Billie Eilish Opens Up About Tourette Syndrome Diagnosis, Explains It Can Be “Exhausting”
. But the talented singer doesn’t often bring up her Tourette Syndrome, so it was a rare occurrence when she spoke to David Letterman about what it’s like living with the nervous system disorder.explains that the condition causes people to have “tics,” which are “sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people do repeatedly. People who have tics cannot stop their body from doing these things. For example, a person might keep blinking over and over.
Billie's tics began when she was young, and they now include flexing her arm, clicking her jaw, wiggling her ears, raising her eyebrows, and moving her eyes back and forth.“If you film me for long enough, you’re gonna see lots of tics,” Billie explained. However, not everyone she interacts with understands when she is experiencing tics, which has led to some hurtful reactions.
But the bright side of talking about Tourette’s is that Billie has been able to make friends and connect with other people who have the same condition. “A couple artists came forward and said, ‘I’ve actually always had Tourette’s,’ and I’m not gonna out them because they don’t wanna talk about it, but that was actually really interesting to me.
“I actually really love answering questions about it because it’s very, very interesting. And I am incredibly confused by it, and I don’t get it. These are things you would never notice if you’re just having a conversation with me, but for me, they’re very exhausting. It’s not like I like it, but it’s part of me. I have made friends with it. And so now, I’m pretty confident in it.”
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