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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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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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.