Tourettes ----- unsuitable careers
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FredClogs said:
TooLateForAName said:
Neither.
I must say that I think that this is a piss poor thread.
Since when is it acceptable to ridicule a mental illness?
It's not a mental illness.I must say that I think that this is a piss poor thread.
Since when is it acceptable to ridicule a mental illness?
And it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
It's a neuropsychiatric disorder. (which most would class as being within the wide spectrum of mental illness)
And it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
Thanks for the insight. Those ones on the telly are always shouting "slut" and "wAnd it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
e" and "you're a fking ". I was just wondering if those swearing Tourettes sufferers are actually thinking this or is it just any old swear word. 
227bhp said:
Having seen the Michel Roux program on TV recently, which had two sufferers on it who were unemployable I think this could be a very long, sad, humourless and awkward thread. 
Presumably there are plenty of careers or even roles within careers where the (far end of the scale) sufferer could be employed without having to face customers or communicate with them verbally?el stovey said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
It's a neuropsychiatric disorder. (which most would class as being within the wide spectrum of mental illness)
And it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
Thanks for the insight. Those ones on the telly are always shouting "slut" and "wAnd it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
e" and "you're a fking ". I was just wondering if those swearing Tourettes sufferers are actually thinking this or is it just any old swear word. el stovey said:
227bhp said:
Having seen the Michel Roux program on TV recently, which had two sufferers on it who were unemployable I think this could be a very long, sad, humourless and awkward thread.
Presumably there are plenty of careers or even roles within careers where the (far end of the scale) sufferer could be employed without having to face customers or communicate with them verbally?If you think about what you have put there, you are suggesting that they should be given careers that just suit their Tourettes condition, what about what they can actually do or want to do? I wouldn't want to do a job I wasn't suited to.
I wonder what their life expectancy is? You don't seem to see older people with it, I wonder if they get so fed up they just jump in front of a train or something....
TwigtheWonderkid said:
FredClogs said:
TooLateForAName said:
Neither.
I must say that I think that this is a piss poor thread.
Since when is it acceptable to ridicule a mental illness?
It's not a mental illness.I must say that I think that this is a piss poor thread.
Since when is it acceptable to ridicule a mental illness?
And it's a myth that Tourettes involves constant swearing. There are many degrees of Tourettes, from mild ticks and noises to swearing and spitting.
Tim Howard, Everton goalie is a tourettes sufferer, but most people would never know.
227bhp said:
I wonder what their life expectancy is? You don't seem to see older people with it, I wonder if they get so fed up they just jump in front of a train or something....
I have another theory. Maybe at some point in their life, they make the mistake of calling Ronnie Pickering a c****Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff