![]() She was diagnosed with OCD and Tourette Syndrome, so her doctor put her on Prozac and other medications.Īfter, when she knew she had the disorders she had a hard time, and didn°?t want people to say bad things or make fun of her because of her disabilities, so she kept them to herself. She does finally end up getting the strength to go see a doctor because she knows that something is wrong with her. She had to deal with her family and friends who thought she was crazy. Amy didn°?t even know she had the disorders until she was older. A compulsion is a conscious, recurrent pattern of behavior a person feels driven to perform. An obsession is a recurrent and intrusive thought, feeling, idea, or sensation. ![]() She did very well in school even with her disabilities.Īmy had a very rough up bringing dealing with her two disabilities (1) Tourette Syndrome which is a rare disease that is characterized by involuntary tics and by uncontrollable verbalization involving especially echolalia and the use of obscene language, (2) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by obsessions or compulsions having one or both is sufficient for the diagnosis. She talks about her life and the things she had to deal with. ![]() Too bad there weren°?t more writers like her. Emard from Lebanon, ME USAĪmy is an awesome writer, she tends to skip around a little but her detail and thoughts and opinions about everything are just so selective and different. ![]()
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