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When disability symptoms worsen under pressure

I have Tourette's and my tics get worse in stressful situations, which makes job interviews nearly impossible because the more I want the job the more I twitch and curse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The cruel irony of neurological conditions that intensify precisely when control is most needed creates a feedback loop of failure and shame.

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