Chronic Motor Tic Disorder: Hard To Find Humor Sometimes
Probably a short post today. We'll see how it goes. Today was my wedding anniversary. My wife and I have been married for 17 years now. In addition, my oldest daughter was performing at a talent show at the county fair. So this would be a bad day to have a ticking episode. Of course, my body & mind had other plans. By the late afternoon, I was ticking so badly that I couldn't walk. I even fell at one point. I have never done that before. Now I can't say that anymore. I'm not sure what was worse, the ticking, twitching, stuttering, and clenching or the looks in my daughter's faces as they watched me struggle to do simple things like speak. I received a heartfelt hug from each one of them today, but I felt like such a loser. I didn't want them to see me that way. At one point, my wife took a turn hugging me and I stuttered "why does it have to affect my speech?". I'm a proud man and value my ability to express myself. When I soun...