The 29-year-old, who joined Twitch in 2018, now has more than 1.2 million followers on the platform. Today, Sweet AnitaвЂ™s life is under a much wider lens. I once had this tic while hanging with a friend, and spat on his wrist, and as I apologized I handed him some kitchen roll and spat on his face too рџ™€ /ExYB90gTOq- Sweet Anita May 29, 2020 ItвЂ™s another thing entirely when youвЂ™re broadcasting for hundreds of thousands of fans.

That visibility is one thing when youвЂ™re gaming with a few friends. As Sweet Anita explained, itвЂ™s a very вЂњvisibleвЂќ condition. TouretteвЂ™s syndrome is a neurological disorder that manifests itself through tics, twitches or other involuntary actions. вЂњI think my whole life started - my whole social life - started with online gaming.вЂќ And it was really amazing to have a means of connecting with people, where people saw me before my condition,вЂќ the gamer told In The Know.

вЂњ really amazing for me because people can respond very negatively to my condition, or they can fetishize it or over-romanticize it. The freedom was liberating, especially for a young woman with TouretteвЂ™s syndrome. ItвЂ™s hard for Sweet Anita to think of a time when gaming wasnвЂ™t part of her life.ДЄs the Twitch streamer told In The Know, sheвЂ™s вЂњalwaysвЂќ been into it - ever since she was old enough to get her hands around a Super Nintendo controller.Д®ventually, she started playing online.

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