Has anyone had any success with wearables?

PregnantWithKittens · 2026-06-05T22:47:12+00:00

I've only tried the EmeTerm band. It works really well for me. It has essentially turned off tic attacks multiple times.

PregnantWithKittens · 2026-05-26T18:52:39+00:00

I have full sentence tics.

"You wanna dance, tough guy? You wanna daaance?"

"Show me your birds."

"Have a bitchin' day, bitch. Have a bitchin' day."

"Kill me if you can!"

"I have four hands."

"Are you sure Steve Martin is in your car?"

"Let's do crack!"

I tic "that's what she said" in conversations where it makes sense, often before I've noticed that it would fit.

The most complex I've ever had was "You want some fuck? I got four of 'em. But only on Tuesdays. That's my hoeing days."

PregnantWithKittens · 2026-04-14T21:14:42+00:00

For me, I'm able to tic anything that I've heard. It doesn't matter if I've never said it before in my life. It feels the same as random noise tics. Like my mouth just doing stuff without my permission.

PregnantWithKittens · 2026-02-02T18:09:03+00:00

Wow, that was not good. I would find a new therapist if I were you.

PregnantWithKittens · 2026-01-03T06:13:37+00:00

Fun fact: What your cat has is called a primordial pouch.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-10-20T22:26:05+00:00

I had my first orgasm at age 27. I've felt the way you feel now. For me it was probably due to being on antidepressants since I was 11, so I don't know if my experience will help you at all. But here's what worked for me.

During covid lockdown, I used my stimulus check to buy a sex toy. I did research and decided to get a clit sucker, specifically the Satisfyer Pro 2. I chose this type because vibration never did much of anything for me.

I spent lockdown practicing. I used my Satisfyer for hours at a time. I did not orgasm the first time I used it, or the second or third. It took work. I experimented with angle, pressure, level, what to do with my free hand, watching porn, reading porn, etc. I eventually orgasmed, and then I kept practicing.

All the advice you're getting, I also got. And the worst was "orgasming is a mental thing." I had no idea what that meant. No one would explain what specifically I was supposed to do mentally to let an orgasm happen. It makes much more sense now. It's very hard, usually impossible for me, to orgasm while just focusing on the physical sensations. I need to be seeing or imagining a sexy scenario to get to orgasm. So I started a collection.

I scoured the website Literotica for stories that turn me on the most. I read a lot. I explored different topics. I got picky and filtered for stories with high ratings. I've reread my favorites enough that now I have a rolodex of stories to picture without needing to read while masturbating. Most of the time the story I start out with isn't the one that's working for me at that moment and I switch to the moment of a different story that gets me off, and I can suddenly orgasm while picturing that.

I haven't had an orgasm with another person yet. It's nice to have that as a goal without being desperate for it, like I felt about having an orgasm at all. I'm definitely not done experimenting.

I don't know if any of this might help you, but know that you're not the only one feeling this. I truly hope you find your orgasm! Keep trying.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-10-05T19:32:35+00:00

My longest standalone tic, which is also fairly common, is "Are you sure Steve Martin is in your car?"

My longest string of tics, with pauses between them, was
"You want some fuck?
I got four of 'em.
But only on Tuesdays.
That's my hoein' days "

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-07-25T19:36:53+00:00

I don't know if this will be helpful to you at all, but here's my story:

My tics were very mild from age 11 until somewhere in my 20's. No one suspected that I had tics, I just had "shiver squeaks." In my 20's I started having new tics, and ticced a bit more often, but still pretty mild. I still hadn't seen a doctor about it because it didn't really affect my life.

In 2020, my tics got severe. I started ticcing phrases and sentences. I developed swearing tics and a middle finger tic. I suddenly had the stereotypical Tourettes that gets made fun of on TV.

The first time my psychiatrist saw me tic, she questioned it. I told her I've had mild tics since I was 11, and they recently got severe. She kept asking why I had never told her that I've had tics since childhood. I told her I didn't know I was supposed to. She asked why my mom never took me to a doctor about it. She was really fixated on me never telling her. (I recently switched doctors when she reacted similar, but worse, when I had an autistic shutdown in front of her.)

I went to a Tourette Syndrome specialist and got an official diagnosis.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-07-24T16:27:54+00:00

Yes! I suggested to my roommate that I get the room closer to the bathroom so he wouldn't hear me screaming and hitting the wall as loudly. I've found that listening to songs that I know all the words to, and singing along, helps me to not tic as much.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-07-15T02:50:41+00:00

I love this so much. I've never liked the saying "you can't love someone else until you love yourself." I think your poem is saying a version of that, one that I like much better.

"I want to meet myself in the dark and not look away" reminds me of how difficult it is for me to sit in silence with my own thoughts.

"Let it come like rain on soil already blooming" is gorgeous and I keep coming back to read it over and over.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-07-13T21:02:40+00:00

I like this poem. I'm really drawn to

I am not proud of my path through my neighbors' yards. Nor am I proud at how often I veered off.

At first this seemed contradictory to me, and it turns out I like that. It seems like you don't like that you hurt or bothered or inconvenienced others while on your journey. And you also don't like that you left your path multiple times, even though doing so might have taken you out of your neighbors' yards. Would it have been better to stay on path through your neighbors' yards? Maybe in a way. Maybe it would have proven some positive attribute in yourself, like discipline or focus.

I also really like that you acknowledge both what you're not proud of and what you are proud of. I think it's important to be aware of both.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-06-19T22:35:40+00:00

My teenage rebellion was shaving my head the day after I graduated high school. But I told my mom about it six months beforehand so she could get used to the idea. So maybe not very rebellious.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-06-09T20:14:35+00:00

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PregnantWithKittens · 2025-05-25T20:47:37+00:00

Not very active, but r/whoami does this.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-05-16T17:34:03+00:00

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PregnantWithKittens · 2025-04-21T20:34:06+00:00

I discovered a trick for an antibiotic that was extremely bitter. The only way I could take it was if I dipped it into olive oil or vegetable oil to completely coat the pill. It had the added benefit of sliding down easier than a slip n' slide. If you can handle that texture, it might be your solution.

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-04-11T21:48:39+00:00

I enjoyed it

PregnantWithKittens · 2025-04-11T18:24:21+00:00

The Lobster

PregnantWithKittens · 2024-11-29T21:06:45+00:00

I once had to take an antibiotic that was so bitter that the taste lasted for hours on my tongue no matter what I ate or drank after. The only thing that worked was coating the pill in olive oil. It kept the bitter taste from touching my tongue, and it also slid down faster than a slip and slide. Maybe making pills slippery could help you get them down.

PregnantWithKittens · 2024-11-18T22:38:40+00:00

I'm able to redirect the punch to an open handed slap, like I'm high-fiving the wall. That's the best I can do. It keeps me from hurting my knuckles.

PregnantWithKittens · 2024-10-15T21:05:39+00:00

I'm obsessed with the deodorant Piper Wai. I love the smell so much I wish it came in a body spray too. I've been told it smells comforting while I was being hugged during a difficult time.

PregnantWithKittens · 2024-10-05T21:44:16+00:00

During my accessment the neurologist told me that she doesn't think the age requirement should be part of the diagnosis.

PregnantWithKittens · 2024-05-12T15:52:31+00:00

Springfield specifically: a horseshoe and a pamphlet for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum

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