One of my main coping mechanisms for my TS is drawing and making. I have recently found that focusing on a task for a few minutes at a time really helps me to chill out. It has been proven that voluntary physical activity counteracts the involuntary movement, so that when we do something consciously it cancels out the involuntary movements or sounds. For me, I find my tics get worse when I am over working or somewhere where I need to be still and focused for a long period of time. I have found that doodling really helps me when I am static and where I feel most anxious-places where I need to concentrate and there is no escape! A couple of months ago I was in a meeting for about 5 hours and I nearly flipped the table over because my tics were building and I could not let them out. I find that when I am drawing it frees up the space in my mind to concentrate and listen to what is going on around me, because I am not sat there thinking about trying not to tic, (which usually mak