Hey, Kati, I hope you’re feeling better now. I appreciate how you made yourself vulnerable here. It takes a strong person to do that. As someone who goes to therapy regularly myself, it is cool to see that you and many others in the mental health field are human beings yourself. I’m glad that you have so many fond memories of your Grandma, be grateful that you had so much time with her. I lost my Grandparents when I was a baby and I have very few memories of them. I too like your Grandma am religious. I pray God’s love finds you well. 🙏✝️🙏
Fellow therapist here, thank you for this♥️ this was unbelievably validating for me to see another therapist being open and honest about your feelings, it helped me validate my own feelings of overwhelm, anxiety and imposter syndrome. Hope you’re able to get some rest♥️
You’re a wonderful human, and have helped so many people over the years in ways you’ll never fully understand. Thanks for allowing us to “help” you even if just being here and seeing/hearing you. We love you! Best wishes
Katie, you have absolutely no idea of just how bright your light shines... I think some people were brought into this world to be great beacons of light and love and you are one of them. Even this video where you show incredible courage and honesty in your sincere vulnerability is profoundly moving and allows people to connect with you on a heart level... to realise we are all one and we are all struggling in our own way... and that there is great strength in owning your vulnerability and allowing yourself that space to crumble and cry, scream, grieve etc. Our greatest personal growth comes from pain, as hard and unpleasant as it is. Holding space for you and sending you so much love to just BE, not try to be or do anything but just BE in whatever form that looks like. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️🤩🌻
Omg, I'm also a therapist and I feel exactly the same way :(. It's so hard the moment that we're living. I just want to say that I send you all my support although I'm not your therapist or a "real friend". But your not alone! All the love from Chile❤️
Thank you so much Kati for sharing your vulnerability with us. I cried with you ! This type of video is so precious because it shows us that it's ok to be vulnerable (even if you're a yoga teacher like me or a therapist like you). Sending you a lot of love, and a biiiiiig hug ! We love you ! Take care of yourself in any way you can !
Thank you. As a therapist myself I have been looking online, on TH-cam, on social media to see if anyone is talking about the incredible burn out many of us have faced over these past two years. All I have seen is very surface level mention of it. I would have never predicted I would literally fall apart and become so dysfunctional that I woke up one day unable to answer my client’s calls because I was frozen and fatigued and didn’t have the words to explain it. I worried if I tried to explain it, I would be unethically burdening them with “my stuff” or bringing out in them a need to care take me. And I just couldn’t think of what to do or who to ask for help. It was making me feel kind of crazy that no one else was talking about this. Your video has helped me feel less lonely. Thank you for your courage.
You are right. The world is overwhelming and we are all tired. I’m very sorry you are going through this. Grief sure makes it worse. My parents both died months before the pandemic started…I felt like I lost my mind that year and a half…and I also worked as a respiratory therapist at a hospital during COVID
oh my god! I can’t even imagine how much strength that took to get through. thank you for helping others even in your time of need. I hope you’ve been feeling better 💓
Oh my goodness. I am so sorry to hear that. I cannot imagine how you must feel. I also cannot imagine how strong you are to be here for all of us during this craziness and
I love your transparency. It helps me a lot to know that your someone who appears to have it all together and yet you still have your moments. It makes me feel like I can do it! I don’t ever feel alone and sometimes it’s like your the only one who gets it
I'm a year too late but it's important to me to thank you for sharing your feelings so genuinely, you' re not alone, we love you, you're such a good person. You're helping so many people! Take care.
My condolences. I hope this is more reassuring than dismissive: I'm a casual viewer of your channel. As much as I'm looking forward to your return, I also know that I'll be fine while you're taking a break. I hope you don't overlook your own needs out of a sense of obligation to me and people who share my perspective and habits. Also, thank you for sharing your vulnerability. It's strangely uplifting even when it's about a loss, and I suspect modeling this inspires others to be courageously vulnerable.
Hun, please take care of you. You deserve all of the love you give to all of us and more. What you’re going through needs time to process. You’ve been through enough, please allow yourself to breathe. We’ll be here when you come back, we know you have to heal too. We believe in you. ❤️
"It's also okay sometimes to feel bad." - those are some powerful words there Katie! I hope you start feeling a little more grounded and secure and safe and less blah and ahhhh!!! soon (for everyone too). Thank you for always being there for us. And letting us try to be here for you too. 💜
Thank you for your candidness. It feels like there's never-ending pressure to "be okay". Societal pressure. I appreciate your authenticity and I think being real about this stuff is so important. It makes the struggle feel less like there's something wrong with the individual more like there's something wrong with the current conditions we're living in and we need to talk about our collective challenges with it. So thank you for talking about it. Thank you for being open. That's a lot you're processing. I'm sorry for your loss.
Katie, I haven't even finished this yet but I thank you so much for talking about grief this way. So many similarities in our stories including papa's nickname and that death order (him, then her last) Thank you I hope your know she is with you right now and she is so proud of you
This is the most raw and emotionally touching thing I think I've ever seen. I don't even know how to react to it. I wish I could send you love and relief telepathically. You have so much empathy that you try to help and heal others while confessing such grief and sorrow. If there were more people out there like you, I think our world would be infinitely better. I just happened on this video perusing different psychological help, and I'm really glad I saw it. I don't think I can watch it again, but really there is no need. Your heart is laid out bare. Thank you so much. I am very sorry for your loss.
So feel you. My Dad passed in 2013 and it feels like yesterday as well. I try to visit my Mom three times a week even though I'm going down hard myself, she's 79.Breaks my heart too. Although there's barely a heart left.
Wow. My grandpa died in 2009, and my grandma was 81 when she died just a few days ago. I last visited her on her 81st birthday 5 months ago and wished I came there more often, it was just a few rides away. When I went to the hospital to visit her it was too late and I regret not coming sooner. She was the last grandparent I had. I'll miss her, she and mother always do video calls with me when I'm at sea working to make me feel less lonely. No more pain and sorrow, grandma. Sorry for the long comment, but it just made me think of her and grandpa.
Often when we feel weak we fail to realise the strength we give to others. I’ve came back to this channel numerous times for help and support and I really appreciate the hard work and dedication you put into your videos to help people like myself and so many others. You have the strength to endure this, keep going.
This is exactly what I need to hear today, that I’m not alone in feeling this way. Thank you so much. I’m sorry for your loss and am glad you are taking steps to help yourself heal and be compassionate.
Kati, you wanted to help one person - I want you to know that being vulnerable in this way helps more people than you know. Showing people that it’s ok to not have your shit together is so powerful. Much love, take care of you.
Cancer took my Grandfather in 2020, and he was the single most important person in my life at that time, so when I lost him I was crushed. I also lost my Grandmother in 99 and my Mother in 05, and my Aunt is currently struggling with Parkinson's disease, so I definitely feel you. It's rough out there right now and losing people who are important to you doesn't make it any easier. It's good that you're able to come to terms with your own struggles, otherwise how would you be able to help your clients come to terms with theirs. In my opinion, it only makes you a better therapist.
Kati. I absolutely want you to keep making theses types of videos. When I’m struggling, I feel so isolated and alone. Hearing that others are struggling too makes me feel like “hey, I got this.” I’m sorry for the loss of your grandmother, and I hope you feel better soon. You are not alone.
Kati I'm so proud of you for this video. I know it will have been uncomfortable for you to film and share this with the community. However you allowed us to see what you are going through and make yourself vulnerable. I admire your strength, your decision and how you will inspire those around you to do the same. Make sure you take the time you need to process things, feel what you going through and do as much self care as you need. This is your channel and if it helps you to share please continue xx 😘 sending you alot of love x
By sharing your feelings you validate mine and I am grateful for that. I also find myself wanting to step outside and scream at the world. Normalizing any of this just feels like a lie, yet we are expected to carry forward every day like nothing is happening. Thank you and you are in my prayers.
Girl!!! I feel this in the depths of my soul! You are not alone! I've noticed myself stuck in depression and sadness. Overwhelmed with everything going on and everything that has happened. Thank-you for making this video. it has helped me to know im not alone either!!
Thank you kati so much for saying how you truly feel , because its how ive felt for many year, with everything going on in the world and my life I feel extremely worthless, lonely and emotionally.
Yes, and thank-you for being vulnerable enough to share! I absolutely have days when I think, how can I possibly cope with what's happening in the world? How can anyone? Why aren't we talking about it? . . . Well, now we are. 🙏
Kati. I AM PROUD OF YOU. Keep fighting, you are so strong. You have helped encourage me to begin therapy (!) as a 13 year old who is battling anxiety, depression, an ED, and self-harm. Thank you, you have helped more than you know.
I'm am so so sorry. You should check out the YT channel called Crappy Childhood Fairy. Best psychological resource I've found in addition to Irene Lyon/Peter Levine/Gabor Maté.
I used to be a crisis intervention counselor. The stereotypes can be brutal. Even the helpers need to help themselves. Pride is a nasty voice that the public sometimes doesn't understand and use.
As strange as this sounds, thank you for being this real and still showing a way through. It’s in a way comforting to not have to be perfect all the time. Thank you for this video, take care.
Be kind to yourself, Kati..... Now it's time to let us help you.. Hang in there my lovely ...... Just ride this storm and the beauty will return. Hugs all the way from Australia x
As a therapist I totally relate to the sentiment you conveyed in this video and I am glad you will take a break to tend to yourself. These times are hard! And we will get through them. Condolences for the loss of your grandmother. Take care! See you when you get back 🤎
8:10 You said that your purpose is to help one person. Give yourself permission to make that one person be yourself at this time. It's your turn and you are worth it. 💕
Awwee Kati, you are allowed to feel as you do 💛 it's ok to be sad and grieve (I know you know this) Adulting and life is just hard. And the older you get the more things seem to keep piling on... I have to learn to say "No" more often and relax. The more people or family you have the more events and needs seem to pile up. Im exhausted. I think we all are.
I just started watching your videos. Thank you so much. You have helped me. And thank you for being one of us humans that needs the tools you are sharing.
Katie. My heart was aching hearing about the pain you are experiencing. You are so loved by many of us. I wish you a peaceful respite from these crazy times. Know that I care.
I’m so sorry to hear about your grandmother’s passing, along with everything else that is going on. Please take care of yourself and thank you for sharing your life with us. ❤️
Kati, thank you for your honesty, opening yourself up to us and being raw. As someone who goes to a therapist for extreme anxiety, I appreciate when therapists can be real like this. You all are human too and it helps to know and remember nobody has it all together. Thanks for all you do! Prayers for you and your family for your loss and to sustain you as you do thru toughness.
Your brave for sharing. Please know we will all be here waiting for you no matter how long a break you ever decide to take. Your an inspiration and I lost my grandmother and grandfather during covid and times are crazy. Your brave. Xx
I’m so sorry for your loss . You are a wonderful person but like everyone else you need a break. You have a lot going on . You need to take care of yourself. Don’t be sorry for feeling the way you feel. Thank you for telling us how you are feeling. I love the video.
Thanks for your honesty and sharing, Katie. Myself, family and friends have each experienced the overwhelm of continual world tragedy and personal challenges. Anxiety and depression symptoms are at unusually high rates now and that makes it even harder for healthcare professionals who are in the same boat. Your sharing probably helped many who thought it was just them and now feel validated by your honesty. Do whatever you need for self care. Your supporters care more about your health and safety than seeing chirpy videos!
I love your video it really touched my heart. Sometimes hard times make you renew yourself, you can tell what a beautiful human being you are. Wish you alot of healing, peace, and a beautiful metamorphosis for you.❤
i'm so sorry about your grandma, katie.. I get it... I totally get it. I've been struggling with a very similar emotional spiral.... Sending you big hugs and lots of love. 💚
I found your channel at the first month of my ED recovery and it was SO helpful you can't even imagine. Your work truly saved my life. Thank you and please take care of yourself 💙
Kati, take care of you before anyone else 🖤 i have been going through a really traumatic event for over a yr now & now im having hair loss. Please don't make yourself sick too from over doing yourself or draining yourself. We appreciate you & love you.
I just saw this video. Thank you for your honesty. I agree it is Ok to feel bad, it feels worse pretending to feel good when you don't. Thank you for your educational videos, take care.
Thank you for ability to share. It means so much to see your honesty. You are real and sharing it with us is incredible. It means so very much. Sending love 💕
Every time you've made a video giving us an update on how you are, I genuinely appreciate it so much. It helps me to see that good and strong people struggle with these things too. It helps me be kinder to myself about where I'm at. So thank you again for sharing yourself with us when you do. I hope things get easier and better for you, but I'm happy to hear that you're doing your best to take care of yourself. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for being vulnerable and trusting us. You're absolutely right that each of us are dealing with our own piles of shit but like you said, it's okay to feel shitty, and it will get better :)
Oh wow - I have no words except to say ... I have so much compassion and empathy on top for you right now. For you, and for me, and for the whole wide world of humans. I really appreciate you sharing and actually calling it like it is. So much authenticity and humanity. So important to hold space for each other, and I'm holding it for you, from afar. Aroha nui.
Hey Kati, i just wanted to say that you helped me sooo much when i was going through a pretty tough patch a little while ago. You helped de-stigmatise mental health and i owe so much to you for that. Please know that you are not alone and we all care for you! Sending lots of love!
One of my favorite quotes I’ve heard from a friend is “The best thing for everyone is to do the next best thing for yourself.” It’s really true that you cannot care for people if you don’t care for yourself. You’ve done so much for us Kati and we all incredibly appreciate it. Now it’s our turn to give you the space you need to heal yourself and rest. I’m so sorry that you lost such an incredible connection, I hope she continues to soothe you in little ways. Sending you love and healing energies. ❤️ Ps. You might already know this, but scream therapy is a thing 😂 go out in the woods haha, it helps
Thank you for sharing Kati, your honesty and realness is inspiring and highly respected. You are not alone either! Thank you for what you do and who you are!
Mind yourself I am in a caring profession too. We need to fill up our own first before others if you need time off its not selfish it's self care be kind and gentle to yourself 💗💗💗
I've just gone through two weeks of ECT therapy to try and cure my severe depression. You are not alone in feeling that life is absolutely f**ked up right now. In fact, it is foolish to believe that life can ever be "normal". We're all just trying to live as long as we can while not getting ourselves killed.
I really appreciate you sharing these videos, it is so reassuring for me to see a therapist struggle with this too. Obviously I don't want you to be struggling but to see somebody whose entire work is dealing with this stuff, it's validating to see that it's hard for you too. We're all just doing our best and who isn't struggling given everything that's going on? Thank you for your vulnerability.
I hope for your healing, Kati. You have done so much for us. Your videos kept me company especially during the pandemic. I hope the best for you, Kati!
Big hugs , oh my that's a load! I'm glad you told us, I'm glad you cried we cried with you You mirrored all of us what's happening in one way or another even if the circumstances are different.
Covid has been really hard for all of us! Sometimes we just need to step back, take care of ourselves and focus on healing! I’m here for you if you need to talk! You are in my prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Kati, thank you for keeping it real with your viewers. I know many of us are dealing with similar issues. I also lost my Grandma, some months ago, and I teared up with you as you were telling us about your struggles and yes there is often a perceived pressure that we have to be "put together" well sometimes we just crumble under the pressure and that's just life but let me tell you, you will make it through so hang in their kid and continue to look after yourself. Thank you for all your hard work.
Same, it feels unrealistic to be expected to be just as productive at work as usual, when there's so much going on in the world and we can't catch a break. I've been crying more than usual, and have had to stop paying attention to the news. I scheduled a bunch of pto coming up so that will be a much needed break ☀️
Thank you for your honesty, vulnerability and openness to being a human and sharing this. As a therapist this is a refreshing video and I can totally relate to a lot of what you're going through. Hope things improve in your life soon
Kati thank you so much for being vulnerable and expressing your true emotions. I know it would be hard for a therapist to do so cause people expect you to be invincible but I think it makes you more relatable and down to earth. I've been having a really bad week, cause of the state of the world, trying to process the past 2 years and dealing with bipolar. Just want to say that you have helped me a lot in understanding bipolar and mental health in general, which I thank you. Hope you find some relief from all this crazy shit thats going on in the world and take care.
Thank You for posting this video. I hear you and I completely empathize. As a therapist, it's difficult to be others support when we are struggling with some of the same in our own lives. Some days we do our best as wounded healers and other days we are so depleted we can't. Hang in there, and remember YOU first!
Hi Kati, Thank you for this video. I am myself going through some overwhelming times. Seeing this video reassured us that we are not alone. Even Healthcare workers are human beings even they have their struggles and personal battles. We are in this together❤️
Breathe. Life has been pretty overwhelming lately, Katy 💕 We WILL get through this as a community. You are not alone. It's healthy to cry and let all that stress and overwhelm out of our systems but thankfully, nothing in life is permanent. Time goes on and we heal and grow. It's been hard but we are strong and we will be okay. Katy, you have impacted so many lives in such a positive light over many years and it's okay to take a break. We all deeply love and care about you and we want you to be comfortable right now and if that means taking a hiatus, then please do! We will be here when you come back 💖
Your information videos throughout the years have been extremely helpful, connecting on a personal level doesn't make you selfish in any way, it in fact adds anecdotal experiences that the people who are taking your expert advice can feel instead of just listen to. Thank you for sharing! I am also overwhelmed. Your videos help so much, especially this one, we're homies now, you're just my highly educated homie who periodically gives advice.
You have helped me so much. What you do matters and it makes a difference. Thank you for everything that you do for this community, including sharing your personal struggles. You have helped me move past my own stigmas when it comes to mental health and seeking profession help. It has changed my life. I hope that you are able to take time to love yourself well.
Kati, I just went through the same with my grandma last year. Cried right along with you. Takes a very special kinda person to leave those memories that make you smile through the tears of missing them. You're not alone ❤️
I feel this very much. I’ve been grieving for over 6 months and been struggling but I’m starting to get better with time. Kati, you are amazing and human. All humans need time to heal from whatever chaotic thing that is shaking them up. You’re Amazing❤️
Your emotions are valid, take all the time you need. Also, thank you for being vulnerable even though it's tough. We'll still be here for you, always 💕
Checking in one year later... watch the check-in here: th-cam.com/video/wI1DZ4D_iZk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MItpDELNnU5XsXhC
Hey, Kati, I hope you’re feeling better now. I appreciate how you made yourself vulnerable here. It takes a strong person to do that.
As someone who goes to therapy regularly myself, it is cool to see that you and many others in the mental health field are human beings yourself.
I’m glad that you have so many fond memories of your Grandma, be grateful that you had so much time with her. I lost my Grandparents when I was a baby and I have very few memories of them.
I too like your Grandma am religious. I pray God’s love finds you well. 🙏✝️🙏
Fellow therapist here, thank you for this♥️ this was unbelievably validating for me to see another therapist being open and honest about your feelings, it helped me validate my own feelings of overwhelm, anxiety and imposter syndrome. Hope you’re able to get some rest♥️
As a counseling student who also feels the anxiety of life, I appreciate this open and honest video. Thanks!
xoxo
@@Katimorton it's ok to not be ok ❤
You’re a wonderful human, and have helped so many people over the years in ways you’ll never fully understand. Thanks for allowing us to “help” you even if just being here and seeing/hearing you. We love you! Best wishes
xoxox
@@Katimorton I love you
When good grandma's pass away, it is a real life changer. Take her with you whereever you go! All the memories and wisdom!
Well said. It's a total life changer.
So true. Mine’s been gone 17 years and our whole family dynamic changed when she left us. I still miss her terribly.
As a therapist I feel this so much. Thanks for reminding me that even as a therapist, I can struggle too.
Whatever you do, we'll always be there for you and support you.... Take care.... ❤️
Katie, you have absolutely no idea of just how bright your light shines... I think some people were brought into this world to be great beacons of light and love and you are one of them. Even this video where you show incredible courage and honesty in your sincere vulnerability is profoundly moving and allows people to connect with you on a heart level... to realise we are all one and we are all struggling in our own way... and that there is great strength in owning your vulnerability and allowing yourself that space to crumble and cry, scream, grieve etc.
Our greatest personal growth comes from pain, as hard and unpleasant as it is. Holding space for you and sending you so much love to just BE, not try to be or do anything but just BE in whatever form that looks like. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️🤩🌻
Thank you :) xxoxox
@@user-jb4rz7kx5h Thank you so much.... and I agree it's in the tough times that we grow the most. xoxo
Funerals are scams created by businesses who profit from grief.
You are such a beautiful caring person. Hugs through the airwaves x
Omg, I'm also a therapist and I feel exactly the same way :(. It's so hard the moment that we're living. I just want to say that I send you all my support although I'm not your therapist or a "real friend". But your not alone! All the love from Chile❤️
I am sorry you're going through it too.. sending you love and support too!! xoxo
I'm not a therapist...yet feel exactly the same. Take care and be well....everybody.
Hey Katy I've started therapy because of you and I'm really appreciative to your ideas and smile
I started therapy bc of her too.
Aww yay I am so glad and proud of you!! xoxo
@@elisabethopp1 Yay!! xoxo
That's so good! I hope it will be very helpful and wish you all the best
Thank you for your vulnerability and honesty! This is beautiful. You're not alone either! 💚
Thank you so much Kati for sharing your vulnerability with us. I cried with you ! This type of video is so precious because it shows us that it's ok to be vulnerable (even if you're a yoga teacher like me or a therapist like you).
Sending you a lot of love, and a biiiiiig hug ! We love you ! Take care of yourself in any way you can !
Thank you. As a therapist myself I have been looking online, on TH-cam, on social media to see if anyone is talking about the incredible burn out many of us have faced over these past two years. All I have seen is very surface level mention of it. I would have never predicted I would literally fall apart and become so dysfunctional that I woke up one day unable to answer my client’s calls because I was frozen and fatigued and didn’t have the words to explain it. I worried if I tried to explain it, I would be unethically burdening them with “my stuff” or bringing out in them a need to care take me. And I just couldn’t think of what to do or who to ask for help. It was making me feel kind of crazy that no one else was talking about this. Your video has helped me feel less lonely. Thank you for your courage.
Freesing is exactly like I described my own feelings one day and that I felt I dont have strenght to describe my feelins in words.
You are right. The world is overwhelming and we are all tired. I’m very sorry you are going through this. Grief sure makes it worse. My parents both died months before the pandemic started…I felt like I lost my mind that year and a half…and I also worked as a respiratory therapist at a hospital during COVID
Sorry to hear of you loss. God bless you 🙏
oh my god! I can’t even imagine how much strength that took to get through. thank you for helping others even in your time of need. I hope you’ve been feeling better 💓
Oh my goodness. I am so sorry to hear that. I cannot imagine how you must feel. I also cannot imagine how strong you are to be here for all of us during this craziness and
Sorry to hear about your parents, it sounds like it was really difficult.
Sending prayers. I am very sorry! You’re such a strong human being and GOD has a plan for you.
It’s refreshing to see a professional showing their human side 💜 I really appreciate that and I hope you find what you need sooner than later 💜
As a therapist, I totally agree💚
I love your transparency. It helps me a lot to know that your someone who appears to have it all together and yet you still have your moments. It makes me feel like I can do it! I don’t ever feel alone and sometimes it’s like your the only one who gets it
Yess I feel the same kati your videos have saved me in the same way I love that your so relatable so human it's what makes a good therapist and friend
Kati thank you for sharing so openly. I am sending you hugs and warm thoughts from across the ocean ☀️⭐🕊️
I'm a year too late but it's important to me to thank you for sharing your feelings so genuinely, you' re not alone, we love you, you're such a good person. You're helping so many people! Take care.
I'm so sorry you lost your grandmother. I know you miss her dearly. Keep moving forward. I pray you find peace.
Thank you Dee Dee. oxo
My condolences.
I hope this is more reassuring than dismissive: I'm a casual viewer of your channel. As much as I'm looking forward to your return, I also know that I'll be fine while you're taking a break. I hope you don't overlook your own needs out of a sense of obligation to me and people who share my perspective and habits.
Also, thank you for sharing your vulnerability. It's strangely uplifting even when it's about a loss, and I suspect modeling this inspires others to be courageously vulnerable.
I'm so glad you shared this. ❤️ Please feel better soon. Wishing you lots of healing
xoxo
Hun, please take care of you. You deserve all of the love you give to all of us and more. What you’re going through needs time to process. You’ve been through enough, please allow yourself to breathe. We’ll be here when you come back, we know you have to heal too. We believe in you. ❤️
Thank you so much Liam. xoxo
Wow!!! That was a beautiful message to send Katie
You're not the only one feeling like this. You're just one of the few being vulnerable enough to speak it
"It's also okay sometimes to feel bad." - those are some powerful words there Katie! I hope you start feeling a little more grounded and secure and safe and less blah and ahhhh!!! soon (for everyone too). Thank you for always being there for us. And letting us try to be here for you too. 💜
Lol
Current mood: Blah and Ahhhh!!!
Kati, you are a gift in this world. Thank you for your vulnerability. We love and care about you!
Thank you for your candidness. It feels like there's never-ending pressure to "be okay". Societal pressure. I appreciate your authenticity and I think being real about this stuff is so important. It makes the struggle feel less like there's something wrong with the individual more like there's something wrong with the current conditions we're living in and we need to talk about our collective challenges with it. So thank you for talking about it. Thank you for being open. That's a lot you're processing. I'm sorry for your loss.
Katie, I haven't even finished this yet but I thank you so much for talking about grief this way. So many similarities in our stories including papa's nickname and that death order (him, then her last)
Thank you
I hope your know she is with you right now and she is so proud of you
Thank you Kelly and I am sorry for your loss too. xoxox
This is the most raw and emotionally touching thing I think I've ever seen. I don't even know how to react to it. I wish I could send you love and relief telepathically. You have so much empathy that you try to help and heal others while confessing such grief and sorrow. If there were more people out there like you, I think our world would be infinitely better. I just happened on this video perusing different psychological help, and I'm really glad I saw it. I don't think I can watch it again, but really there is no need. Your heart is laid out bare. Thank you so much. I am very sorry for your loss.
My condolences Ms.Kati, Dad passed in 2009 still missing him, Mom's alive at 81 went to see her today. When I see her my heart breaks in pieces.
So feel you. My Dad passed in 2013 and it feels like yesterday as well. I try to visit my Mom three times a week even though I'm going down hard myself, she's 79.Breaks my heart too. Although there's barely a heart left.
Wow. My grandpa died in 2009, and my grandma was 81 when she died just a few days ago. I last visited her on her 81st birthday 5 months ago and wished I came there more often, it was just a few rides away. When I went to the hospital to visit her it was too late and I regret not coming sooner. She was the last grandparent I had. I'll miss her, she and mother always do video calls with me when I'm at sea working to make me feel less lonely. No more pain and sorrow, grandma.
Sorry for the long comment, but it just made me think of her and grandpa.
Heart breaks!! 😩💔🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Often when we feel weak we fail to realise the strength we give to others.
I’ve came back to this channel numerous times for help and support and I really appreciate the hard work and dedication you put into your videos to help people like myself and so many others.
You have the strength to endure this, keep going.
This is exactly what I need to hear today, that I’m not alone in feeling this way. Thank you so much. I’m sorry for your loss and am glad you are taking steps to help yourself heal and be compassionate.
xoxoxo
Kati, you wanted to help one person - I want you to know that being vulnerable in this way helps more people than you know. Showing people that it’s ok to not have your shit together is so powerful.
Much love, take care of you.
SO true. Love this.
Cancer took my Grandfather in 2020, and he was the single most important person in my life at that time, so when I lost him I was crushed. I also lost my Grandmother in 99 and my Mother in 05, and my Aunt is currently struggling with Parkinson's disease, so I definitely feel you. It's rough out there right now and losing people who are important to you doesn't make it any easier. It's good that you're able to come to terms with your own struggles, otherwise how would you be able to help your clients come to terms with theirs. In my opinion, it only makes you a better therapist.
Remember the most important thing is to take care of yourself. Thank uou for all your videos.
Kati. I absolutely want you to keep making theses types of videos. When I’m struggling, I feel so isolated and alone. Hearing that others are struggling too makes me feel like “hey, I got this.” I’m sorry for the loss of your grandmother, and I hope you feel better soon. You are not alone.
Kati I'm so proud of you for this video. I know it will have been uncomfortable for you to film and share this with the community. However you allowed us to see what you are going through and make yourself vulnerable. I admire your strength, your decision and how you will inspire those around you to do the same. Make sure you take the time you need to process things, feel what you going through and do as much self care as you need. This is your channel and if it helps you to share please continue xx 😘 sending you alot of love x
Thank you so much Sammy :) xoxoxo
Thanks for trusting us with this, appreciate the candidness
When you have a spiritual connection like that, they never truly leave you. 💕 Feel better Katy, you are so loved.
By sharing your feelings you validate mine and I am grateful for that. I also find myself wanting to step outside and scream at the world. Normalizing any of this just feels like a lie, yet we are expected to carry forward every day like nothing is happening. Thank you and you are in my prayers.
Girl!!! I feel this in the depths of my soul! You are not alone! I've noticed myself stuck in depression and sadness. Overwhelmed with everything going on and everything that has happened. Thank-you for making this video. it has helped me to know im not alone either!!
Your 'realness' is so appreciated and admired. Thanks for reinforcing for us that it's ok not to be ok sometimes.
Sorry you're going through so much. Stay safe and take as many breaks as you need!!
Thanks Rantaro xoxoo
Thank you kati so much for saying how you truly feel , because its how ive felt for many year, with everything going on in the world and my life I feel extremely worthless, lonely and emotionally.
Yes, and thank-you for being vulnerable enough to share! I absolutely have days when I think, how can I possibly cope with what's happening in the world? How can anyone? Why aren't we talking about it? . . . Well, now we are. 🙏
we all deeply appreciate you! take all the time you need!
Kati. I AM PROUD OF YOU. Keep fighting, you are so strong. You have helped encourage me to begin therapy (!) as a 13 year old who is battling anxiety, depression, an ED, and self-harm. Thank you, you have helped more than you know.
I'm am so so sorry. You should check out the YT channel called Crappy Childhood Fairy. Best psychological resource I've found in addition to Irene Lyon/Peter Levine/Gabor Maté.
@@eleanor4759 Thank you! Also I love Psych2Go
I used to be a crisis intervention counselor. The stereotypes can be brutal. Even the helpers need to help themselves. Pride is a nasty voice that the public sometimes doesn't understand and use.
I love how transparent you are.
As strange as this sounds, thank you for being this real and still showing a way through. It’s in a way comforting to not have to be perfect all the time. Thank you for this video, take care.
Be kind to yourself, Kati..... Now it's time to let us help you.. Hang in there my lovely ...... Just ride this storm and the beauty will return. Hugs all the way from Australia x
Beautifully said.
As a therapist I totally relate to the sentiment you conveyed in this video and I am glad you will take a break to tend to yourself. These times are hard! And we will get through them. Condolences for the loss of your grandmother. Take care! See you when you get back 🤎
8:10 You said that your purpose is to help one person.
Give yourself permission to make that one person be yourself at this time.
It's your turn and you are worth it. 💕
Awwee Kati, you are allowed to feel as you do 💛 it's ok to be sad and grieve (I know you know this)
Adulting and life is just hard. And the older you get the more things seem to keep piling on... I have to learn to say "No" more often and relax. The more people or family you have the more events and needs seem to pile up. Im exhausted. I think we all are.
I just started watching your videos. Thank you so much. You have helped me. And thank you for being one of us humans that needs the tools you are sharing.
Katie. My heart was aching hearing about the pain you are experiencing. You are so loved by many of us. I wish you a peaceful respite from these crazy times. Know that I care.
I’m so sorry to hear about your grandmother’s passing, along with everything else that is going on. Please take care of yourself and thank you for sharing your life with us. ❤️
Kati, thank you for your honesty, opening yourself up to us and being raw. As someone who goes to a therapist for extreme anxiety, I appreciate when therapists can be real like this. You all are human too and it helps to know and remember nobody has it all together. Thanks for all you do! Prayers for you and your family for your loss and to sustain you as you do thru toughness.
Your brave for sharing. Please know we will all be here waiting for you no matter how long a break you ever decide to take. Your an inspiration and I lost my grandmother and grandfather during covid and times are crazy. Your brave. Xx
Lots of honest explicatives in this.
You're not alone.
THANK YOU Katie. ❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss . You are a wonderful person but like everyone else you need a break. You have a lot going on . You need to take care of yourself. Don’t be sorry for feeling the way you feel. Thank you for telling us how you are feeling. I love the video.
Here’s a virtual hug Kati 😢 wishing you all the best in these tough times!
So sorry about your grandmother! Deepest condolences to you and your family. ❤️
Thank you Angela. xoxo
Thanks for your honesty and sharing, Katie. Myself, family and friends have each experienced the overwhelm of continual world tragedy and personal challenges. Anxiety and depression symptoms are at unusually high rates now and that makes it even harder for healthcare professionals who are in the same boat. Your sharing probably helped many who thought it was just them and now feel validated by your honesty. Do whatever you need for self care. Your supporters care more about your health and safety than seeing chirpy videos!
I love your video it really touched my heart. Sometimes hard times make you renew yourself, you can tell what a beautiful human being you are. Wish you alot of healing, peace, and a beautiful metamorphosis for you.❤
i'm so sorry about your grandma, katie.. I get it... I totally get it. I've been struggling with a very similar emotional spiral.... Sending you big hugs and lots of love. 💚
I found your channel at the first month of my ED recovery and it was SO helpful you can't even imagine. Your work truly saved my life. Thank you and please take care of yourself 💙
Kati, take care of you before anyone else 🖤 i have been going through a really traumatic event for over a yr now & now im having hair loss. Please don't make yourself sick too from over doing yourself or draining yourself. We appreciate you & love you.
I sent this message before you began talking about your loss, & i am so sorry for your loss. Let yourself grieve
I just saw this video. Thank you for your honesty. I agree it is Ok to feel bad, it feels worse pretending to feel good when you don't. Thank you for your educational videos, take care.
Thank you for ability to share. It means so much to see your honesty. You are real and sharing it with us is incredible. It means so very much. Sending love 💕
Every time you've made a video giving us an update on how you are, I genuinely appreciate it so much. It helps me to see that good and strong people struggle with these things too. It helps me be kinder to myself about where I'm at. So thank you again for sharing yourself with us when you do. I hope things get easier and better for you, but I'm happy to hear that you're doing your best to take care of yourself. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for having been there for us for so long. Take all the time you need - obvs! 🌸 You’re basically role modelling self care to us.
Thank you for being vulnerable and trusting us.
You're absolutely right that each of us are dealing with our own piles of shit but like you said, it's okay to feel shitty, and it will get better :)
Oh wow - I have no words except to say ... I have so much compassion and empathy on top for you right now. For you, and for me, and for the whole wide world of humans. I really appreciate you sharing and actually calling it like it is. So much authenticity and humanity. So important to hold space for each other, and I'm holding it for you, from afar. Aroha nui.
Kati I can relate to your need for time. Please stay well. So sorry for your loss❤️
Hey Kati, i just wanted to say that you helped me sooo much when i was going through a pretty tough patch a little while ago. You helped de-stigmatise mental health and i owe so much to you for that. Please know that you are not alone and we all care for you! Sending lots of love!
One of my favorite quotes I’ve heard from a friend is “The best thing for everyone is to do the next best thing for yourself.” It’s really true that you cannot care for people if you don’t care for yourself. You’ve done so much for us Kati and we all incredibly appreciate it. Now it’s our turn to give you the space you need to heal yourself and rest. I’m so sorry that you lost such an incredible connection, I hope she continues to soothe you in little ways. Sending you love and healing energies. ❤️
Ps. You might already know this, but scream therapy is a thing 😂 go out in the woods haha, it helps
Thank you for sharing Kati, your honesty and realness is inspiring and highly respected. You are not alone either! Thank you for what you do and who you are!
You are so real and down to earth. Much Love.
Mind yourself I am in a caring profession too. We need to fill up our own first before others if you need time off its not selfish it's self care be kind and gentle to yourself 💗💗💗
I’m so sorry you lost your Grandmother, it is one of the hardest losses in life. Hugs.
Yes it is.
I've just gone through two weeks of ECT therapy to try and cure my severe depression. You are not alone in feeling that life is absolutely f**ked up right now. In fact, it is foolish to believe that life can ever be "normal". We're all just trying to live as long as we can while not getting ourselves killed.
I really appreciate you sharing these videos, it is so reassuring for me to see a therapist struggle with this too. Obviously I don't want you to be struggling but to see somebody whose entire work is dealing with this stuff, it's validating to see that it's hard for you too. We're all just doing our best and who isn't struggling given everything that's going on? Thank you for your vulnerability.
I'm so sorry for your loss Kati. Sending you so much love! ❤
I hope for your healing, Kati. You have done so much for us. Your videos kept me company especially during the pandemic. I hope the best for you, Kati!
Feel better soon we love you ❤️
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Big hugs , oh my that's a load!
I'm glad you told us,
I'm glad you cried we cried with you
You mirrored all of us what's happening in one way or another even if the circumstances are different.
Covid has been really hard for all of us! Sometimes we just need to step back, take care of ourselves and focus on healing! I’m here for you if you need to talk! You are in my prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I appreciate you for sharing your self with us.
I have been crying, from 'living' grief for days, even weeks.
I realizing it's okay to feel sad/loss
Kati, thank you for keeping it real with your viewers. I know many of us are dealing with similar issues. I also lost my Grandma, some months ago, and I teared up with you as you were telling us about your struggles and yes there is often a perceived pressure that we have to be "put together" well sometimes we just crumble under the pressure and that's just life but let me tell you, you will make it through so hang in their kid and continue to look after yourself. Thank you for all your hard work.
Same, it feels unrealistic to be expected to be just as productive at work as usual, when there's so much going on in the world and we can't catch a break. I've been crying more than usual, and have had to stop paying attention to the news. I scheduled a bunch of pto coming up so that will be a much needed break ☀️
Same. Agreed. I've been crying when listening to audiobooks, fictional stories that seem to be reflecting parts of my life and world events. Hugs.
I am so glad you planned some time off :) It's so important. xoxo
@@MagnoliaPantherWoman xoxox
Thank you for your honesty, vulnerability and openness to being a human and sharing this. As a therapist this is a refreshing video and I can totally relate to a lot of what you're going through. Hope things improve in your life soon
Thank you for sharing your gifts, strength, and vulnerability with us all! Take the time you need
Kati thank you so much for being vulnerable and expressing your true emotions. I know it would be hard for a therapist to do so cause people expect you to be invincible but I think it makes you more relatable and down to earth. I've been having a really bad week, cause of the state of the world, trying to process the past 2 years and dealing with bipolar. Just want to say that you have helped me a lot in understanding bipolar and mental health in general, which I thank you. Hope you find some relief from all this crazy shit thats going on in the world and take care.
Thank You for posting this video. I hear you and I completely empathize. As a therapist, it's difficult to be others support when we are struggling with some of the same in our own lives. Some days we do our best as wounded healers and other days we are so depleted we can't. Hang in there, and remember YOU first!
Oh, sweet Kati! I'm so sorry you're going through this difficult time. Take as much of a break as you need to recharge and heal. We
Hi Kati, Thank you for this video. I am myself going through some overwhelming times. Seeing this video reassured us that we are not alone. Even Healthcare workers are human beings even they have their struggles and personal battles. We are in this together❤️
Breathe. Life has been pretty overwhelming lately, Katy 💕 We WILL get through this as a community. You are not alone. It's healthy to cry and let all that stress and overwhelm out of our systems but thankfully, nothing in life is permanent. Time goes on and we heal and grow. It's been hard but we are strong and we will be okay.
Katy, you have impacted so many lives in such a positive light over many years and it's okay to take a break. We all deeply love and care about you and we want you to be comfortable right now and if that means taking a hiatus, then please do! We will be here when you come back 💖
Your information videos throughout the years have been extremely helpful, connecting on a personal level doesn't make you selfish in any way, it in fact adds anecdotal experiences that the people who are taking your expert advice can feel instead of just listen to.
Thank you for sharing! I am also overwhelmed.
Your videos help so much, especially this one, we're homies now, you're just my highly educated homie who periodically gives advice.
You have helped me so much. What you do matters and it makes a difference. Thank you for everything that you do for this community, including sharing your personal struggles. You have helped me move past my own stigmas when it comes to mental health and seeking profession help. It has changed my life. I hope that you are able to take time to love yourself well.
Kati, I just went through the same with my grandma last year. Cried right along with you. Takes a very special kinda person to leave those memories that make you smile through the tears of missing them. You're not alone ❤️
I feel this very much. I’ve been grieving for over 6 months and been struggling but I’m starting to get better with time. Kati, you are amazing and human. All humans need time to heal from whatever chaotic thing that is shaking them up. You’re Amazing❤️
Your emotions are valid, take all the time you need. Also, thank you for being vulnerable even though it's tough. We'll still be here for you, always 💕
Thank you for this. I feel less alone. We are all going through a lot lately.