Lesson Learned: Jimmy’s Story PART 3
Jimmy is now certain that he doesn’t have Tourette’s Syndrome. He was glad that his mother was there to give him love and concern and support, the way she had given love and concern and support for his father when he was still alive. Now that he is more knowledgeable on the subject, jimmy feels more compassionate towards the individuals with Tourette’s Syndrome because he almost had one himself.
He feels bad that he wasn’t able to feel this extent of compassion for his father.
It took Jimmy awhile to get over his feelings of guilt. His mother helped him fight depression—depression because he felt as if he had burdened his father by being ashamed of him; when in fact, his father had been pretty brave in trying to live with the illness. Jimmy wished he could turn back time, but he couldn’t. He could, however, offer help and support to those individuals who are diagnosed with the illness.
Jimmy did some preliminary research ion the internet and came across a website for patients with Tourette’s Syndroma and their fanmilies. It offers a support system for the patient and for the families of the patients, as well as for a, synposia, workshop, and basically everything there is to know about Tourette’s syndrome.
Click below to gain access to that website.
From that time on, Jimmy vowed to advocate for the individuals who have Tourette’s Syndrome.
