Tag Archives: EMETOPHOBIA

Norovirus is not going to break me, it is going to make me

Posted on June 1, 2024 by SCARFMAN

Norovirus is not going to break me, it is going to make me! Two weeks ago for the first time in over 15 years, I was thinking some very dark thoughts again. I felt like my OCD recovery journey had … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, OCD | Tagged DEPRESSION, EMETOPHOBIA, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, OCD | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, CBT, DOCTORS, EMETOPHOBIA, EXERCISE AND OCD, LIVING WITH THE FEAR, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, nerves, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD AND ME, OCD AND STUDYING, RECOVERY, SICK, VOMIT | 4 Comments

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 →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged 2018, 2019, EMETOPHOBIA, MENS HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, SICK, VOMIT, VOMIT FEAR | 3 Comments

I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT, I SAT DOWN ON A BUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN EIGHT YEARS!

Posted on November 13, 2017 by SCARFMAN

Not going to lie, today has been a bloody good day. Around about two hours ago, I was sat here reading my Twitter and Facebook pages with happy tears in my eyes. You see, today I had a triumph with … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #MENTALHEALTH, anxiety, CBT, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, Family, LOVE, MALE HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, SICK PHOBIA | Leave a comment

I’M SCARED, THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING TOO WELL!

Posted on November 9, 2017 by SCARFMAN

I have nothing urgent to say in this new blog, however I just wanted to socially document how well things are going at the moment. Things are going that well that it has slightly unnerved me a touch! Do not … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged ANXIETIES, anxiety, ARIPIPRAZOLE, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, DEPRESSION, EMETOPHOBIA, FIGHTING MENTAL HEALTH, FLUOXETINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, MIND, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, physio, PUBLIC PLACES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, SICK PHOBIA, THERAPY, THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING TOO WELL | Leave a comment

THE TRIUMPH OF A TESTING DAY: 4 TRAMS, 2 TRAINS, AND A LONG WALK WHILST JUMPING OVER DOG POO!

Posted on October 20, 2017 by SCARFMAN

‘I can’t believe I’m doing this. I can’t believe I agreed to this, what was I thinking? I’m not sure I can do this mum’? This was me yesterday at approximately 11.30am, as I finished getting ready to go to … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, DOG POO, EMETOPHOBIA, Health, INTERNAL PELVIC EXAMINATION, MALE HEALTH, male pelvic pain, MANCHESTER, Manchester Piccadilly train station, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MIND, MOTHER, MOTIVATION, MR IRRATIONAL, MR RATIONAL, MUM LOVE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PELVIC FLOOR, PELVIC FLOOR PHYSIO, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC PHYSIO, PELVIS PHYSIO, PHOBIAS, physio, PROSTATITIS, SICK PHOBIA, TRAIN PHOBIA, WILMSLOW | Leave a comment

ANOTHER GOOD DAY! Me and my mental health.

Posted on September 19, 2017 by SCARFMAN

I didn’t plan on writing another blog about my mental health so soon after writing the last one, however just now I just felt the urge to do so. Yesterday was a bloody good day again with my OCD and … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, anxiety, blog, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, DEPRESSION, EMETOPHOBIA, EMOTION, Family, GAD, Health, MENS HEALTH, mental health, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, RECOVERY, SCARFMAN, SCARFMAN ANDY, SCARFY, SUPERMARKET, THERAPY, TRUE STORY, UNCATEGORISED, UNCATEGORIZED | 2 Comments

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

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 →

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