Category Archives: TRUE STORIES

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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Contamination OCD in lockdown

Posted on June 17, 2020 by SCARFMAN

Suffering with Obsessive-compulsive disorder whilst in Covid-19 lockdown was always going to be a big challenge for me, but two things have saved me. For those of you who do not know my mental health story, I have blogged about … Continue reading →

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I CAME, I SAW AND I CONQUERED …ME AND MY COPYWRITING COURSE DREAMS!

Posted on April 15, 2020 by SCARFMAN

I FINALLY GRADUATED WITH A DISTINCTION IN MY COPYWRITING DIPLOMA! For those of you who follow me on social media, you’ll have recently learnt that I had some great news last Easter Monday.  After 181 days of doing an online … 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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HELLO BLOG, IT’S BEEN AWHILE!! AN UPDATE AND THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF!

Posted on August 10, 2019 by SCARFMAN

Hello everybody, it has been awhile my friends! I guess I haven’t written a blog since March 2019, because quite frankly I didn’t feel the need to.  I have been super busy with my OCD recovery and trying to improve … Continue reading →

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STEPH & DOM: CAN CANNABIS SAVE OUR SON? A review.

Posted on February 1, 2019 by SCARFMAN

Now and again a programme comes on the telly that you feel glad to have watched.  This certainly was the case with the recent Channel 4 documentary, Steph & Dom: Can Cannabis Save Our Son? Gogglebox stars Steph and Dom … Continue reading →

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Pothole Wars- A review.

Posted on January 20, 2019 by SCARFMAN

What better way to help banish away those January winter blues than to air a documentary about …potholes??? It has to be said that BBC1 do the first bit of this rather well, what with their picturesque detective drama Death … Continue reading →

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE A …YEAR MAKES! Me and my OCD.

Posted on December 14, 2018 by SCARFMAN

This is going to be a blog where I discuss the progress I have made in the past year with my severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  This is going to be a blog where I express right now how happy I … Continue reading →

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Home Front Heroes – Series 1 : Episode 1.

Posted on November 12, 2018 by SCARFMAN

In the run up to Remembrance Day this year the BBC has made a new daytime TV series entitled Home Front Heroes. The primary purpose of it is to celebrate the selfless contributions that thousands of men and women made … Continue reading →

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