Is He Faking Tourettes Syndrome? | Responding To 'The Strange YouTuber Who Faked His Disability' 

For those missing the point of this video, This man was accused of being "caught faking Tourette's" when in reality people officially diagnosed with Tourette's do all of these things. Claiming that any of these instances are "gotcha" moments has a very real impact on people suffering with Tourette's because they are treated with suspicion and doubt every day, whether they are content creators or not. People thinking these are signs that someone is faking will treat people with TS terribly. I have clearly and repeatedly expressed that I do not want to direct hate towards Gracey. I've even stated that I don't want people to keep watching me or have anything to do with my channel if they send her hate. 60% of people with TS self harm, a quarter of us have depression. I put this in part down to the way society treats us. I want to make sure that Gracey's video doesn't lead people to harass more content creators, since the misconceptions are dangerous to us. I Don't think she meant any harm, she's just uninformed. I don't want revenge I want understanding. This is not about drama, this is not about hating on anyone. It's not even about whether this guy has TS. This is about making the world a safer place for people with Tourette's.

As a disabled person without tourettes "I am playing up my symptoms" sounds like something I would say to myself only because other people have said it to me. People teach disabled people to gaslight themselves, thats what they need to understand.

it's crazy that people still think "oh they went 2 minutes without ticing that MUST mean they don't have tourette's" because there's stigma that someone with tourette's HAS to tic every 4 seconds

Losing my mind at the “maybe he has schizophrenia” part. So we’re willing to guess he may have this random disorder that he has shown absolutely no signs of, but we aren’t willing to do even consider that he may have the disorder he has claimed to have and DOES show signs of? Aight.

"im not educated on this" THEN DONT FUCKING MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT SOMEONES POSSIBLE DISORDER

Just adding my two cents to this: In Korea, short-term prescriptions lasting only a week or so are practically standard! The longest prescription I have ever gotten here was two weeks. Seeing doctors here is cheap and fast, so they often give short-term prescriptions (my shortest was three days) and then tell you to come back, especially for conditions that may require long-term care and careful adjustment of medication over time. That "evidence" is total BS :/

I was diagnosed with ADHD. I'm waiting to suddenly know everything about it.

I can’t imagine how hard it must be for him to be called a liar and doubted publicly by everyone around him :/ it must be very mentally straining. I hope he’s okay ❤️

I hate how she automatically assumed he would know everything about the medicine he takes. I've been on the same 3 medicines for epilepsy for over 13 years and I still don't know everything about it. I still have to search it sometimes when someone asks a question. Him googling it means absolutely nothing.

The “Maybe he has Schizophrenia” bit really pissed me off. Like wtf, Schizophrenia and Tourette’s are completely different, And he doesn’t even show any signs of having schizophrenia. This Girl feels Obligated to try and explain something she doesn’t even know about, she’s not exposing him, she’s exposing how clueless she is to this illness. Like, Only an idiot would fake an illness and this guy seems pretty legit, I mean in most countries you actually have to have a prescription made and signed by a professional to even get those sorts of medication.

The prescription "evidence" was ridiculous. After my surgery, I researched the pain meds they gave me to understood what they did and the side effects of them.

It really rubs me the wrong way when content creators, especially neruotypical ones, accuse others of faking very real conditions, when they have no idea how it works in the first place. Thank you so much for making this video, and educating people.

One thing that is so dangerous with gaslighting someone with a tic disorder is that tics are involuntary, you can feel that during the tic. But right after, it feels like it was you doing it. You feel your arm fling up, you feel your hand forming the fist, you feel the pain in your shoulder and you know YOU are the one who punched yourself. So gaslighting someone with a tic disorder can really mess up their minds. Just like Aniki said, you start to think "am I faking it?" until the next tic comes around. And then starts the most dangerous thing of all: you try not to tic. Suppressing tics can make them magnitudes worse. Instead of a light punch in the shoulder, if you try to suppress it, it may end up a strong punch to the chin. I've chipped a tooth after trying to suppress a tic! So no matter how hard evidence you THINK you have that someone is faking it, think about this: If you call them out and they ARE faking it, you've achieved... nothing. If you call them out and they are NOT faking it, you have physically and mentally caused them harm!

As someone with tourettes, even I barely understand it. My tics are pretty mild, like wincing really hard for a few seconds, or funny breathing. Honestly, the hardest part is that it prevents me from getting out sentences. Back in like, 4th grade, I did this snorting thing, and one kid was annoyed by it and he asked me to stop and I told him I couldn't, so he went and got the teacher and she told me to stop and I repeated myself, and none of them believed that it wasn't something I could control.

it's so sad how quick people are to accuse people with disorders, disabilities, and mental illnesses of faking :( i don't think it really helps anyone, even if you happen to be right. we need better disability awareness, not accusing people of faking if they don't fit the tiny, rigid boxes we put people with disabilities in.

At the 4:13 mark, it shows him with the expensive meat. Watch his eyebrows. Do you see how much they are twitching. He is AWARE of how expensive that meat is and is exerting as much self control as he can to not ruin it. Anita calls this out with her champagne analogy and is correct. It IS possible to contain the tics if you exert a lot of effort, but it will cost you for the rest of the day. Think spoon theory and using the majority of them at that specific time. And even when using max spoons, tics will still find a way to manifest.

Hi there, great video and thanks so much for educating. Just wanted to point out some things I haven't seen others bring up. The prescription amount thing is bogus and is a perfect example of why people need to leave folks alone if they don't know shit about them. In Korea (where I live) you CANNOT get prescriptions for controlled meds or very serious meds for 30 days at a time unless under extremely limited circumstances (I've never heard of it tbh). Korean has very, very strict laws surrounding prescription medications in general and controlled substances in particular. Many things that would be easily accessible in other countries can be outright banned or very heavily controlled. As a result doctors typically write prescriptions for 5, 7 days at a time, the most I've seen commonly is 2 weeks and that's pushing it (I get my adhd meds every 2 weeks). Maybe a case can be made for someone who has been on meds for years getting them every month, but even then not all docs would do that (again, laws). Usually, those with chronic conditions see a doctor regularly if they are receiving treatment/meds (every week, every two, medical care is very cheap here). To the getting meds point: you definitely cannot just walk into any old place and ask for meds randomly, doctors still have to diagnose you, they still have to do basic investigation to see if you are legit. It's possible (likely if he wasn't medicated before) he went to a new/different doc, its very very common to hop around to different clinics here. There's also, huge, HUGE stigma over literally any psychological, mental or neurological difference. Most people wouldn't even openly admit to having ANY condition, let alone something that could get them fired, socially shunned or worse. It's the most horrible part about this woman attacking him like this, he's risking a lot even having such a channel and speaking openly, let alone showing his personal/private info like medical records. I don't know anything about him but I sure hope he hasn't suffered any major personal life consequences over this, Korean society can be harsh and I can't imagine he would have an okay time of it. Also that woman is doubly ridiculous; metal chopsticks are the standard in Korea, literally every single person uses them, bamboo or wooden are very uncommon (usually cheap, disposable or fancy, special occasion ones are it).

“Hangman is great, it teaches you that by saying the wrong things you could end someone’s life” -Unknown

when you said that they fluctuate, I felt better about myself when you explained you can go months wihtout having them, i havent been diagnosed with tourettes, but i most likely have some sort of disorder that causes me to have tics, i have seen a nurse about it and she is yet to call back to my parents about it, because there is a long waiting list, but they will call at some point, and I used to be so confused on why they would happen for a week, maybe just over, and then go, and now that you explained that that can happen, i feel so much better about myself, becasue of not having an actual diagnosis of anything, i always have that voice in my head saying 'your faking it stop it, theres no way they can go for a month and then come back' but now that you've explained it, i feel so much better knowing that it can happen, hopefully i can see a medical professional about it soon, thank you though, that makes me feel so much better xx

"I'm not really educated to talk about that condition" Aaaaand that's why you should make a video about it in the first place.

As someone who suffers with severe migraines, anaemia, depression and anxiety, I get quite a bit of prescribed medicine. Do I remember the names of the medication? Nope. I only remember the name of my contraceptive pill. Do I know the names of all medications I could potentially have for my conditions? Not a chance. We're not doctors, how tf should we know all the names and information of each and every medication suited to our conditions?

Crud, my frustration over this stuff is triggering my tics. I really don’t like how people online create a story out of nothing for clout.

So what I’ve learnt is that people are pricks. Take care Anita ♥️

the first time i heard about Tourettes was, funnily enough, people 'outing' others as faking the condition. what i took away from it was wow people will do anything for attention and nothing more. i've just recently happened across this channel and this video was quite eye-opening to me. hearing sweet Anita and others in the video describing their expereience and struggle with not being believed is heartbreaking. Thank you for making this video, its reminded me to at the least, show basic human decency. the fact i need to be reminded of that is quite shameful but I'll do better!!!

I get the whole “Am I faking this? Am I doing this for attention?” with my depression and bipolar. I have what’s called “rapid cycling” bipolar. Basically I go from happy to easily angry to depressed faster than other forms of bipolar. My depression is also different. It’s not the I’m constantly sad type. It’s a mixed type that goes from sad to unmotivated to unproductive. I’ve had people say I’m faking my depression because I’m not sad all the time or they say my bipolar is fake because I’m generally pretty positive and don’t fly off the handle over little things not going my way. So I ask myself “do I have depression? Do I have bipolar? Like, is this real?” even though I have a freaking bin full of my mental and physical health papers. My depression and bipolar have been documented for years. What’s really sad is so many people with mental and physical health problems doubt themselves so often because we let other people get in our heads. Even when we don’t want to, it happens. So we sit here- ignoring the papers and doctors and abundance of proof- because we hear it so much, we start believing it. And that’s not ok. It is no one’s right to tell us what’s going on in our minds and our bodies. We know what we have and we know we are valid. Yet people still feel the need to tell us we’re faking it and we’re exaggerating things we have no control over. *If you are not a licensed professional on our medical teams, you have no right tot tell me or anyone else what is and isn’t going on in our brains and bodies. Butt out of our business and stop judging us and using us as stress relief because of your insecurities*

The idea that someone would make up a condition like this for views, clout or anything at all is ridiculous. I read the article about Sweet Anita on the BBC news app about an hour ago and just had to find this channel. I get the feeling I'm going to be binge watching her videos tonight. Anita you're awesome!

You’re one of the most wholesome content creators out there. I’m blind and get accused of faking it because I have a tiny bit of vision in one eye. I totally get your experiences with getting hate over being disabled.

Well said, Anita. This fakeclaiming shit sucks to deal with. I don't have Tourettes syndrome, but I do have DID and schizoeffective disorder. Even though I know, and my doctors know that this shit is real and I'm dealing with it, I still get imposter syndrome all the time because some randos on the internet with no idea what they're talking about said some BS.

14:38 "Oh I haven't ticked in an hour, am I faking?" That's brutal! I wonder if someone was induced to denying his own tourette, with consequences that I immagine could only be negatives.

Thanks for making this. I admire your efforts to bring awareness to the struggles people deal with. I'm also grateful for your efforts to help animals... I love pigeons and I instantly became your fan when I saw you helping those ugly little babies.

Basic human 101: "I'm not knowledgeable about this but I'm just gonna say shit like I am, I am opinionated and all the stuff I know is heavily biased" SweetAnita : "Okay here is some context from me, could I have some from you? Confusion is never good"

Your such a kind soul. Love your content 🙏🏽❤️

I’m a mental health provider, and even though I’ve been practicing (counseling) since 1997, I haven’t seen very many clients with Tourette’s. Thanks for helping me understand what you go through and how the disorder actually presents so I can help people better.

4:53 I agree 100%, when I'm baking for class or for work, I tend to tic a lot less because I'm hyper focused on something that excites me and requires a lot of my attention. People without tourettes shouldn't comment on something like that since they don't know how our brains work at all.

This made me remember when I was feeling down and suicidal and no one believed that I had a condition. Kinda made sense now as to why, they didn't know, thanks!

I really appreciate you making this video. People constantly misunderstand so many diagnoses and I found that this video helps not only inform about Tourette's (of which I knew little beforehand), but also about that people should not stereotype diagnoses based on the most prevalent associated behaviours, or based on "a friend with the diagnosis". It seems to be really difficult for many people (even those with a diagnosis, I've noticed) to ask instead of assume and it's really disheartening. Anyway, once again, thank you for making this video!

This needs to have a higher view count. People need to know it isn’t okay to be “calling people out” about disorders. I understand where it’s coming from where people think they are actually defending the “real” people with Tourette’s. But the possibility of it being a real Tourette’s patient is really fucked up if you keep pressing them to see if they’re real or not. I’m glad Anita made this video because it made me think different about the situation.

omg finaly!!!!!!!! for MONTHS ive tried to ask anita in her chat about thoughts of self accusations. and never got through the wall of chat. i had even kind of given up on the question. omg im so happy i finally hear someone else with tourettes confirming its normal to have fears of faking it yourself. holy moly this is such a relief!!!!!!!!!

As someone with Autism, I've had my condition doubted in a similar fashion just because my mannerisms don't necessarily match my diagnosis at first glance (I have SPLD, Semantive Pragmative Language Disorder. There's some debate on whether it's autism or something else entirely but that was what I was told I had as a kid so it stuck with me). It's important to know how masking (process by which we mask our symptoms, hence the name) affects people with neurological disorders, and how much we've tried to integrate and conceal our actual condition. It gets to the point where you can feel like you're simulating a person, and it can often invalidate even our own perception of our disability and how it really affects us. It's important that people stay educated about these topics, so I'm glad you're here to help them out Anita!

8:33 what u just said is VERY relatable for me. I have adhd, and I take medication for it. No idea what it’s even called- all I know is that it takes away your appetite and it’s harder to sleep so don’t take it before bed😂😂

As someone with t.s. who is trying to start up a RU-vid channel, I truly do appreciate this video because it helps me better understand the things I will face. so I would like to say thank you. :)

I also have Tourette’s. I was diagnosed as a child, but it’s never been super debilitating for me and I only ever have an “attack” every so often, and only when I’m feeling anxious or nervous. Because it’s not that bad, I’ve never even thought about getting put on a medication, so I don’t even know what medications are available. My tics are also mostly motor tics, and not verbal. This is the problem with cancel culture and this generation trying to catch everyone in a “lie” for clout. Yes there are people who fake this stuff, but there are also many more who aren’t lying about their condition.

The whole "getting accused of being fake so much you start to believe it yourself" sounds VERY similar to Impostor Syndrome. I (no diagnosed mental / neurological disorder, though I suspect a couple) have fought against impostor syndrome most of my life. I hope that information helps in times of doubt! Keep on being you!

as someone who has developed TS through severe anxiety and depression, I just honesty never thought about medication for it. Ive always been just getting medication for my other mental health issues, I had no idea there was even meds for TS lmao

Hey there! I just wanted to say I think that it is so awesome that you are addressing how negative backlash can really affect a person's mental health, and I'm so sorry that people have made you feel that way. Unfortunately, SO many people fake Tourette's Syndrome and other mental disorders and it makes people very skeptical about people like you who really suffers from this or ANY kind of mental illness. I am NOT excusing their behavior, and it makes me so sad that a person would fake a disorder just for clout. I think it is so ridiculous, people who don't even have Tourettes going around acting like a doctor, judging others for a disorder they don't even understand. Bullying is not cool and like you said, people can even commit suicide because of how horrible bullies make them feel. Anyways, loved your video and I just subscribed! ❤️

I've had a chronic illness for 21 years and I still look up medications. That really made me angry.

The kid at 13:28 fucking broke my heart :( These kind of doubts about you could brake anyone, not to mention a kid

I love your little mouth pop tic, it's so cute lol. Mine are mostly loud and annoying things like coughing, clearing my throat, and snorting.

The ending is so true. I find myself watching people debunking DID systems who they think is faking. But the things they point out are common things.

Even though I haven’t seen a lot of her content I can tell Anita is amazing. Frick Trigonometry. This stuff needs to be taught in school so kids don’t grow up and be so helplessly ignorant.

11:14 this reminds me of someone telling me in reference to my physical health issues that "i'm lucky that i might get a parking pass out of it." i don't think a parking spot is an equal "trade" for my physical health, but thanks

Poor guy... possibly... just got into watching your content and i love your outlook on life... thank you for having a logical unbiased response to this kind of thing

I have not been diagnosed with anything yet, but I have been getting involuntary movements and sounds that I will see a doctor for soon. I can totally relate to the guy that questioned if he was faking or not. I once didn't have anything involuntary happen for 3 days straight and I kept calling myself an attention seeker.

I love that you spread awareness of this. I can't count how many times folks would react to me in a skeptical way, when letting them know that I have tourettes. Normalizing the various ways this condition affects people os the first step in a long battle of people the like the one you are talking about, realizing that what you see or perceive means fuck all to the person who actually has the condition. I think people need to spend more time in a corner with empathy and less time being armchair psychologists for the sake of "content".

12:18 I always had a general consensus about the stigma surrounding tourettes, but damn that really sounds tough. I'm sorry you have to go through that stuff on a regular basis. This was a real eye opener and I'm glad I was able to learn something from this! I love your vids! stay strong gurl!

as someone whos been living with Tourettes Syndrome for 20 Years now, i experienced many hardships, and that created really deep Depressions and some thoughts no one should think about but one thing i have to say is that no one ever doubted that i have TS or not or i cant remember :D Sweet Anita i really thank you for being so Strong while living with TS its something i can only Dream about. And yeah i think its Disgusting that some People are Faking it to get Likes/Follows and i really hope that they stop that because i cant understand why they are doing that cus some of those Tics sometimes Hurt Physically and thats no Laughing matter.

8:23 I wasn't expecting to get personally attacked today.

Wow. There were so many important messages in this one video. Even though I don't have Tourette's, I can empathize with how you (and others with the condition/other stigmatised conditions) feel. I truly understand that, because I, as an autistic person who was forced to mask their symptoms until I started suffering mentally, was told so often that I couldn't have it because of [stigma that's been around]. We people with conditions (physical, mental, neurological...) can only hope that someday, it'll change for the better. Keep up the great work. Love the way you're educating about your condition. That's so important.

Literally everytime something happened, in my head I was like here's the explanation and two seconds later Anita'd say the same thing! 😂❤️ Also for the prescription I was recently looking up my new prescriptions for my mental disorders to make sure I knew what they were for plus what their side effects were... Note even after that I still got sick from at least one of them and now I'm scared to take them... So... Yeah... This could be legitimate.

This is the same thing with my disorder, I have ADHD, but because i dont act hyper people assume i dont have it. While in my head its going overload, getting overwhelmed, having piles and piles of laundry and more and im not able to do them. I hyperfocus like crazy sometimes and forget to eat or drink during the day. I also have many days where im so damn tired i cant even move. People think they know everything about everything they dont have just because someone on wikipedia thinks they knew something so now everyone is a expert..

I know it’s not Tourette’s but I was diagnosed with adhd about a month ago at 20 years old and even the doctor tried to shoot down the symptoms I was describing to him as adhd is stigmatized to being hyper active which is often associated more with guys but there is the hyper focus aspect as well which is the end I am on so I know it’s not Tourette’s but I have a similar struggle of not being taken seriously on the disease and have doubts as well so I’m glad you posted this video anita as I feel it extends to other mental health problems that are stigmatized as well much love to you and you channel ❤️

Hi Anita, I'm very new to your channel, just wanted to take a second to say your content has really opened my eyes to the struggles that people with TS have to go through on a daily basis , you have real strength of character, its a shame the world can be so suspicious and judgmental.

So I just discovered your channel (and I do not understand why RU-vid suggested it to me, but algorithms gonna algorithm). I was legit trying to understand, and yeah a part of me wondered if there was some exaggerating just for the likes. So I really do appreciate this video and putting it all in perspective for me. Because as much as I try to be reasonably educated about the world, I really don't know much about Tourettes. I also want to be clear... I would never come to anyone's channel to bash someone, whether I thought you were faking or not. I don't care what content anyone has to get the likes, as long as they aren't hurting anyone. And I do not understand the mindset people have to insult strangers online, and anyone that does, has some serious problems. Bullying in all forms repulses me, and more people need to realize that.

and to do with the medication, and people saying he was only taking it for 7 days! I have Tourette's and I try different medication often to see which helps more and better! people need to educate themselves on these conditions before stepping forward and claiming that others are faking when they know nothing about them and their lives!

If someone tends to poke themselves in they eye using chopsticks, how would using wooden chopsticks be safer than metal ones?? If anything, you stab yourself in the eye regardless and leave splinters. What is this logic

THANK YOU for standing up for this guy. I hate how so many of us with neurodivergences have to defend and prove our diagnoses all the time I'm autistic and have ADHD, and I've had too many people ask me to prove it and show my diagnosis on paper

Protect Anita at all cost!!! She has such a beautiful soul. 🙏❤️

I've never felt the need to defend my tics, I just don't give a shit haha. If that dude doesn't have ts then he's doing a great job faking it but either way who is she to go 'Nancy Drew' on him.

“Developing Tourette’s in 10 months seems almost impossible” 7 months into the year, tics rocketing. I have to wait to see any diagnosis’s or anything, but the first 3 months of experiencing tics it was a new experience, and i was very doubtful of my own actions. I struggle to accept my body is doing things i cant control, but i confirmed it for myself as i have started gaining visible bruises while doing everything i can to stop myself. Anyway, I saw a specialist 3 months into experiencing tics. It was head movements and mouth popping and vocal tics at that point. I told my dad everything 40 minutes prior to the appointment as i struggle to open up about whats going on it my life. I was really good at masking it, and then my specialist wrote a formal letter declaring i have tics. I no longer needed to mask my actions around my parents and friends, although i tried to in school. The day after i stopped masking i had absolutely no control over my tics. This went about for around a month or two as i gained a huge amount of tics. Currently, they are getting more frequent and disruptive of my day to day life, whilst i am medicated. So no, this isnt for attention, And yes, it has happened really fast.

There is a German RU-vidr. His name is Dylan white. He had VERY few ticks through his life. Recently, I think last year he noticed that he ticked more. But didn’t thought anything of it. One day he was overwhelmed with tick attacks. His muscles cramped, he was unable to talk. Everything. He was scared for life so was his girlfriend. He tried to find help with docs but most of them weren’t able or didn’t treated him right with right medications. Now he life’s like he always had Tourette. It’s possible that Tourette shows up later in life. When people say „in the past this person didn’t had any ticks“ yeah no shit Sherlock. This can happen. This can actually happen. People are so blindfolded. I myself didn’t know that Tourette is such a wide spectrum. I educated myself and im pretty happy about that. Im more understanding. (English is not my first language so I can not explain what specific ticks Dylan has im sorry. Some sounds, and cramping) And I feel really sorry for this Korean creator. No one deserves that. This women is causing more damage with her video than helping. Is wish the dude all but the best. ❤️

I have ADHD. Obviously ADHD and tourettes are very different. But if someone questioned whether I had ADHD I'd probably end up responding like this guy. I have no idea what medicine to take because I don't want medicine for it. My ADHD doesn't mean that I can't focus on anything, it just means that I can't choose what I can focus on, which means that its completely irregular and sometimes I'll be hyperfocused and other times I can't pay attention to anything at all because my head is flooding with thoughts. I've been dealing with ADHD all my life and didn't get diagnosed until 2021. So with my understanding of these kinds of disorders. I'm with you in that this video doesn't prove anything.

Really well spoken, well done. Mental disorders can be very serious, you never know what someone is going through. So many people think they understand the world, but they don't. It's unbelievable to me that people are attacking this Korean RU-vidr, even though he's already going through something so challenging. Obviously faking mental disorders is not okay, but there is no evidence that this RU-vidr was faking anything. Mainly speculation. I hope he receives the positive, uplifting community that he deserves. I personally went through a small period in my life where I was having constant motor tics, and it became physically painful because of how bad it was. It came around, stayed for a few months, and fluctuated for nearly a year, until it just disappeared and I haven't had those motor tics since. It was so unpredictable. I don't think it was Tourette's, and I'm not claiming to know exactly what people with Tourette's go through, but that was a hard time in my life. And I can only imagine how hard it must be to go through that for years, and have people attack you for being you. It was obvious to myself that I wasn't faking, but to other people it may have seemed that I was, and that made me doubt myself. You really can never truly tell what someone else has or is going through.

"There's no reason to stay if you just hear the same thing over and over again." Oh Sweet Anita, there's PLENTY of reason to stay. You are genuine, kind, and talented. We love you and appreciate the awareness you've brought to TS.

Same happen with ADHD, happily I rarely have to explain that I have it since is not so visual as Tourette. But this hate on people is not about us, is about them. For instance, if a kid is not doing the work in the classroom and is bothering the teacher the last thing he wanna hear is that the kid doing that need his help to concentrate, he just wanna focus on the things that justify his anger in the moment. Once the feeling is gone he will be more likely to understand and talk unless he is being defensive about it.

Where is my appendix??

Oh my goodness this video made me feel so seen. I've felt myself like I've been faking my Tourette's even though I have been diagnosed and obviously have it. I fear so much what the world will think, and it's a massive burden on me. For a while I felt so ashamed of it that I would avoid watching any videos about it, but now they're refreshing to me and I finally feel like someone understands.

i think it's good to know that you can't dangerously stab yourself in the eye if you use wooden chopsticks.

I really like how this isn't about Anita trying to prove or disprove that the guy has Tourettes, but more about educating about the accusations the guy has been getting.

"I live near this guy" is about as credible as "my dad works for Nintendo"

“I knew him in the past. He didn’t have tics then…” I developed motor tics when I was 20 years old. Even if you knew someone most of their life and have never seen them tic until recently, that does not mean they are faking it.

“People with Tourette’s should know all about their disease.” With this logic, cancer patients should already know the cure

About the 7-Day Script: Also when you get started on new medication they put you on it for 7 days to test how you deal with it, before they put you on a one month or three month supply.

Also on the meat thing, you can see his actual genuine concentration. I don’t know if he’s faking but you can see his eyes riveted in one spot, and his hands are very steady.

"I know barely anything about this subject, im not an expert, but i want to talk about and speculate on the topic as if i am one" Which is about a third of youtube.

I had a girl who sat behind me in a college class and she was always clearing her throat, coughing, or mumbling. one day we had to give speeches about ourselves and she told us about Tourette's and how she was diagnosed at age 11 with it. I wish I had been more understanding of her. You are a great person for talking about this. Thank You.

"This person claims they have depression but I saw them outside with friends smiling!" Edit: I meant this comment sarcastically; being depressed doesn't genuinely mean you can't smile at all, and you can still have a good time! It's just taking the piss out of people that say things like "You're not depressed, you laugh all of the time!" and was comparing it to the situational comparison of what people were saying about people with Tourettes Syndrome. Sorry for the confusion 💪😎👌

What really upsets me is that she doesn’t consider him having Tourette’s as an option. She says either he is lying or delusional.

"Why would he google the medication if he has the condition for years" Me: who has chronic pain and don't even remember the name of the desease causing it 😬

I'm diagnosed with Tourettes and I went through all of Army basic training literally carrying a rifle. I never had any issues with the weapons, and while my tics at the time were very mild and hadn't been diagnosed yet, they were still present. Having TS doesn't blatantly mean you can't use objects that are considered inherently dangerous.

If you stab yourself in the eye with chopsticks it hardly matters if they're wood or metal, your eyes are fragile, so that alone is a huge reach.

tqsm for making this video i have chronic tic syndrome so my tics come and go. I have months that I have no tics at all and weeks that will get super aggressive. I appreciate that you are debunking the idea of what it means to have tic syndromes or Tourette's. Edit: Chronic tics just mean I only have one of the two forms of tics (vocal and motor) which lasts for more than a year, not that my tics go on and off (i think there's a different word for that)

You're such a sweet, kind person! We need more people speaking up about issues like this and educate those who need to be. In the other hand we need more people to open up their ignorant minds. Sending much love, sweetheart! :)

The thought process that wooden chopsticks can't hurt your eye just as much as metal chopsticks can

It didn't occur to me that people with Tourettes would doubt themselves over their diagnosis. One day I might spend hours thinking about self harm or suicide, and the next I might feel like I was "faking it" or "exaggerating". Sometimes feeling like a fraud makes me think about suicide, to escape the shame of "pretending" I have depression issues. Until this video I kinda felt that invisible disabilities would differ in this regard, based on how a condition manifests. I see that I was wrong and I should evaluate assumptions I have been making about how other people could feel about there diagnosis. I'm 50/50 on whether I should click Cancel or Comment.

Someone in my school pretended they had tourettes just so they could swear in class. But whenever they were out of class they were talking about how the teachers are so dumb that they didn't know she was faking it. I am disappointed in her.

"You've got organs your whole f***ing life but a bunch of you can't tell me where your f***ing appendix is!" - Anita

If she wasn’t even educated on Tourette’s then why even make an entire video basically calling this guy a liar and bringing hate towards him even if he was lying kinda weird

The irony is these channels attacking people with Tourette’s are calling them clout chasers. Yet here they are making videos doing the same.

If I remember correctly, Anita has mentioned before that she nearly never had her more vulgar tics until she became a streamer, which is another possible example of why being a content creator with torettes can suck.

"I'm not educated so I can't say anything." **Still uploads video about how he's fake**