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Tic Tactics

Here are my top 10 things that help my tics (in no particular order):
1. Walking, gym, dancing (sometimes can stimulate the tics if over excited!)
2. Drawing, writing, arty stuff!  - Focusing on one task at a time is really helpful.
3. Taking time out to tic, let it out! - Don't hold it in for too long.
4. Focusing on a project.
5. Down time...TV, sofa, glass of wine ;)
6. Talking about TS and stresses that are currently feeding your TS.
7. Swimming in the sea, being surrounded by nature.
8. Not drinking tooo much coffee- (but don't be so hard on yourself!)
9. Getting to bed early.
10. Going out, having fun with friends, going to festivals and dancing the night away...continuing to be just as you are!
We all have different way of coping with TS, it is worth taking some time to figure out what those things are.

Comment below- what are your top tic tactics??

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