- Hey everyone, it is Tuesday.
And that means I'm on Tumblr answering your
questions if you use the hashtag Katie FAQ.
And, I also just realized that my asks was
turned off on Tumblr so I'm sorry.
I probably turned that off when I was trying
to get through everything and I was like
holy shmamolies, turn this off so I can get
through all of my questions.
But now that I'm doing FAQ, turned it back on.
I turned back on anonymous, so if you were like
hey I'm scared to ask it and have people
know it's from me, now you can do that okay?
And make sure you use the hashtag Katie FAQ
and try to keep your questions as short as
possible, cause it makes it easier for me
to filter through all of them and try to
put them into the most commonly asked questions.
Cause I try to keep it between one and six
questions, and that's kinda hard some times okay?
Without further ado, my first question is
can my therapist refer me to another therapist
because she doesn't deal with self-harm?
Yeah she can.
I honestly, and I'm just gonna give you my
opinion on this, as a therapist if I am not
comfortable working with a client on a
specific issue and it's the main issue,
the main reason they're coming to see me,
I'll refer them.
And it's not because I don't love them
or like them or wanna see them or any of that.
It's because I want them to get the best care possible.
And I may not always be the best person right?
I can't specialize in everything.
Like a lot of times when you guys ask questions
I'll say it's just my opinion, I don't know
the answer, cause I'm a human right?
I'm not perfect, I just do my best.
So yeah, they can definitely refer you,
and I would actually encourage that so
that you can get the right fit.
Question number two, is it possible to
have a panic attack while on antidepressants?
My psychologist said that what I went
through yesterday was a panic attack,
but my doc said that it's impossible
because I'm on an antidepressant.
Yeah, you can have a panic attack even
if you're on an antidepressant.
I don't know why your doctor said that,
because first of all, not all medications work for us.
You could be on one type of antidepressant,
it does nothing for you, it's like taking a sugar pill.
Or you could be on another one that works really well,
and so you don't have anxiety or depression anymore.
Also secondly, nobody said antidepressants
are indicated for use and curing panic attacks.
Panic attacks can happen.
I'm sorry that's happening to you,
and I'm glad you have a psychologist
that knows what's up.
So I would definitely see if you can get
another doctor who knows more about it,
or maybe a psychiatrist.
I don't know if your doctor is a psychiatrist,
but psychiatrists tend to know more about mental health.
And they're much more well equipped
to deal with the whole psychotropic
medication that we are on.
Question number three, my scares aren't dramatic
and whenever I see someones whose are I feel
like I'm a failure.
I see people post about wanting their scars
to fade, asking for tips to help,
now that I haven't cut in a while I find
myself wishing my scars stood out more,
especially since I won't be making any new ones.
Am I a freak?
No, you're not a freak.
It's honestly your self-harm voice keeping
that negativity in your head all the time.
And so, it's using comparison,
which our eating disorder and our self-harm
voice, they use comparison to like make us crazy.
They do it all the time.
And it sounds like this voice is just comparing
you to other people, and saying you aren't
good enough, you didn't do it enough,
you didn't cut deep enough, or enough,
or wide enough, or whatever it can say right?
This person had do go to the hospital,
you didn't have to it's not good--
No we have to talk back to that voice.
And I am working on that self-harm workbook.
I just have to film the videos,
it's just a process, it's a long process guys.
But I will have something out that will help with this.
But in the mean time, download my eating
disorder workbook and do the first task,
and just use it for your self-harm voice.
That will really help you talk back to it,
and it will quiet that negative chatter okay?
Now, oh and alert came up on my I-cal okay.
Question number four, and this is my, oh no,
yeah my final question.
Question number four, and this is kind of a
long one, but I thought it was important,
and it's right before the journal topic so it fits right in.
Katie, is it common to have difficulty
doing some of the journal topics that you
suggest at the end of your videos?
And how do I deal with this?
I like the journal topics that you suggest
at the end of your videos and usually write them down.
But when I go to actually journal,
most of the time I can't.
I do journal on a regular basis,
usually as a way to vent or process my
thoughts and emotions of that day.
I don't usually find it difficult to
journal about day to day struggles and challenges.
I think I find it difficult to journal
using these set questions because they are
more challenging and they bring up painful
emotions and thoughts.
They make me think of and process through
things that I know I should work through,
but I don't always want to.
So pretty much their question is,
is it normal that I feel this way,
and how can I cope with it?
Yes it's normal.
It's easy to deal with, talk about,
journal about things that are not that deep,
and just venting.
I mean, I can call a girlfriend and just
tell her like, yeah I was really pissed
this guy cut me off, and so I was frustrated
and then I'm kinda tired today and blabla.
And that stuff is really simple.
And it's not digging deep, I'm not thinking
why was I so agitated so quickly about that.
We're not actually taking the time to process through it.
And, you don't have to do that every day.
So since this is a struggle, I would encourage
you to do it two times a week.
Just two times.
I know I do five, or I do four actually.
Let's do half, and if that's too much
let's just do one day a week.
Because sometimes we work a lot already on ourselves.
If we're in therapy, if we're seeing a psychiatrist,
we're doing all this hard work.
It's actually much harder to work on
things than it is to not.
And you're all so brave and so strong,
so cut yourself a little slack okay?
We will try to do it two times a week
and see how it goes.
I do the journal topics because I
wanna expand your journaling.
And for some people it's hard for
them to journal in general,
and so I wanna give you some ideas
to get you started okay?
So let's give that a go.
And today's journal topic, drum roll please,
is just a quote that I really like,
and I want you to think about things in
your day based on this quote.
And the quote is, "even on the worst days
"there is the possibility of joy."
And, I'm a firm believer in it's all perspective,
it's all the way we look at it.
It's like the half glass full or half glass empty.
Glass half full, wow I really messed that up.
But you know what I mean.
And if we're looking at the world through
rose colored glasses to some extent,
and we think oh how nice that person let me in.
And oh how nice this actually happened.
I got up, I slept pretty well last night,
I had time to make my breakfast and pack my snack,
and we try to focus on the positives.
There's always the opportunity for joy.
And even if that joy isn't something that's
happened to us directly but we can live through it,
and love how it's working for someone else
and someone close in our lives.
Like oh my gosh, my girlfriend met this really
nice guy and they're going on a date and they're really ha--
You know, however you can find your joy,
I would encourage you one time this week to journal about,
even if your day was a little shitty,
what were the good things about it?
How did you find your own joy?
And let me know, I love the fact that you guys
will take pictures and tweet them to me,
share them on Instagram at just put Katie Morton one
in the comment, or anyway you can let me know.
I love the tweeting and the Instagram,
it's really easy for me to follow.
So, if you've journaled about something
and you want me to read it, just shoot me a picture.
Have a wonderful evening everybody.
I love you all, and I will see you tomorrow.
Tomorrow's Wednesday so I'll be on the website
under community forums, video Q and A.
And I'll also be on YouTube.
So under today's video ask your questions,
or under yesterday's video, the one I did
about can you get better without getting
any professional help.
And I'll see y'all then, love you, bye.