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Question 17: Hello! My name is J.
I am 10 years old. I was wondering If you could answer my questions.
Well, here they are!
My questions are, Why do people have
different tics than others and I was wondering what kind of tics you
have? By the way, is it hard to become a doctor because I wanted to
become a T.S doctor when I grow up. Thanks {almost} doctor Duncan!
Bye! J.M., ON, Canada.
Hi
J.M.:
I'm
really glad you wrote -- it takes a lot of guts to talk about the differences
we have!! Judging from your very good questions you already know a lot
more about yourself and like yourself a lot more than when I was your
age............keep doing what you are doing and you JUST MIGHT be a
TS doctor someday (after all, you've got a head-start on me and I'VE
still gotten there..........almost!)
People
have different tics because everyone has different lives, and tics are
made out of the different things we do! Think of TS as being like a
bored little kid up in your head with lots of energy. (S)he's looking
around for something to waste some time, and so watches what YOU are
up to in order to get some good ideas!
So if
you are a person who likes to talk a lot, the TS might decide to make
a lot of noise too! On the other hand, if you are a person with long
hair and are always whipping your head back to get those darned bangs
out of your eyes, the TS might decide THAT looks like a fun thing to
do and start into a head-whipping tic!
One of
my tics is a snort, and that's because one day I was laughing really
hard -- so hard I started snorting when I laughed! The TS was trying
to find something new to do that day, and thought snorting was great
fun! Another tic I have is a bum wiggle!! One day my underwear was a
little tight, and when I wiggled a bit to fix it the TS found that an
AWESOME idea.......... sometimes I wish the TS wasn't watching me THAT
closely!!!
:-)
I hope
this helps you understand TS a little better J. -- it was nice to meet
you!
Dr. Dunc.
