“Why is it physically so hard to talk about trauma?” - AKA #72

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Ask Kati Anything ep72 audience questions:
1) I was wondering if a therapist would know if their patient isn't feeling that great or something's bothering them or their anxiety is a bit high. would you still continue with what you had planned or would you do something different?

2) Are therapists faking themselves in sessions? My therapist told me that she adapts to each client and is more mindful of how she is with me and is more conscious of being more predictable with me. (What does that even mean?)

3) Can you please talk about why it’s physically so hard to talk about trauma? I want to try to talk through things in therapy, but I find that it’s physically hard to get the words out even when I’m trying really hard. I struggle to get every word out and it feels like I lose the ability to talk. I find this especially...

4) Can you talk about chronic loneliness and what it is? I thought I had social anxiety, and maybe I do, but it's this feeling of being unconnected that has me feeling hollow. I think this is really common, but I don't have the language or knowledge to describe how I'm feeling. What baby steps...

5) I was wondering what inspired you to become a therapist? Specifically what made you want to focus on eating disorders and most recently trauma? I love listening to your podcast and look forward to it each week…thank you for all you do for our community and bringing mental health awareness to so many!!!

6) I’m always so distracted by what my therapist is typing or writing when I’m speaking. I know she’s just doing her job and that whatever notes she’s taking are probably pretty clinical and straight-forward, but my curiosity never seems to go away. What do a therapist’s notes usually look...

7) Do you have any tips on how to force yourself to do the work? For example, lately I have been wanting to try journaling, emotion charts, and reading more self help books. But I’m having trouble getting myself to do it, mostly because I...

8) There have been a few times my therapist has overstepped in our relationship but instead of bringing these things up with her like I know I should, I actually find myself liking them and almost leaning into them because it makes me think maybe I’m an exception to her, and maybe she just ...

9) Is it possible to dissociate for extended periods? I had a major triggering event last summer and the entire last year is a blur. It’s almost as if someone else lived my life for the past 12 months and now I’m left having to pick up all the pieces. Almost as if I woke up from a very realistic dream, only it wasn’t a dream...

10) Can mental illnesses ever be a choice? I often feel as if I have chosen my eating disorder, because when I was about 12 years old and really unhappy, I saw a movie about anorexia and somehow it 'clicked' in my head and I decided that I wanted to get sick as possible. I had some problems before, like OCD and was worried about my weight, because my family was very critical about my body, but I still feel it was a conscious decision to start my ed. Since then I have never been able to get out of...

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