Big up Sweet Anita for giving such honest answers to our nosy questions! What questions do you have about Tourettes syndrome that you want Sweet Anita to answer? 🇳🇺

She's a fantastic spokesperson for tourettes she explains it so well it really does educate people on the syndrome and shes so likeable

To think of all the horrid shit she's been through and yet she still has a sense of humour and has a positive outlook on life. I've had a pretty horrendous year not even considering covid and lockdowns etc, and it's nothing compared to so much of her life. She is truly an admirable person.

She's so sweet & real. Such a lovely girl ❤️

The way she educates people is good, I always enjoy listening to her 🤝

The "hes gonna burnnn" bit made me laugh so hard

As someone that has tics I really appreciate how respectful everyone has been, also how open the conversation is. I need to listen to the full podcast cos it’s brilliant.

She’s very sweet. Hope she finds happiness

I wonder how long Jaack’s been waiting to ask this question 😂

Honestly Anita is unreal for doing all this, really makes you understand Tourettes better

Really appreciate you making this video and spreading information! I’ve had tourettes for about 13 years and for a long time people have completely misunderstood it. Sweet Anita is a really good representative for a lot of us that have it and I’m really glad that she’s helping bring it into the mainstream!

She is amazing. Lovely young lady, great sense of humour and clearly a tremendous spokesperson for tourettes 👍

I know this video is about ticks, but just from a production side, there are a few quite nasty ticks in the audio which have caused my speakers to switch off a few times. They should be visible on the waveform to the person who edits this, and there are plenty of click removal options, in audition and audacity if needed. Just for if it occurs in the future :) Great episode by the way

i didnt think there would be such good chemistry in this episode

She’s actually got a pretty awesome personality around it, it’s great to see.

I love her. Rarely do I feel the need to comment but talk about an amazing ambassador for for her condition and finding humour and a silver lining with the cards she's been dealt. What an awesome person.

Never seen this podcast before, but I appreciate how candid this conversation was. It was answers to common ignorance and that's all the guys wanted. This podcast wrote itself. No malice, just being open and kind.

I love this! A honest, civil discussion on something the majority of us only have a "movie view" on. The woman is awesome with her honesty.

Person with Tourette's here, great entertaining video shining positive light on the subject. One thing to keep in mind is that many people with Tourette's don't have tics that involve blurting out words or phrases. That's actually a bit more rare even though its the type of tic (understandably) that gets the most media attention. Even without this the struggle is very real. I sometimes have painful muscle aches from flexing or moving in a certain way from tics hundreds of times a day. I definitely have a harder time falling asleep because of them, not to mention the impact on snuggling where the arm my wife's head is on is flexing every 30 seconds. Many people think I'm winking at them or have something in my eye when it's just a tic.

The sleep talking makes me curious. Do people with tourettes dream that they have tourettes? Or are their tourettes non existent in their dreams?

The first time I heard about tourette's was while watching the movie " In front of the class". It's a beautiful movie that depicts this syndrome and made me empathize with the people who have it. Watching her talk and joke about is entertaining but doesn't take away from the fact that it's disruptive to regular life and she has to live with it everyday, so much respect to her.

Interesting stuff. She seems pretty cool and that actually answered alot of the questions I had about Tourettes syndrome. Keep up the great work

Just discovered this clip and had to comment and subscribe too. I have Tourettes myself and could not stop laughing through this one, mostly because of her wit and honesty. Loved the reactions from the boys but yeah loved her for sure. Your Fellow Australian Massacist...

She is so good at explaining the condition and making it understandable. Maybe I’m just an idiot or I can’t think of the word but her giving examples of what it’s like really helped ☺️

She’s amazing. I need more content from her asap. What a doll!

Well done guys, amazing video, and kudos to Anita for partaking in this, she is the best. Love the answers, and this should go viral as it outlines a very unusual problem that people just laugh about.

Top notch intermingling of human spirits here Well done From AZ, US 🙏🌏🤙

Im absolutely roaring at this !! 🤣🤣 please more people come forward and spread awareness!!

OMG, this is so awesome, my neighbor has Tourettes and it is so hard to understand, her talking through this is eye opening. It's nice to see her so open with it.

I could listen to her talk all day, what a sweet lady, so polite. 💕

Vey intelligent lass. cracking' sense of humour, bubbly personality, awesome banter on such a serious topic and a killer smile. I laughed my guts out - Thanks Anita

I had intrusive thoughts in my 20's, possibly the worst time of my life, I never knew if I really said those things or I was hallucinating saying them but I couldn't take responsibility, especially for those things that you don't think or believe and are just offensive but it was just so awful. Im so impressed, I bow to the clearity of this girl mind who gets so much out of life.

Don’t have Tourette’s thankfully but can kind of understand the psychology of anxiety and trying to suppress thoughts particularly intrusive ones.

great interview thank you for interview sweet Anita 👍👍👍

I outgrew my tics (for the most part) but I have to say, she is very accurate on the thinking vs. feeling part. Tourettes is so hard to explain to someone who doesn't have it because of the false assumptions. It was so hard growing up - I will always respect anyone who speaks on this subject.

Awesome interview, she is awesome and explains things so well.

I’ve looked after someone who had this syndrome. It’s quiet fascinating. They tend to say funny things sometimes. I think this should be taught in schools

That Tracer impression was actually on point

I had tourettes from 6 or 7 yrs old to 18 or 19. Prime development years. It hurt my confidence a lot and people had little knowledge of tourettes back then. Glad to see that more people are able to learn about it now.

She is absolutely stunning - both personality and looks. And I love her explanation for some of the ticks - that it's often what you fear the most. That makes a lot of sense..

Sweet Anita was the funniest person on Sidemen tinder and that says a lot aha

I came for the laughs. But I learned a lot. Great show. Awesome girl.

What a wonderful lady, and good spokesperson for the condition.

I have Tourette’s syndrome physical Tourette’s and Doesn’t affect a single thing of mine but it’s. A Hard thing to live with. They are so hard to live with and make work so much more tiring and exhausting but suppressing them is hard

once I got past the stunning looks I totally fell for the personality and intelligence. what an impressive human. not a usual reaction for me. you have absoloubtly earned your success

She was actually wicked. one of my top guest for sure. nice work !

Anita's emotionally intelligence is so great, and she is awesome at explaining.

"Like suppressing a sneeze." Nailed it. You explained it so well.

Such a genuine person

Aww Anita, she's so sweet and beautiful. I can't wait to listen to the full podcast

Coming from a guy with Tourette’s I personally never had any of my tics occur during its only before we would have a “good time” but it’s interesting to hear another person with Tourette’s especially the lady perspective

Loved this, this is something I know that's out there but never really figured out how their lives are.

Sweet Anita really is the sweetest person on this platform

She is so open, so honest, so likeable, I hope she enjoys life to the fullest! 🧡

Incredibly self aware… and polite. Love her. She’s awesome.

The fact that its 2024 and with all the sources of media we have literally at our finger tips, wether its social media, youtube or just good old tv, but yet some people still don't know what Tourettes syndrome is, is just staggering to me. I grew up just as the internet was being introduced, but I knew exactly what tourettes was long before. How do people still not know or even heard of it?

HES GUNNA BURRRRRN!!! I’m sure she’d be an amazing person to have in your life, she’s so open and hilarious with it, it’s so attractive

Oh my godd her laugh always makes me melt

So awesome that she has embraced and is able to tell her story so we the rest of us become educated.

Anita has a boss sense of humour and embraces her tics. You can't help but laugh at her stories because she is having so much fun.

This lovely lady was the most interesting, most intelligent person you’ve had on the pod boys. I will never look at a hot dog bun the same ever again!

People put too much meaning into words that other people say, that's the problem most of the time.... Bless her soul.

Sweet Anita is real to the core. thanks for this.

I love how open she is

I have to find one, It would be impossible to ever be depressed around a woman like this. Also can we take a second to appreciate the perfect bubble sound she can make.

This was one of the best podcasts you guys have done yet

Oooh this is about to be a good episode

What a refreshing take on this. My daughter has it too

She’s absolutely adorable and completely enjoyable to listen to. She didn’t allow Tourette’s to dictate her life. Cheers.

Loved that girl ever since she said hello sailor to Josh

I have tics as well, it can be challenging at times and I get a lot of strange looks but most people are understanding when I tell them luckily.

Anita is a treasure! Many thanx guys 👍👍

She's incredibly attractive alongside intelligent, what else could be more gracious?

Wow.Anita is a legitimate darling. She has a lovely personality, a delightful voice and is beautiful.

I can imagine that it sheds your inhibitions very quickly by the time you reach adulthood. You sort of have no choice _but_ to be unabashedly yourself at all times, 100% genuine and brutally you because all of you in on display for anyone at any given moment. That must be liberating, but also brutal to build to in your younger years.

It's not what she's thinking but it's what society says you're not allowed to say, and she has the urge to say it. She doesn't personally believe it but the harder she tries the more it builds then tick, she's exploring society, involuntarily through her involuntary ticks

Love it . Wonder if her skill can be used to destroy your enemies. Especially if their easily embarrassed.

4:40 Thank You for saying that !! And that tension intensifies ticks.

Actually love you guys ❤️❤️

Anyone else listening with headphones hearing static noise at random times in one ear? very annoying

Anita is always a joy to watch

She is such a wonderful and funny person to be around 💯 ❤️

She is absolutely hilarious and always cracks me up. Love her.

What a sweet attractive girl she is. I really learned a lot about Tourettes. Even though I knew someone with it, she explains it so well.

Nice of the lads to also make the video tic as well!

This is a really positive interview.

Lovely person with extraordinary sense of humour.

The "I've got a bomb" thing is a particularly sticky issue, because in certain kinds of situations there's an actual bona fide public safety issue: statements like that, shouted into a crowd, can cause the kind of panic that results in people being crushed or trampled to death. I don't know that the specific room you were in was necessarily at such a level (most aren't, obviously), but there would be some circumstances wherein they actually would legitimately *need* to remove you, regardless of whether you can help what you're saying or not. Problematic scenarios would be ones featuring large, standing crowds, limited lighting or otherwise poor visibility, and few or narrow exits or bottlenecks, among other things. I have difficulty imagining an airport TSA screening line where yelling "bomb" would qualify as a genuine public-safety issue, for example, (although I can easily imagine a TSA screening agent *thinking* that it does). A court room... I don't know, there are some pretty old courthouse buildings out there, so it's at least vaguely plausible, but on the other hand public buildings like that *usually* have rather wide hallways and pushbar-equipped double-door exits, even when they're old. And there's basically NO real public safety issue unless the crowd is large enough that someone can hear what was shouted and not be able to tell who shouted it.

Even in 2022 tourettes is not known to the public as it should have been. I can only imagine what people with tourettes went through 50 , 100 or 200 years ago. Probably people thought they were possessed or something.

OMG, she actually did a really good Tracer impression!

I don’t have Tourettes but I do have Aspergers (autism spectrum) and I know how difficult it can be to explain how you struggle with certain things, especially when people don’t ever experience them for themselves I’ve had my fair share of tics as well, in the form of eye squinting to the point I’ve lose my vision for full minutes at a time, breath holding to the point where walking is impossible for a short period of time, head tilting (to the side in a subtle jerking motion,) along with many more Tics can get better but in the moment it can get worse when you’re worried about them occurring in front of others who may not understand When you worry about what others think too much and take into account what they think of you it makes it happen When you discontinue your worries about what they’ll think about you WHEN it happens you’ll actually notice a boost of confidence and see yourself doing those less That’s my experience however. I’m tic free for 10 years now and couldn’t be more grateful to have had people to help me through it through the highs and lows. My mom, bless her soul, struggles with Bipolar and raised me by herself because my Dad died in a car crash when I was a baby. To know that she was not only able to navigate her own life but also micromanage mine with my struggles and problems the whole time and gave me the understanding I have of myself is nothing short of miraculous. All this to say that while I may not know everything you go through or all the details of Tourette's I know something about how it may feel like. I commend you for stepping up and not being afraid to admit some embarrassing things about your experiences and even laugh at them. More power to you. Excellent interview and you should be proud of yourself

She’s an absolute legend 😂🤙🏼

Anita is the best 🖤

yes. the question i always wanted to know the answer to

Interesting to hear someone els on Tourrets. I only know my own experience without research. when I'm relaxed and not concentrating like in bed and even while asleep i sometimes loudly grunt or growl and wake myself up but it is interesting hearing her wide range of phrases like words getting stuck in Your head i can sort of understand that but I've never out burst like that. My touretts tend to be more of random muscle contractions or eye twitches and can definately cause muscle strains. I also do this idk sort of sporadic exhaling where I stop my breath and release over and over again sounds like a machine gun its weired. Stress seem to be a very common trigger.

Good to see Pedro Pascal on the podcast

My latest annoying tick is that I've been doing for the last few years is to constantly say the day of the week. The funny part is that most of the time I am not even saying the correct day. It's like each day I will get a certain weekday stuck in my head, and I will say it over and over at least 500 times a day, no lie. For example, it usually goes like this... Wednesday, wed ness day, Wednesday, waday waday waday waday waday waday, its wednesday, today is wednesday, tommorow is wednesday, wednesday is my day off (even though it's not), wednesday gotta go to bed, gotta work tomorrow on wednesday, waday waday waday waday waday waday, today is tuesday tomorrow is wednesday. This is a very common session of how my entire day goes. As I am saying wednesday, I also visualize the word in my head as well. You can imagine how this affects my sex life with my wife! I usually can't finish because I am always taking myself out of the moment because I start busting out the day of the week, and visualizing it as well. On top of this, I also turn my eyes as hard as I can to one side, I slam my mouth closed smacking my teeth ( and always chipping the ones in the back), I shake my head ( causing headaches), my tongue sticks out more often than my dogs, along with much other fun stuff! I know from you guys reading this you would never want to be around me because I sound crazy (maybe I am), but I feel blessed to be healthy and I wish I could somehow help out others going through the same thing. I would like to help children because I know what It's like growing up with tourettes. In Jr.high school I would have 10 classmates at the same time all making fun of my head shaking tic, and it continued into high school. Somehow It never bothered me too much and the kids making fun of me noticed that, and they eventually stopped giving me shit and actually felt bad. My mom said my tics started when I was around 5 years old. She took me to a doctor and she still has the notes he wrote about me. He said I was showing strong signs of an abused child, there are bits in there about my dad hitting me. I never turned to drugs and alcohol. Even though people know I have it, I am so embarrassed about it and pretend I am normal. I can get pretty loud inside my house when I feel no one is around, but I feel embarrassed when I see my neighbors because I know they have heard me. In my head I am normal, but I think what they would think about me, they probably say there is the crazy guy. It's sad, but nothing really I can do about it.

Just love her, so open about things.

What a champ! Such an inspiration

That tracer impression was incredible 😂