This presentation, aimed at young adults, focuses on how mental health influences tics and vice versa, and more widely, how mental health influences physical well-being and how physical health impacts mental and emotional well-being. Participants will explore how common beliefs that frame mental illness as less real or debilitating than physical illness can negatively affect individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS). These misunderstandings can lead to isolation and significant emotional distress. When mental health and TS are treated separately, people may struggle to have their experiences taken seriously. In addition, attendees will consider practical ways of using the brain-body connection as a form of self-advocacy. Attendees will gain tools to advocate for themselves and others. The goal of this presentation is to encourage compassion, reduce stigma, and empower individuals to view their health holistically, recognizing that mental health and physical health are parts of the same system.