Kati Morton

"Perfect" Christmas / ED Relapse / Keto Lifestyle? / Is it Emotional Abuse?

Added 2017-12-12 04:36:50 +0000 UTC

1. I always find the Christmas/New Year period difficult. I want to enjoy them but with all the emphasis on the "perfect Christmas", lots of people in the house setting off my OCD and the emphasis on new starts and looking back at achievements I often get really down because I don't feel I've achieved anything and don't want to face that another year is over. Have you got any tips for how to deal with this time of year please? Thank you!

Holiday Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_loxoCVsWqwHvhgnIH3_vg_t6ESwApdX

2. Hey, Kati! I have been morbidly obese for about a year now. I've been overweight for the most of my life, but when I moved away from my family I started gaining a lot of weight. Since September I have lost a good amount of weight and I am very proud of myself, but it's been incredibly hard. Food has been a problem for me for a long time. I'm an emotional eater and about five years ago I used to binge and purge. I have been doing really good now, but it's only been three months and I'm afraid that I will relapse into an unhealthy eating habit. How can I avoid that? Thank you!

ED Relapse Video: https://youtu.be/FcKFJZd8pqk

3. I am curious what your thoughts are on the keto lifestyle? I know it's a little different from just eating clean. I know all ED's are something to take seriously, but I would call what I've dealt with over the last 20+ years "light". I have major disordered eating right now and am trying to get on track, lose some weight and do it in a way that's going to be productive but not obsessive. Make sense? Thanks Kati.

4. Hi Kati. I have seen some of your videos on emotional abuse; but I think I may have missed the answer on this: could having an emotionally inconsistent parent who often yelled and exploded verbally at his children be considered emotional abuse. (Sometimes he would be ok, usually grumpy, often yelled loudly and explosively) Could that contribute to anxiety, depression and other issues for those children as adults?