Touretties

What is Tourette Syndrome? To many people who do not have it, it is not what they think. To fully understand this baffling disorder you must be afflicted with it. There is no other way. Even then, there are no guarantees. The everyday feelings and urges to perform the tics that are symptoms of TS are unlike any that a person without TS could imagine. There are as many cases of TS as there are people who have it. No two cases are exactly alike. The twenty-one stories in this book about true stories of actual sufferers of TS and its associated conditions will prove that. Some of these stories were written by parents about their children. Others were written by adults about their own experiences living with TS. A few of them were even written by children themselves. The stories in this book are from people whose symptoms range from minor, who have barely noticed their symptoms, to debilitating, whose symptoms affect everything they do. This book was put together in order to raise awareness for TS. All of the stories are very different, but they are all very important. After reading them you will not totally understand TS. That is a given. It is our hope that the readers will understand it just a little bit better. Even if just one person learns more about TS or gains a greater understanding of TS as a result of reading this book, it will be well-worth the time and effort it took to write these stories and put this book together. I am proud to present to you an anthology of stories about what makes us “tic.”