CHRISTMAS Q&A WITH CO DALE CHECKSFIELD, DURHAM CONSTABULARY | 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH I'M NOT DISORDERED

It’s a special time of year and so, to celebrate it, I wanted to do something special on I’m NOT Disordered for Christmas. I have decided to bring back the Christmassy Q&A I put together last year with the questions being from a YouTube video and have posed them to many different people from all of the country and doing all sorts of jobs, in all sorts of roles, living all kinds of lives!

So let’s kick off Day Four of 12 Days of Christmas with I'm NOT Disordered with the answers of Chief Officer Dale Checksfield from Durham Special Constabulary

1.       When do you start getting excited for Christmas Day?

CHRISTMAS Q&A WITH AUTHOR MARTIN BAKER | 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH I'M NOT DISORDERED |

It’s a special time of year and so, to celebrate it, I wanted to do something special on I’m NOT Disordered for Christmas. I have decided to bring back the Christmassy Q&A I put together last year with the questions being from a YouTube video and have posed them to many different people from all of the country and doing all sorts of jobs, in all sorts of roles, living all kinds of lives!

So let’s kick off Day Three of 12 Days of Christmas with I'm NOT Disordered with the answers of Martin Baker, Author of High Tide Low Tide.

1.    When do you start getting excited for Christmas Day?

CHRISTMAS Q&A WITH SERGEANT ASH HOPPER, NORTHUMBRIA POLICE | 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH I'M NOT DISORDERED

It’s a special time of year and so, to celebrate it, I wanted to do something special on I’m NOT Disordered for Christmas. I have decided to bring back the Christmassy Q&A I put together last year with the questions being from a YouTube video and have posed them to many different people from all of the country and doing all sorts of jobs, in all sorts of roles, living all kinds of lives!

So let’s kick off Day Two of 12 Days of Christmas with I'm NOT Disordered with the answers of Sergeant Ash Hopper from Northumbria Police

1. When do you start getting excited for Christmas Day?

WELCOME TO THE CHRISTMAS Q&A SERIES | 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH I'M NOT DISORDERED

It’s a special time of year and so, to celebrate it, I wanted to do something special on I’m NOT Disordered for Christmas. I have decided to bring back the Christmassy Q&A I put together last year with the questions being from a YouTube video and have posed them to many different people from all of the country and doing all sorts of jobs, in all sorts of roles, living all kinds of lives!

So let’s kick off Day One of 12 Days of Christmas with I'm NOT Disordered with my answers to the Christmassy Q&A:

1.      When do you start getting excited for Christmas Day?

THREE SPECIAL MOMENTS FOR THREE YEARS IN MY 'FOREVER HOME'

Today, (December 8^th) I’ve lived in my home with Dolly for three years.

I actually moved in on December 1^st, 2014 but Dolly wasn’t ready to leave her Mum until the 7^th so it didn’t really feel like ‘home’ until she joined me!

I remember when my Out of Area Care Co-ordinator, Janice, called me to say that they’d found a bungalow that I was eligible to move into and she asked if I wanted to go and check out the area with her. There were two bungalows on the Close empty, so we weren’t sure which it was but seeing that one was on the end and nearest to the local park I hoped it was the other one! While the bid was in for my home, she called me to tell me of another one that was available, but it wasn’t in a nice area. A little while later and I was sat on a bus with my Mum when Janice called and told me not to worry about this second home. I asked why; “because you got the one you wanted!”

I had the keys before my move-in date so that furniture could be delivered, the whole house be decorated, and the floors fitted. But it was such a relief to finally leave Hospital and move into, what we called it at the time, my ‘Forever Home.’ I didn’t, for one moment, imagine that I’d be sat here three years later engaged to the love of my life and talking about getting a house together!

To mark the three-year anniversary, here’s my top three favourite moments in my home in this past year: