Category Archives: MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Sea, sunshine, seagulls and … Sneaton Castle, a triumphant OCD story in Whitby

Posted on September 21, 2024 by SCARFMAN

Last week I went on my first holiday in over thirty years. This was a huge achievement for me because I once suffered from severe contamination OCD. I broke from the shackles of this debilitating illness and proved to everybody … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, Autumn Holiday, CBT, Distraction techniques, ENGLAND FOOTBALL CAPTAIN, Family, friendship, Holiday, HOLIDAY RESORT, meal out, mental health, North Yorkshire, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PHOBIAS, Port, Scarborough, sea, SEAGULLS, Seaside town, Sneaton Castle, Summer Holiday, SUNSHINE, Whitby, YORKSHIRE | 2 Comments

I’M BACK IN THE ‘FIGHTING IT’ GAME! Me and my mental health.

Posted on September 5, 2017 by SCARFMAN

As I write this blog I do it in a very positive frame of mind. I’ve had a good week with my mental health and so I just wanted to socially document this. I wanted to sort of shout it … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, EMETOPHOBIA, EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE THERAPY, FEAR OF BEING SICK, FEAR OF SICK, friendship, MANCHESTER, Manchester Piccadilly RAIL station, MANCHESTER VICTORIA RAIL STATION, mental health, MOJO BACK, MOTIVATION, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, TRIGGER SMELLS, Twitter | 1 Comment

EXCITED YET SCARED, THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT STARTING CBT AGAIN!

Posted on May 2, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This week is a really big week for me. In two days time I have my first CBT appointment in over five years. For the uninitiated, CBT stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and this involves a gradual exposure to whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged AMBITION, ANXIETIES, anxiety, ARIPIPRAZOLE, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, DIARY, DREAMS, EMETOPHOBIA, EXCITED, FLUOXETINE, Health, MALE HEALTH, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION, mental illness, MOTIVATION, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, physical health, PHYSICAL HEALTH ILLNESS, PSYCHOLOGY, therapist, TRUE STORY | Leave a comment

YESTERDAY I WALKED THROUGH MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE AND IT FELT SOOOOOOOO GOOD…….EVENTUALLY!

Posted on April 12, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Ever felt truly petrified of walking through a city or town centre? I don’t mean because you’re scared of getting mugged or owt sinister like that, I mean because your whole being is crippled with fear that you might see … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, deansgate, DEPRESSION, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, FACING YOUR FEARS, FLOODING, Health, hypnotherapist, HYPNOTHERAPY, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, irrational, MALE HEALTH, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MANCHESTER, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental health community, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, metrolink, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, physical health, punch drunk boxer, RITUALS, SICK FEAR, tram, twitter mental health community, VOMIT FEAR, VOMIT PHOBIA, walking through a city town centre | 2 Comments

SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!

Posted on February 25, 2016 by SCARFMAN

“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →

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A COMEDIC GENIUS FROM BOLTON! ‘PETER KAY : 20 YEARS OF FUNNY’ – A REVIEW.

Posted on December 28, 2015 by SCARFMAN

As I sat down to watch this documentary about Peter Kay on BBC1 this Christmas Eve, I longed for it to be as good as it sounded. It was billed as a look back at Peter’s working life, from the … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC1, COMEDY, COMPLIMENT, documentary, ENTERTAINMENT, FRIENDSHIP, J.K.ROWLING, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRIBUTE, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #CARSHARE, #PETERKAY, #TVREVIEW, BBC, BBC COMEDY, BBC ONE, BBC1, BLOG TV REVIEW, BOLTON, BRITISH COMEDY, BRITISH HUMOUR, BRITISH SIT-COMS, BRITISH TELEVISION, C4, CAR SHARE, CHANNEL 4, CHANNEL FOUR, COMEDIC, COMEDY, COMEDY ACTOR, COMEDY DOCUMENTARY, COMEDY DRAMA, COMEDY WRITER, compliment, DAVE SPIKEY, DECENCY, DOCUMENTARY, entertainment, friendship, GENIUS, humour, J.K.ROWLING, jason manford, JK ROWLING, KAY, MANCHESTER, MATT LUCAS, NORTHERN COMICS, NORTHERN HUMOUR, OPEN ALL HOURS, PADDY McGuinness, PAUL COLEMAN, PERFORMING ARTS, PETER KAY, PETER KAY : 20 YEARS OF FUNNY, PETER KAY : 20 YEARS OF FUNNY A REVIEW, PETER KAY DOCUMENTARY, PETER KAY DOCUMENTARY REVIEW, PETER KAY TV TRIBUTE, PETER KAY'S CAR SHARE, PHOENIX NIGHTS, popular culture, PORRIDGE, REVIEW, RONNIE BARKER, SALFORD UNIVERSITY, SIAN GIBSON, SIT-COMS, STAND-UP, STAND-UP COMEDY, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THAT PETER KAY THING, THE ARTS, THE FROG & BUCKET, THE SERVICES, TONY CHRISTIE, tribute, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, TV TRIBUTE, UNCATEGORIZED | Leave a comment

“WHO MAKETH THE MAN HERE? AM I IN CHARGE OR IS MY ARSE IN CHARGE”? ‘THE MOANING OF LIFE 2’, episode six review.

Posted on December 12, 2015 by SCARFMAN

One of my TV highlights of 2015 has without doubt been the second series of Sky One’s The Moaning of Life. I would even go as far to say that I think this is the best thing that Karl Pilkington … Continue reading →

17 years ago today my dad died, but the pain of losing him will live with me forever

Posted on October 31, 2015 by SCARFMAN

October 31st 1998 was without doubt the worst day of my life so far. It was worse than when I got told by a doctor twelve months later, that I needed an investigation to make sure I did not have … Continue reading →

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UTTERLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY BRILLIANT! River – Review of episode two.

Posted on October 21, 2015 by SCARFMAN

Last year I can still remember just how amazing it felt to watch the BBC1 crime/police drama Happy Valley. It was that brilliant that it sort of felt like a privilege to watch such a fantastic piece of work. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, death, DEPRESSION, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FRIENDSHIP, grief, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged #BBCDRAMA, #STELLANSKARSGARD, #TVREVIEW, ABI MORGAN, ALONE, ALOOF, anxiety, BBC, BBC ONE, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC TELEVISION, BBC1, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CRIME DRAMA, death, DEPRESSION, DETECTIVE GENRE, DI JOHN RIVER, DRAMA, EDDOE MARSAN, EMOTION, entertainment, Family, FILM NOIR, friendship, GEORGINA RICH, Grief, HAPPY VALLEY, i'm in the mood for dancing, ISOLATED, JOHN RIVER, LARS VON TRIER, LESLEY MANVILLE, LONER, mental health, MISE-EN-SCENE, MISSING, MYSTERY, NICOLA WALKER, NORDIC, NORDIC NOIR, OWEN TEAL, PARANOIA, POLICE DRAMA, popular culture, REVIEW, RIVER, RIVER EPISODE TWO/2 REVIEW, river review, RIVER TV SERIES, ROSA FALLOWS, SORCHA CUSACK, STELLAN SKARSGARD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, THE MISSING, THE NOLAN SISTERS, the nolans, THRILLER, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UNCATEGORISED, writing | Leave a comment

“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.

Posted on October 16, 2015 by SCARFMAN

“What is art?” This was a question first asked almost a hundred years ago by artist Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ urinal piece. What does Marcel have in common with Karl Pilkington? Well in this first episode of The Moaning of Life … Continue reading →

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Sea, sunshine, seagulls and … Sneaton Castle, a triumphant OCD story in Whitby

I’M BACK IN THE ‘FIGHTING IT’ GAME! Me and my mental health.

EXCITED YET SCARED, THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT STARTING CBT AGAIN!

YESTERDAY I WALKED THROUGH MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE AND IT FELT SOOOOOOOO GOOD…….EVENTUALLY!

“WHO MAKETH THE MAN HERE? AM I IN CHARGE OR IS MY ARSE IN CHARGE”? ‘THE MOANING OF LIFE 2’, episode six review.

17 years ago today my dad died, but the pain of losing him will live with me forever

UTTERLY COMPELLING AND UTTERLY BRILLIANT! River – Review of episode two.

“I CAN’T SORT OF CONTROL THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EYEBROWS….THEY’RE ARSE CHEEKS”! ‘The Moaning of Life 2’ ep1 – A review.

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