When Withdrawal Makes You Feel Like an Outsider

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. 🙏

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. 🙏

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. 🙏

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. 🙏

When Withdrawal Makes You Feel Like an Outsider

💌 Join my email list for a free 1-1 call with me: https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet [https://lifeaftermeds.com/meet] Relational disconnect is one of the most common and most painful parts of withdrawal, and one of the least talked about. In this video I share what that disconnect actually is, why it happens, and what it looked like for me on both sides of it. Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/feeling-disconnected-in-withdrawal [https://lifeaftermeds.com/feeling-disconnected-in-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 Withdrawal Cuts You Off 01:15 What Relational Disconnect Feels Like 03:46 It Is Not You 05:08 How to Talk to the People Around You 06:55 Your Inner Circle 08:23 Give Yourself Grace 09:24 What Comes Back 10:53 Life on the Other Side 11:58 Take Heart 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. 🙏