I'm doing this post in solidarity to others here who suffer the same, similar, or otherwise. I was encouraged by my friend @dellcartoons a while back. I forget where he posted about his issues, but it made me think. A lot of us suffer in silence. We bottle it in when those who have it bad can be helped just by knowing they're not alone. So I have Tourette's Syndrome. And I am not the kind that spouts random cuss words and phrases. That is actually a rare thing for Tourette's sufferers. They just happen to garner the most attention. While those like me, who merely have some facial and/or vocal tics, aren't very interesting at all. I guess I find it a bit offensive when people enjoy tics from severe Tourette's sufferers. I wonder how they would like not being able to control what they say sometimes. As for me, my childhood was made difficult by constant throat clearing. And winking or blinking hard enough to hurt. And at times when I was alone in my room, I'd flail on my bed