+MyHarto I just replied to Kati on your video - so why not to you on hers. THANK YOU so much for these two videos. I really needed them, and I really needed to know about Kati's channel. Why does it never occur to us to look on youtube for what we need? Thank you Hannah for showing me. Now finding a resource for my diagnosis is on my to-done list for the day!
+MyHarto I'm so happy that both of you made a video together. You both give me so much happiness and encouragement. Thank you so much for everything. x
+MyHarto I found Kati just last month when I was having a hard time and she really really helped, I'm so glad you found her too and introduced her to a broader audience!
Another great mood booster, other than watching this vid normally, would be to watch the first 8 seconds at half speed and then the last 5 seconds. If you have time, just watch the whole video at half speed
I watched one of Hannah's videos YEARS ago where she talked about making a "to done" list and it's stuck with me ever since. I find that even just mentally saying to yourself, "Yeah but thing of all the things you did do today. Like hey, you're still breathing at least, good job," when you're freaking out about your to do list can be super helpful.
When I journal, I JOURNAL. I can go months writing every single day. But once I miss a day I can go years without writing a word. Glad to report I recently started back at school and haven't missed a day of journaling yet. I just think it's important to document my time here.
+izzy120391 I do this ALL the time. I bought a calendar, just to keep my life tidy, not to document feelings... but i would write what i did so that i could remember and so i could see all i accomplished in a day. But if I miss even one day I fall completely out of the habit. I used my last callander January and February and i've barely touched it since.
Emily Stockwell it is the WORST. Starting up again is the hardest... Use today to whip that calendar back out and start writing again! Start a new streak! You can do it! Gold star!
+izzy120391 but how do you do it? Like how do you start it could you pretend to write one rn just the beginning as an example if you don't mind Ofc but if you do I understand
manal m I just write what happened that day. Don't try to "catch up" with however long you've missed. Just write. Sometimes, I find it helpful to set a five minute timer. The goal is to not stop writing until it beeps. Write "blah blah" if you have to. Just write! :)
so cool that you two got to collab! what a great video! i used to be really good about journaling, but i'm trying to get back to it because it was such a great self care method
+Kati Morton (Mental Health Vlogger) I like to write lists too and a way i have found to make a list of to do's and to done at the same time...BULLET JOURNALING. Check it out. I love it!
I wanna put this out there: i hadn't herd of thought dropping before this vid, but its actually something Ive been doing for a while. I use the notes app on my phone... I titled (actually i have multiple note things...) it "Things I don't say on Fb" or "shower stories" etc.. i love this idea and it does really help. If i start feeling over whelmed with thoughts, i write them down cause they seem cool, and then after i actually feel quite a lot better... Well just wanted to say that and now it has been said. :)
How on Earth do you NOT have more subscribers?! I just watched your collab with Hannah & I love your whole approach and attitude. I wish I could have sessions with you! Thank you for what you do. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I don't think it's talked about enough, but I appreciate it when it is. So excited I have found and subbed to your channel! :)
Journaling is easy when you have something to write about. In June 2012 I started one for every time I (regretfully) self harmed. Every single time I had to write my thoughts and feelings down so I - initially - could look back and be like "woah I don't feel like that anymore". Granted it has taken me 3 years to get to that point and it is still really hard to read, I need to be careful because it can trigger me back into that head space, but it's also funny to me how such trivial things really get to you when your mind is just so toxic with negative thoughts. It also did include happy thoughts but they were few and far between.
+Teela Louise on another note, I no longer need to write things down in that journal things so I have conversations with myself about my head space. Not in a murmuring under your breath way but literally talking in my head as if I was talking to another person (my god it sounds so sad) but it's so easy especially when you feel you have no one you can trust. It makes you clear your head and more often than not I just forget about what I was thinking about when I wake up the next day bc you have dealt with it. Rationalize your thoughts and move on.
what also can help you if you're having a bad time is when you get a compliment write it down and then when you're feeling not so great, you can look back at the book at think, well, these people told me these things, they must be true!
Kati reminds me so much of my therapist and it's really comforting to find this channel when I'm going through a hard time right now. I'm relapsing back into depression and it's been rough, but I'm surviving!
Oh my god I am obsessed with lists and journals! I love this Video so much it gave me so much ideas for new lists and what I actually can do by myself to feel better. Thanks Kati!
I've found it super helpful to try to realize when I'm having one of those "negative thought spirals" of those common negative thoughts I have about myself to literally think of a giant stop sign in my head and say "STOP!" and then re-read or call to mind those positive talk backs to remind myself that the negative thoughts aren't true. In the past I've even written some of those positive things on a poster and stuck it to my bathroom mirror or any place I'll see it often. Hope this helps someone! You will make it through today--you've already made it through 100% of your days so far!
A gratitude journal can be awesome too. If you take a few minutes everyday to write down at least three things your grateful for, after awhile you'll start to retrain the neural pathways in your brain to look for the positive instead of the negative. I think it takes around 27 days to really become a habit, and I haven't been consistent enough with it yet, but it can make you feel instantly more positive.
This makes me so happy! This is also my first youtube comment ever. I've been watching MDK from the beginning and have loved the progression to self love and progressive personal action. I've struggled with depression my whole life and made a deal with myself on my last birthday (29), to become the healthiest me by 30. The first step is unraveling the workings of my brain, and subscribing to your channel is going to help so much. I journal very tangentially, but find it helps me so much. Having a weekly prompt will aid so much in my journey. Thank you both!
Yes to this! I combine longer diary journaling, idea journaling, to do lists all in one place, been doing that for a few years now, and this year started using a adapted version of the bullet journal system. And it really helps! I even make work/study lists with points to do, chapters to write, etc, on paper, so I can cross them out - there is almost nothing as satisfying as looking back at pages of to-do things that are all crossed out.
I've been making to-done lists every day since I started watching Hannah's videos and it has really helped me so much! I always go back to her channel when I'm feeling down and it never fails to brighten my day. She truly is an amazing human being!
I'm a college student and journaling helps me so much. Whenever I'm having a hard time with depression or anxiety writing my feelings (in a ranting sort of way) honestly helps so much. Love the journaling tips in this video, you've got a new subscriber ☺️
Even though this video is 2 years old, today couldn't have been a more fitting time for me to have come across it. I lost my job in July, am a single mom & have been struggling emotionally as well as financially, especially now with Christmas coming. I have 2 journals that I got with a gift card from last Christmas, but haven't written a single word in either of them because I never feel like my thoughts are "journal worthy" (which I realize is ironically, probably something I should actually address in a journal). So thank you for making this video!
I am SO GLAD Hannah made a video with you because now I'm here and I'm excited about joining your community. Not enough people care about mental health here at home in Indonesia, and I really want to be one of the "messengers" (?) just to raise awareness and make lives better. Thank you for starting this channel, Kati! You seem wonderful.
Oddly enough I got this tip from a fiction writing class. When I took this class, I was going through stuff. My emotions were just too big. I didn't really know what to do with them or even how I was "supposed" to feel. So I gave them to someone else. I wrote down every thing I was going through and feeling but as if it was happening to someone else. It was a tip we were given in the class for finding inspiration. But it really helped me sort through what I was going through. Also it allowed me to feel/discuss the feelings I really felt without guilt or whatever. I only did it for a few months. Mostly because eventually I reached a place where I could acknowledge my experiences and emotions and be okay with it.
OMG Kati your channel has come so far. Love that you got to collab with Hannah. You have helped me and so many others over the past few years and I know the community will just keep growing! Thanks for helping us break the stigma :)
Very very very interesting video! I used to write a lot when I was in high school but slowly stopped. Your suggestions make me want to start again! Plus, you just earned yourself a new subscriber :)
One of my favourite feelings is buying a new pad even though i already have so many! As a regular viewer of Hannah's channel, she inspired me to start making the most of all these pads I have, but I always struggle to know what to use them for. And after one video I already have so many new ideas! Thank you! This definitely won't be the last video of yours that I watch. Subscribed!
Thanks to Hannah for doing collabs with you (hence my discovering this channel). And thank YOU for putting up this channel because it's the closest thing I can get to a therapist. I'm gonna spend my term break watching all of your videos. 😁
I am so glad I began watching Hannah because it has lead me to your page. I have dealt with mental illness my whole life. I loved this video. I used to write in a "diary" when I was younger and stopped but now I feel like I should start again.
Couldn't have come at a more perfect time. Both this video and the one on Hannah's. I've been dealing with a situation with a loved one who is just realizing/coming to terms with the fact that they may be suffering with bipolar disorder, so these videos and your channel may be a comforting segue into a process for help. Thank you.
I love the thought dropping idea. I really struggle with CBT worksheets, because my anxiety is unpredictable because it happens in social situations. For example, if I'm walking down the street and someone asks for the time I suddenly get really anxious and the anxiety takes over before I get a chance to deal with those thoughts. I think having a little journal on me at the time little things like that happen will help. That way I can jot down the thoughts, put them away, and deal with them later on - obviously I'll write them when I'm away from that person or others. It's really hard to do cbt worksheets when your anxiety happens suddenly and you forget the thoughts you have at the time, and they are so not convenient to carry around. If I'm in a group or out in public I think an easy way to do it would be to just go to the bathroom and write the thoughts down in the little journal and then go back to the social situation. :) This has been so helpful I can't wait to tell my therapist.
Oh my god, I'm so happy I got to this channel through hanna's channel. I love journaling but sometimes find it hard because of the different reasons o thoughts i want to get out. The tip about having different journals for different things just made my day! Kati you seem like a great therapist. I'm suscribing right now!
I use the note pad on my phone to write down thoughts, which works quick if I don't have paper handy. later on I've taken u copying my thoughts from my phone into a notebook, and while I did so I told myself why everything I was feeling was okay and that I wasn't as much of a failure as past-me thought. It was really helpful.
Great information from two great ladies. I have always been a journal keeper but have found in the past few years it's hard to keep up with a physical journal due to adhd, anxiety, being and adult, and a parent! Knowing how important it is to keep track of my thoughts in a tangible way has led me to find some 'journaling hacks'. 1.The app Google Keep is AMAZING for on the go 'Thought dropping'! It syncs across all your devices linked to a google account automatically, tada no more lost notes-to-self! 2. Sometime I'll use a voice recorder to get out the thoughts that are moving too fast to write down. Then I go back, listen to the recording and write down the most poignant thoughts. 3. Last one, write in a journal like a maniac, stream of consciousness, read back through my writing out loud and record what is worth repeating. Then listen to the recording to understand what I wrote about more consciously.
Ended up here from Hannah's channel and I am so happy to have found you. I love your style! I LOVE to journal - it is SO important in our journey of acceptance, discovery and awareness. Thanks for putting out great content!!!
I love these ideas! Personally I have always preferred the letter form of journaling. As a 9 year old, I didn't have a lot of peers I was close to, so I sort of created one. I named each of my journals from then on and would use the ideas I got in my journals as story starters for my short stories. I've been writing to Melody for many years. My journals are where I keep my poems, to do lists, reading challenges I'm doing and much more. My journals have always been my personal mobile scrapbooks. I print off photos, save tickets from plays and concerts I attend, various mementos from concerts I've sang in, Disney art, and more. In high school, I wrote to Celine Dion, letting her know how much her music means to me. Her Toronto office sent back a letter with perfume samples and other goodies. I still have the photo postcard she sent me. The only other separate journal I keep is my recovery one. But otherwise Melody is the space for everything else other than my original music. I also sketch in my journals, although my sketches aren't great. They look like child's play compared to my super talented art major sister's masterpieces. I'll have to upload some photos on your website so people can see how I decorate them. Over the years, I have learned to never be without a means to write and/or create music. Those two things are how I process literally everything in life.So I often stick Melody with me in my wheelchair.
What I like to do is draw things and write different quotes in with my journal. It sort of breaks it up and makes it so it's not just words but pictures and inspirational things!
I'm here from Hannah's channel and I have to say, this video was a great introduction to your channel. I subscribed as soon as I finished watching! I've been dealing with severe anxiety for a few years now and have thought about journaling for a while now but haven't started. I'm definitely going to give it a shot! I'm excited to be part of your community and look forward to starting me journaling journey :)
Can you please do a video on the fear of school? I have had general school anxiety for almost 2 years. The consulars are not helping. They are making it worse. The principal threatened to call child protected services. I am really scared. I don't want to be taken away from my family. Everyone in my house has a disorder of some sort, so I am very familiar with mental health disorders. I have just came across your channel and I thought I could see what you thought. If you don't see this, at least I got to write it down!
I am just so delighted to have found your channel Kati, and it's twice as special that it was through Hannah - videos like yours are so helpful, enlightening and make a huge difference in daily life... subscribed! :)
I write all of the time (poetry). Sometimes instead of writing poems I just journal. What I like to do when I'm stuck is I write down in story form everything that happened that day. Then all of the sudden I see myself writing down how I felt about certain things.
I have those moments when I need to just get my thoughts out, but rather than write it, I type it out on a word document on the computer. I don't like to save them often, but if I've made some kind of breakthrough or I've found a really great counterargument to a negative thought, I save those ones for future use. It's helpful for my anxiety :)
I keep a journal for my creative stuff, tons of lists of things (books I want to buy, etc), and my journal-journal. My therapist recommended making a "mood scale" (1-10), which I note in the front of every new journal, to help stay on track. At the beginning of each entry, next to the date, I rank my overall mood for that day. Then if I got upset or angry during the day, I'll also note those feelings in more detail while I'm writing. Knowing where I'm at, overall, on a day-to-day basis has been a great way to see if I'm sliding back into bad habits or depression! Then I can decide what might be contributing to these things and if I can do anything to change it.
you know what really helped me with everyday problems and issues, just to think a lot more positively are these videos of awakening with brahmakumaris, sister shivani. they've helped me through a lot, although they are mostly in hindi. they are good.
This video was lovely. Hannah's been a favorite of mine for years (discovering her channel helped me through a bad funk three years ago) and I recently subscribed to you as well because you're so helpful and reassuring and encouraging, so this is like a dream come true, haha. And very timely. To keep it semi-vague: I'm currently (with guidance from my psychiatrist) tapering off a benzo that my former doctor had me on waaaaay too long, and it's really hard. I think starting to journal like this would be a super-helpful tool in my self-care/recovery kit. Thank you so much!
I have this journal that I like to write down some interesting quotes so I can come back and think about them later and they also can make me feel better.
I love both of you Kati and Hannah and the to-done list is a great idea that inward of on the radio like 1-2 weeks again and it is an amazing idea that I just haven't had the motivation to do yet
This really helped me! I've been struggeling with anxiety and negative thoughts for a very long time and today I decided to get professional help! I might even start to journal :)
I just started doing some journaling....I have done bullet journaling for about a year now and that helps me to stay on track and make lists of what i need to do and see what i have accomplished. I dont always feels like journaling about my feelings or anything serious so I took some prompts from Wreck This Journal and did those. I actually will be buying a wreck this journal soon as they have lots of wacky fun creative ways to journal and allows me to do something fun, creative, and for myself.
never enough: thank you for this awesome video. I have problems with anxiety and today wasn't a good day and this helped me SO much. Will use your ideas and watch more of yoour great stuff Kati. How you interacted seemed so healthy and wonderful and progress-y. thank you again.
This helped me a lot! Thank you! My therapist talked a lot about talking back to those negative thoughts and you took it a step further on how to do that.☺️❤️
I'm so glad you two collabed so I found you! LOVE all of this and love the video you did on Hannah's channel! I actually LOVE journalling but it didn't start until my depression. I hate opening up (I'm working on that :)) but I love opening up in my journal!!
awe this related to me a lot. Especially with the self hate stuff. I find myself always thinking i'm not doing enough, but i have to stop and realize that i'm only doing my best, that is all that should matter. Gunna try journaling!
So amazing you got to do this collab! Such a great topic too. I'm the same in the sense I have different journals for different things which helps! I have a recovery/art journal which is basically anything mental health related where I throw everything, then I have a gratitude journal which is just an on going list of things I'm grateful for, a journal which is just a kind of diary where I write about life stuff sometimes, a quote journal and then a bunch of other notebooks for random things! #journaljunkie 😉
After seeing this, I'm going to get myself a little notebook for my desk at work, because the times when I'm working hard seem to be the times that my brain wanders the most. Hopefully that will help me to actually remember my thoughts after the fact, and to be able to analyse everything rationally afterwards. Thanks for the tip, guys!
Frederc! Love that episode, and Hannah's vlogs are really good when your feeling down. Yes, I always think of it as Frederic without a K. Thanks for the Journal tips, I keep trying to find out the best method of journaling.
I'm glad that Hannah had you on her channel so I could find you! I love that so far there are only likes on the video too. It says a lot about the type of viewer base you have. I can't wait to see more videos from you :).
Great video! Came here through Hannah's video and will definitely check out more of your Chanel :)! You seem so kind and nice and I loooove how you treat other persons
Thanks for having me, Kati! Hope to do more soon! It felt so great!
+MyHarto I just replied to Kati on your video - so why not to you on hers. THANK YOU so much for these two videos. I really needed them, and I really needed to know about Kati's channel. Why does it never occur to us to look on youtube for what we need? Thank you Hannah for showing me. Now finding a resource for my diagnosis is on my to-done list for the day!
+MyHarto I'm so happy that both of you made a video together. You both give me so much happiness and encouragement. Thank you so much for everything. x
+MyHarto I found Kati just last month when I was having a hard time and she really really helped, I'm so glad you found her too and introduced her to a broader audience!
You're awesome! Kati is awesome! Therefore your collabs can be nothing less than epic. ;) xo
Another great mood booster, other than watching this vid normally, would be to watch the first 8 seconds at half speed and then the last 5 seconds. If you have time, just watch the whole video at half speed
I watched one of Hannah's videos YEARS ago where she talked about making a "to done" list and it's stuck with me ever since. I find that even just mentally saying to yourself, "Yeah but thing of all the things you did do today. Like hey, you're still breathing at least, good job," when you're freaking out about your to do list can be super helpful.
When I journal, I JOURNAL. I can go months writing every single day. But once I miss a day I can go years without writing a word. Glad to report I recently started back at school and haven't missed a day of journaling yet. I just think it's important to document my time here.
+izzy120391 I do this ALL the time. I bought a calendar, just to keep my life tidy, not to document feelings... but i would write what i did so that i could remember and so i could see all i accomplished in a day. But if I miss even one day I fall completely out of the habit. I used my last callander January and February and i've barely touched it since.
Emily Stockwell it is the WORST. Starting up again is the hardest... Use today to whip that calendar back out and start writing again! Start a new streak! You can do it! Gold star!
+izzy120391 but how do you do it? Like how do you start it could you pretend to write one rn just the beginning as an example if you don't mind Ofc but if you do I understand
manal m I just write what happened that day. Don't try to "catch up" with however long you've missed. Just write. Sometimes, I find it helpful to set a five minute timer. The goal is to not stop writing until it beeps. Write "blah blah" if you have to. Just write! :)
+izzy120391 thank you for answering this is really helpful I really should try it now that I'm having a clearer idea about it
so cool that you two got to collab! what a great video! i used to be really good about journaling, but i'm trying to get back to it because it was such a great self care method
+Kati Morton (Mental Health Vlogger)
I like to write lists too and a way i have found to make a list of to do's and to done at the same time...BULLET JOURNALING. Check it out. I love it!
I wanna put this out there: i hadn't herd of thought dropping before this vid, but its actually something Ive been doing for a while. I use the notes app on my phone... I titled (actually i have multiple note things...) it "Things I don't say on Fb" or "shower stories" etc.. i love this idea and it does really help. If i start feeling over whelmed with thoughts, i write them down cause they seem cool, and then after i actually feel quite a lot better... Well just wanted to say that and now it has been said. :)
+Mandee You See I really like that... "Things I don't say on Fb" I think more people need that. :P
As someone who can't afford a therapist, psychiatrist, ect., I sincerely appreciate these videos so much. They help tremendously. Thank you, Kati!
How on Earth do you NOT have more subscribers?! I just watched your collab with Hannah & I love your whole approach and attitude. I wish I could have sessions with you! Thank you for what you do. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I don't think it's talked about enough, but I appreciate it when it is. So excited I have found and subbed to your channel! :)
Journaling is easy when you have something to write about. In June 2012 I started one for every time I (regretfully) self harmed. Every single time I had to write my thoughts and feelings down so I - initially - could look back and be like "woah I don't feel like that anymore". Granted it has taken me 3 years to get to that point and it is still really hard to read, I need to be careful because it can trigger me back into that head space, but it's also funny to me how such trivial things really get to you when your mind is just so toxic with negative thoughts.
It also did include happy thoughts but they were few and far between.
+Teela Louise on another note, I no longer need to write things down in that journal things so I have conversations with myself about my head space. Not in a murmuring under your breath way but literally talking in my head as if I was talking to another person (my god it sounds so sad) but it's so easy especially when you feel you have no one you can trust. It makes you clear your head and more often than not I just forget about what I was thinking about when I wake up the next day bc you have dealt with it. Rationalize your thoughts and move on.
what also can help you if you're having a bad time is when you get a compliment write it down and then when you're feeling not so great, you can look back at the book at think, well, these people told me these things, they must be true!
My two favorite youtubers doing a collab! (I never expected this)
Kati reminds me so much of my therapist and it's really comforting to find this channel when I'm going through a hard time right now. I'm relapsing back into depression and it's been rough, but I'm surviving!
Oh my god I am obsessed with lists and journals! I love this Video so much it gave me so much ideas for new lists and what I actually can do by myself to feel better. Thanks Kati!
I've found it super helpful to try to realize when I'm having one of those "negative thought spirals" of those common negative thoughts I have about myself to literally think of a giant stop sign in my head and say "STOP!" and then re-read or call to mind those positive talk backs to remind myself that the negative thoughts aren't true. In the past I've even written some of those positive things on a poster and stuck it to my bathroom mirror or any place I'll see it often. Hope this helps someone! You will make it through today--you've already made it through 100% of your days so far!
Kati Morton deserves a massive number of views. I mean, these vids could help many people. This is just so great!
A gratitude journal can be awesome too. If you take a few minutes everyday to write down at least three things your grateful for, after awhile you'll start to retrain the neural pathways in your brain to look for the positive instead of the negative. I think it takes around 27 days to really become a habit, and I haven't been consistent enough with it yet, but it can make you feel instantly more positive.
This makes me so happy! This is also my first youtube comment ever. I've been watching MDK from the beginning and have loved the progression to self love and progressive personal action. I've struggled with depression my whole life and made a deal with myself on my last birthday (29), to become the healthiest me by 30. The first step is unraveling the workings of my brain, and subscribing to your channel is going to help so much. I journal very tangentially, but find it helps me so much. Having a weekly prompt will aid so much in my journey. Thank you both!
So fun to see you two collabing, you both are amazing xx
Yes to this! I combine longer diary journaling, idea journaling, to do lists all in one place, been doing that for a few years now, and this year started using a adapted version of the bullet journal system. And it really helps! I even make work/study lists with points to do, chapters to write, etc, on paper, so I can cross them out - there is almost nothing as satisfying as looking back at pages of to-do things that are all crossed out.
I've been making to-done lists every day since I started watching Hannah's videos and it has really helped me so much! I always go back to her channel when I'm feeling down and it never fails to brighten my day. She truly is an amazing human being!
Two of my absolute favourite people in one video. I'm SO happy!!!
I'm a college student and journaling helps me so much. Whenever I'm having a hard time with depression or anxiety writing my feelings (in a ranting sort of way) honestly helps so much. Love the journaling tips in this video, you've got a new subscriber ☺️
Even though this video is 2 years old, today couldn't have been a more fitting time for me to have come across it. I lost my job in July, am a single mom & have been struggling emotionally as well as financially, especially now with Christmas coming. I have 2 journals that I got with a gift card from last Christmas, but haven't written a single word in either of them because I never feel like my thoughts are "journal worthy" (which I realize is ironically, probably something I should actually address in a journal). So thank you for making this video!
Oh my a collab with Hannah Hart!! How awesome, she's one of the few people who can get me to laugh on my really bad days.
I'm so so so glad I discovered your channel, I'm about to spend the rest of my evening watching some of your videos and I'm super excited about it :D
I'm so glad I found this channel through Hannah! What you're doing is so important so thank you. :)
Thank you for all your work you put into your videos and commenting back. Anyone would be lucky to find a therapist like you.
I am SO GLAD Hannah made a video with you because now I'm here and I'm excited about joining your community. Not enough people care about mental health here at home in Indonesia, and I really want to be one of the "messengers" (?) just to raise awareness and make lives better. Thank you for starting this channel, Kati! You seem wonderful.
Oddly enough I got this tip from a fiction writing class. When I took this class, I was going through stuff. My emotions were just too big. I didn't really know what to do with them or even how I was "supposed" to feel. So I gave them to someone else. I wrote down every thing I was going through and feeling but as if it was happening to someone else. It was a tip we were given in the class for finding inspiration. But it really helped me sort through what I was going through. Also it allowed me to feel/discuss the feelings I really felt without guilt or whatever. I only did it for a few months. Mostly because eventually I reached a place where I could acknowledge my experiences and emotions and be okay with it.
Thank you for bringing me here, Hannah!
OMG Kati your channel has come so far. Love that you got to collab with Hannah. You have helped me and so many others over the past few years and I know the community will just keep growing! Thanks for helping us break the stigma :)
Very very very interesting video! I used to write a lot when I was in high school but slowly stopped. Your suggestions make me want to start again! Plus, you just earned yourself a new subscriber :)
One of my favourite feelings is buying a new pad even though i already have so many! As a regular viewer of Hannah's channel, she inspired me to start making the most of all these pads I have, but I always struggle to know what to use them for. And after one video I already have so many new ideas! Thank you! This definitely won't be the last video of yours that I watch. Subscribed!
Thanks to Hannah for doing collabs with you (hence my discovering this channel). And thank YOU for putting up this channel because it's the closest thing I can get to a therapist. I'm gonna spend my term break watching all of your videos. 😁
I am so glad I began watching Hannah because it has lead me to your page. I have dealt with mental illness my whole life. I loved this video. I used to write in a "diary" when I was younger and stopped but now I feel like I should start again.
YASSS KATI! A VIDEO EVERY DAY AND A COLLAB WITH HANNAH !!! LIFE = MADE
I am so excited and proud that this channel is growing! mental health awareness all the way!
Aw two of my favorite people making such a fun and important video together. I LOVE IT!
Couldn't have come at a more perfect time. Both this video and the one on Hannah's. I've been dealing with a situation with a loved one who is just realizing/coming to terms with the fact that they may be suffering with bipolar disorder, so these videos and your channel may be a comforting segue into a process for help. Thank you.
The minute this video ended I found a journal to start responding to my negative self talk. Definitely subscribing for more of these ideas. Thank you!
I loveeeeeeeed this collab! I'm so going to make some to-done lists, amazing idea!
I'm super incredibly glad Hannah did a collab with you! I love journaling and it's always hard to jot things down and I'm super excited yay!
To done lists are the greatest thing I have ever taken away from Hannah's channel.
I love the thought dropping idea. I really struggle with CBT worksheets, because my anxiety is unpredictable because it happens in social situations. For example, if I'm walking down the street and someone asks for the time I suddenly get really anxious and the anxiety takes over before I get a chance to deal with those thoughts. I think having a little journal on me at the time little things like that happen will help. That way I can jot down the thoughts, put them away, and deal with them later on - obviously I'll write them when I'm away from that person or others. It's really hard to do cbt worksheets when your anxiety happens suddenly and you forget the thoughts you have at the time, and they are so not convenient to carry around. If I'm in a group or out in public I think an easy way to do it would be to just go to the bathroom and write the thoughts down in the little journal and then go back to the social situation. :) This has been so helpful I can't wait to tell my therapist.
Oh my god, I'm so happy I got to this channel through hanna's channel. I love journaling but sometimes find it hard because of the different reasons o thoughts i want to get out. The tip about having different journals for different things just made my day! Kati you seem like a great therapist. I'm suscribing right now!
I use the note pad on my phone to write down thoughts, which works quick if I don't have paper handy. later on I've taken u copying my thoughts from my phone into a notebook, and while I did so I told myself why everything I was feeling was okay and that I wasn't as much of a failure as past-me thought. It was really helpful.
Great information from two great ladies.
I have always been a journal keeper but have found in the past few years it's hard to keep up with a physical journal due to adhd, anxiety, being and adult, and a parent!
Knowing how important it is to keep track of my thoughts in a tangible way has led me to find some 'journaling hacks'.
1.The app Google Keep is AMAZING for on the go 'Thought dropping'! It syncs across all your devices linked to a google account automatically, tada no more lost notes-to-self!
2. Sometime I'll use a voice recorder to get out the thoughts that are moving too fast to write down. Then I go back, listen to the recording and write down the most poignant thoughts.
3. Last one, write in a journal like a maniac, stream of consciousness, read back through my writing out loud and record what is worth repeating. Then listen to the recording to understand what I wrote about more consciously.
Thank You for making such wonderfully inspiring content! :D
Ended up here from Hannah's channel and I am so happy to have found you. I love your style! I LOVE to journal - it is SO important in our journey of acceptance, discovery and awareness. Thanks for putting out great content!!!
You two have great chemistry! The conversation flows so effortlessly. You should do more stuff together - combine your forces of awesome!
I love these ideas! Personally I have always preferred the letter form of journaling. As a 9 year old, I didn't have a lot of peers I was close to, so I sort of created one. I named each of my journals from then on and would use the ideas I got in my journals as story starters for my short stories. I've been writing to Melody for many years. My journals are where I keep my poems, to do lists, reading challenges I'm doing and much more. My journals have always been my personal mobile scrapbooks. I print off photos, save tickets from plays and concerts I attend, various mementos from concerts I've sang in, Disney art, and more. In high school, I wrote to Celine Dion, letting her know how much her music means to me. Her Toronto office sent back a letter with perfume samples and other goodies. I still have the photo postcard she sent me. The only other separate journal I keep is my recovery one. But otherwise Melody is the space for everything else other than my original music. I also sketch in my journals, although my sketches aren't great. They look like child's play compared to my super talented art major sister's masterpieces. I'll have to upload some photos on your website so people can see how I decorate them. Over the years, I have learned to never be without a means to write and/or create music. Those two things are how I process literally everything in life.So I often stick Melody with me in my wheelchair.
I love Hannah she is authentic and I love her more now because she cares about mental health
What I like to do is draw things and write different quotes in with my journal. It sort of breaks it up and makes it so it's not just words but pictures and inspirational things!
Thank you for this video!!!! The second I saw Hannah I was like YASSSSSS MY BAE I RESPECT YOU SO MUCH😭😭😭
+Kati Morton (Mental Health Vlogger) it really helped me out of my journal block
I'm here from Hannah's channel and I have to say, this video was a great introduction to your channel. I subscribed as soon as I finished watching! I've been dealing with severe anxiety for a few years now and have thought about journaling for a while now but haven't started. I'm definitely going to give it a shot!
I'm excited to be part of your community and look forward to starting me journaling journey :)
Can you please do a video on the fear of school? I have had general school anxiety for almost 2 years. The consulars are not helping. They are making it worse. The principal threatened to call child protected services. I am really scared. I don't want to be taken away from my family. Everyone in my house has a disorder of some sort, so I am very familiar with mental health disorders. I have just came across your channel and I thought I could see what you thought. If you don't see this, at least I got to write it down!
Counsellor*
I am just so delighted to have found your channel Kati, and it's twice as special that it was through Hannah - videos like yours are so helpful, enlightening and make a huge difference in daily life... subscribed! :)
I write all of the time (poetry). Sometimes instead of writing poems I just journal. What I like to do when I'm stuck is I write down in story form everything that happened that day. Then all of the sudden I see myself writing down how I felt about certain things.
Wow this channel is such a great resource. I am already in therapy so this is an awesome supplement when I'm at home . Thank you!
So happy about this collab and such an important topic! Love you both.
I have those moments when I need to just get my thoughts out, but rather than write it, I type it out on a word document on the computer. I don't like to save them often, but if I've made some kind of breakthrough or I've found a really great counterargument to a negative thought, I save those ones for future use. It's helpful for my anxiety :)
I write a lot for work. So, when I journal, I usually draw. It helps me "see" what is going on in my head.
I keep a journal for my creative stuff, tons of lists of things (books I want to buy, etc), and my journal-journal. My therapist recommended making a "mood scale" (1-10), which I note in the front of every new journal, to help stay on track.
At the beginning of each entry, next to the date, I rank my overall mood for that day. Then if I got upset or angry during the day, I'll also note those feelings in more detail while I'm writing. Knowing where I'm at, overall, on a day-to-day basis has been a great way to see if I'm sliding back into bad habits or depression! Then I can decide what might be contributing to these things and if I can do anything to change it.
you know what really helped me with everyday problems and issues, just to think a lot more positively are these videos of awakening with brahmakumaris, sister shivani. they've helped me through a lot, although they are mostly in hindi. they are good.
omg my two favourite youtubers in one vid! thank you for this amazing gift!
This video was lovely. Hannah's been a favorite of mine for years (discovering her channel helped me through a bad funk three years ago) and I recently subscribed to you as well because you're so helpful and reassuring and encouraging, so this is like a dream come true, haha. And very timely. To keep it semi-vague: I'm currently (with guidance from my psychiatrist) tapering off a benzo that my former doctor had me on waaaaay too long, and it's really hard. I think starting to journal like this would be a super-helpful tool in my self-care/recovery kit. Thank you so much!
10,000 views Kati!!!!! I'm so happy for you.
Also smiled the whole way through this. Love you both.
I have this journal that I like to write down some interesting quotes so I can come back and think about them later and they also can make me feel better.
I love both of you Kati and Hannah and the to-done list is a great idea that inward of on the radio like 1-2 weeks again and it is an amazing idea that I just haven't had the motivation to do yet
This really helped me! I've been struggeling with anxiety and negative thoughts for a very long time and today I decided to get professional help! I might even start to journal :)
This was so super helpful :) I love seeing my two favourite people on UA-cam sharing such important information!!! Love you both xo
great tips! definitely will be using some (or all) of these tips. I'd never thought of a separate journals idea, thanks Katin& Hanna!
haha I meant KATI & HANNAH
New subscriber! I'm so glad I've been introduced to your videos. Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful advice!
Came here from Hannah's page. So nice to meet you!
So many videos in the last couple of days. They really make my day, thanks ♥
This is great! Two of my favorite people in the same video!
I just started doing some journaling....I have done bullet journaling for about a year now and that helps me to stay on track and make lists of what i need to do and see what i have accomplished. I dont always feels like journaling about my feelings or anything serious so I took some prompts from Wreck This Journal and did those. I actually will be buying a wreck this journal soon as they have lots of wacky fun creative ways to journal and allows me to do something fun, creative, and for myself.
never enough: thank you for this awesome video. I have problems with anxiety and today wasn't a good day and this helped me SO much. Will use your ideas and watch more of yoour great stuff Kati. How you interacted seemed so healthy and wonderful and progress-y. thank you again.
This helped me a lot! Thank you! My therapist talked a lot about talking back to those negative thoughts and you took it a step further on how to do that.☺️❤️
Ahh how did I not know about this channel before?! It's exactly what I need in my life. Amazing ❤
I love how fun this video through this semi-serious topic. You two are great. Thanks for all the good tips!
I'm so glad you two collabed so I found you! LOVE all of this and love the video you did on Hannah's channel! I actually LOVE journalling but it didn't start until my depression. I hate opening up (I'm working on that :)) but I love opening up in my journal!!
Going to try hard to use (and stick with) the responses to thoughts about self tip. So glad to have found your channel though Hannah.
So glad I found your channel, thank you Hannah!!!
I really liked this!! I'm going to start a journal. THANK YOU LOVE YOU
I'm from Hannah's channel and I just wanted to let you know that I really like you and the way you think :) x
awe this related to me a lot. Especially with the self hate stuff. I find myself always thinking i'm not doing enough, but i have to stop and realize that i'm only doing my best, that is all that should matter. Gunna try journaling!
So amazing you got to do this collab! Such a great topic too. I'm the same in the sense I have different journals for different things which helps! I have a recovery/art journal which is basically anything mental health related where I throw everything, then I have a gratitude journal which is just an on going list of things I'm grateful for, a journal which is just a kind of diary where I write about life stuff sometimes, a quote journal and then a bunch of other notebooks for random things! #journaljunkie 😉
What an amazingly cool video! And I watch them all. Kati Morton you are awesome!
My creative writing teacher makes us journal. It's really fun. Now that I have found your channel, I'm going to use your journal videos for ideas.
ahhh kati your channel has grown so much since i first subscribed to you!!!
After seeing this, I'm going to get myself a little notebook for my desk at work, because the times when I'm working hard seem to be the times that my brain wanders the most. Hopefully that will help me to actually remember my thoughts after the fact, and to be able to analyse everything rationally afterwards. Thanks for the tip, guys!
IM SO HAPPY THIS HAPPENED
love ur videos. I am bipolar
2 and u have helped me understand it little
both of your vids were awesomeee. thank you. best part of the day xxx
Frederc! Love that episode, and Hannah's vlogs are really good when your feeling down. Yes, I always think of it as Frederic without a K. Thanks for the Journal tips, I keep trying to find out the best method of journaling.
This video was so amazing and so helpful 😊 Katie, you always help me out so much! thankyou!!! Keep doing what you're doing!!! ❤❤
OMG! Hannah Hart! This is such a great surprise!
I'm glad that Hannah had you on her channel so I could find you! I love that so far there are only likes on the video too. It says a lot about the type of viewer base you have. I can't wait to see more videos from you :).
I've never been good at journaling, but this video makes me want to try again! Great video! I
Great video! Came here through Hannah's video and will definitely check out more of your Chanel :)! You seem so kind and nice and I loooove how you treat other persons
Great video. So happy to have found your channel via Hannah... happily subscribing!