Laura's life from the outside looks pretty typical, in reality....it is pretty typical. She went through the same struggles any other child did and had family problems and baggage as does everyone else. She was born into this world too soon, her body wasnt fully formed and she had no stomach. Until this day she still under-gos surgeries and persedures to correct her body.
Laura was also born into an etreamly tense atmosphere. Her older brother was dieing, her father was cheating and doing drugs.
Life was sad and tough until it ws discovered she had depression, OCD and Tourette's syndrom. After that was discovered life become much easier with the help of medications.
She grew up in an extremly conservative, italian family where everyone knows everything about everyone. There is no such thing as an immideate family in her family. If you have her blood your immediate and you feel the need to state your opion to everyone else as well as talk over them at the same time. There is only one exceptable opoion in her family, you are italian, you are catholic, you are republican. If you violate these, you have to face Grandma.
High School was the highlight of her life, countless friends, sports, family, everything for the most part was going her way, minus the never ending medical concerns. Hiding these concerns from everyone became a burden and was painful. Excuses of twitches and fliches became a normal part of her life.
Brianstorming:
How I was born
brothers death
fathers drugs
growing up in an extremely conservative, italian family. not allowed own views.
constant medical concerns
constant surgeries
how being in the hospital growing up has changed my outlook
how having Tourettes has shapped my personality and outlook
how hard coming out and telling people about my tourettes is
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