How can I sleep better? How do I find my voice in therapy?
Added 2016-10-06 21:18:41 +0000 UTCQuestion #1 "Hey Kati, just wondering if you had any tips on getting to sleep better? I find I am so anxious and worked up that my mind is just racing and I only get a couple of hours each night and wake up nervous the next morning - this is so exhausting which makes my anxiety levels worse and it seems to just be a never ending cycle?"
Question #2 "I wanted to ask you a few things about therapy as I am pretty new and am still trying to maneuver around boundaries/norms and how to open up to my therapist (who by the way, I love and adore!) My therapist sometimes brings up statistics in session of how prominent abuse/molestation/sexual assault/whatever we are talking about is... and she has told me that she does that to "normalize" so that I don't feel like such an anomaly. I don't find this helpful because I feel like my feelings are being minimized or like I'm just a number even though that is far from her intention. It also seems like after a particular hard session, the next time I see her, she steers the conversation to something a little gentler when I am actually rearing to dig right back in and get shit done. I know all I have to do is ask to change the subject, but I've just been struggling. How do I find my voice in therapy?"
Comments
U really help me Katie with my anxiety so thank u
Amanda McAbee
2017-06-11 01:57:35 +0000 UTCI used to deal with insomnia to the point where I'd be working off of 15 minutes of sleep a day. I went through 7 different prescriptions before I found one that worked for me but also didn't want to have to depend on it forever. Something my therapist told me is when you're laying down and going to bed every time your mind starts drifting or worrying about something, stop and think of the number 1. It sounds so stupid and I thought the same thing but it really works! Just every time you start thinking of something else stop your self and say the number 1 in your head. And if you keep doing that, then it will eventually train your mind to not wander and keep going and going, and you'll beable to fall asleep easier each night. I even had my mom try it cuz she deals with insomnia too and she said it helped her fall asleep too! Hope this made sense !
Carly Robertson
2017-03-26 04:58:00 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing!! It can honestly help so much! I wish more people talked about this as an option rather than medication.. etc. xoxo
Kati Morton
2016-10-11 20:54:05 +0000 UTCThank you, thank you Kati! One of my yoga teachers always quoted this guy that talked about having a "gorgeous ritual" before you go to bed, and doing the same thing every single night to prepare yourself. At that time, I was having such bad trouble sleeping... I turned off all my screens 30 minutes before trying to go to bed, got ready, I wrote a list of beautiful things about my day, and sent love out to five people I loved... and I had really calming, relaxing "savasana" type music that I would play on a timer for when I started to try to sleep. It worked so amazingly. On The Nature of Daylight by Max Ritcher Orchestra, The Light by Album Leaf and The Southern Sea/Earth by Garth Stevenson are totally favourites!
EJ
2016-10-09 12:26:29 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sharing!! I am so glad you have found journaling to be helpful :) xoxo
Kati Morton
2016-10-07 18:58:31 +0000 UTCHi I really relate to question 2, its really hard sometimes to put whats going on in my head into words. but I have recently started to journal and that seems to help a bit, it nearly allows me to rehearse it before I have to try and explain it to my therapist. Great video as always, Thank you Kati. xoxo
Emily
2016-10-06 21:35:43 +0000 UTC
