This Wednesday on Calling in Sick, Kati Morton, LMFT is back for the a new segment… “Is this Bad Advice?!” We are taking the most common mental health advice given to people with chronic illness and asking one specific question: is this actually good advice… or is it secretly spiking your need for control?
Tune in to hear Kati and my honest verdict on:
🚩 The wellness advice that sounds helpful but sends chronic illness patients deeper into control-seeking behavior
🚩 The dismissive phrases that make health anxiety and hypervigilance measurably worse
🚩 The "acceptance" and "letting go" advice that creates more pressure than it relieves
🚩 The positivity and self-care messaging that becomes a control ritual — and breaks you when it doesn't prevent the flare
🚩 The grief advice that is true but dangerously incomplete — and why grief and control cannot coexist
Join us for a conversation about why some very well-meaning advice lands so badly in bodies that are already white-knuckling everything. 🤍
xx, Alex
💬 Comment: Which piece of advice on this list has frustrated you the most — and what do you wish people said instead?
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Intro to guest Kati Morton
IS THIS BAD ADVICE:
00:00:34 "Just focus on what you can control."
00:02:22 "Anxiety is causing your chronic illness."
00:05:03 "You need to just accept your illness and let go."
00:07:41 "Mindfulness will help you with your chronic pain."
00:12:44 "Having a rigid routine is the best thing for your chronic illness."
00:15:07 "Health anxiety is just hypochondria."
00:16:23 "You need to grieve the life you had before."
00:22:05 "Self-care will help manage your chronic illness."
00:22:32 "Your mindset affects your physical health, so just work on your mindset."
00:22:50 "If therapy isn't working for you, you just have the wrong therapist."
CONCLUSION:
00:28:10 Connect with Kati Morton online and read her books
00:30:41 Thank you for listening, subscribing, and calling in sick with us!
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