I Swear

Did John grow up in a dysfunctional family?

His friend Dottie Achenbach tells John Davidson, "... you make us proud."
John tics and continues to do so frequently throughout the film (with one exception at the end). (0:02)

John tells his mother Heather, referring to his father David, "... He went loopy..." (0:05)

John answers Heather, "Bit nervous." (0:06)

John reads, "I dream of..." (0:09)

A schoolmate tells John, "Do the tic thing..." (0:10)

John answers David, "... don’t worry about it." 
Heather: ”Don’t play the fool...” (0:11)

Heather tells John, "... acting the fool at the table." (0:11)

Movie poster: "Tootsie" 
John answers his date Kerry’s mother, ”It’s about a man who dresses as a woman.” (0:12)

Headmaster Donald Watkins strikes John's hand repeatedly with a leather strap. (0:15)

John tells soccer coach Billy, "... no worries." 
Coach: ”... John, focus.” 
Scout Gerry asks Billy, "Is he disabled?" 
Billy: ”He’s just a bit nervous...” (0:16)

Fight with traumatic head injuries (0:20)

Watkins strikes another student’s hand repeatedly with a leather strap. 
He tells John, ”... you continue to behave like this...” 
”... stop this behavior... will not be as sympathetic...” (0:21)

Heather tells the children, "... Your dad is leaving..." (0:23)

John walks into the river, apparently intending to drown himself. (0:24)

John’s doctor tells Heather, "I’ve prescribed diazepam..." (0:25)

John tells Heather, "I’m going mad." 
Heather: “Don’t be silly.” 
John: ”I just feel like killing myself.” (0:25)

Label: "Haloperidol" (0:27)

John tells Heather, “No worries.”
Heather tells John’s old friend, Dottie’s son, Murray, "... He’s on medication.” (0:28)

John tells Murray, "... an impulse in my brain... It’s called Tourette’s syndrome..." 
Murray, referring to Australia: ”Oh, it was mental.” (0:29)

John tells Murray, “... Hitler.
Murray: "No worries." 
John: “No worries.”
John: “Hitler.” 
John tells Dottie: ”No, honestly...” (0:30)

John hits his head with his hand. 
Dottie: ”... that’s the most honest anyone’s been...” (0:31)

John answers Dottie, "... No worries." 
John slaps his face. (0:32)

Murray tells Dottie, referring to John, "... He’s on medication." (0:33)

Dottie asks John, “... What medication are you on?" 
”I’ve been a mental health nurse now for years...” 
John: ”It’s called haloperidol...” (0:34)

Dottie tells John, "... It’s the apologizing that drives me mad..." (0:37)

Murray’s father Chris asks Dottie, “Have you lost your mind...”
Dottie tells Murray and Chris, "... feeling sorry for myself..." (0:38)

Heather tells John, “... I’d assume that was one of your nonsensical tics." 
John: ”I’m stopping the drugs...” (0:39)

John tells Murray, "... and that wasn’t a tic." 
Murray: ”... The day you’re off those pills...” 
”Was that a tic?” (0:41)

John tells Dottie, "Really ticky." 
Dottie: ”... almost weaned off the tablets.” 
John smacks Dottie’s in the face. (0:42)

Dottie tells John, "... you can’t be on medication all your life..." (0:44)

Heather tells Dottie, "I can see he’s off the medication." 
Dottie: ”He stopped it gradually...” 
”Patience of a saint.” 
Heather: ”Whatever patience I had...” 
Dottie: ”... mental health nurse.” (0:45)

John tells Dottie, "I’m off the medication..." (0:46)

John answers Murray, "No worries." (0:47)

A man pouches John in the face. More traumatic head injuries follow in the in the brawl. (0:49)

John answers Dottie, "It’s just a tic." 
Dottie: ”... you need to focus...” (0:50)

Dottie tells John, "I’m nervous." (0:52)

Dottie tells receptionist Irene, referring to John, "... he's a bit nervous." (0:53)

Irene: “No worries, John." (0:53)

Irene tells caretaker Tommy Trotter, "... no worries." 
Tommy tells John, ”... to be honest...” 
John: ”I’m a pedophile. Sorry, it was a tic.” (0:54)

Tommy tells John, "... breaking any confidentiality when..." 
John: ”... just wanted to be honest.” 
”... you okay with the tics and the swearing?” (0:58)

John tells a passerby, "... I’ve got Tourette’s." (1:01)

Men beat John. Blows to his head appear to leave him unconscious. (1:04)

John tells Dottie, referring to Heather, "You’ll just worry her..." (1:06)

John describes his compulsions to Tommy. 
Tommy: ”... the tics that cause the problem?”
John: ”... the tics.” 
Tommy: ”... I don’t think Tourette’s is the problem... we don’t know enough about Tourette’s. ” 
John: "... say I'm a pedo?” (1:08)

The solicitor tells the judge, referring to John, "... Impulsive comments... homophobic...
”... a condition known as Tourette’s syndrome." 
Judge: ”... claims that Tourette’s syndrome is not a recognized condition.” 
John: ”... I’m a retard...” (1:11)

Tommy tells the judge, referring to John, "... His tics are uncontrollable..." 
”... It is a medical condition...” 
”... John’s a proud young man... the word disability... kindest, most respectful...” (1:14)

A reporter asks Dottie, "Are you proud of John?" 
Dottie: ”... always proud of John." (1:16)

John tells the police constables, "... No worries..." (1:19)

Funeral for Tommy (1:19)

John tells Murray, "No worries." (1:23)

John answers a cyclist, "Aye, no worries." 
”... It’s a medical condition.” 
”That was a tic...” (1:24)

A man tells John, "Your disability might get in the way." 
John: ”It’s not a... disability.” 
The man insufflates then offers John a marijuana cigarette. (1:26)

John tics: "Half-price heroin... I’m selling drugs..." (1:27)

A police constable asks John, "You been taking illegal substances?" 
John: "... got drugs up my jumper... Tourette's syndrome...” 
”Crack cocaine... half-price heroin.” (1:27)

John: "I’m selling drugs..." 
A police constable tells Dottie, ”... he claimed was crack cocaine.” 
Dottie: ”And was it crack cocaine?” 
”... He has Tourette’s syndrome” 
John: ”Dottie’s got drugs in her pussy.” (1:28)

Doittie quotes John: "Dottie’s got drugs in her pussy." 
”A book on Tourette’s...” (1:29)

John tells a man, "... It was just a tic." 
”... That was a tic.” 
Man: ”No, it wasn’t a tic, John.”
John: “... It was a tic.” (1:30)

A man tells John, "... they talk about Tourette’s..." 
Lucy: ”... you pedo...” 
John: ”Stop me giving you a smack in the face.” 
”Ah, no worries. To be honest...” (1:33)

John tells Lucy, “... good at suppressing your tics..." 
”... to be honest..." 
Lucy: ”... first person I’ve met with Tourette’s.” 
”... that’s what I worry about...” 
John: "That's compulsion..." 
Lucy: ”... you have to do it..." 
John: "... I have to kiss the lamppost.” 
Lucy: ”... bite it whenever you think you’re gonna tic.” (1:35)

John visits Tommy’s grave in a cemetery.
Referring to Lucy: ”... She’s got tics... has Tourette’s...” (1:37)

Sign: "TOURETTE’S WEEKEND" (1:39)

Attendees tic.
John: "... first Tourette’s weekend... meeting people with Tourette’s..." (1:39)

Greg: "... I have Tourette’s... reduce your tics." (1:40)

John, addressing parents: "... a weekend for those living with Tourette’s..." (1:40)

Man: "Homosexual man in the house.." (1:41)

John: "... The problem is not Tourette‘s... know enough about Tourette’s..." (1:41)

Police constable MacCullen: "... few people knew what Tourette’s was..." (1:42)

John: "... Everyone who lives with Tourette’s is different... different symptoms and tics and behaviors... A tic can be... a vocal tic... motor tic... vocal tic... with Tourette’s is the anxiety, or the obsessive-compulsive disorder..."
Terms on board: "COPROGRAPHIA, ECHOLALIA, ECHOPRAXIA, COPROLALIA, ASD, ADHD, DEVELOPMENTAL AND COORDINATION DISORDER, AUDITORY..., DEPRESSION, COMPLEX MOTOR TICS, ... VOCAL TICS, COMPLEX VOCAL TICS..." 
”That’s a nightmare for me...” (1:43)

John: “Don’t engage in a conversation with the tics...” 
”... I hope you’ve learned something about Tourette’s...” (1:44)

Announcer: "Mr. John Davidson, for services to those with Tourette’s syndrome." (1:44)

John’s sister Caroline: "I’m so proud, John" (1:45)

Barbara Morera tells John, "... your ambition to help people who live with Tourette’s... the effects of median nerve stimulation... those with Tourette’s..." (1:49)

Barbara, referring to an electronic device, "Nothing to worry about, John. This is a neuromodulation band..." (1:50)

John tells Barbara, "... I’ve no anxiety, no tics." 
Barbara: ”Have you ticced at all?” 
John: ”... less aggressively.” 
Barbara: “... any tics.” (1:52)

Another passenger tells John, "... I feel silly now." (1:55)

Titles: "... TEST THE MEDICAL DEVICE... MEDICATION AND THERAPIES CAN HELP MANY LIVING WITH TOURETTE SYNDROME." (1:55)

John smacks Dottie in the face. (1:57)