Billie Eilish said what it feels like to live with Tourette’s syndrome

Billie Eilish told how it feels to suffer from Tourette syndrome in an interview with David Letterman for her series on Netflix My Next Guest Doesn’t Have to Introduce Himself (such as “My next guest doesn’t need an introduction”.

And it is if a person spends enough time with the singer, it is possible that they will notice their tics.

Kay Billie Eilish He was diagnosed at age 11 with this neurological disorder, which can cause uncontrollable and unwanted vocalizations, such as shouting or swearing, and/or repetitive movements. In that sense, the actor explained that sometimes people don’t understand what’s going on.

what people react to

“The most common reaction of people is that they laugh because they think I’m trying to be funnySaid Billie Eilish. He added, “And I’m always incredibly offended by it.”

The 20-year-old Grammy-winning singer said other artists have told her they also have Tourette syndrome, but she said “she won’t mention it because they don’t want to talk about it.”

Although some of his tics have subsided, he still has more subtle ones.

“These are things you wouldn’t notice if you just talked to me,” Eilish said. “But for me they’re too tiring.”

The important thing about it

Eilish commented that she was glad to be able to talk about it, because it was very “interesting” for her and because she knew it could also be beneficial to other people suffering from the same. He also clarified that he does not experience tics while singing on stage.

“When I move, I don’t have tics,” he said.

youth messages

Billie Eilish usually comments on her experiences, with the idea that she is an ordinary teenager and many men her age may have gone through situations similar to the one she is experiencing.

Because of this, he had no hesitation in telling how to watch pornography when he was young. he was greatly affected.

In an earlier interview, offered to The Howard Stern Showthe singer revealed that starting to watch porn at the age of 11 had a very detrimental effect on her.

“I think, as a woman, porn is a disgrace. I often watch porn, if I’m honest. I started watching adult movies when I was 11 years old, “recalls the actor, who argued that when he was young he thought doing it would help him feel” like one of the boys. ” who is his age.

however, that habit affected him which became routine in a way at this point he admits to feeling “incredibly destroyed” by its effects on his upbringing. .

“I think it really destroyed my brain,” Billie Eilish said without filters, after confessing that he had nightmares because some of the content she saw was very violent and abusive, and that experience influenced her approach to her first sexual relationships.

“I didn’t deny things that weren’t nice the first times I had sex. And it’s because I thought that’s what I should like, ”explains Eilish, who spent her childhood and adolescence in Los Angeles and who, before reaching the age of 20, has already accumulated seven Grammy awards in the windows. of his house.

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