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MS Rebels 6 - Memories of home through a thick brain fog. Guy uses mindfulness to negotiate his Descent into MS. Fond memories battle paranoia, cognitive decline, fatigue, sleeplessness & pain.
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MS Rebels 6 - Memories of home through a thick brain fog. Guy uses mindfulness to negotiate his Descent into MS. Fond memories battle paranoia, cognitive decline, fatigue, sleeplessness & pain.

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MS Rebels 6 - Memories of home through a thick brain fog. Guy uses mindfulness to negotiate his Descent into MS. Fond memories battle paranoia, cognitive decline, fatigue, sleeplessness & pain.
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Episode 6 – Memories of Home


What do you do when the present becomes too difficult to escape?


You go somewhere else.


For Guy Strange, the mind motel has plenty of rooms.


A rubber glove becomes a monstrous hand on a dark country road. A forgotten caravan beside the sea becomes a doorway to childhood. Basking sharks glide through the Clyde. Fighter jets roar overhead. Nuclear submarines disappear beneath the water. Then, years later, Soviet fishing ships arrive, bringing Russian sailors, strange trades and an encounter that might have been an adventure worth taking.


But beneath the humour and memories lies something darker.


Pain. Fatigue. Sleepless nights. Progressive deterioration. The frustration of a body that won't cooperate and a future that offers more questions than answers.


When the present becomes unbearable, Guy returns to the places where he once felt safe — sitting outside a caravan in the summer sun, smelling seaweed on the beach and listening to aircraft overhead.


Happy memories become a form of escape.


But some memories refuse to stay in the past.


And one mysterious woman in a bar continues to occupy a room in Guy Strange's mind.


Episode 6 — Memories of Home.


Float, float, float away…


🎧 Listen to Episode 6 now — and step inside the memories, mysteries and madness of Motel Disco Mbob.



Key Takeaways

  • Guy Strange uses memories of childhood locations—a caravan by the sea, the Clyde, and a beach—as mental escape from present difficulties with MS symptoms
  • Guy experiences MS-related challenges including pain, fatigue, sleeplessness, cognitive decline, and progressive physical deterioration
  • Mindfulness and memory serve as coping mechanisms when the present becomes unbearable, though some memories remain intrusive and difficult to process

Frequently Asked Questions

What symptoms does Guy experience with MS?

Pain, fatigue, sleepless nights, cognitive decline (brain fog), paranoia, and progressive physical deterioration

How does Guy cope with his MS symptoms?

He uses mindfulness and retreats into fond memories of safe places from his past, such as a caravan by the sea and childhood locations

What locations feature prominently in Guy's memories?

A caravan beside the sea, the Clyde, a dark country road, and a beach where he recalls smelling seaweed and hearing aircraft overhead