Thread: Tourettes - i swear i cant help it

For those of you that dont live in the UK or didnt manage to catch this monday night i present to you the harrowing yet absoloutely hilarious follow up documentary of John Davidson the grown man with tourettes.

BBC iPlayer - Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

The greatest bit of tv you will watch all year around. You`ll find yourself trying your upmost not to laugh but will end up in complete stitches i promise you.

favourite moments include him unitentionally trying to get his dog run over, punching his home helper square in the face in tescos and of course the brilliant scene when all the sufferers come together to speak to the citizen advice lady.

best bit of tv you will see in 2009

I see lots of kids swearing uncontrollably and punching each other in the arm and on the leg. Maybe they have tourettes?

I've just recently met a lad who has Tourettes about 3months ago and he is a canny sound fella!



i feel soo sorry for that little kid in the class,god bless him!!

did you mean to say "he is a canny yella"

Originally Posted by yvonne

I've just recently met a lad who has Tourettes about 3months ago and he is a canny sound fella!



i feel soo sorry for that little kid in the class,god bless him!!

the young kid had a much better chance in life than john davidson.

20 years back this illness wasnt recognised as anything other than playing up and the hell he had to go through all because of these uncontrolable ticks was so sad to watch. His dad walked out on him, brothers and sisters made fun of him and his mum pretty much hated him.

The younger kid in this documentary has all the french benefits poor john never got

listen bud. All you have to do is never think about it, and you have no problem.

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

Originally Posted by yvonne

I've just recently met a lad who has Tourettes about 3months ago and he is a canny sound fella!



i feel soo sorry for that little kid in the class,god bless him!!

the young kid had a much better chance in life than john davidson.

20 years back this illness wasnt recognised as anything other than playing up and the hell he had to go through all because of these uncontrolable ticks was so sad to watch. His dad walked out on him, brothers and sisters made fun of him and his mum pretty much hated him.

The younger kid in this documentary has all the french benefits poor john never got

Yeah your right there mate come to think about it.The lad i've just recently met who has Tourettes is a real joker at times and tells me and other work mates all the things he has got away with.It was only yesterday morning at work that he was telling us all that he got away with shouting out loud and calling a Police Officer a "PIG" in the middle of the street and when the officer relised he had Tourettes he let him off!He is a okay guy to be around with,he can give it as much as he takes it.Mind you i dont like it when people take the piss out of people like him.

Originally Posted by yvonne

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

Originally Posted by yvonne

I've just recently met a lad who has Tourettes about 3months ago and he is a canny sound fella!



i feel soo sorry for that little kid in the class,god bless him!!

the young kid had a much better chance in life than john davidson.

20 years back this illness wasnt recognised as anything other than playing up and the hell he had to go through all because of these uncontrolable ticks was so sad to watch. His dad walked out on him, brothers and sisters made fun of him and his mum pretty much hated him.

The younger kid in this documentary has all the french benefits poor john never got

Yeah your right there mate come to think about it.The lad i've just recently met who has Tourettes is a real joker at times and tells me and other work mates all the things he has got away with.It was only yesterday morning at work that he was telling us all that he got away with shouting out loud and calling a Police Officer a "PIG" in the middle of the street and when the officer relised he had Tourettes he let him off!He is a okay guy to be around with,he can give it as much as he takes it.Mind you i dont like it when people take the piss out of people like him.

not at all mate

theres a big difference between laughing at someone and laughing with them.

Ive seen John Davidson in about 5 various shows over the last few years and he says every time that if he took himself too seriously he`d end up killing himself.

There will be people that say its wrong to exploit the condition for tv but at the same time the only way you can ever understand and acknowledge the illness is to get it out there however hilarious it may be.

Im pretty JDs life has been made a lot easier for himself and he has managed to take tourettes into the main stream which can only help other sufferers and make the general public more aware of the condition.