Du Blonde opens up on Tourette’s diagnosis: “This has been the strangest adjustment”

nme.com:

Du Blonde has revealed that they have been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome.Posting on Instagram yesterday (April 21), the singer, real name Beth Jeans Houghton, explained how the diagnosis was reached after they undertook their own extensive research.“I got diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome today.

Only my friends and family have known about this part of my life because after a lot of research the most overwhelming and scary thing for me was the potential for people to say it’s fake,” Houghton wrote.“But I realise waiting for a diagnosis feeds into this idea that anyone has to ‘prove’ they have a disability.

So I almost wish I’d said something sooner. If my job didn’t involve interviews and interactions with strangers en mass I wouldn’t feel.