Category Archives: mens health

Finally cracking my hellish pelvic pain case, with exercises and pelvic floor relaxation

Posted on February 26, 2025 by SCARFMAN

Just as I was starting to think my old chronic pelvic pain problem was a thing I needed to completely forget about, wham, it came back and hit me where it hurts last December time. Step forward my specialist pelvic … Continue reading →

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My OCD has improved so much, but how do I get over my health anxiety?

Posted on February 1, 2025 by SCARFMAN

Last Tuesday, for once in my life I received good health news. My sore fingers are just chilblains the doctor said. What if he is wrong though, because they have been in the past?    My health record I am scared … Continue reading →

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Initial utter devastation at my new prostate illness prostatitis, but this time I fight back

Posted on January 17, 2025 by SCARFMAN

A blog about the trauma of getting prostatitis again, but how I am determined not to let it ruin everything this time around. Panic At age 48, my whole world came crashing down around me just before last Christmas time. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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WHY ME?

Posted on May 24, 2024 by SCARFMAN

Why me? I’m nervous about writing this blog. I guess I’m nervous because there’s so much I want to say to you all, but I’m not sure how. I’m lying, I do know how, but it’s been that long since … Continue reading →

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Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review.

Posted on June 10, 2021 by SCARFMAN

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In – A Review – The rare glimpse of a genius! Dramatic, pulsating, and insightful.  These are the best three words that accurately describe this new football documentary on the life of Sir Alex Ferguson. … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 – My daily battle with nature!

Posted on May 10, 2021 by SCARFMAN

Mental Health Awareness Week is this week(10-16 May 2021), with the theme this year being nature. For years, I kept a big OCD secret that I was petrified of nature. Or if you want me to be more exact than … Continue reading →

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I finally did it, I sat down at my doctors! OCD and me

Posted on November 20, 2020 by SCARFMAN

A zest for life is how I would best sum-up how I am feeling right now.  You see, I am still on a high from the events of yesterday.  I did an CBT exposure that I swore to everybody that … Continue reading →

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Against All Odds

Posted on October 10, 2020 by SCARFMAN

World Mental Health Day, Saturday, October 10th, 2020.  Time to celebrate my life.  Time to tell the world what I have completely been through.  Time to finally shout out loud, “I AM HAPPY TO BE ALIVE!” “I WISH I WAS … Continue reading →

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FIGHTING BACK FROM MY CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN NIGHTMARE!

Posted on September 4, 2019 by SCARFMAN

This is a blog that I feared I would never be able to write one day.  It is about celebrating the miraculous improvements I have made regarding my chronic pelvic pain.  I had tears in my eyes the other day … Continue reading →

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