Nervous Tic

Intro

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• hiccups
• yawn
• twitching
• nervous

• swollen
• embarrassing
• nervous tic
• in common

• irritating
• console

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Sometimes, your body does things that are totally out of your control. People get the hiccups or yawn and sometimes, they get things called nervous tics. A nervous tic is something that causes your body to move without your controlling it. This week, our friend Jen asks about a nervous tic that Steph has.

Dialog

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Jen

Steph

Jen:  So, I notice your eye keeps twitching.

Steph:  I know. I know. It’s just, I don’t know what’s going on. My left eye just keeps twitching. I think it’s because I’m a little bit nervous.

Jen:  Really? Oh. Even though we’re new here, there’s no reason to be nervous.

Steph:  I know. It’s just so hard to be new in a place. I don’t know! And then every time I go out, my eye just starts twitching for no reason.

Jen:  Oh, that’s too bad. I kinda have a nervous tic myself.

Steph:  What, what happens to you?

Jen:  Uh, my eye twitches, too.

Steph:  Really?

Jen:  Yeah, it does.

Steph:  Oh my god!

Jen:  It gets a little swollen.

Steph:  We totally have something in common!

Jen:  Well, there’s no reason to be nervous right now.

 

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