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Tag Archives: BLOGGING
A brave new world as a lived experience expert at Keele and Staffordshire Universities
A new lived experience expert Monday, March 10th, 2025, a day that will be etched in my memory till the end of my days. You see, this was my first day working in the field of mental health, namely as … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged 2025, alex preston, anxiety, blog, BLOGGING, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, DEPRESSION, Dr Sarah Watts, Health, keele, Keele University, LIVED EXPERIENCE EXPERT, March 10th, mental health, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, NHS, OCD, post grad diploma, rewarding, roleplays, staffordshire University, THERAPY
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Thankful Thursday, fascinating Friday, and troublesome Tuesday
This is going to be a short piece of audio where I give you a life update regarding my chronic pelvic pain situation, some mental health work I will be doing soon, and me being nervous about a medical appointment … Continue reading →
Posted in HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged 2025, anxiety, AUDIO BLOG, BLOGGING, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, Health, LIVED EXPERIENCE EXPERT, mental health, NHS, OCD, PROSTATITIS, SCIATICA, STAFFORDSHIRE, SWOLLEN FINGERS, WILMSLOW
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HELLO BLOG, IT’S BEEN AWHILE!! AN UPDATE AND THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF!
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 →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, death, FAMILY, grief, HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, social media, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized
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Tagged #pets, anxiety, BLOGGING, DEPRESSION, DOGS, things I like about myself
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MY LYMPHOEDEMA IS IMPROVING AND ALL I HAVE DONE IS………..EXERCISE MORE!
“Lymphoedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling when the lymphatic system is not able to drain fluid properly”.(Google search). “Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. This may be as a result of … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged #LYMPHGLANDS, #MENSHEALTH, 2015, ABUSE, ABUSE IN STREET, ABUSE IN STRERT, ANGRY, ANKLES, anxiety, APPEARENCE, ARM CRAMPS, ARMS, BACK PAIN, BAD LUCK, BIG TUMMY, blog, BLOG WRITING, BLOGGING, BODY, BODY CRAMPS, BODY IMAGE, BODY SHAPE, BONES, BUILT UP FLUID, CELLULITIS, CHARACTER, CHEEKY KIDS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPRESSED DISC, COMPRESSED NERVE, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION GARMENTS, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, CORE, CORE MUSCLE EXERCISES, CORE MUSCLES, CORE STABILITY, CRAMPING UP, CRAMPS, CRISIS, DAMAGE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DETOX, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DRAINAGE, DREAMS, EMOTION, ENGLAND, ENVY, EXERCISE, EXERCISING, Family, FAT, FIGHTER, FITNESS, frustration, future, GENITAL URINARY SYSTEM, GP, HAND CRAMPS, HANDS, HANDS CRAMPING, Health, HEALTHY, HOPE, ILIOPSOAS, ILIOPSOAS PAIN, ILL, ILLNESS, IMPAIRED, IMPAIRED LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, KEGEL KEGAL EXERCISES, KIDS, LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LEGS, LIFE, LIFE LONG HEALTH CONDITION, LIFE LONG HEALTH PROBLEM, LOWER BACK PAIN, LOWER LEG LYMPHOEDEMA, LUMBAR SPINE, LYMPH GLAND, LYMPH GLAND EXERCISES, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, lymphatic fluid, lymphedema, LYMPHODEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOEDEMA SUPPORT NETWORK, MALE HEALTH, manual lymphatic drainage, medical, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, mental illness, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, MOTIVATION, MUSCLE, MUSCLES, MUSCOSKELETAL, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, NHS, NORTH ENGLAND, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OVERWEIGHT, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLES, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIS, physio, physiotherapy, POISONING FEELING, positivity, PRIMARY LYMPHOEDEMA, PROSTATE, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATE INFECTION, PSOAS, PSOAS PAIN, PUFFY ANKLES, PUFFY LEGS, RANDOM ABUSE, REHAB, SCIATIC NERVE, SCIATIC PAIN, SCIATICA, SECONDARY LYMPHOEDEMA, skin, SKIN INFECTION, SKIN RASH, Social Media, SOCKS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SPORT, STOCKINGS, STRENGTH, STRONG, SUFFERING, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, TEARS, TILTED PELVIS, TOXIN BUILD UP, TOXINS, TRAUMA, true stories, TRUE STORY, TUMMY, TUMMY MUSCLES, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UK, UNCATEGORIZED, UNFIT, UNSTABLE CORE, UNSTABLE PELVIS, UPSET, WALK, walking, weight, WHAT IS LYMPHOEDEMA, WORRY
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‘HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE’ – MY ‘MIND’ SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY ON THE THEME OF HOPE.
HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE! Ever woken up wishing you had not? I do not mean because you fancy another half-hour or so in bed, I mean because your whole being is CRIPPLED with anxiety … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, death, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, grief, HAROLD LLOYD, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, social media, THE ARTS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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NEVER FELT SO ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED AS I DO RIGHT NOW….ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE OCD!
ANGRY, FRUSTRATED AND DEPRESSED…….this is how I feel right now. I have been feeling like this for at least the last three years if I am honest, but last night as I went to bed these feelings were utterly overwhelming … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, twitter, Uncategorized
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