1twitch Pronunciation: 'twich
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English twicchen; akin to Old English twiccian to pluck, Old High German gizwickan to pinch. transitive senses : to move or pull with a sudden motion : JERK intransitive senses (Merriem Websters on-line dictionary)

What is twitch?
As an artist living with tourettes, the word twitch has become a part of my daily life. Oddly, I have never written a piece of music with this title, nor have I created anything in this world using the name; until now.
I have recently taken an interest in this disorder that I have grown so accustomed to having that I find it difficult to even think of it as such. What has struck me most about tourettes and our culture is how incredibly misinformed the general public is about the topic.
It seems that the most common misconception that people have regarding the disorder is that people who have it bark and scream profanity. This is a rare exception to the normal symptoms which consist primarily of physical spasms that can move throughout the body, but seem to occur most often in the fingers, shoulders, neck and face. There is also a great deal of discomfort that one must endure due to these tics, because of the stretching, and therefore aching, of the muscles involved.
Most intriguing to me is how many people there are in the world who do not even realize they have tourettes syndrome. This is also because of the very same misconceptions that have created so little understanding of this disorder in general.
This site is not educate you about the specifics of tourettes, but rather to share with you my own experience with it and the person I have become in spite of and also because of it. It is to reach out to others who have it and those who don’t get it. Mostly, however, it is for myself, so that I might have the chance to create a world that is beautiful and is from my own mind.
Over time, you will likely find many secret passageways that start to open up throughout these initial pages. This world will grow as I have grown, and as I continue to grow.
~reve

What is TS?

Tourettes Syndorme (TS) is a neurological disorder which becomes evident in early childhood or adolescence between the ages of 2 and 15. Tourettes syndrome is defined by multiple motor and vocal tics lasting for more than one year. Many people have only motor tics or only vocal tics. The first symptoms usually are involuntary movements (tics) of the face, arms, limbs or trunk. These tics are frequent, repetitive and rapid. The most common first symptom is a facial tic (eye blink, nose twitch, grimace), and is replaced or added to by other tics of the neck, trunk, and limb.

 

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