Hi all. This is Jason's cousin, Daniel. Wanted you all to know a little more about him. My cousin was an avid gamer for 17 years and loved this site. Then the other day he tells me some guy got on his case and Jason just started to flip out.
Jason has Tourrette's Syndrome, causing him to not only say, but type things he doesn't mean.(He once e-mailed me, stating he had intimate relations with my wife.) So yesterday I'm here at his house and I hear his mom scream. After running upstairs I find Jason at the computer, leaning back in his chair and frothing at the mouth. After a call to 911 and sending him to the emergency room, which, thank God, is only seven blocks from the house, we found out that he had a seizure, the fourth this month, but by far the worst he has ever had. (We fished his tongue out of his throat with the handle of a spoon.)
After staying with the family for a few hours, I came back, curious to see what he had been looking at, and of course, like he has always been since August, it was this site. First I read the list he was reading when he lost consciousness and it was this one. I deleted all of his posts because they were disrespectful to you, but the other people in this forum were no better. Why didn't you try to stop the argument from escalating? Why not be friends instead of making it worse?
How dare you trivialize such terrible disorders as Tourette's sydrome and seizure disorders. These are real disorders with people who truly suffer with them, and would tear apart your feeble claim about them.
TOURETTE'S SYNDROME DOES NOT MAKE YOU ACT LIKE AN ASS ON A MESSAGE BOARD, OR COMPOSE AN EMAIL ABOUT HOW YOU HAD RELATIONS WITH YOUR COUSIN'S WIFE!
If anyone wishes to get some real information on Tourette's syndome, please visit this website:
http://www.tsa-usa.org/
The fact that you need to bring in the suffering of vicitims of neurological disorders because you (or your "brother", as it were) acted like an ass on a website is nothing short of disgusting.
Many people suffer from TS and other neurological disorders and lead normal healthy lives. The goalie for Manchester United, for example, suffers from TS.
Even if you are his "brother", I find this to be one of the most disgusting displays I've ever seen on this board. Shame on you.
And by the way, after (perhaps this was disprespectful for me), I found an e-mail to "CheapyD", stating that he loved this site, but found that he could not get along with everyone and that he would rather leave than cause any problems for any of the people on this site.
If your story is true, CheapyD should have record of this. We could find out nice and quick.
He also said he said a lot of things he didn't mean. He had said he felt like he was family on this site and like he finally belonged to something and that he hoped you never found out his "secret" illness because he believed you would shun him. Jason always did take things way too personally..... which is why he once told me he stays off of the personal boards... (He is somewhat aware of his problem)
You know, this STILL makes me see red. I hate people trying to scapegoat a REAL neurological disease for symptoms that have very little to do with the actual disease. While OCD and other disorders are related to Tourettes, and sufferers may experience them as well, they are not the fault of Tourettes. Most friends and families of tourette's sufferers go out thier way NOT to make excuses like this for thier loved ones... it makes life all that much harder.
If he lives, which I am told isn't likely, I hope you will welcome him back here, despite what has been said. I truly believe that he felt he had lost the most important thing in his life and after sending that e-mail, decided he had lived the portion of his life he found to be valuable. I know that sounds strange, but Jason can't go outside, as he suffers from severe allergies that range from the effects of the sun to animal dander to pollen and shellfish. (I cried when they wheeled him out on the guerney with a sheet over his body - he looked like he was dead.)
This SOUNDS SOOOOO smaltzy and contrived. It sounds like a poorly written Law and Order. All it needs is a twist ending.
So, in closing, you can dump on this, call me names, whatever... (Unlike Jason, I don't plan to return to read your comments, but I think I know why he cared so much as he has struggled with acceptance all of his life.) or you could offer your prayers, though I can understand those of you who hate him, as he did say some pretty hurtful things himself. I can't stand watching the members of his household's hearts break any longer and would do anything to have him back in our lives and our family believes in the power of prayer.
Please. Stop scapegoating a disorder that has nothing to do with this.
By teaching fear and ignorance of neurologic disorders, you make it harder for others to gain acceptance of thiers. For every fool like you that spreads lies about tourette's, it makes it that much harder for true sufferers to gain acceptance.
P.S.: I do not blame any of you for what has happened. God made this decision and what happens next is in his hands. May the good Lord bless you all and if Jason can not come back within a month or so, I will try to return to update you.
And to think, all of this over a couple ot lousy trinkets. How trivial...
And there is the twist ending.
God bless you all,
Daniel Fisher
Cleveland, OH
You know, it must be terrible to live that far from your family. Stubenville looks a good couple hundred miles away from Cleveland.
