Introduction Letter. Life's A Twitch! Nix Your Tics. Youth Haven. Ask Dr. If you are a new visitor, diagnosed with a difference, please read this introduction letter to you. For all other new visitors, Dr. McKinlay also has a special introduction letter to you. Nix Your Tics! Publishing ". Click here to learn more.
To watch the Life's A Twitch! If you would like to reprint writings from this site, please click here. Before Signing the Guestbook. From left: myself, Gene, Adam, Janet, and Josh -- my 'buddy'. Greetings, Friend: Friend. Now why would I go ahead and assume that you are a friend? I might not know a thing about you. But that's just one of the wonderful things about sharing a difference with someone else, I suppose -- the fact that you can meet wonderful people, and form strong, deep bonds with them almost instantaneously just because of a little similar neurobiological abnormality In that way, your difference is a gift, isn't it?
At this point in my life, I have an exciting career as a doctor, researcher and author, hundreds of international speaking engagements under my belt, a healthy and satisfying dating life, many friends, and a cool car. I promise you I'm not kidding. You might be having some difficulties right now with your own difference. This would not surprise me, as disorders are puzzles that need to be studied before one can take advantage of their potential. Until you learn about them and unlock their mysteries, they control you.
Just so you know, things weren't always so rosy. I had a miserable childhood. I thought about committing suicide constantly, and attempted it at different times. My relationships with kids my age and with my family ranged from abysmal to outright hostile, I couldn't get a date to save my life, and I walked around pretty much constantly angry and confused and frustrated.
And didn't know why. You may have wondered, if you're having a tough time right now, how I could be so insensitive as to gloat about my good fortunes while you need help. I did it for the same reason I just told you about how little enjoyment I derived out of my life for the first 19 years. Things can change. I don't know if anyone ever told me that when I needed to hear it. Because I felt alone. I didn't think anyone else was like me, or could understand me.
