Living with Tourette syndrome can affect many aspects of everyday life, from school and work to relationships, social situations and personal wellbeing. This section offers practical advice, personal reflections and useful strategies for understanding and managing tics without shame or unnecessary guilt.
Here you will find podcast episodes about suppressing tics, dealing with other people’s reactions, explaining Tourette syndrome, managing stress and anxiety, coping with difficult moments and learning to accept the way your body works. The aim is not to promise a life without tics, but to provide realistic tools for living with them more confidently.
Tourette syndrome is different for every person. Tics may change over time, become stronger during periods of stress or remain almost invisible in certain situations. Understanding these changes can help people with Tourette syndrome, families, teachers, partners and colleagues respond with greater awareness and less judgement.
Living with Tourette syndrome does not mean constantly apologising, hiding or trying to make yourself smaller for the comfort of others. It means learning to recognise your needs, communicate clearly and take up your place in the world without feeling ashamed of a neurological condition you did not choose.
Tourette’s and apologising for tics can become closely linked over time. At first, saying “sorry” may seem like simple politeness. However, when the apology comes automatically after every sound, movement or interruption, it can slowly turn into something much heavier: a habit of treating your own body as a problem. In fact, many people with…
