Category Archives: OCD

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

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

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

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

AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT OF EMOTION!

Posted on March 21, 2017 by SCARFMAN

This blog tells the tale of how a trip to my local medical centre, turned into one of the most emotional afternoons that I have had in a very long time. Today has been a good day. Today, my faith … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, anxiety, compliment, CONTAMINATION, DIABETES, DIABETIC EYE SCREENING, DOCTORS, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, EYE SCREENINB, EYE SCREENING, FAMILY AND MENTAL HEALTH, MEN MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, SCARFMAN, SICK, SUPPORT, UK HEALTH, UK HEALTHCARE, UNEXPECTED EMOTION, VOMIT PHOBIA | Leave a comment

I THINK THEREFORE I AM….NOT A NUTTER : MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION AND ME!

Posted on January 28, 2017 by SCARFMAN

A blog about me being able to take medication for my mental health illness, for the FIRST TIME EVER! I can still remember the first time I tried taking a medication called clomipramine for my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged 2ND OPINION, ANAL BEHAVIOUR, anxiety, ARIPIPRAZOLE, BAD NHS EXPERIENCES, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, CRUEL OCD, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOVTORS, DROWSINESS, DROWSY, EMOTION, ENSLAVED, FLUOXETINE, medication, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH COLLEGE, MENTAL HEALTH DIARY, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION, MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION SIDE EFFECTS, NHS CBT, NOT BEING BELIEVED, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD MEDS, pain, PELVIC FLOOR SORENESS, PRISONER IN OWN HOME, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, SORE RIBS, stigma, TALKING THERAPY | 2 Comments

MEDIOCRE MOUNT PLEASANT! ‘Mount Pleasant’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 30/08/16.

Posted on September 4, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Three or four years ago Manchester based comedy-drama Mount Pleasant on Sky Living(now Sky One), was one of my favourite programmes on the telly. It regularly used to make me laugh and I loved its likeable Manchester charm(I’m a Mancunian). … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged AINSLEY HOWARD, ANDY LLOYD, ANDY LLOYD SCARFMAN_ TV REVIEW, ANGELA GRIFFIN, BOBBY BA, BOBBY BALL, BRADLEY, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CAMERON MILLER, CHARLIE, COLD FEET, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, DANIEL RYAN, DENISE, DOG AND DUCK PUB, DRAMA, ELLA, EMOTION, entertainment, JAMES DREYFUSS, JAMES LANCE, JORDAN DAWES, LISA AND DAN, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER COMEDY DRAMA, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH IN TV / TELEVISION, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, MOUNT PLEASANT, MOUNT PLEASANT SEASON SIX, MOUNT PLEASANT SERIES 6, NICOLA HUGHES, NICOLA MILLBANK, NIGEL HARMAN, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OLLY OLIVER, PATRICK ROBINSON, PAULA WILCOX, PAULINE COLLINS, popular culture, SALLY LINDSAY, SAMANTHA WOMACK, SIAN REEVES, SKY LIVING, SKY ONE, TANYA, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, UK TV | Leave a comment

I FEEL LIKE CRYING HAPPY TEARS THAT MY CHRONIC PAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DECREASE….BUT I’M SCARED TOO JUST YET!

Posted on April 16, 2016 by SCARFMAN

“If I can’t get back on the anti-inflammatories then my life is over. I won’t be able to cope with physio on my pelvis, having a girlfriend or going out five days a week for a job”. In the last … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged 1990S, ABDOMINAL PAIN, ADDENBROOKES CAMBRIDGE, ADDENBROOKES HOSPITAL, ANAL PAIN, anti-inflammatory, anxiety, BACK PAIN, blog, burning anus, burning bottom feeling, CELECOXIB, celecvoxib, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, chronic pain blog, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, comfort eating, CRYING, DEGREE, DEPRESSION, DREAD, EMBARRASSING BODIES, EMBARRASSING HEALTH PROBLEMS, EMOTION, etoricoxib, Family, FAMILY SUPPORT WHEN ILL, fightback, fighting spirit, GALLBLADDER, GALLSTONES, girlfriend, HAPPY TEARS, Health, health and beauty, health and neauty, health battles, health blog, health diary, hell, HERBAL MEDICINE, HOPE, iliospoas, ILL HEALTH, INFLAMED GROIN, INFLAMMATION, irrational, JOB, life setbacks, lifestyle, LOWER BACK PAIN, lumbar spine pain, MALE HEALTH, medication, MEN'S HEALTH PROBLEM, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISERY, MOBILITY ISSUES, mother son, mother son relationship, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, naproxen, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NATURE'S MOST POWERFUL ANTI INFLAMMATORY, negative mindset, negativity, nerves, NHS, NO CURE, nsaid, nsaids, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD MEDICATION, pain, pain relief, panic stricken, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES, PELVIC FLOOR SPASMS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIS, physical health, physical torment, physiotherapy, POSITIVE, positive mindset, positivity, PROSTATE, PROSTATE E.COLI INFECTION, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSOAS PAIN, QUERCETIN, rant, rational, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, rib pain, SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN, sad tears, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SEX ORGANS, SHOULDER PAIN, SORE ANUS, SORE BOTTOM, SORE INFLAMED PELVIC FLOOR, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, SPINE, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, TEARS, TILTED PELVIS, TRAMADOL, true stories, TRUE STORY, Twitter, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, UNIVERSITY, urology, WATER WORKS, WOORY, work, WORRY, writing | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, bad doctors, bad gp, being patronized, big brother, BLADDER, BLADDER PROBLEM, BLOOD SUGARS, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, compliment, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, COPING WITH ILL HEALTH, DEGREE, degree interrupted by illness ill health, DEPRESSION, depression about health, DIABETES, DIABETIC, diabetic nurse, DIARY, differing medical opinions, DISCRIMINATION, DISGUST AT DOCTORS, DOCTORS, EMOTION, EMPATHY, exasperation at gp, failed diagnosis, Family, feeling weary, FEELING WORN OUT, fellow sufferer, FIGHTING, FRIENDS, friendship, GPS, Health, health battles, health diary, HEALTH ISSUES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, health story, health strugles, health worries, HELP, HOPE, ILL, ILL AT UNIVERSITY, ILL HEALTH, inept doctors, interrupted degree, isolation of being ill, isolation of ill health, knowing more than a doctor, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LIVING NIGHTMARE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, lymphemea, LYMPHOEDEMA, lymphoedema in legs, male, MALE HEALTH, male pelvic pain, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING YOU, MEDICINE, MEN, MENS HEALTH, mental depession, mental fight, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH DISCRIMINATION, MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, mental help, mental illness, mental support, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MOTHER, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, MY DEGREE, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, NIGHTMARE, nurse, obsessive complusive disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, osteopath, PATRONIZED BY DOCTORS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC PHYSIO, PELVIC PHYSIOTHERAPY, pgp, physio, physiotherapy, poor doctors, poor gps, PREJUDICE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATITIS, psychological, psychological pain, rant, rib pain, SELF EDUCATION, SELF HELP GROUP, SHOULDER PAIN, Social Media, social media friendships, SORE PELVIS, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, speak out about mental health, specialist womens physiotherapist, stigma, stigma of mental health illness, suicidal thought, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, SYMPATHY, tribute, true stories, Twitter, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UROLOGISTS, VASCULAR, VINDICATION, well being, when doctors don't believe you, when people don't believe you're ill, women's physiotherapy, WOMENS HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY, WORRIES | Leave a comment

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Category Archives: OCD

I DID IT AGAIN! Me and my mental health.

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

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

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!

AN UNEXPECTED MOMENT OF EMOTION!

I THINK THEREFORE I AM….NOT A NUTTER : MENTAL HEALTH MEDICATION AND ME!

MEDIOCRE MOUNT PLEASANT! ‘Mount Pleasant’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 30/08/16.

I FEEL LIKE CRYING HAPPY TEARS THAT MY CHRONIC PAIN HAS FINALLY STARTED TO DECREASE….BUT I’M SCARED TOO JUST YET!

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