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The Gaslit Truth Podcast

Dr. Teralyn Sell & Therapist Jenn Schmitz

The Gaslit Truth Podcast is a mental health podcast hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, focused on psychiatric medication harm, withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz bring clinical experience, research literacy, and compassionate honesty to conversations about psychiatric medication withdrawal, tapering strategies, the psychology of dependence, and the long-term impacts of mental health treatment.The Gaslit Truth Podcast

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45:37

Antidepressants Steal Your Sexuality and Humanity |...

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2025/08/12

Send us a text What happens when the medication prescribed to help you ends up stealing fundamental aspects of your humanity? We sit down with Cael, a courageous 22-year-old who sought help for college anxiety at 19 and ended up trapped in a web of psychiatric medications that permanently altered his ability to feel emotions and experience physical pleasure. His story exposes the devastating reality of Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction, a condition that affects one in every 216 antidepressant user...

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62:51

Kim Witczak Exposes Dangerous Drug Practices: SSRI,...

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2025/08/05

Send us a text How can a seemingly harmless prescription for a sleep aid turn fatal? When Kim Witczak's husband Woody died by suicide after just five weeks on Zoloft—a medication prescribed not for depression, but for trouble sleeping—she was thrust into an unexpected role as a pharmaceutical safety advocate. Her journey from successful advertising executive to FDA committee member reveals the shocking truth about how drug companies manipulate research, hide side effects, and prioritize profi...

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49:06

Breaking Free from Chronic Pain with Dr Clayton Dir...

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2025/07/29

Send us a text Have you been told your pain will never get better? That surgery is your only option? That you just need to learn to live with it? Dr. Clayton Durr, performance physical therapist who has worked with champion athletes across powerlifting, strongman, and CrossFit, joins the Gaslit Truth Podcast to challenge everything you've been told about chronic pain. Sharing eye-opening insights from his practice, Dr. Durr reveals how our own brains can create "anticipatory pain" even after...

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Sanity Before Vanity: Nutrition as Mental Health...

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2025/07/22

Send us a text Have you been conditioned to believe that nutrition's only purpose is weight management? This groundbreaking conversation with mental health nutritionist Dr. David Wiss shatters that myth, revealing how the food industry has deliberately gaslit us into focusing on calories rather than food quality. Drawing from his journey as a registered dietitian turned whistleblower, Dr. Wiss explains how he discovered troubling conflicts of interest in nutrition education. Food companies s...

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41:41

College Readiness: The Hidden Cost of Being...

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2025/07/15

Send us a text Mental health readiness is perhaps the most overlooked aspect of college preparation. While academic credentials and test scores dominate the conversation, students are rarely assessed for their emotional resilience and social readiness – the very skills that often determine their success. Our conversation with Joanna Lilley, a therapeutic consultant who works exclusively with college-aged young adults, reveals a troubling pattern. Many students who excel academically find the...

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47:22

Your ChatGPT Therapist Is Gaslighting You About...

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2025/07/08

Send us a text The AI therapy revolution promises accessible mental healthcare at your fingertips, but is this technological quick fix actually gaslighting us all? In this revealing exploration, we test ChatGPT's capabilities as a Freudian therapist and uncover both the appeal and the deeply concerning limitations of algorithm-based mental health support. When we prompted ChatGPT to analyze feelings of loneliness and depression, it responded with surprisingly eloquent and validating language...

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58:57

Psych Nurse Blows the Whistle on Psychiatry's...

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2025/07/01

Send us a text What happens when a decorated psychiatric nurse discovers the medications he's been administering for years might be causing more harm than good? David Wayne's world turned upside down in 2017—ironically the same year he won his hospital's Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award—when he read Robert Whitaker's "Anatomy of an Epidemic" and could no longer ignore the troubling evidence about psychiatric medications. David takes us behind the scenes of hospital psychiatry, revealin...

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54:47

ECT the Shocking Truth: How Psychiatry Turns Brain...

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2025/06/24

Send us a text Have you ever wondered what really happens during electroconvulsive therapy? Not what's shown in glossy brochures or described in sanitized consent forms, but the raw, unfiltered truth from someone who's experienced it firsthand? In this eye-opening conversation, we're joined by Deborah Schwartzkopff, a retired level one trauma nurse and the founder of ECT Justice, who pulls back the curtain on the psychiatric treatment that continues to be promoted as safe and effective despi...

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53:13

The Mental healthcare system almost killed me, but...

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2025/06/17

Send us a text What happens when the very system designed to heal you becomes the source of your deepest trauma? Sarah Trueb's life changed forever when, at just 39 years old, she suffered a stroke after years of medication mismanagement and medical dismissal. Once a successful massage therapist helping others heal, Sarah found herself fighting for her own survival against a healthcare system determined to label her physical symptoms as "all in her head." Sarah's journey began with seeking h...

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62:11

Suicide Swatted: The Dark Side of Psychiatric Human...

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2025/06/10

Send us a text What happens when institutions weaponize psychiatric care to silence whistleblowers? In this eye-opening conversation, former community college professor Gina Fournier shares her traumatic experience with what she terms "psychiatric human trafficking" – a harrowing journey that began when she questioned academic standards at her workplace. Gina's story unfolds like a dystopian nightmare – she was "suicide swatted" by her employer after speaking out, resulting in forced detenti...

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38:05

Your Complete Guide to Medication Tapering: The Final...

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2025/06/03

Send us a text You've been gaslit into believing medication tapering means cutting pills in half and taking them every other day until you're done. The reality? Your brain requires a much more sophisticated approach. In this final installment of our medication tapering series, we reveal the neurological science behind why standard tapering methods fail so many patients. Discover what's actually happening as your brain's receptors adjust when medication levels change, and why those challengin...

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52:52

Medication Tapering: Knowledge is Power Pt 2

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2025/05/27

Send us a text Ready to break free from psychiatric medications? The journey isn't simple, but it is possible—and we're here to guide you through the complex reality of medication tapering in this revealing second installment of our deprescribing series. Many people believe they're destined to take antidepressants forever, a misconception often reinforced by healthcare providers with limited knowledge about deprescribing. The truth? Tapering off psychiatric medications requires a thoughtful,...

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54:02

Prepare Your Brain for Psych Med Tapering: The 90-Day...

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2025/05/20

Send us a text ⚠️ Ready to stop your psych meds? Don’t make a move until you’ve heard this. In this powerful episode of The Gaslit Truth Podcast, Deprescribing Consultants Dr. Teralyn and Jenn reveal the science-backed truth behind what your brain really needs before tapering off psychiatric medications. 💥 Spoiler: It’s not just about cutting pills. It’s about rebuilding what meds may have depleted — your neurotransmitters, your nutrient stores, your resilience. You’ll learn: Why amino

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59:48

Are we all MAD IN AMERICA? with Robert Whitaker, Mad...

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2025/05/13

Send us a text The truth about psychiatric medications is far more troubling than most people realize. In this eye-opening conversation with medical journalist Bob Whitaker, founder of Mad in America and author of groundbreaking books challenging psychiatric orthodoxy, we uncover the deceptive science behind the "chemical imbalance" theory and how it has harmed countless patients. Whitaker shares his personal journey from conventional medical reporter to psychiatric whistleblower after disco...

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52:53

EMDR: Because Talk Therapy Alone Can Make Trauma...

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2025/05/06

Send us a text Talking about trauma doesn't always lead to healing – in fact, it can sometimes make things worse. This groundbreaking episode features EMDR expert Jeremy Fox, who reveals why traditional talk therapy approaches sometimes fall short when treating trauma and introduces a powerful alternative. Jeremy explains how Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) works through a fundamentally different mechanism than conventional therapy. Rather than having clients deeply imme...

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42:31

Your Blood Sugar Problems Might Be Your...

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2025/04/29

Send us a text "Is your pancreas suddenly malfunctioning, or could it be your antidepressant?" That's the question at the heart of this explosive episode where we reveal the shocking disconnect between existing research and what medical providers tell patients about SSRI side effects. When co-host Jen called her doctor about concerning blood glucose results during her Lexapro taper, she was immediately shut down with "No, that can't be related to your medication." But as we uncover, multiple...

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61:14

Gaslit Into Taking My Own Medical Advice with Nicole...

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2025/04/22

Send us a text What happens when a medical professional becomes the victim of the very medications they once prescribed? Nicole Lamberson, physician assistant and medical director for the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, takes us through her harrowing journey from stressed PA student to polypharmacy casualty to powerful advocate for medication safety. Nicole's story begins with work-related anxiety during PA school that led to a prescription for Xanax. What followed was a five-year nigh...

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62:51

Gaslit Into Medicating Normal with Angie Peacock

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2025/04/15

Send us a text Angie Peacock's life changed forever when she sought psychiatric help after serving in Iraq. What followed was a 13-year nightmare on more than 40 psychiatric medications simultaneously – a pharmaceutical regimen that robbed her of her identity, relationships, and basic functioning. "I completely got robbed of my twenties and thirties," Angie reveals, describing how she lost the ability to shower, read, or even watch TV while heavily medicated. Her medical records ultimately l...

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42:11

Do Kids Really Belong in a Therapists Office?

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2025/04/08

Send us a textThe decision to send your child to therapy seems like responsible parenting, but what if that choice follows them long after childhood ends? As licensed therapists ourselves, we're pulling back the curtain on a troubling reality that few professionals discuss openly.Mental health diagnoses given to children as young as six or seven years old don't simply disappear when therapy ends. These labels become permanent parts of medical records that can affect military applications,

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61:13

Disrupting Mental Healthcare Norms: with Raquel...

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2025/04/01

Send us a text Three therapists pull back the curtain on an uncomfortable truth: the mental health industry often keeps us trapped in cycles of symptom management rather than helping us truly thrive. "The Capacity Expert" Raquel Hopkins joins Dr. Tara Lynn and Therapist Jen to challenge mainstream mental health narratives that have created an emotionally fragile culture. With her unique background transitioning from corporate HR to therapy, Raquel brings a refreshingly critical perspective t...

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