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I NO LONGER FEEL ASHAMED OF MY OCD, THANK YOU ANGELA AND HANNAH!

Posted on January 14, 2018 by SCARFMAN

This is a blog of immense gratitude. This is a blog where I sing the praises of two special young women who have entered my life via Twitter. This is a blog where I say I am no longer ashamed … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #MHCHATHOUR, #TALKMH, anxiety, CONTAMINATION OCD, DEPRESSION, facebook, MEN AND MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Social Media, stigma, stigma of mental health illness, SUPPORT NETWORK, TABOO, Twitter, twitter mental health community | Leave a comment

I AM NO LONGER ASHAMED OR EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE OCD!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by SCARFMAN

To mark World Mental Health Day, October 10th 2017, I thought I would do a blog about me no longer being ashamed or embarrassed at openly admitting that I suffer with OCD! About six to seven years ago, I was … Continue reading →

Posted in ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized | Tagged #OCDAWARENESSWEEK, anxiety, ASHAMED, CBT, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, EMBARRASSMENT OCD, EMOTION, EMPATHY, facebook, I AM NO LONGER ASHAMED TO ADMIT I HAVE OCD, MALE MENTAL HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, MENS MENTAL HEALTH, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH BLOG, MENTAL HEALTH BLOGGER, mental health community, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OCD AWARENESS WEEK, REAL LIFE, SHAME, SHAME OCD, Social Media, stigma, Twitter, twitter mental health community, WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY OCTOBER 10TH 2017 | Leave a comment

MEDIOCRE MOUNT PLEASANT! ‘Mount Pleasant’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 30/08/16.

Posted on September 4, 2016 by SCARFMAN

Three or four years ago Manchester based comedy-drama Mount Pleasant on Sky Living(now Sky One), was one of my favourite programmes on the telly. It regularly used to make me laugh and I loved its likeable Manchester charm(I’m a Mancunian). … Continue reading →

Posted in COMEDY, DRAMA, EMOTION, ENTERTAINMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, POPULAR CULTURE, TELEVISION, THE ARTS, TV, TV REVIEW, UK TV, Uncategorized | Tagged AINSLEY HOWARD, ANDY LLOYD, ANDY LLOYD SCARFMAN_ TV REVIEW, ANGELA GRIFFIN, BOBBY BA, BOBBY BALL, BRADLEY, BRITISH TV TELEVISION, CAMERON MILLER, CHARLIE, COLD FEET, COMEDY, COMEDY DRAMA, DANIEL RYAN, DENISE, DOG AND DUCK PUB, DRAMA, ELLA, EMOTION, entertainment, JAMES DREYFUSS, JAMES LANCE, JORDAN DAWES, LISA AND DAN, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, MANCHESTER COMEDY DRAMA, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH IN TV / TELEVISION, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, MOUNT PLEASANT, MOUNT PLEASANT SEASON SIX, MOUNT PLEASANT SERIES 6, NICOLA HUGHES, NICOLA MILLBANK, NIGEL HARMAN, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OLLY OLIVER, PATRICK ROBINSON, PAULA WILCOX, PAULINE COLLINS, popular culture, SALLY LINDSAY, SAMANTHA WOMACK, SIAN REEVES, SKY LIVING, SKY ONE, TANYA, TELEVISION, TELEVISION REVIEW, THE ARTS, TV, tv review, UK TV | Leave a comment

SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!

Posted on February 25, 2016 by SCARFMAN

“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →

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CRIPPLED…………………….WITH FEAR! MY CONTINUING AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH OCD!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by SCARFMAN

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 | 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 | Leave a comment

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MEDIOCRE MOUNT PLEASANT! ‘Mount Pleasant’ – Series 6, episode 1 review. 30/08/16.

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