With her videos in which she recreates certain moments of her daily life and demystifies the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (SGT) from which she suffers, Andréanne Fortin has managed to bring together hundreds of thousands of Internet users on YouTube and TikTok in just one year.
Some videos have been viewed over 700,000 times on YouTube and Andréanne’s TikTok account is now followed by more than 60,000 subscribers.
“We are recognized in the street because of our cooking video, the most popular of the chain,” said the 24-year-old YouTuber who grew up in Plessisville, in Center-du-Québec.
Supported by her friend Olivia Leclerc, Andréanne turned to YouTube to promote the “often comical” daily life of people with TS.
“It’s so absurd, on a daily basis, when I cry for nothing,” said Andréanne, who regularly has physical and verbal tics. I often shout ‘no’ at unexpected times ”.
In the duo’s videos, we see that Andréanne’s physical tics are not without danger. “She already split my lip,” Olivia said. She also gave me a stiff neck for two weeks. ”
Despite her condition, Andréanne has wanted to become an actress since she was very young. “I don’t have a tic when I play. Many people with TS like me do not have tics while doing a particular activity, ”said the graduate of the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe theater school.
She is currently filming her own youth series, “Galipette et Tourniquet”, which will be available on YouTube from September 14th.
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome causes uncontrollable and unexpected tics such as muscle contractions, blinking of the eyes, sudden movements or even tics of speech.
In 10% of cases, SGT causes humans to use junk or scatological words abruptly.
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