your dreams

So, now that we’ve gone over the basics of lucid dreaming let’s talk about controlling your dreams (ﾉ>ω<)ﾉ :｡･:*:･ﾟ’★,｡･:*:･ﾟ’☆

“What can I control in my lucid dreams” LITERALLY ANYTHING!! Having a nightmare? Just fly or float away, or literally stop time and freeze people in their tracks. Wanna visit Atlantis and breathe underwater? You can do that too.

how do I control my dreams?

☆ Command your surroundings!

☆ Ask your surroundings to change!

☆ Simply think of what you desire happening!

You can say it aloud, you can think it in your head, and you can literally just imagine it happening and it will.

This is one of the funniest bnha things I've seen because it's TRUE

If they had American names

I don't want this body anymore.

I want a new one.

One that only moves when I tell it to.

a veces me pregunto que pasaria,

que pasaria si cierro los ojos y me dejo llevar.

si cierro los ojos y dejo de llorar.

si tal vez abro la boca y dejo de sonreir.

si mi sistema nervioso falla de repente y dejo de respirar.

¿me aceptarían en el más alla?

a veces me pregunto que pasaría.

que pasaria si una criatura con mil ojos habla de mi,

y empieza a dudar de mi existir.

si los cielos se cerrarían ante el mínimo error.

y todo lo que temí me empezara a consumir.

pero claro, todo esto solo pasa antes de dormir.

Well he’s not my type but he’ll do.

I hate how the same people who recognise that gods are multi-dimensional proceed to act like Dionysus is this 1 dimensional party god and if you don’t fit the bill, you shouldn’t be worshipping him. 

Like Ah Yes, I guess his healing aspects, his power over nature and vegetation, him being the god of fruit, the fact that he can be interpreted as asexual, etc etc just don’t fuckin exist