Monthly Livestream Part 2!!

Q20. 01.21 - Everything is ruined between me and Red. Like even the friendship is over, and all on my birthday too... I don't want to die but I don't want to live. I want to just not exist anymore. Can I let this coworker know I want to go out on a date with them? Q21. 10.46 - I read the book you recommended eating in the light of the moon. It makes sense, I’ve been working on the whole intuitive eating thing and tracking common thoughts. I’m trying to do the “intuitive eating” I don’t really eat. Not on purpose it’s more I’m really not hungry. If I can recognize what I’m doing then why can’t I stop? I am just so undisciplined and I hate myself for it. I don’t even know what the question is other then how do I quit? Q22.16.01 - Lately I don't feel like I'm giving my therapist an accurate picture of how I am really doing week to week. When I finally get to my session each week, I usually feel so relieved that we've made it to the session day that I don't feel as sad or anxious as I do the rest of the week. Is this common and what might be the reason for it? Q23. 20.41 - I wanted to ask you if you have any advice for not freaking out about pain and also for distracting from it? Q24. 25.08 -How do we balance reparenting/self-soothing ourselves/not relying on others to “complete” us while also acknowledging our human need for connection, love, etc. and accepting help when we need it? Also do you have any advice for moving in with a partner for the first time while still trying to keep on top of my mental health? Q25. 30.30 - I feel like 2022 can be a big year to make changes in my life, but I'm really struggling. Do you have any advice about how I can build up my self-confidence in the face of what I've gone through and how I'm feeling now? Q26. 35.36 - I want a new narrative but I'm scared to leave my old one behind... I want 2022 to be a year where I make decisions that I have wrestled with for the last couple of years. I want to see if my hard work will pay off or if I cut my losses and move on. Words of love please. Q27. 39.46 -My question is it normal for a psychiatrist to not really want to officially diagnose you. I thought psychiatrists were there to offer support, guidance, help make a game plan and help me find out what is actually up with me? Q28. 46.50 - This months question is not really about me but rather about how I could address something that is bothering me. It's about my best friends relationship. Q29. 55.05 - I recently started working on issues with my ED. I started working with a dietitian and she’s been speaking with my T as well. I find myself exhausted after dietitian appointments, do you have any advice? Q30. 59.40 - I feel like I have made a lot of progress working through the effects of the COCSA but there is a pocket of shame that seems to resist my attempts to excise it. It’s the idea that I was a weird, pervy little kid. I know LOGICALLY it didn’t happen because I was an unusually pervy child when I was between the ages of six and nine. I don’t want to think of little me so judgmentally, it is not right or fair, and I love her, even though part of me also thinks she is a bit gross. So do you have any suggestions on how to convince that part of me to stop? Q31. 1.07.37 - What are your thoughts on DBT for PTSD/suicidal ideation and not personality disorder? Q32. 1.09.42 - Im trying my best to stay out of the hospital. i relapsed twice for the first time after 6 years. Im the child now and that other part is so mean, he's so terrible to me and i don't want him to hurt me more

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