Category: Mental Health Blogs
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If Today Was Your Last Day
This month is known as Movember, a term in which is associated with men’s mental health charity, The Movember Foundation. Their aim is to prevent suicide and mental health in men. They also help with prostate cancer and testicular cancer sufferers. If I were able to grow a mustache, then I would certainly take part. […]
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What It’s Like To Be With Someone Who Has OCD/ What it’s Like To Be With Someone Who Doesn’t!
It’s no secret that I have OCD nor am I ashamed of it or embarrassed. I actually have, over time, loved having OCD. Why? You may ask; It gives me some peace of mind when I am able to get things done such as the ironing, having a clean washed sofa or a freshly cleaned […]
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IBD – Pregnancy/Termination
Hey everyone! The past few months as people know have been pretty difficult for me as i have been battling with my Crohn’s Disease, Bechets Disease, Ileostomy Blockages, Arthritis, Sciatica and then obviously with pain and anxiety. About 3 weeks ago i found out after going to A+E with terrible pain (after finding out a […]
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Serotonin Levels Linked to Mental Health and Fibromyalgia?
I’ve been doing a lot of research on chemicals in the brain whilst I can’t sleep tonight/this morning and have discovered that many of us with Fibromyalgia and OCD/Anxiety can suffer from Serotonin Defiency. It sounds daft as obviously that’s known to link with a drug known as MDMA (which is very dangerous.) Serotonin is […]
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OCD- It isn’t Just What You See On TV!
I want to talk about a mental health condition that affects many people, ill or healthy. Along side many sufferers Anxiety Disorder likes to keep the OCD company, which is fab right? I mean, it must be great to have a lovely clean home and have everything neat and perfect? WRONG. So what is OCD? […]