Martin Sturman

Yeah.

You were only diagnosed with Tourette's recently?

Yes.

So what are we now?

26.

So that was... I moved over here in 23.

So 20, 24, 25 I was diagnosed.

Oh, that's recently.

So my tics and stuff were very, very minor as a child.

Probably to an extent you wouldn't hardly notice.

So...

i'd like notes like slight blinking or things like that but when i was a kid that sort of thing especially mental health neurological so things like autism adhd ocd that sort of thing wasn't really thought of back yeah there's more of a you're just acting up behave yourself kind of thing yeah um and i had a traumatic experience um so i um so a couple of things happened to me

which then really kicked him off.

So my father passed away in 22, and I also got assaulted in England.

So I got jumped by some random attacker, got hit around the head with a motorcycle helmet, which was nice.

Ended up, let's say, on the floor, had brain scans and everything, nothing wrong with the brain.

But then, as I say, that's when my tics really, really, really started.

I was...

I was working in a call centre in the UK.

So as you can probably imagine, that's probably not the best place to be working.