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Questions 58: Hello, I am M. I'm 10 ten years
old. I have TS. How long does TS last? ON, Canada.
Hello
M!
It is wonderful to get a letter from you my new friend -- I love meeting
new members of the TS Club! Welcome to the "family" M!!!!!
Your question about "how long TS lasts" has different answers
for everyone. For some people it says good-bye and leaves about the
age when you are finishing up high-school. For a lot of other people
(like me!) the TS doesn't ever say good-bye: it stays by your side and
doesn't ever leave you all the way through life!
For people that get to have their tics their WHOLE LIFE, the tics might
be like good friends -- coming by and visiting all the time like they
did when these people were young. Sometimes though the tics DON'T come
by and visit them as grown-ups nearly as much as they did when these
people were young.
Sometimes when the tics decide to leave, all that energy running around
in your head that used to give the tics energy needs to find something
ELSE to do now. Sometimes that energy goes and gives your THOUGHTS a
lot more energy, so you think about certain things a lot more than you
used to. Other times it goes and gives your ATTENTION a lot more energy
so you pay attention to a lot more things than you used to. It might
also give your FEELINGS a lot more energy, or you might find you just
HAVE a lot of energy that makes you hyper. So even though you don't
get to have the tics anymore, you still get to keep all this energy
that you can learn to use to be the best person you can be!
I hope this helps explain things a bit for you M -- I can't tell you
when or even if YOUR TS will leave, though, because it will decide all
on its own! The best thing to do is to not worry about whether it will
leave you or not, and just concentrate on your relationship together
NOW!
