Hey everybody. Happy Thursday!
And if you have come over from Ingrid Nilsen's channel, welcome!
The way that my channel works is that I put out a video Mondays which is just a mental health topic.
It's something that I come up with or one of you can recommend.
And on Thursdays I put out another video and that is today's.
And it's either an FAQ where you use the hashtag #KatiFAQ
and you ask your question below my Monday video or on my website, katimorton.com
You can ask on either of those places,
and that's how it can happen to come up in one of these videos.
And then Saturday, my third and final video of the week, is a journal topic,
because I really believe in journaling.
And it just kind of gets you going.
So that is how it works, and I hope that you enjoy.
So today's question is actually something that I think is extremely helpful,
and it may be something that I potentially talk about more.
If you like it, give it a thumbs up!
So the question is, I'm looking down because I have my laptop here,
but I wanted to be festive with my Christmas tree.
Okay. It says "I wish there were good psychiatrists near me or I'd see one. Currently my…"
She's talking about, she asked this in reference to my video with Barry the psychiatrist.
"Currently my family Doc, treated me since I was a child,
handles the meds and I've seen a therapist since I was younger and they work together.
My therapist doesn't take my insurance now.
If I want to see her I must pay out of pocket each visit."
And that can get really expensive.
"I haven't seen her in a really long time due to that.
I discussed one time with my Doc who he thinks might be a good fit for me,
and he said "go as far west from here as you can." since my case is so complex.
I really wished he was joking, but I know that he's right.
We live in a really small rinky dink area, where any healthcare seems like a complete joke.
Are there any recommendations that you can give for this,
besides journaling of course?"
Because I talk about it a lot.
"I think maybe some of your viewers can relate
to maybe feeling like they live in the middle of no where
and mental health care doesn't really seem up to par."
I'm gonna set this down, 'cause I have other things that I'm gonna talk about.
I thought this was a really really good question,
because I know a lot of you live in the middle of no where or not near city centers.
I'm actually really fortunate to live in Los Angeles,
because that means that I have access to practitioners
where it be therapy, psychiatrists, regular doctors that other people don't.
And I also have a huge selection.
I mean in my building alone there may be 15 other therapists,
just in my building that I work in.
So that gives you a rough idea of how many options people have.
So what do we do if we live in the rinky dink part of town and we don't have many options?
I have ideas!
The first of which is workbooks.
This is called Hope for Today.
I feel like Grace, 'can you see it, can you see it?'
But this is a book for Al Anon,
which is if a family member or a loved one of someone who is an alcoholic.
There are books, and this has like,
each day it has little stories and things that you can kind of read
and help motivate yourself.
And help you keep yourself healthy from a lot of the things that we do
when we are in an alcoholic home, a lot of the traits we struggle with.
There's also workbooks like this for self harm.
These are just ones that I have.
Anger Workbook. We can see that.
The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook.
And I don't have my DBT one,
because I left it at the office, 'cause I'm working on with a client.
But I would encourage you to hop on Amazon or to go to your local bookstore.
Look through the self help section on the issue that you're struggling with.
There are a lot of amazing workbooks out there.
And honestly in a lot of cases, I feel like it's what we put into it.
So if you are having a hard time,
you can actually work through this on your own.
I know it can feel really overwhelming, but we have to start somewhere.
And if we don't have enough practitioners around
or it's too expensive this is a great way to start.
And a great way to start understanding yourself.
I think memoirs from people who struggled with a lot of the things
that we're struggling with can also be really helpful,
because it gives us a little insight.
And maybe we'll have one of those ah ha moments.
Because that can almost be like group therapy, those types of things,
because we're hearing other people's stories.
Another option is to join online communities like katimorton.com.
I also know that on Facebook there are a lot…
I would encourage all of you to leave links
to places that you know online that have helped you.
I know 7 Cups of Tea is a great app and a great resource for extra support,
and it's just peer support from my understanding.
There's a lot of Facebook groups that are just the same
whether it's depression, eating disorders, anxiety, postpartum depression.
No matter what you're going through there are people online who are talking about it
and trying to help each other and support each other no matter where you live. Right?
And I think the last thing is having supportive family and friends.
And I know that we can't pick our family,
and often times we're just like oh that's not gonna work.
But I think that having friends and building friendships with people
that you can actually sit down, get together, have a cup of coffee
and talk about what's really going on,
and get some much needed empathy and support.
And I think that those are some great ways to get help
when you feel like you live in the middle of no where.
And hello, I have my free workbooks on my site and my videos.
And the more we share these, the less people will feel alone
and like they can't get the help that they need and deserve.
And as always, leave your comments.
Let us know of places you go online to, you know, get some extra support.
Workbooks that have really helped you.
Anything like that, because the more we help each other the better. Right?
We're a community working together.
And because it is the beginning of the month, and I have some Patreon Patrons.
If you haven't hopped over to my Patreon page, I'll link the video here.
But as a thank you to all of you I said that I would put all of your names in the credits.
And so I just want to give a whole hearted thank you
to the people who have supported the channel
and reached out immediately when I asked if you were able to do it.
And you did.
And you rose to the occasion and it makes it so much easier for me.
And it makes it so much better for our community.
It gives me more time and energy that I can put into the channel.
So I love you all. Thank you so much.
And that will be the names that come up after this.
I will see you on Saturday. Bye!
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