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Writer's pictureKay Willow

Pop the Balloon


So with Tics there can be this thing called the "premonitory urges" or in our alien friend group its Tickles. These urges have been described as a balloon in your head that needs to be popped, a buzzing sensation, a jolt of electricity, and most commonly used is like an itch you just have to scratch. Please don't mistake these urges as control over our Tics and other alien friends, Its more like a heads up then anything we can control. These urges build and build until it just explodes, just like Tickles is blowing up the balloon until it popped. The balloon has no control over it popping it can not pop for a little bit but eventually that added air will get too much and it will pop. This is similar to tics, the Ticer's Body is like the balloon and the premonitory urges are like the continued adding of air, eventually They have to tic just like the balloon has to pop because its too much. This is why people can suppress but don't like to and shouldn't unless absolutely necessary. Suppressing ones tics, takes a ton of concentration and can be quite uncomfortable or even painful at times.


The artist doesn't get those urges often usually only before a tic attack and hers is like jolts of electricity and increased buzzing from her nerves (her nerves buzz constantly due to other conditions). Because she doesn't get that warning it is almost impossible for her to suppress her tics so she can only do it for a short time.

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