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Facial tics are characterized by sudden, apparently unintentional muscle contractions of muscle groups in the face. These contractions are habitually recurring in nature, and appear to have no real point. Common tics are overstated eye blinking, squinting, nose wrinkling, facial grimacing or even vocalizations such as grunting or throat clearing. Tics often manifest themselves during childhood, and usually resolve as the child ages. This is not always the situation, though, and many people continue to exhibit tics as they enter adulthood. Tics often increase in rate of recurrence as an individual feels anxiety or discomfort. Victims who suffer from tics tell us that they are able to sense a tic as it approaches. It's often described as an overwhelming feeling of tension and the compulsion to engage the tic to break the tension; somewhat akin to the approaching urge to yawn or sneeze which relieves the person. Trying to control a tic can trigger anxiety, which can lead to the onset of another tic. Tics are often described as being involuntary but research and reports from sufferers indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the victim. A tic can manifest as a simple tic, as in facial grimaces, mouth twitches or grunting or can be more complex such as is often seen in Tourette syndrome. Simple tics are more commonly seen than complex tics, but can be just as devastating to the sufferer; while a facial tic does not cause physical pain to the victim, it can often cause social problems or mental distress. Children, in particular, can have a hard time living with a tic due to mocking from other students, or teachers that don't fully know the difficult situation the child is in. While tics are often described as not being totally involuntary, control of a tic can be quite difficult to establish, especially for children. Children often do not establish the skills to identify a starting tic as well as an adult. Adults can also face grave trouble in their lives when living with a facial tic. Social problems are commonly experienced, and even when tics are generally controlled the adult can become quite exhausted by the incessant need to identify the onset of and control the tic impulse. Adults and children alike may suffer from self-worth or self-esteem issues due to their continual suffering from a disease that often causes them to become social outcasts. Relieving an individual from the pain of a facial tic can change that person's life. Self-confidence usually improves, and social anxiety is no longer a strength holding an individual back from experiencing a full life. In children, relieving a tic may let the child develop with less stress while he/she has a happier childhood. Over the years, many treatments for tics have been used with varying degrees of success. Psychotherapy or counseling can help uncover the emotional causes of a tic, and may help an individual better understand how to thwart the urge to do their tic. Sedatives and other forms of medication sometimes do well in cases of simple tics. These medications often come saddled with negative side effects, so many people search for alternative treatments. Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) methods have been developed expressly for the purpose of dealing with tics. Since facial tics are not strictly involuntary in nature, these treatments aim to change the sufferer's unconscious response to the onset of a tic episode such as facial grimacing or throat clearing. In a large number of cases this can be done by allowing the unconscious mind to avert the onset of the tic. In some extreme cases, however, the victim's response will be redirected to some innocuous portion of the body such as twitching a toe instead of facial muscles. Facial tics can be an uncomfortable life-affecting malady. Children and adults alike can suffer greatly from the presence of a facial tic such as squinting, eye blinking, facial grimaces, mouth twitches, grunting or nose wrinkling. Eliminating a facial tic can prove very advantageous to the victim on an emotional level. Although many treatments have been developed to fight against facial tics, Hypnosis and NLP aim to utilize natural unconscious methods of redirecting the tic response. This type of therapy has great benefit over other methods such as counseling, which may not treat the tic behavior at all, or attempt to change the conscious reaction to tic behavior. Hypnosis and NLP also do not suffer from the unwanted side effects of drugs. This beneficial method of treatment can also cut stress and worry in the victim's life, thereby both reducing the impulse to form a tic and proving a benefit in everyday life. Due to these factors, Hypnosis and NLP are often the safest, most preferred methods of treatment for tic sufferers.
By: Alan B. Densky, CH
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