(bangs)
- [Mother] Move the rest of the glasses now.
(popping and clicking)
(dishes clinking)
- (popping, squeaking, and grunting) Coy.
(fun, upbeat music)
- [Interviewer] If you had the choice
to get rid of your Tourettes, would you?
- (pops and clicks) No, I wouldn't.
Yes, I would, yes, yes, I would, yes.
No, I wouldn't because it makes me unique
and it makes me who I am.
Zach, I love you. (beeps)
I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
- [Interviewer] Can you drive with Tourettes?
- (pops, clicks, and squeaks) Yes, you can.
I have my permit and I can get my license,
but I don't because (hums and pats)
my tic and anxiety are too out of control
and we need to get them under control.
(stammers and squeaks)
- [Interviewer] Do you tic in your sleep?
- I don't think I do, I've been told I do,
but I've also been told that I don't.
- [Interviewer] Are you embarrassed by your tics?
- Yes, I am, I'm extremely embarrassed.
Coy. (squeaks)
And it is really hard to post on social media about it.
I never really used to tell anybody.
And now, a lot of people know, coy.
- [Interviewer] Have your ticks calmed down
since we're out of school?
- No, no, no!
Yes, yes, no, they haven't.
They have actually got in a lot worse
because of the anxiety about everything that's going on.
Why do you always say, "Coy?"
- Because a YouTuber that I watched, who has Tourettes,
has that as a tic and I picked it up,
probably like two years ago, coy.
So that's why.
- [Interviewer] Have you ever called 911 because of a tic?
- Yes, I have.
Liar, don't lie to yourself, chicken.
I have not, but there is this setting
on my phone where if you click the on and off button,
like six times fast, it calls 911, and that has happened.
- [Interviewer] When you're having a tic attack,
do you remember what you say or do?
- Sometimes, I do and sometimes, I don't.
Also, that's how it is (squeaks) with anxiety attacks.
I usually don't remember the anxiety attack,
but tic attacks, it depends.
Do I have a favorite tic?
Yes, all the ones about Zach.
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