Category Archives: EMOTION

ANOTHER GOOD DAY! Me and my mental health.

Posted on September 19, 2017 by SCARFMAN

I didn’t plan on writing another blog about my mental health so soon after writing the last one, however just now I just felt the urge to do so. Yesterday was a bloody good day again with my OCD and … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, anxiety, blog, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, DEPRESSION, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, Family, GAD, Health, MENS HEALTH, mental health, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, RECOVERY, SCARFMAN, SCARFMAN ANDY, SCARFY, SUPERMARKET, THERAPY, TRUE STORY, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | 2 Comments

I DID IT AGAIN! Me and my mental health.

Posted on September 14, 2017 by SCARFMAN

I am going to be unashamedly very boastful here and SHOUT OUT LOUD, TODAY HAS BEEN A BLOODY GOOD DAY PEOPLE!!! Today, I have had another great exposure day, similar to the one I had a few weeks ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged EMET, EMETOPHOBIA, EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE THERAPY, mental health, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SHOPPING, THERAPY, TOWN CENTRE, TRAMS | 2 Comments

HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE?? 2017 ‘STRICTLY COME DANCING’ LAUNCH SHOW.

Posted on September 10, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?? This was the question that I asked last night as I watched the 2017 Strictly Come Dancing launch show. With the odd one or two notable exceptions(which I’ll come on to shortly), it was … Continue reading →

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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

The woman with a plan! ‘EILEEN’ by Ottessa Moshfegh – A REVIEW.

Posted on July 18, 2017 by SCARFMAN

A sure way of knowing you’ve enjoyed a good book is when you’re sorry to have finished it, this is what has happened to me recently with the novel Eileen written by Ottessa Moshfegh! Not the best novel that I’ve ever … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOK REVIEWS, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, lesbianism, POPULAR CULTURE, THE ARTS, Uncategorized | Tagged #BOOKCRITIC, #bookReview, #FICTIONREVIEWS, 2016, alcoholic, AMERICA, BOOK REVIEW, book reviews, BOOK THRILLER, books, BOSTON, EILEEN, EILEEN BY MOTTESSA MOSHFEGH, EILEEN THE BOOK, entertainment, FEMALES IN BOOKS, females in fiction, fiction, LITERARY REVIEW, literature, literature review, man booker shortlisted, moorehead, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, popular culture, psychological thriller, Randy, reading, Rebecca, REVIEW, THE ARTS, THRILLER, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, X-ville | Leave a comment

BROKEN BUT BRILLIANT! ‘BROKEN’- A review of episode 4!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Jimmy McGovern’s BBC1 sociopolitical drama Broken is unequivocally the best thing on TV right now. This week was the fourth instalment and its brilliance remains ever strong. It is brilliantly written and acted and has truly secured actor Sean Bean’s … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, TELEVISION, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA FRIEL, AUSTERITY CUTS, BBC DRAMA, BBC1, BRITISH TELEVISION, BROKEN, CATHOLICISM, COMMUNITY, CUTS, entertainment, FATHER MICHAEL KERRIGAN, GAMBLING ADDICTION, HARD-HITTING DRAMA, JIMMY MCGOVERN, KEN LOACH, PAULA MALCOLMSON, POLICE CORRUPTION, popular culture, POVERTY, ROZ, SEAN BEAN, SOCIOPOLITICAL, SUICIDE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, tv review | Leave a comment

THIS DIABETIC DETECTIVE HAS FINALLY CRACKED THE CASE……I THINK!

Posted on May 19, 2017 by SCARFMAN

The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic and dieting! A number of months ago I wrote a blog about how suffering from type one diabetes, had made me sort of become a diabetic detective through the years. … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DIABETES, EMOTION, FOOD, HEALTH, mens health, Uncategorized | Tagged ADJUSTING INSULIN, ANDY SCARFMAN LLOYD, anxiety, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGARS, DIABETES, DIABETES UK, DIABETES WRITING, DIABETIC, diabetic detective, DIABETIC WRITING, DIETING, dieting and diabetes, DIETING DIABETIC, EMOTION, food, HARD TO DIET BEING A DIABETIC, Health, HEALTH AND BODY, HIGH BLOOD SUGARS, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, INSULIN, MENS HEALTH, PATIENCE, PERSONAL WELLBEING, TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT AND DIABETES, TYPE 1 DIABETES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | Leave a comment

THERAPY IS GOING WELL BUT THE HARD WORK…….IS JUST ABOUT TO START!

Posted on May 19, 2017 by SCARFMAN

I just wanted to give you an update about how my mental health is right now. I started having my CBT assessment three weeks ago and I am really pleased to say how well it is going so far. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, DECONTAMINATION, DEPRESSION, FIGHTING DEMONS, FOOTWEAR, MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH PROGRESSION, obsessive complusive disorder, OCD, PSYCHOLOGGY, PSYCHOLOGIST, therapist, THERAPY, TRUE STORY | 2 Comments

LONG LOST FAMILY: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT- Series 2, episode 1 review. TEARS OF JOY AND BOREDOM…OR WAS IT JUST MY HAY FEVER!

Posted on May 12, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Last year sometime, I can remember tweeting Long Lost Family presenters Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, suggesting they should do a follow-up show where they give us an update to some of the reunion stories featured in the main series. … Continue reading →

Posted in EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ADOPTION, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CHRISTINE, CLIFF JARDINE, DARRAGH MCMANUS, DAVINA MCCALL, DR PAT BRERETON, entertainment, Family, FAMILY HEARTBRAKE, FAMILY REUNIONS, FAST FOOD TV, ITV1, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY REVIEW, LONG LOST FAMILY:WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, NICKY CAMPBELL, popular culture, REALITY TV, REALITY TV: THE CRYING GAME, REUNITED FAMILIES, RON, SUE WARD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, true stories, TV, tv review, UK TV | Leave a 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 →

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