Hey. So one of my friends has tics as well, so i know, even from an outside view, what it is like. I have research them a bit. Suppressable, but not easily, and when you have vocal and motor tics it is Tourette's Syndrome, which is (likely) what my friend has. In order for them to be diagnosed, they have to have been going on for at least a year from what my friend has been told. I know they are not comfortable, but i don't know what to say to help. If you have a therapist, then go that route, get help from him/her/them.