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Living with Tourette’s and PANDAS | James O’Brien meets Evie Meg | LBC

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Evie Meg, AKA thistrippyhippie has over 16 million followers on TikTok, making her one of the most prominent online disability advocates. Conversely, one of Evie's conditions, PANDAS, is little-known and often misunderstood. For Mental Health Awareness Week, Evie speaks to James about how her life is impacted by PANDAS and Tourette's syndrome, shedding light on how the boundaries between physical and psychological health are often blurred.

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20 Comments

@crowsandlemons 3 years ago

I absolutely love that he’s completely ignoring her tics. One of the most frustrating things about having tics is the amount of attention you get from them so it’s so refreshing to see someone not even acknowledging that they’re there.

@0191Marko 2 years ago

If anyone is interested, this young lady has a channel called “ this trippy hippy “, you can out a whole load more about Evie, this young lady has been through the mill, she deserves our support 👍👍

@clivesmith9377 3 years ago

WOW! This interview was an eye opener.
Brave girl! And James O'Brien is as always absolutely great.

@thecallanpage 3 years ago

I just want to thank LBC for raising some awareness around tourettes. My daughter (13) has had Tourettes for around a year and she is constantly discriminated against by teachers because they don't understand, or are misinformed about her condition.

@bubblegummm__ 1 year ago

Thank you LBC. And Daily Mail owes an apologyse to Evie.
I can't believe they BLAMED her about teens getting tics.
I can't believe a ''professional'' said she started calling her patients ''Evies'' because they had same Evie tics. That's so cruel. Evie said in a recent video that this affected her so much that until today it still hurt her, and she now doesn't show her tics as much as she did in the past, she even confessed she started editing her tics after that newspapper article.

@danmayberry1185 3 years ago

She must be a champion to a range of people with afflictions. Empathy and understanding are in short supply these days, so well done to her and to James/LBC.

@perthyren601 3 years ago

What a brave girl to talk about this issue! Thank you James for give her the opportunity! //Love from Sweden

@Billn1971 2 years ago

I've been following her for a long time. Evie is a sweetheart. Bless her heart.

@britturk123 3 years ago

It must be quite exhausting being so eloquent and intelligent and have all these physical situations attacking her body and mind. I wish her the best of luck in her future.

@paulizz 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your story Evie I knew about ticks, touretts but didn't know about PANDAS so glad you have the platform and huge following as I'm sure this will help the general public understand but also make others who suffer with the condition realise they are not alone. Dispite having what is really a big disability you still manage to be more coherent and articulate than many of us which just shows how hard you work.
As for James... I think part of being more left left wing politically is having the awareness and compassion resulting in the caring of others and therefore more globally aware about issues. This world will never be perfect but it could be more fair if we understand and help others.