Tourettes ----- unsuitable careers
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MORNY STANNIT.TwigtheWonderkid said:
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. 
but...There was a programme several years later, around several conditions (narcolepsy and "sleep terrors" as well as others which elude me at this time), as well as a follow-up on this chap.
He latterly ran his local school's tuck shop (and was also the caretaker from memory), and the kids at school were quite at ease with his effing & jeffing
. Not remotely funny, but "what fg flavour crisps do you WANT?" cannot go uncommented upon ! Glad he got a job & role in society despite his disability 
.The Narcolepsy part of that program also cannot go without comment - the husband and wife (the wife had Narcolepsy), with him saying she hadn't eaten a meal in the last *mumble* years without passing out face down on her plate then her rousing with the meal spread round her phyzog...
There was also something about a chap who had "sleep terrors" and asociated massive sleep disruption, he was seriously concerned (I think we all were?)
.But! The Narcoleptics' local group meeting, where they had half a dozen members (not just one secretary
) taking the minutes to ensure an approximately accurate record could be kept because they kept falling asleep...Not good
Back on topic, search "tourettes karaoke" on YouTube - it is hilarious (and insightful, and wrong, and very sad in its own way).
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