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this section only all links
both external and internal
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The following link will take
you to my second website
which is about
animal rights issues and
similar matters.
Although
not related to this website
or mental health issues,
I would nonetheless
appreciate you taking the
time to support this
endeavour of mine by
visiting this website.
Think differently about
sheep was
uploaded to the internet in
March 2009; it was created
over eight months and will
include new information at
regular intervals. There
are photographs and clipart
for free download. I hope
you will take the time to
visit.
www.think-differently-about-sheep.com
URGENT ACTION!
Please take action and
sign the petition to the
Queen to
From The Welfare Reform
Bill
For more information
see
February 4th entry
|
Blog and Website
reorganisation
Please note:
I have reorganised this blog
to include an
archive I
hope this will make
navigation easier.
Most of the larger images, including desktop wallpaper
have been removed. I apologise but this is a necessity due
to lack of available space on the website. You can find
photographs taken by my husband and I in my second website:
Think-differently-about-sheep.com
or our Flicker
account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37177488@N06/
I have
unfortunately had to remove some blogs from the blog roll.
Please do not be offended if your blog has been removed.
Many of the blogs have been removed because they no longer
exist or have not been updated in a very very long time. I
would be only too pleased to once again include your blog if
things change. It can be very frustrating for people to
click a link and consistently either get an error message or
an outdated blog. This is the reason I include the latest
updates of my website and blog on this page and the home page,
as often I too have times when there are few or no entries
for several weeks.
For more information about the
reorganised blog and website please see the
September 1st
2010 entry |
I had thought to remove the
comments section as I get so
few comments and I am not
really up to setting up a
proper response facility as
you will find in blogs such
as Blogger or Word Press. I
can understand why people
have not commented as many
are not keen on giving out
their e-mail address and of
course many simply are too
ill to comment. And quite
frankly there are many times
I would be hard put to
respond. I had thought of
removing the comments page
altogether but on reflection
it would be a shame to
delete the few comments
people have sent in.
Having said all that, you
are still welcome to e-mail
me with comments or
questions. However I will
not publish them on the
comments page unless you
specifically request I do
so.
About this Blog
I am a
sufferer of severe OCD, I
was formally diagnosed in
1982 although I have
suffered with OCD since
childhood: you can read my
experiences in my
memoir
and
the edited shorter version
My
Story.
I also suffer with chronic
depression, migraine and
chronic daily headaches CDH
and fibromyalgia, although
fibromyalgia has not been
formally diagnosed. I also
have social anxiety problems
which I once believed where
social phobia but which I
now believe may be due to
the possibility that I am
also somewhere on the autism
spectrum, possibly Asperger
syndrome AS which is a milder
form of autism, although I
have no formal diagnosis for
this. Though I think this
possibility is highly
likely, I have had
confirmation by a prominent
researcher based upon what I
have written along with a
couple of sufferers of this
condition. See:
Asperger syndrome a
personal consideration
My
son has recently been
diagnosed as having
Asperger syndrome. I now
consider that my husband may
also be on the autism
spectrum and he also
sufferers from depression.
In August 2010 I received a
diagnosis of arthritis of
the Jaw and a few weeks
later neuralgia, though I am
not sure if the neuralgia is
a separate diagnosis or a
result of the arthritis. So
now I have four kinds of
headache to contend with!
I
believe that all co-morbid
illnesses and conditions
effect my OCD and its
prognosis and it is my hope
that my personal writings
here will highlight this
often neglected area.
Writing I have found
throughout the long years
during which I have been
taunted by my OCD has been a
refuge from my misery. Yes
even writing my
memoir
focusing as it does so much
on the difficult life that I
have lived. Writing of any
kind is liberating in a way
difficult to define. In my
self-help hints and tips
section I advocate keeping a
diary, a journal of your
experiences as they relate
to your respective
illnesses. The following are
recent extracts from my
journal. I hope that by
sharing such glimpses into
my life that in some way
others will find it useful
for coping with the their
own OCD or, at the very
least, I hope that it might
make sufferers feel a little
less alone with this very
debilitating disorder. I
have only included sections
which focus on key areas of
my OCD and other illnesses.
I did not think that a daily
inclusion would be helpful
or practical as most days
can be very similar and I do
not think anyone would wish
to read a day by day account
of my unhappiness.
My blog tells you about my
life, my thoughts and how I
cope or otherwise with my
very difficult life. For the
most part my blog is a
personal journal
consequently from time to
time I may share with you
other matters such as my
interests, my thoughts on
social and philosophical
issues, animal welfare and .
. . well anything and
everything which means
something to me. My blog
will also direct you to
items of interest on the net
concerning OCD and other
disorders or conditions
included on my website
Caution!
Please be aware that for the
most part the entries are
negative and may seem
depressing and if you are
very depressed or sensitive
it may be better to avoid
this part of my website.
There are more positive
sections for you to visit
such as
inspirational quotes,
self
help
and
the
gallery.
My entries may also be long:
this is probably another
symptom of my OCD, the need
to get it just right and to
explain thoroughly. I need
to be accurate concerning my
condition if this account is
to prove of any value.
Unfortunately at the present
time my condition has become
worse. I am depressed and
unable to cope. For the last
five years or so the burden
of existence has been
unbearable. The loss of my
sister and the continued
tragic events and consequent
illnesses experienced by my
brother-in-law, my late
sister’s husband, ending
sadly in his death on
December 11th 2005, have
added their toll to my
misery. Also now the
depression of my son who has
as already mentioned a
diagnosis of Aspergers
Syndrome fills me with
despair and a sense of
inadequacy and I
consequently feel so
overwhelmed by misfortune
that I can find little of
anything positive to say.
Also despite the
proliferation of writing on
this website, writing for me
can at times be exhausting
due to my OCD checking and
also because of other
illnesses such as headaches
therefore there may be long
periods of time when there
will be no entries.
Notification of all new
pages on this website and
new entries in this section
and the date of their
inclusion will be found on
the home page menu.
If you would like to receive
regular notification of new
entries and updates to my
website please e-mail me:
Contact Details
Comments:
I would really appreciate
some comments please. I
would like to publish your
comments but I will not do
so without your permission.
So if you do comment please
indicate clearly if you
would like your comments
published as I will not
publish your comments
without clear indication
that this is okay. I cannot
provide the type of set up
available in a blog service
but please comment by
e-mail. I will have included
a webpage to display your
comments:
Comments
for those who would like
them published. I will not
display either your name or
your e-mail unless you give
me permission to do so. You
need not use your real name.
Please refer to the date of
the entry you wish to
comment on.
Please note that the entries
have been arranged in
ascending order. Now since
commencing this blog I have
only recently found out that
it is usual to arrange
entries in a chronologically
descending order with the
most recent entry appearing
first. I apologise for this
error but for me to alter
this now would be quite a
mammoth task with my ADD,
which like my OCD has become
much worse, it would take an
inordinate length of time
and cause me quite some
considerable stress.
Therefore at the present
time I have left it as it
is. I regret any
inconvenience this may
cause.
Therefore if you wish to
start with the most recent
entry you will need to
scroll to the bottom of each
page in each month and work
your way backwards.
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Disclaimer
No
responsibility is accepted
for the content of external
links including blogs:
Concerning blogs : Although
I have initially looked
through the recommended
blogs in my blog roll I have
not read every single entry
and have selected each on
its overall merit:
interesting regular entries
. However the comments and
opinions of the respective
blog owners do not
necessarily reflect my own
opinions.
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Contact
I will endeavour to
reply to all e-mail, however
please bear in mind that I
have a number of quite
debilitating illnesses and
there may be times when
there will be considerable
delay. Also I will not
publish anyone's
comments, as appears to be
the procedure with blogs,
without permission of the
author : If you would like
me to publish your comments
please indicate clearly at
the end of your e-mail.
All comments
are welcome including polite
constructive criticism and
difference of opinion.
However I reserve the right
not to publish anything that
I consider would be
offensive or in any way of
detriment to anyone
particularly those who
sufferer with the illnesses
included on this web site.
