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Sea, sunshine, seagulls and … Sneaton Castle, a triumphant OCD story in Whitby

Posted on September 21, 2024 by SCARFMAN

Last week I went on my first holiday in over thirty years. This was a huge achievement for me because I once suffered from severe contamination OCD. I broke from the shackles of this debilitating illness and proved to everybody … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged anxiety, Autumn Holiday, CBT, Distraction techniques, ENGLAND FOOTBALL CAPTAIN, Family, friendship, Holiday, HOLIDAY RESORT, meal out, mental health, North Yorkshire, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, PHOBIAS, Port, Scarborough, sea, SEAGULLS, Seaside town, Sneaton Castle, Summer Holiday, SUNSHINE, Whitby, YORKSHIRE | 2 Comments

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

‘HOPE IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME ALIVE’ – MY ‘MIND’ SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENTRY ON THE THEME OF HOPE.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by SCARFMAN

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 | Tagged #MENTALHEALTH, #PELVICPAIN, A-LEVELS, ALIVE, ANGUISH, BACK PAIN, BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, BEREAVEMENT, BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING, BLADDER, BLOGGING, BOMBSHELL, CAREER, CAREER GOALS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, COLLEGE, CONTAMINATED, CONTAMINATION, COUNSELLING, CREATIVE WRITING, CRIPPLED, CRIPPLED WITH FEAR, dad, DAD DYING, death, DEGREE, DEPRESSED, DEPRESSION, DESPERATE, DEVASTATION, DIABETES, DOCTORS, DOCTORS SURGERY, DOG POO, DOG SHIT, DREAD, DREAMS, DYING, EMPATHY, FATHER DIED, fear, FEAR OF TRAVELLING, FEELINGS, FIGHT, FIGHTER, FRIENDS, frightened, FUNERAL, GALLBLADDER, GALLBLADDER SURGERY, GALLSTONES, GILMORE'S GROIN, GPS, Graduating, GRADUATION, GREIVING, Grief, HAROLD LLOYD, Health, HERNIA, HERNIA SUGERY, HONEST, HOPE, HORSE MUCK, HORSE POO, HUMAN SPIRIT, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INSPIRATION, INSPIRING, IRRITABLE BLADDER, LATE FATHER, LIFE GOALS, LIFE STRUGGLES, LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY, LIVING AWAY FROM HOME, living with OCD, LJMU, LOWER BACK PAIN, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, memories, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH STORY, MENTAL HEALTH THOUGHTS, mental illness, MENTAL PAIN, MIND, MIND CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION, MOTHER, MUM, NASTY SMELLS, NERVE COMPRESSION, NHS, NO HAPPY ENDING, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD AWARENESS WEEK, OCD FLARE UP, pain, PANIC ATTACK, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PENGUIN PUBLISHING, PHOBIA, PHOBIAS, physical health, PHYSICAL PAIN, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE GLAND, PROSTATE HEALTH, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGY, rib pain, sacroiliac joint, SCIATICA, SHOCK, SICK, SINUS SURGERY, SISTER, SMELL PHOBIA, SMELLS, SPONDYLOLISTHESIS, SUFFERING, SUICIDE, SWOLLEN LOWER LEGS, TOUCH, TRUE STORY, UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY LIFE, UNUSUAL OCD, UPSET, VOMIT, writing | 1 Comment

THE LYMPHOGRAM WENT FANDABIDOZI…………….FOR NOW!

Posted on January 8, 2015 by SCARFMAN

The 5th of January 2015 was a day I wanted to happen and be over with as quickly as possible, but at the same time it was a day I had also been dreading many days before. I had a … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, Uncategorized | Tagged A, ALIVE, anxiety, CANNABIS, COMEDY, DEPRESSION, DOG DIRT PHOBIA, DOG DIRT POHBIA, DYE INJECTION, EXERCISE, FUNNY, HOSPITALS, ILL HEALTH, living with OCD, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOGRAM, MANCHESTER METROLINK, mental health, MIND, NHS, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, OCD, PHOBIAS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, VASCULAR CLINIC, VOMIT PHOBIA, WEED | Leave a comment

A NIGHTMARE ON HAIRCUT STREET!

Posted on July 15, 2014 by SCARFMAN

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 | Tagged anxiety, BACK PAIN, Health, living with OCD, MALE HEALTH, nerves, OCD, PELVIC PAIN, PHOBIAS, physio, rib pain, SICK, TRAMADOL, TRAMADOL SIDE EFFECTS, VOMIT | Leave a comment

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Sea, sunshine, seagulls and … Sneaton Castle, a triumphant OCD story in Whitby

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

THE LYMPHOGRAM WENT FANDABIDOZI…………….FOR NOW!

A NIGHTMARE ON HAIRCUT STREET!

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