Is This Bad Advice for Managing Chronic Illness? (ft. Kati Morton)

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! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stay connected and follow us on socials for more! • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/callinginsickpod/ • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@callinginsickpod • Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558234607568 • Substack - https://substack.com/@callinginsickpod? Connect with our guest, Kati Morton! • Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/katimorton/ • TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@katimorton • YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/KatiMorton • Podcast (Ask Kati Anything) - https://www.youtube.com/@askkatianything • Website - https://katimorton.com/ • Buy her latest book here - https://amzn.to/3RYiSDG ---------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: Just Media House -- https://www.justmediahouse.com/ Produced by: Alexandra Wildeson — https://www.instagram.com/alexandrawildeson/ #ChronicIllnessMentalHealth #KatiMorton #BadAdvice #ChronicIllness #HealthAnxiety #ToxicPositivity #MentalHealth #TherapyTools #Acceptance #ChronicIllnessAdvice #SpoonieLife #InvisibleIllness #Perfectionism #PeoplePleasing #ChronicPain #Mindfulness #SelfCare #WellnessCulture #CallingInSickPodcast #AlexWildeson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices