Landon Barker is opening up a few well being difficulty that may trigger a LOT of confusion.
On Monday, Travis Barker‘s son decided to get honest with fans by revealing he has Tourette Syndrome. Responding to a fan’s query in regards to the analysis, the 20-year-old shared in a TikTok:
“I figured I’d speak on this eventually. But yeah, I actually do have very, very minor Tourette’s.”
While he’s by no means spoken publicly about it earlier than, it’s one thing he’s recognized about and handled most of his life, he defined:
“I’ve had it since I can remember, like preschool. I remember exactly ’cause a teacher used to accuse me of rolling my eyes at her. Because one of the tics was like that. It was like a weird thing I do with my eyes.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, the dysfunction “involves repetitive movements or unwanted sounds (tics) that can’t be easily controlled.” It sometimes begins between the ages of two and 15, and boys and males are three to 4 occasions extra prone to develop it than are women and girls.
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These days, Landon’s “more common” tics are a jaw motion or a head jerk. They happen “in nervous situations and nerve-racking environments,” he famous:
“But I thought I’d just share because why not?”
Check it out (under)!
@runfromwhatslost Replying to @Step
♬ unique sound – Landon
Landon was rapidly praised for talking out with followers writing:
“I’ve had Tourette’s almost my whole life it can be exhausting and painful at times. It is really admirable to hear you openly say it”
“You are helping others by speaking out. We don’t feel alone.”
He’s now considered one of a number of celebs normalizing the situation, together with Lewis Capaldi and Billie Eilish. The Ocean Eyes artist has been particularly outspoken about her expertise with the dysfunction, together with on her episode of David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. We wager that’s serving to younger folks like Landon freely and extra confidently talk about their very own diagnoses, too!
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