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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

THE DIABETIC CLINIC DIDN’T GO WELL : The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic!

Posted on April 20, 2017 by SCARFMAN

About six months ago I wrote a jubilant blog about how well managed my diabetes was. I can distinctly remember that trip to my local diabetic clinic because they also told me I had lost almost three stones in weight. … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DIABETES, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, anxiety, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGARS, COMPO, DIABETES, DIABETES TRAILS AND TRIBULATIONS, DIABETIC, DIABETIC CLINIC, DIET, HBA1C, HEALTH SUPPORT, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH BLOOD SUGARS, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, LOSING WEIGHT, MENS HEALTH, mental health, PEACOCK, SUGAR IN URINE, TYPE ONE DIABETES | 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

Ordinary Lies. Series 2, episode 1 review : YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE PARANOID HUSBAND, HIS VIGILANTE WIFE AND THE RANDY DIVORCEE?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by SCARFMAN

After a highly successful and well received first series, last week saw the return of the BBC One work-based drama Ordinary Lies. Written and created by Danny Brocklehurst, the second series this time around is set in Wales with a … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, BBC1, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, POPULAR CULTURE, screenplay, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ADULTERY, Ally, ANDY LLOYD, anxiety, Ash Driscoll, Ashton, BBC, BBC DRAMA, BBC ONE, BBC ORIGINAL DRAMA, Belle Brierley, Big Brother Society, BRITISH TELEVISION, BRITISH TV, CCTV, challenging mental health stereotypes, child abuse, Con O'Neill, DANNY BROCKLEHURST, DEPRESSION, DRAMA, EMOTION, entertainment, EPISODE 1, EPISODE ONE, hunk, jason manford, Jennifer Nicholas, JILL HALFPENNY, Joe Brierley, Luke Bailey, mental health, mental health in dramas, mental health in TV shows, office joker, ORDINARY LIES, Ordinary Lies blog, ORDINARY LIES REVIEW, Ordinary Lies series 2, popular culture, privacy, RED PRODUCTION COMPANY, Scarfman_, screenplay, series two, spying, stigma of mental health, SUICIDE, surveillance, TELEVISION, TELEVISION CRITIC, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, TV BLOG, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TELEVISION, UK TV, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED, vigilantism in dramas, Wales in drama | Leave a comment

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Last Wednesday saw the start of series six of Long Lost Family on ITV1. The show that reunites families after years of separation is samey, predictable and overly emotional, but I can’t help still loving it nevertheless. For me, it … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY, ITV1, POPULAR CULTURE, REALITY TV, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged ADOPTION, ANDREW LLOYD, ANDY LLOYD, ANNA, anxiety, BRITISH TV, CLIFF JARDINE, DAVINA MCCALL, ECUADOR, EMOTION, entertainment, FAMILIES, Family, FORMULAIC, ITV1, LONG LOST FAMILY, LONG LOST FAMILY SERIES 6, NICKY CAMPBELL, PARODY, popular culture, REALITY TV, REUNITED FAMILIES, RIOBAMMA, SCARFMAN, Scarfman_, SIMON COWELL, SINGAPORE, SUE WARD, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, true stories, TV, TV CRITIC, tv review, UK TV, X-FACTOR | Leave a comment

THE JOY OF……..A GOOD LONG WEE, WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM LYMPHOEDEMA LIKE ME!

Posted on July 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

I’ll let you all into an embarrassing secret of mine for a moment, the other morning I raced into the bathroom quicker than Linford Christie in tight Lycra and shouted the following OUT LOUD as I weed(in the voice of … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMEDY, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged amusing health story, anxiety, banter, big wees, BLADDER, CELLULITIS, COMEDY, COMPRESSION, compression socks, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, coping with lymphoedema, David Coleman, David Colemen, DOCTORS, EMOTION, fluid drainage, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, gallbladder taken out, going to the toilet, GPS, Health, health comedy, IRRITABLE BLADDER, JOY, Linford Christie, living with lymphedema, living with lymphoedema, lymph fluid, lymph gland drainage issue, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic fluid, lymphatic glands, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, nerves, NHS, pee, physical health, poisoning my body, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, record breakers, swelling in the legs, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, symptoms and side effects of lymphoedema, toilet, TRUE STORY, urinating, urination, useless doctors, WEE, WEEING | Leave a comment

WHEN IS A BEGGAR A GENUINE BEGGAR……..THAT IS THE QUESTION?

Posted on April 17, 2016 by SCARFMAN

When is a beggar a genuine beggar then? I was asking myself this question numerous times the other night as I went to bed. I have not been accosted by such a person for a good eight or nine years … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Tag Archives: anxiety

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

THE DIABETIC CLINIC DIDN’T GO WELL : The trails and tribulations of being a type one diabetic!

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!

Ordinary Lies. Series 2, episode 1 review : YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT THE PARANOID HUSBAND, HIS VIGILANTE WIFE AND THE RANDY DIVORCEE?

LONG LOST FAMILY IS SAMEY, PREDICTABLE AND OVERLY EMOTIONAL……BUT I CAN’T HELP STILL LOVING IT! Long Lost Family. New series, episode one review.

THE JOY OF……..A GOOD LONG WEE, WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM LYMPHOEDEMA LIKE ME!

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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