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Tag Archives: nerves
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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Tagged ANGER, ANGRY, ANGUISH, anxiety, ANXIOUS, BACK PAIN, banter, BLOGGING, CAREER, CATHARTIC, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION FLARE-UP, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DOCTORS, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT FEAR, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, Family, fear, FIGHT, FLARE-UP, FRUSTRATED, frustration, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GPS, Health, HEARTACHE, HEARTBREAK, HERNIA SUGERY, HOPE, ILL HEALTH, JOB, JOBLESS, laughter, LIFE, LOWER BACK PAIN, LUMBAR SPINE BACK PAIN, MALE HEALTH, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT, MIND, MIND MANCHESTER, MIND MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY, MIND UK, MISERY, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, O.C.D, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD ACTION UK, OCD UK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, physical health, sad, SADNESS, SELF HARM, SINUS SURGERY, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, UNIVERSITY, UNLOADING, UPSET, WRITER, writing, WRITING CAREER
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CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!
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 entire being is CRIPPLED with anxiety and fear? Fear about confronting the day ahead because you … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, BORDERLINE PSYCHOTIC, CAN'T COPE, CONTAMINATION, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, DEPRESSION, DIARY, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG DIRT, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, DOG POO, EMOTION, fear, fed up, HEALH, HELP, HELPLESSNESS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, LIVERPOOL, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, MENTAL SUFFERING, MIND OCCUPATION, nerves, NHS, NO HOPE, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD STRUGGLES, PELVIC PAIN, PERSONAL, physical SUFFERING, PSYCHOSIS, rant, REAL LIFE, rib pain, SEVERE OCD, stigma, SUFFERING, SUICIDAL, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, TORMENT, TRUE STORY, UNCATEGORISED, UNIVERSITY, WORRIES
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BOTH PALS AND MY GP ARE ON MY SIDE! (LYMPHOEDEMA DIAGNOSIS UPDATE).
Monday was a relatively big day for me on the ‘get me better front’. If you read my last blog then you will have discovered how I had recently been given two opposing opinions by two Vascular Consultants…..in the space … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT, ANANTOMY, ANKLES, ANXIETIES, anxiety, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPLAINT, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIAGNOSIS, DIARY, DISTESS, DOCTORS, duplex leg scan, EMOTION, ENGLAND, FRUSTRATING, GP, Health, health and beauty, HEALTH MATTERS, HEARTACHE, HELP, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INCOMPETENCE, LEG SCAN, LEGS, LEGS SWELLING, LOWER LIMBS, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL COMPLAINT, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICAL PROBLEM, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OUTPATIENTS, PALS, PATIENT ADVICE LIAISON SERVICE, rant, REFERRAL, SCIATICA, SECOND OPINION, SOFT TISSUE, SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE, SUPPORT, SWELLING, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, true stories, TRUE STORY, UK, UK HEALTHCARE, UNCATEGORISED, UNWELL, UPDATE, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT, VASCULAR CLINIC, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WORRIES, WORRY, WRONG DIAGNOSIS
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A NIGHTMARE ON HAIRCUT STREET!
Decided last week I needed a haircut so booked an appointment for one last Friday at 3.30pm. It was going to be a test with my vomit OCD and dog dirt phobias, because I had the taxi journey there to … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, BACK PAIN, Health, living with OCD, MALE HEALTH, nerves, OCD, PELVIC PAIN, PHOBIAS, physio, rib pain, SICK, TRAMADOL, TRAMADOL SIDE EFFECTS, VOMIT
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