Daily Overview: Saturday, April 8th

I had a nice day and felt very calm overall. This was a day of being a little tired but alert and mainly having good body control. Too busy for more aggressive tics to make an appearance- very much in a flow state.

Worst tics were in my hand, but manageable.

Light to moderate overall.

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If you wonder what it’s like having Tourette syndrome, it’s a lot like like trying to play a game of Jenga, but instead of pulling out blocks, your body randomly flails your arms around and shouts obscenities! More accurately, it’s like holding in a sneeze. If I haven’t mentioned this already, I did have minor vocal tics when diagnosed, but have since- luckily, grown out of them.

During the day, I wondered once or twice if I was experiencing any initial benefit from the meditative nature of Mendi sessions- such as improved sleep quality. I am highly effected by poor sleep quality and the difference is typically clear. I’ve dealt with this a long time, so the quality of my work usually unaffected unless tics are at absolute peak levels.

Pre session routine – same as usual.

YGTSS SCORE: 14

DAY 3 SCORES:

(A) 10 Minute (Warm-Up) 26% 27s 3934p

(B) 15 Minute (Endurance) 19% 25s 3435p

(C) 5 Minute (Cool-down) 19% 10s 1322p

BEST SCORE: (A)

My activity struggled today but my resilience was consistently higher than in previous sessions.

Making a note of this for further thought later.

I’m happy to report all sessions went uninterrupted today. Just before the largest peak in session A, I remember feeling extremely uplifted and balanced with my thoughts, and activity soared with resilience. I will definitely try to hone in on that feeling tomorrow. That’s it for today!