Facial Tics-Symptoms And Treatments

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Facial Tics-Symptoms And TreatmentsBy: Alan B. Densky, CH

Facial tics are characterized by sudden, seemingly uncontrolled muscle contractions of muscle groups in the face. These contractions are frequently repetitive in nature, and appear to have no actual reason. Most tics are exaggerated eye blinking, squinting, nose wrinkling, facial grimacing or even vocalizations such as throat clearing or grunting. Tics often show themselves during childhood, and usually resolve as the child ages. This is not always the case, though, and many people continue to suffer from tics as they enter adulthood.

Tics often increase in rate of recurrence as a person feels stress or discomfort. Victims who suffer from tics tell us that they are able to sense a tic as it approaches. It's often described as an overwhelming feeling of tension and the urge to engage the tic to break the tension; somewhat akin to the approaching urge to yawn or sneeze which relieves the person. Trying to control a tic can trigger stress, which can lead to the beginning of another tic. Tics are often described as being automatic but research and reports from victims indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the sufferer.

A tic can manifest itself as a simple tic, as in mouth twitches, grunting or facial grimaces or it can be more complex such as is seen very often in Tourette syndrome. Simple tics are more common than complex tics, but can be just as devastating to the individual; while a facial tic does not cause physical pain to the sufferer, it often causes social problems or mental distress.

Especially children, can have a difficult time living with a tic due to mocking from other students, or teachers who don't fully know the thorny situation the child is in. While tics are often described as not being totally involuntary, control of a tic can be quite difficult to establish, especially for children. Children often do not establish the skills to recognize a starting tic as well as an adult.

Adults can also face crucial trouble in their lives when living with a facial tic. Social problems are very common, and even when tics are generally controlled the adult can become very exhausted by the persistent need to identify the onset of and control the tic impulse. Adults and children alike may suffer from self-worth or self-esteem issues due to their constant suffering from a disease that often causes them to become social outcasts.

Relieving an individual from the anxiety of a facial tic can be a life-changing experience. Self-worth usually improves, and social anxiety is no longer a power holding a person back from experiencing a full life. In children, relieving a tic may permit the child to develop with less stress while he/she has a happier childhood.

Over the years, many treatments for tics have been used with varying degrees of achievement. Psychotherapy or counseling can help reveal the emotional causes of a tic, and may help a person better understand how to resist the urge to give in to their tic. Mild sedatives and other forms of medication are sometimes successful in cases of simple tics. These meds often come saddled with unwanted side effects, so many people seek alternative treatments.

Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) methods have been developed particularly for the purpose of overcoming facial tics. Since facial tics are not strictly involuntary in nature, these treatments aim to change the sufferer's unconscious response to the onset of a tic episode such as facial grimacing or throat clearing. In most cases this can be accomplished by allowing the unconscious mind to avert the tic's onset. In some extreme cases, however, the sufferer's response will be redirected to some innocuous portion of the body such as twitching a toe instead of facial muscles.

Facial tics can be an uncomfortable life-affecting problem. Children and adults alike can suffer greatly from the existence of a facial tic such as grunting, nose wrinkling, facial grimaces, mouth twitches, squinting or eye blinking. Eliminating a facial tic can prove very advantageous to the sufferer on an emotional level.

Although lots of treatments have been developed to fight against facial tics, Self-hypnosis and NLP aim to utilize natural unconscious methods of redirecting the tic response. This type of help has great benefit over other methods such as counseling, which may not treat the tic behavior at all, or attempt to modify the conscious response to tic behavior.

Self-hypnosis and NLP also do not suffer from the unwanted side effects of drugs. This beneficial method of treatment can also cut tension and concern in the sufferer's life, thereby both reducing the impulse to form a tic and proving a benefit in everyday life. Due to these factors, Self-hypnosis and NLP are often the safest, most preferred methods of treatment for tic sufferers.

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Alan B. Densky, CH offers facial twitches hypnotherapy CD's as well as a broad variety of popular titles for all anxiety related symptoms. For entertainment and education visit his Free video hypnotherapy library at his Neuro-VISION self hypnosis website.

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