Living with a Narcissistic Mother? Reclaim Your Identity

About this episode

Kati Morton discusses advanced mental health treatments and strategies for reclaiming identity from narcissistic parents.

Struggling with treatment-resistant depression or trying to recover from narcissistic parents and a lost sense of identity? In this episode, Katie Morton, LMFT, explores advanced mental health treatments and provides a roadmap for healing from complicated family dynamics. Whether you are dealing with "sticky memories," navigating a schizoaffective disorder diagnosis, or looking for ways to manage the physical toll of trauma on your gut, this deep dive offers practical tools to help you reclaim your life. We also discuss the power of boundaries and the vital role sleep plays in regulating anxiety. Shopping with our sponsors helps support Ask Kati Anything. Please check out this week's special offers: • Magnesium promotes relaxation and more restful sleep - visit https://bioptimizers.com/kati for 15% off any order • Care.com: Get 20% off a subscription or a senior care advisor plan at https://www.care.com/ using code KATI Chapters 00:00:49 – Q1: Creating Perspective in Severe Depression A viewer struggling with autism and treatment-resistant depression asks how to find small moments to live for when every task feels like "climbing Mount Everest." 00:14:17 – Q2: Recovering Identity…

People in this episode

Host: Kati Morton

Topics covered

• narcissistic parents
• identity recovery
• mental health
• treatment-resistant depression
• boundaries
• sleep and anxiety

Keywords

• mental health treatments
• family dynamics
• trauma
• gut health
• schizoaffective disorder

Sponsors

BiOptimizers, Care.com

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Magnesium

Books & works: Ask Kati Anything, DSM, The Connection Between Trauma and the Gut, Why Do I Keep Doing, psychology

Places: Mount Everest

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