Hello i wanted to talk about how I changed a friends life completely
My friend has a neurological disorder called Tourette’s syndrome and it is a very misunderstood disorder due to how the media portrayals it . I met him 2 years ago i did a lot of research about this disorder I didn’t know that i would meet someone who has it . He has the mild form he has coprolalia which is utterances of obscenity’s or inappropriate sentences only 10 % of people with Tourette's syndrome have that. He says sorry all the time to me i tell him not to apologize because I understand . He once hit himself on the eye and it got purple i saw it and I cried i felt very sad for him . He says that I’m the only one who understands and doesn’t yell at me or stare at me weirdly . He calls me overprotective and I don’t blame him if someone yells at him i explain to them. If someone stares at him i stare back . Something happened this year that made me cry he got kicked out of university and it made me so mad that a university does that there still is no update he probably isn’t going to university in person anymore . It made me so upset ,
This is my story of how I changed someone’s life by being nonjudgmental and by being understanding.
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You must be a very understanding and kind person . Exceptionally so . Haven't most people at least heard of this disease ? I would think so but probably not. It is a sad world we live in and kindness is hard to find. It is really disgusting that a university could be so small minded . Shame on them.I wonder if your friend learned swear words in another language if his brain would use them. No one would understand him and therefore wouldn't be offended . Just a thought .
It would be hard for him to substitute it although there is a type of therapy that could teach him to substitute it its called habit reversal therapy .
Thank you so much for sharing. I've seen a few programmes on TV about Tourettes and I feel so for the sufferers.
I'm so pleased he has you as a support but I feel absolutely disgusted the University kicked him out, that's appalling. There's no excuse for doing that. He has a disorder that he can't control. I can almost feel myself with pen to paper writing to the media about what the University has done.
Sorry to go on but I'm so annoyed at that University.
Thank you so much for staying that it means a lot to me I unfortunately don’t have a way to contact him i do still think about him though everyday . It’s saddens me that this happened I remember once that he wasn’t allowed to go in the library because of his tics the librarian got very mad and his teacher was there trying to explain that he can’t help it . He is always in my thoughts i feel very bad for him
You are welcome and I really do feel very strongly about the way in which some people are treated. It's such a shame you can't contact him now, have you looked on Facebook.
If you do manage to contact him please let him know he's in my thoughts. xx
I have spasms due to my MS and before I was on treatment, I'd accidentally fling my pencils in class 😳 I sat in the very back so that fewer people would be affected or distracted. Thankfully, the folks who sat in the back with me understood that I couldn't control it and were very kind about it. They were just like you. We need more people like you in the world 🥰
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