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    leepee reacted to Chemar in Severe screaming Tic   
    Cara
    I am going to share something with you that was a big wake up call for me about 14 years ago when my son's TS tics began to manifest big time......... I was in a very "woe is me, woe is my son" phase and I know I was making things worse for all of us as my distress was causing him stress and so intensifying his tics and OCD etc etc etc.......
     
    Someone wisely told me to "get a grip...it is TICS, not cancer or some other terminal illness!" They suggested I go read a forum that was for parents whose kids had terminal diseases ....and how those parents were treasuring every moment they had with their kids....
    It left me realizing that I was allowing the tics to dominate our lives, and steal precious time from my son and our family.
    Once I got my own emotions and reactions under control, I saw the first real improvement in my son. It also gave me the ability to begin to find the treatments that have so helped him over the years, because I was focused and not in a blind panic all the time, trying everything that I heard about without really knowing what i was doing!
     
    Please know I do understand how you are feeling....but your son having tics is NOT the end of his life, or yours. My son is now in his 20s and his tics are an almost negligible aspect...and have been for some time now. So know there is much reason for hope and yes, this too will pass. As my avatar shows, there IS light at the end of the tunnel...keep your focus there and not on the darkness.
     
    That wise friend also told me this...which I have in a thread here.(click to read)
    It's OK To Tic
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