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Tag Archives: ANXIETIES
A MASSIVE OCD BREAKTHROUGH, THANK YOU RUTH! Me and my mental health.
Yesterday was the best day in my life for OVER EIGHT YEARS. Yesterday was the best day in my life since the OCD began to truly cripple every essence of my life. Yesterday was the best I have felt in … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged @SCARFMANANDY, ANDY LLOYD, ANXIETIES, anxiety, BEST FRIENDS, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, EXPOSURE THERAPY, EXPOSURE WORK, friendship, LOWRY CENTRE, LOWRY GALLERY, LOWRY OUTLET, MANCHESTER, MENS HEALTH, mental health, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, RECOVERY, RUTH, SALFORD, UNIVERSITY FRIENDS, VALENTINES DAY
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I’M SCARED, THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING TOO WELL!
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
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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
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EXCITED YET SCARED, THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT STARTING CBT AGAIN!
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
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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
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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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OCD FLARE UP, NO BLOODY HEATING………….BUT LEAST MY SCAN DATE IS SOONER THAN EXPECTED!
What a diabolical week. Had a massive contamination O.C.D flare-up last Monday and was just starting to get over it when the bloody boiler brakes down and so for two days now we’ve had no heating or hot water. This … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ANXIETIES, anxiety, boiler break, british gas, cold weather, DEPRESSION, fed up, freezing, heating, living with OCD, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, mental health, O.C.D, OCD, scans
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I SEEM TO BE TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK AT THE MO….FEEL LIKE THROWING THE TOWEL IN AT TIMES!
MY QUEST TO GET A FULFILLING LIFE ONCE AGAIN CONTINUES TO BE THWARTED BY MY RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOEDEMA! I am a bundle of utter frustration at the moment, it’s a long story that has seen much anguish and many … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ANXIETIES, anxiety, CELLULITIS, FEARS, FRUSTRATED, FRUSTRATIONS, Health, health and beauty, health worries, HOPE, LIFE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, manual lymphatic drainage, mental health, NHS, OCD, physiotherapy, skincare, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT
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HAVING DIABETES DOESN’T USUALLY BOTHER ME, BUT RIGHT NOW IF IT WAS A MAN……I’D KICK HIS BLOODY HEAD IN!
*Before I start I feel compelled to point out that in regards to the headline, I’ve never kicked in anybody’s head in so relax……but at the moment if my type 1 diabetes was a living human being then I’d be … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, COMEDY, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FOOD, FOOD, grief, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, Uncategorized
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Tagged AMELIA LILLY, AMELIA LILY, ANXIETIES, anxiety, BLOOD SUGARS, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, DOCTORS, Health, health and beauty, HYPO, HYPOGLYCAEMIA, HYPOGLYCAEMIC, lymphatic drainage, LYMPHOEDEMA, MENS HEALTH, OCD, ranting, TRAMADOL, WORRIES
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