I have Tourette’s and one of the first things I found out once I was diagnosed was that playing chess for some reason stopped my tics. I remember after I would have a stressful day and I’d be screaming a lot (that was my only tic for a while after I was first diagnosed) my mum would always ask if I wanted to play chess, even though she was horrible at it.
But it’s not just chess, it’s whenever I’m focusing really hard, like on a test or if I’m extremely close to getting a personal best on a speedrun.
So why do my tics seem to stop or diminish a lot when I focus?
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