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The inbetweeners for me ? lots of laughing (if you like that kind of thing) and limited thinking required!

The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland. ?

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Wow @jballan what an inspiration you are! That’s amazing what you have done and are doing now. Funnily enough I’ve been doing some (light) lifting with my PT and I’m actually enjoying that, especially upper body stuff which I’ve never really done. Not quite the runners high yet but maybe a bit heavier and it will I seek that feeling too, reading and all the quiet calm stuff doesn’t do anything for me either. I absolutely know what your talking about! I’ve also been trying to practice gratitude, thinking about what I can do rather than what I can’t. Your post is very helpful. Thankyou. Keep lifting

I’d highly recommend a marathon!!!! Best feeling ever crossing the finish line! It is long but with training, it’s doable! Ive learnt loads working with a personal trainer so there are positives to every situation keep running ? ? and thanks for your help

Thanks @PolarBear....spot on definitely trying to practice acceptance about the situation rather than fighting to change it!

Thankyou so much for your reply fellow runner Well done on getting back into it!!!! That’s brilliant news! I definitely agree that avoidance isn’t helpful long term, I’m trying to get out and walk most days at least. I’d got to a stage where I was avoiding even walking and going from a marathon runner to that was quite destroying. Pain is hit and miss, sometimes it’s painful, sometimes it’s not so bad. It’s mostly nerve pain feeling in my leg/back. When I do try running, it’s usually the day after I feel it, it usually isn’t too bad when running. I find when I’m stressed it flares up, so does my OCD and I don’t think the two are mixing! Few diagnosis have been thrown around, first was peroneal nerve entrapment, then piriformis syndrome, latter SI joint dysfunction, which I feel is probably correct! I am a health professional so have some anatomy knowledge but have also definitely done too much diagnosis googling too! I ran a marathon without doing any strength work so was in a bit of a physical mess after that! I’ve recently been doing strength work with a personal trainer, who has told me to avoid biking/running etc until I’m a bit stronger around my pelvis/glutes. Which might be helpful for the physical and not so much the mental! Whereas other professionals (osteopath, physio) (I’ve seen too many - I blame the OCD for that!) have said crack on and run (slowly) and bike. Confused.com I 100% have a physical weakness in my left side, so I know the pain isn’t all OCD driven but the anxiety about the injury is almost worst than the injury itself if that makes sense? I definitely have this fear of running/pain/injury now. Which isn’t helpful so I’m trying to get past that. And also trying to stop “obsessing” over the injury. Well done again you’ve given me some hope!

Hello all, I’m after your expertise in the OCD world! I’ve lived with OCD for around 11 years, diagnosed for about 5. Had a good 12 month stint of CBT/ERP which was incredibly helpful. However there is one part i am really struggling to get past. I’ve been a runner for most of my life. It’s played a huge part in my “battle” against OCD and at my worst when I couldn’t use electricity, water, leave the house independently (do a lot for myself), I was still able to run, which provided a huge sense of relief. I felt I could still do something. However, in true OCD fashion, it has attached itself to a back/foot injury I picked up while at training for a marathon (18 months ago) and I haven’t ran for 12 months now. I’ve seen numerous practitioners (osteopath, Physios, PT), I spend out weekly on a PT for strength and conditioning sessions but still don’t seem to be back running (or close to it). I seem to make some big gains physically and then a step back. These practitioners all seem to have different opinions too. And the latter PT telling me to avoid lots of activities (which I think feeds the OCD). My physical activity has gradually got less and less and I’m quite physically de conditioned now. I think about this ALL the time, reviewing what the injury used to feel like, wishing I’d just cracked on with life instead of sourcing so many opinions. Think what activities I have done, google a lot. Sometimes I wonder if I am injured at all, and I do think about (review) what worked well for it. I wonder if a lot of this is compulsions rather than an injury now. I can’t seem to get past it whatever it is. Anyone had a similar situation? Thanks, Mel