
Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders Support Group
This community is dedicated to those afflicted with a tic disorder. A tic disorder is one in which uncontrollable muscle spasms that can range from small annoyances to major disruptive occurrences. .

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My son is so confused about where to go to college. He wants his tourette's to go away so that he can live a normal life and go away to school. Right now it's unimaginable that he could have roomates while having the tics that he has. If he tried for his own room, he says he would feel too different from everyone. I'm encouraging the local community college, but he gets mad at the suggestion, because to him it means he can't live a normal life and go away if he wants to. He's asking me when his tics will go away. It's like he's been waiting for the past 8 years for them to go away so he can live a normal life. I tell him we don't know if they ever will, so he needs to live his life the best he can for himself. He's struggling right now, and I'm not sure how to help him.
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You're doing all you can to help him, encouraging him to be realistic without crushing his hopes and dreams, but however much of a Supermum you are, you can't take his burden for him, and you can't stop feeling his pain.
You're doing a great job, and the fact that he's contemplating college at all is a triumph.
Good luck to you, I'm thinking of you.
I'd recommend going for a solo room first, then, after a year, looking for a roomie. Going blind might not be the best idea. Then again, I preferred living in my own room.
Do not suggest he live his life down. He needs to live his life up. I started living my life down, and I regret it. Only now in my mid-twenties am I trying to get back up. It's a disorder, but it will only hold you back if you let it and if you let others let it.
Be tenacious.