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  • GROUNDS MY MIND DURING THE MOMENT
    November 25, 2024 Rebecca Sharrock

    GROUNDS MY MIND DURING THE MOMENT

    I’ve mentioned (very often) in previous blogs that I almost always have to ground and stabilise my thoughts and feelings. Whenever I experience anxiety from unexpected disruptions throughout the day, things not going according to schedule, and unsettling flashbacks, I’m...

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  • Illustration of a ladies silhouette with an outline of her brain on show. She is surrounded by clock faces and three lightbulbs to represent thinking.
    September 4, 2023 Rebecca Sharrock

    THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, THAT I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING IN ADVANCE…

    Since the very beginning of my life, I have always experienced anxiety about unpredictability. These episodes aren’t just mere moments of daily stress either. On the contrary, whenever an unexpected change happens my natural reaction is to completely lose control, and have intense meltdowns where I’m uncontrollably yelling as well as thrashing around on the floor. Now I have learned mindfulness exercises (of which I’ll soon discuss) that enable me to gradually pull my mind out of the terror. 
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  • Blue sky with clouds and planes wing. View from planes window
    June 8, 2023 Rebecca Sharrock

    DISORDERS, TRAVEL AND PLEASURE

    Recently a documentary film about me and my family (named Because We Have Each Other) has been released to the world, and in April/May of 2023 we travelled to Toronto for our screening at the HotDocs International Film Festival. As we live in Brisbane this was my longest journey since the “pre-pandemic days”. In fact the last time I visited a destination that far away was when we travelled to Florida in 2011. We’ve visited California countless times, yet the North American east coast is another six or seven hours of flying from there.
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  • MANAGING A PUBLIC LOCKDOWN SITUATION.
    April 23, 2020 Rebecca Sharrock

    MANAGING A PUBLIC LOCKDOWN SITUATION.

    In the previous month’s blog Rebecca has discussed the current coronavirus situation, and how there’s much that is familiar to her about it, in terms of her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Being fearful of her life getting threatened by exposing herself to public germs and diseases is something she has experienced very often throughout her lifetime.
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  • HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE OCD
    March 23, 2020 Rebecca Sharrock

    HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE OCD

    Rebecca was diagnosed with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) at the age of 16 and have in truth had the condition since she was born. For quite some time there has been quite a lot of speculation and interest about what OCD is and how it feels to live with the condition .... Please read more to find out.
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  • ANXIETY IS JUST NATURE
    February 17, 2019 Rebecca Sharrock

    ANXIETY IS JUST NATURE

    At the age of three I was diagnosed with a chronic anxiety disorder, and this continues to challenge me through to the present day. This combined with my autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and always reliving my past isn’t too easy an experience.
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