55 Quotes by Dash Mihok

I’ve have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there’s not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain’t ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.

There’s moments when you have to make a split-second decision that will form you for the rest of your life.

People believe that if you can shut your Tourette’s off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that’s all I would have time for.

I’m a morning “spinner.” That’s usually when my brain is thinking too much and I don’t necessarily see things positively. So I sit myself down and remember that I’m making it up.

In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren’t; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.

I had this tic where I touch my mouth to my knee, and I’m always screwing up my back. I’ve had two shoulder surgeries. My doctor just smiles and laughs at me.

Here’s the thing: I had never been to Boston, my whole life. Probably because I’m a Yankee fan.

Every moment in life can be interpreted as a risk, depending on our outlook - and level of obsessive- compulsive disorder! I do my best to depend on my gut. If you sit with a decision long enough, your gut/soul will tell you what path to take.