I’ve just watched a new video made by Scope and Stephen Fry which challenges us to consider the power that just two words can have. The examples they use in the video include:

‘I’m pregnant’, ‘Marry me’, ‘You’re ugly’ or ‘That’s beautiful’.…

A couple of weeks ago I saw a post by a friend on Facebook that made me stop and think. The post was by Georgie who, like me, has Tourettes. Georgie has recently undergone neurosurgery as part of a trial currently being carried out in the UK.…

This afternoon Leftwing Idiot and I went to a very special party. It was to celebrate ten years of the children’s charity Daytrippers Foundation.

Over the last ten years Daytrippers Foundation has helped nearly 20,000 disabled children to go on exciting trips or take part in innovative events.…

This morning I woke up late but cheerful. I don’t usually work on Saturdays but today I did because I was covering for a colleague. For no clear reason my tics decided it would be a good morning for a Tourettes re-working of a traditional Scottish song, The Bonnie Bonnie Banks O’ Loch Lomond, so as I rushed about getting ready, Zoë, my support worker, frantically scribbled down my new lyrics.…

This evening Claire cooked a lovely dinner at her flat for me and Ruth and Ruth’s friend Meghan. Claire’s planning on moving soon so this might be one of the last meals we have together in her current flat.

Soon after we’d finished dinner I had a ‘ticcing fit’ and Claire and Ruth helped me.…

Yesterday I wrote about my new “Hey” tic and how I was certain it wasn’t the kind horses eat. Now I’m not so sure – this evening my tics went all equestrian. Well almost – I started chatting to the clotheshorse that sits in the corner of my room.…

I used to have a comprehensive range of greeting tics that included, “Hello buddy”, “Hello fish” “Hey buddy”, and “Good afternoon, Legoland Windsor.”

Over the last few weeks “Hey” has been creeping back in. It comes out with a very particular intonation and doesn’t sound much like a greeting, but I’m sure it’s not the other sort of ‘Hay’ either.…

Laura sent me a picture message this evening which at confused me. At first glance it was just an image of a seating area in a bar.

Her message read, ‘Only accessible if you’re just a floating head….. in which case you probably wouldn’t need the toilet.’…

Last month has raced by for me, but for all you Taureans anticipating your own personal predictions I’m sure it’s felt like forever.

Four weeks ago I posted the first of my tic-inspired horoscopes and lots of people asked if there’d be one for their star sign.…

Poppy and I have been hanging out at the castle this evening and she’s staying over to provide my overnight care. Just now, as we were getting ready for bed, I began ticcing demands that she mimic my movements.

It started when she asked if I needed her to do anything, to which my involuntary answer was, ‘Look like an electrified meerkat.’…