Do You Think It's An Eating Disorder? #56

Audience questions:

1. As a therapist would you ever bring up or mention a client's weight gain/loss (a client who is not in treatment for an eating disorder)? 
2. I'm actually a very shy/anxious person but I always push myself into situations I feel very uncomfortable in. Like taking part in conversations I would like to avoid...
3. I'm not sure what to do because I feel like unhealthy ways to cope are the only things that help me at this point.. when I'm not self-harming I use disordered eating habits to cope. I purge, restrict and get really obsessive, there are...
4. I am overweight and I've always struggled with food, eating, and body perception. My therapist however confirmed that I am not really suffering from an ED. Society seems to pass the message that everyone can just lose weight and be thin if they just...
5. I have always found it difficult to be sexually intimate with my fiance. I find myself faking orgasms to please him when in all actuality, I have never had one with him i the 6 years we have been together...
6. I have been struggling with hating myself since I could remember and I’m now an adult and I don’t know what to do and how to get better. I have been suffering from depression anxiety almost all of my life. Could you do a video on how to overcome hating yourself...
7. Hi Kati! Is it normal to have 'impulsive' suicidal thoughts? Sometimes my thoughts will build up over a period of a couple days. Other times though, (usually when I'm already feeling a bit down), anything can send me spiraling. For example...
8. How can I learn to make decisions? All my life I felt like I never belonged anywhere and everything I tried I failed miserably at. I don't know how to even trust a little that...
9. Hey So for a while now my therapy session have been moved to online. Before this crazy year happened my therapist would let me know well before if she needed to cancel or...
10. Can you talk about what would cause someone to have unrealistic expectations of themselves? I set extreme expectations for...

Link mentioned https://selfinjury.com/resources/how-to-use-the-impulse-control-log/
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