Im alan little. My guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. He rose to become the leader of the Anglican Church in scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. So did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age of 1a, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. To train, in effect, as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this Idea Of The Lonely Hero Riding on a
Im alan little. My guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. He entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. He rose to become the leader of the Anglican Church in scotland. But he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, including the existence of god. He finally resigned from the church, accusing it of cruelly persecuting gay people. So did his own loss of faith betray those he once preached to . Richard holloway, welcome to hardtalk. At the age of 1a, you left your Working Class Home in the West Of Scotland and went off to a very austere place in england called kelham hall, to train as an anglican priest. To train, in effect, as a monk. What was that like . It was lovely. I was a romantic wee boy who wandered the hills at loch lomond, where i grew up. The hills give you a sense of beyondness, of otherness, but that was also related to me and the kind of love for western movies, this Idea Of The Lonely Hero Riding on a
Now for over 30 years. So performing on stage and screen is part of the course. But it is a journey ive done with a constant, unwelcome companion. I love myjob, i love being an actor, but its a real struggle because i suffer from a condition called ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder. For me, that means i can obsess about anything, from a stain on a page of paper to the fear ill injure myself from simply sitting down. Its not exactly helpful when youre trying to do yourjob. There are Tens Of Thousands Battling Ocd in wales alone. Im off to meet some of them, to see how it is taking over their lives, and how theyre fighting back. Deon gorle lives with his family near carmarthen. Hes had ocd for most of his life. For him, his ocd is particular painful. Hes overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts that his family will come to harm. Shes gorgeous whatever you do, dont fall backwards. Why are you doing these compulsions, deon . What will happen . Its an overbearing feeling of that something bad wil
Now for over 30 years. So performing on stage and screen is part of the course. But it is a journey ive done with a constant, unwelcome companion. I love myjob, i love being an actor, but its a real struggle because i suffer from a condition called ocd, obsessive compulsive disorder. For me, that means i can obsess about anything, from a stain on a page of paper to the fear ill injure myself from simply sitting down. Its not exactly helpful when youre trying to do yourjob. There are Tens Of Thousands Battling Ocd in wales alone. Im off to meet some of them, to see how it is taking over their lives, and how theyre fighting back. Deon gorle lives with his family near carmarthen. Hes had ocd for most of his life. For him, his ocd is particular painful. Hes overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts that his family will come to harm. Shes gorgeous whatever you do, dont fall backwards. Why are you doing these compulsions, deon . What will happen . Its an overbearing feeling of that something bad wil
For him, his ocd is particularly painful. Hes overwhelmed by intrusive thoughts that his family will come to harm. Shes gorgeous whatever you do, dont fall backwards. Why are you doing these compulsions, deon . What will happen . Its an overbearing feeling of that something bad will happen to a loved one. For example, today, danielles gone swimming with school. If i dont do these neutralising behaviours, these habits, then shell drown. Hes compelled to carry out a series of rituals to prevent such thoughts coming true. I have a Counting Pattern of five and four. Being there were five people in my originalfamily dad, mum, brother, sister, and me. And then now four, being, dawn, me, dominic and danielle. So these checking patterns have to be done in a five and four pattern. And then, if anything goes wrong, i then have to do that five and four thing, five and four times, being nine times nine. Deon says that his rituals became so time consuming, it was taking up to 90 of his day. It was