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RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>What it's like being <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> in a red state -</p><p>I was sleeping in a tent in Idaho - that I had to move every 2 days as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> had nothing to do with a low crime rate, and liked harassing homeless - which I was doing as the only shelter in town kicked me out for having <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a>.</p><p>I was excited a new shelter was gonna be opened.</p><p>It got cancelled as it was next to a rich neighborhood filled with Mormons who sued them into oblivion, and I moved to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portland</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomthoughts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I should start a series called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> Weird Moment of the Day:</p><p>Today's case-</p><p>A new guy who's nice at the Group Home I stay at, but also annoying as he asks obvious questions all day asked me "You drink instant coffee black?!".</p><p>"Yes," I was short as I was tired and just awoke.</p><p>"What are you a serial killer?" He was making a joke. I was gonna politely ask to be left alone.</p><p>I ticked as I was annoyed and said "Not yet, I'll start with you!" Now he's scared of me.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>Perks to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> -</p><p>1. I can snap loud enough to get someone's attention from across a mall food court.</p><p>2. I can rant off the top of my head about anything I am knowledgeable, and even make it funny.</p><p>3. I have only lost a nasty argument with someone with Tourettes.</p><p>Cons-</p><p>1. I never sleep, and need active things to do so living with me is strange.</p><p>2. Few people have the stamina to talk as much as I want to.</p><p>3. Randomly cursing at police as they walk by cuz they're scary.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I have finally met someone else who has severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> who I am not related to!</p><p>I stay with them at the new care facility I have found myself at, and have a new best friend!</p><p>It only took until I was 31, which isn't surprising as Tourettes in Adults is very rare in any form, about 1 in 9000 people. Then severe cases are more like 1 in 50,000 people.</p><p>We were laughing earlier as we kept setting one another off, and had the same life story.</p><p>Nice to have solidarity.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>My severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/claustrophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>claustrophobia</span></a> is caused by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cptsd</span></a> as prisoners got better treatment than I did as a kid.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> causes a lot of pain if you don't understand how to manage it. I suppressed my tics all the time out of shame, and fear from watching how my dad treated my mother. If you do that all the time, you're in immense pain.</p><p>He thought I was faking so he took everything from me. I was alone, with nothing to do, and could never leave either.</p><p><a href="https://scoopzapp.com/n/10VggeG0?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3970418458104&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1745119007&amp;actBtn=videoShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoopzapp.com/n/10VggeG0?ctype</span><span class="invisible">=native_video&amp;nid=3970418458104&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1745119007&amp;actBtn=videoShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scoopz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scoopz</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I have the most polite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coprolalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coprolalia</span></a> ever, which is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> symptom of randomly speaking, or shouting.</p><p>The Greek basis of it essentially means "feces babble," as it's usually extremely offensive, or random curses.</p><p>I do that at times. Only when very mad, frustrated or hurt.</p><p>Typical I say or whisper observations, or things I'm thinking</p><p>Earlier I said to a woman on a train "My God you're beautiful, why the hell don't you have a wedding ring on?" Then ran away embarrassed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I have to wonder what someone who hate follows a content creator, then comments on all their new videos is like in real life.</p><p>I have a list of about 20 recurring names in my mind, who show up to call me a liar, never explain why, and do nothing but try to provoke me into the dumbest conversations you've ever had.</p><p>They have all day too. They waste their entire day waiting for a guy with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> to insult them, as they'll reply within minutes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomthoughts</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>Even for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> I have a strange case.</p><p>Most cases, their tics come in bursts, then stop for a bit, and they're also very intense, and nearly impossible to resist.</p><p>My tics NEVER STOP. They are a constant thing I have to resist, and my motor tics are the most complicated case I've ever seen.</p><p>But they aren't as intense, and I can resist them for a time, which is why nobody knew until I was 27.</p><p>I always suppressed around others because of trauma I went through.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>Dating with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> is weird.</p><p>There are two things I have to deal with now that it is known about, but still misunderstood:</p><p>1. It's fetishized, and someone only likes me because they think it's quirky and weird. They view me more like a play thing, and don't see the real personality underneath. So I feel more like a toy.</p><p>2. They don't actually understand it, and only think they do, then doubt I actually have it, or use it against me in abusive manipulation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>So I figured out one of my abilities may be related to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> -</p><p>I can drop an entire essay of info on someone without even really thinking about it, have it be well written, and seem like I put effort in, even about extremely complicated subjects.</p><p>I was watching a Stream by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sweetanita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweetanita</span></a> who is famous for having severe Tourettes too, and she talked about doing the same thing.</p><p>Then every time I have a talk online with someone who does too, they also write me giant essays.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>You know there is one benefit to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> I've noticed-</p><p>Everyone I meet who is a good person loves me.</p><p>If someone is annoyed by me, it's an anti-asshole radar. If they do something rude, or confrontational, it's hard for me not to yell or say something.</p><p>We'll either get into a confrontation, I see their true colors, I never lose as I am an automatic insult machine and WAY BETTER, or they'll avoid me and never talk to me again. Or both.</p><p>I'm okay with that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I've noticed something kinda <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> that I've never noticed about myself before -</p><p>I subconsciously buy durable stuff. Like hard plastic cups instead of glass, or really thick phone cases</p><p>I am very clumsy. To anyone who doesn't know, I have really severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> motor tics, which makes me far from the most coordinated person.</p><p>I drop stuff constantly and sometimes straight up throw them if startled.</p><p>It's gotta survive being owned by me after all xD</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a></p>
Kier<p>🧵This tourette syndrome awareness month, if you want to help make a kid with TS feel less alone, you can donate to Camp Twitch &amp; Shout in Rutledge, GA.<br><a href="https://www.camptwitchandshout.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">camptwitchandshout.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettesyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettesyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tsawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tsawareness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
Kier<p>It's Tourette Syndrome awareness month. This is the only time you're permitted to be aware of me, make it last.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettesyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettesyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tsawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tsawareness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/may15thtojune15th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>may15thtojune15th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I've never met someone like me.</p><p>Not once.</p><p>At least that I wasn't related to, and in that case the number is only 3 people I've known in real life who had severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> like I do.</p><p>They're on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a> and online often, but in reality only about 1 in 8500 people have ANY form of Tourettes as an adult.</p><p>Let alone a very severe case like mine.</p><p>Entire towns I go, and maybe I'm the only one. It used to make me feel alone, and isolated.</p><p>I prefer unique instead now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Kier<p>Just coming off my first tic attack since I stopped taking Topamax. My jaw hurts more than anything. But punching myself in the face is still preferable to continuing to damage my brain. Which should tell you just how bad my cognitive impairment had gotten.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourettes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
Kier<p>I'm once again talking about how fucked it is that if the specialist you have an appointment to see is out sick the day of your appointment, you're fucked over for another handful of months till they can fit you in again.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I made this video as I have seen a gigantic rise in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> against people with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> issues on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> side of the fence, who will constantly accuse me of faking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> syndrome for money.</p><p>It's already a problem, and has gotten worse.</p><p>We can be accidentally funny, and people think we are quirky so it's faked a lot for views.</p><p>I always just say "if anyone would like proof, I have the papers from my last hospital stay!"</p><p><a href="https://scoopzapp.com/n/100X5rLM?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3939501948817&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743177787&amp;actBtn=videoShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoopzapp.com/n/100X5rLM?ctype</span><span class="invisible">=native_video&amp;nid=3939501948817&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743177787&amp;actBtn=videoShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scoopz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scoopz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>A little <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> I posted on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scoopz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scoopz</span></a> as I get dumb comments on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> related videos that I should JUST GET A JOB cuz I am fit and young looking.</p><p>Finding a job with severe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> motor tics is dumb and I hate it, because most people assume I am on drugs or something, and will ask during the interview, then get embarrassed and never call me back.</p><p>Or just think I am insane and strange, hiring someone else more "normal,".</p><p><a href="https://scoopzapp.com/n/0zyuXOJV?ctype=native_video&amp;nid=3874370341180&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743090996&amp;actBtn=null" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scoopzapp.com/n/0zyuXOJV?ctype</span><span class="invisible">=native_video&amp;nid=3874370341180&amp;s=a7&amp;pd=0LRF5CpA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;send_time=1743090996&amp;actBtn=null</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸<p>I never understood why grandpa always preferred sandals, and cut holes in the top of his shoes for "breathing" and hated hot feet.</p><p>I didn't know why mom hated heels, and loved being barefoot and having minimal shoes, and often went barefoot outside.</p><p>I grew up and my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> worsened for a bunch of reasons.</p><p>Hot feet make them cramp/spasm up randomly more, and I prefer very thin slip ons myself, and breathable socks.</p><p>I also like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sensory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sensory</span></a> of the world.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>