Dissociation from Memories vs. Dissociation from Emotions. Is that really a thing? ep.135

Ask Kati Anything ep. 135 | Your mental health podcast, with Kati Morton, LMFT

This week Kati talks about dissociation from memories, emotions, and what structural dissociation is. She also discusses isolation as a result of trauma, why people with mental illness compete with one another, and how to figure out what traits are important to us. Kati also explains the difference between enjoying being busy and running from our problems, and why concentration is affected by mental illness. She talks about the different ways we talk to ourselves, why we can’t cry, and the reasons our body can be aroused when we aren’t actually aroused. This and much more in this week’s episode!

Audience questions:

1. Can you talk more about dissociation from memories vs dissociation from emotions? Is that really a thing? I find I use a coping skill to put my trauma memories into these other “people”, so I remember what happened but...

2. My maladaptive response to developmental trauma (abandonment, emotional abuse and neglect) has been to completely isolate myself from everyone to the point where I only feel known by my therapist of one year. Relationships are incredibly triggering to me...

3. Why do people with mental illness sometimes compare their struggles to each other like a competition? I've had conversations in inpatient and out in the world where people list how many meds...

4. I am in counseling and something we have covered is getting a better handle on who I actually am, rather than being defined by my mental illness (in my case depression and anxiety). One exercise is writing down what traits I have and what is...

5. Can you elaborate on how one might understand if they are filling their schedule to run from what’s going on in their life vs keeping the calendar full as a way to move forward in life? I am conflicted between...

6. I have a question about negative self-talk. I have noticed that most people talk to themselves in the second person. For example "You are so stupid for making that mistake." I talk to myself...

7. Why does mental illness make concentration so hard? I’ve been working with a trauma therapist and attempting to be more present only makes me realize how hard it is to pay attention. When people talk I can hear them and can follow conversation enough to make...

8. I'm afraid that I might be the weirdest person ever, I´ve tried to google this but I can't find anyone else experiencing the same thing and this is so shameful. Please, please help me explain this! The problem is, I get...

9. Why can’t I cry? I often tear up about things not closely related to me, like world events or historical events, but when it comes to the things that I feel are close to me, I have nothing. I know that I have sadness about some of the more...

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