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Losing Your Confidence in Psych Drug Withdrawal

9 min · 30 de jun de 2026
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💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] In withdrawal, confidence can almost completely vanish. I want to explain the reasons it drops so hard, why the alien feeling isn't your trajectory, and why you are still in there. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal [https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country] * 00:00 When Confidence Disappears * 00:27 On the Other Side * 01:09 Why It Falls Apart * 01:41 Disconnected from Yourself * 02:40 Can't Remember, Can't Connect * 05:23 Not Your Trajectory * 05:57 It Comes Back Like Christmas * 06:44 Glimpses of What's Coming * 08:10 You're Still in There * 08:41 You Are on Your Way Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

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Portada del episodio Losing Your Confidence in Psych Drug Withdrawal

Losing Your Confidence in Psych Drug Withdrawal

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] In withdrawal, confidence can almost completely vanish. I want to explain the reasons it drops so hard, why the alien feeling isn't your trajectory, and why you are still in there. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal [https://lifeaftermeds.com/losing-your-confidence-in-psychiatric-drug-withdrawal] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country] * 00:00 When Confidence Disappears * 00:27 On the Other Side * 01:09 Why It Falls Apart * 01:41 Disconnected from Yourself * 02:40 Can't Remember, Can't Connect * 05:23 Not Your Trajectory * 05:57 It Comes Back Like Christmas * 06:44 Glimpses of What's Coming * 08:10 You're Still in There * 08:41 You Are on Your Way Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

30 de jun de 20269 min
Portada del episodio DPDR (Depersonalization and Derealization, aka feeling unreal)

DPDR (Depersonalization and Derealization, aka feeling unreal)

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] I went through depersonalization and derealization (DPDR) in withdrawal, and it was terrifying. Here I share what these symptoms actually are, why the brain does this during healing, why most people aren't haunted by it after it's over, and how to hold on while you're in it. Blog version: lifeaftermeds.com [https://lifeaftermeds.com/when-withdrawal-makes-the-world-feel-unreal] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are support hotlines around the world [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country]. Chapters * 00:00 When You Feel Unreal * 00:35 Creeped Out in Withdrawal * 01:14 Floating Above Your Body * 02:18 After Every Drop * 02:46 A Fly Buzzes By * 03:55 When It's Done, It's Done * 05:29 That Feeling of Doom * 06:28 What the Fever Means * 07:21 Back and Forth, Then Steady * 08:22 Just Running Its Course * 09:41 It Will Flow Again Heads up: This channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

29 de jun de 202610 min
Portada del episodio You Are Not What This Wave Is Telling You

You Are Not What This Wave Is Telling You

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] If I'm in a withdrawal wave right now, the negative thoughts can feel completely real. In this video I talk about what those thoughts actually are, why my brain makes them, and what's true even when I can't feel it. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/what-your-brain-is-doing-in-a-withdrawal-wave [https://lifeaftermeds.com/what-your-brain-is-doing-in-a-withdrawal-wave] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country] 00:57 The Thoughts That Feel True But Aren't, 02:43 Naming What This Actually Is, 03:42 Why Your Brain Writes Dark Stories, 05:21 What Is True About You, 06:17 What a Window Shows You, 07:54 I Couldn't See It Either, 08:58 You Will Re-Emerge Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

17 de jun de 20269 min
Portada del episodio Shame, Guilt, and Spiritual Disconnect In Withdrawal

Shame, Guilt, and Spiritual Disconnect In Withdrawal

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] In this conversation, we share what we learned through our own healing: that spiritual disconnect is a symptom of the injury, not a sign of failed faith, and that the feeling of connection comes back. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/shame-guilt-spiritual-disconnect-during-withdrawal [https://lifeaftermeds.com/shame-guilt-spiritual-disconnect-during-withdrawal] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country] * 00:00 A Taboo We Need to Talk About * 02:31 When Every Relationship Goes Quiet * 04:00 "When Will the Spiritual Part Grow Back" * 06:29 Your Brain Is Hunting for Blame * 09:25 Checkbox Faith, Dark Woods, Real Joy * 16:28 The Lie That You're Being Punished * 19:41 Old Wrongs on a Loop * 24:59 Less Alone in the Aloneness * 28:43 Withdrawal Has an Expiration Date Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

16 de jun de 202632 min
Portada del episodio What Nobody Tells You to Prepare Before Tapering

What Nobody Tells You to Prepare Before Tapering

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] Before you begin tapering your psychiatric medication, there are a few things worth having in place. I walk through how to build a support system, what coping strategies can help you ride out the hard waves, and how to think through your lifestyle so you have real margin when it gets rough. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/before-you-start-tapering-support-coping-and-lifestyle-prep [https://lifeaftermeds.com/before-you-start-tapering-support-coping-and-lifestyle-prep] Was this video helpful? Leave a tip: https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips [https://lifeaftermeds.com/tips] If you're having thoughts of self-harm, here are the support hotlines around the world: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines#Crisis_line_organizations_by_country] 00:00 Prep Before You Taper 01:13 Who You Need in Your Corner 03:54 Building Support Mid-Taper 07:39 Groups and Withdrawal Buddies 09:40 Coping When Waves Hit 12:46 Lifestyle and Work Margins 16:21 Resources and What Your Body Can Do Heads up: this channel offers education, support, and community, not medical or therapy advice or services. Nothing here replaces professional care from a doctor or licensed mental health provider. By engaging with this channel, you accept full responsibility for your own choices and outcomes. No results are guaranteed. Full disclaimer: https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers [https://lifeaftermeds.com/disclaimers] 💬 Let's keep the comment section an encouraging and kind place. 🙏

15 de jun de 202617 min