Hey everybody.
Happy Thursday.
And since it's Thursday here.
I am answering your questions.
And if any of you are new to the channel, welcome.
And how you get your questions answered is,
I release a Monday video,
Usually around 10am on Monday,
Sometimes noon.
Depends.
But around that time.
And I'm in Pacific time. Because I'm in California.
And you ask your questions below that video.
Because within 24 hours,
Usually it's like Tuesday morning,
I'm in the comments and I'm answering your questions.
Or, I pick questions for my video today.
Another way is to go on katimorton.com
Under videos, and Q&A for videos.
I think it's Kati's videos, Q&A for videos.
And you can ask them there.
And that not only means that I'm in there answering your questions and chatting,
But there is also a lot of support on the website.
So if you are really looking for an answer,
I know Olivia is always on there answering things.
I know Sandy does a lot of work.
I know a lot of people are on there all of the time talking, answering questions,
And there is probably a ton more of you that I didn't mention.
But that's what makes our community so great,
Is that we're all helping each other.
And it's amazing.
And I have to be honest,
I don't think there is a question that I have looked at on the website,
Where Olivia has not answered it, so thanks Olivia, you are all over it.
She has a cute little bunny,
I don't know what the word is, but the little picture is like a rabbit.
Okay, so this question,
We're going back to our roots, if any of you remember,
I specialise in eating disorders.
So this question is about an eating disorder.
And it says,
'Hey Kati, at what point does not eating or binging and purging become an issue?'
'I mean doing it a few times doesn't mean you have an eating disorder.'
'But how long or to what extent does it become serious?'
This is a question I get a lot.
Pretty much the underlying question is,
'How sick do I have to be to say that I actually have an eating disorder?'
When is it really a problem?
It's always a problem!
I'm sorry, I know that you want me to say like,
'You know, not eating for a little while is okay. Or binging and purging,'
I don't know why my voice is like that.
But you get what I'm doing.
You get what I'm saying.
Binging and purging is never okay for you.
It's not a good thing.
Not eating when your body tells you it's hungry, that's not a good thing.
Now obviously there are going to be times when we didn't think about it.
And we are waiting for somebody's graduation to start,
And we're really hungry but we didn't bring a snack,
So we're like, 'Shit. Have to wait until after to eat.'
That's not really restricting, that's like circumstantial,
So let's just that out of the way.
But this is never okay.
It's always a problem,
Because it's going to start small like that, it's going to sneak up on you, like a fog.
Where you think it's not a big deal and,
'I've totally got it under control.'
'I'm just doing this because I'm getting married and I'm trying to lose weight.'
Or, 'I'm just doing this for prom.'
Or, 'I'm just doing this before my Quinceañera.'
'I'm just doing this for whatever reason.'
Whatever you try and tell yourself.
Eating disorders are really really sneaky.
They make me crazy like that,
Because it's hard to even get my clients to recognise when it's creeping back in.
Because when we are recovered,
Sometimes we will be like,
''Well, I just cut back on such-ed-y such.'
'But it was because I didn't really feel like eating it that day.'
Lies!
Eating Disorders lie.
They are so manipulative.
Don't believe it.
If you're going against what your body is telling you,
Then it' not good.
And, to reference my DSM,
I had to, I might be a little lower because I usually sit my phone on all of my books,
And my DSM I had to pull out because I reference it sometimes.
So, and I will,
If you want me to do another video about all of the diagnosis,
Anorexia,
Bulimia,
And EDNOS, which isn't even that any more.
Like 'Otherwise Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder.'
Give this a thumbs up.
Let me know.
That will tell me if you want me to remake those.
Because those are like really old videos.
So anorexia doesn't even have a time frame.
It says that the diagnostic criteria,
'Restriction of energy intake relevant to requirement.'
So what's your body need.
'Leading to significant low body weight in the context of age, sex, and developmental trajectory.'
So if you're under weight, ta-da, you're not eating.
Then if we look at Bulimia,
Because that person's talking about both things.
It says,
'Recurrent episodes of binge eating,'
'An episode of binging is characterised by the following,'
So you're binging, you're over eating.
And all it says is that,
'The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviour,'
Laxatives, exercise, purging.
'Occur both on average at least once a week for three months.'
So bulimia says it needs to happen for three months.
Anorexia is like, if you aren't eating enough,
You have lost a lot of weight and you have an extreme fear of gaining weight,
You have an eating disorder.
So please, I encourage all of you.
Don't wait until you really can't take it any more,
Till you barely can get out of bed.
Or you're binging and purging all day.
Or you're binging all day.
Please reach out.
We don't have to wait until we're so sick.
There is help available.
And you are sick enough.
There is no like level that you have to be to reach out for some support.
The sooner we do,
The better.
We know that.
The sooner you talk to someone, the better.
So I encourage all of you to look into your school counsellors,
Look into to see what your insurance covers.
If you have a EAP through your work, you should look into that.
And start seeing someone.
And start getting support.
Because trust me,
You're worth it.
And it does get better.
I love you all.
I'll see you on Saturday with a journal topic.
If you have a journal topic,
You can leave it below.
And then I will see you on Monday.
Have a wonderful day.
Bye!
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