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In this video I talk about the fear that withdrawal is ruining your career, relationships, or life stage, why that feeling is so common, and why what feels hopeless right now is not a predictor of your future.

Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/when-withdrawal-stalls-your-life

• 00:00 So Stuck I Couldn't Move
• 01:55 A Screeching Halt Mid Life
• 02:39 Careers, Kids, Marriage On Hold
• 04:26 This Isn't Ruining Your Path
• 05:13 Good You Cannot Feel Yet
• 06:56 What Suffering Can Deepen
• 09:04 My Own Transformation
• 10:28 Fears Aren't Predictions

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In this video I share why withdrawal can swing you between huge fear and total flatness, what your nervous system is doing as it tries to regulate, and the grounding, co-regulation, and routines that helped me heal.

Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/why-withdrawal-brings-huge-fear-or-total-flatness

• 00:00 Bigger Fear Than Ever
• 01:22 Chased By A Tiger
• 03:56 Waterlogged And Shut Down
• 05:59 The Calm Center Ahead
• 07:28 You Cannot Rush Healing
• 09:18 Pacing, Water, Bare Feet
• 11:59 Borrowing A Calm Voice
• 13:56 Accept, Then Build Routines
• 16:32 My Body Came Back
• 17:54 Still On The Journey

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In this video I share a mindset shift that helped me through withdrawal, how to hold both the reality of the injury and the hope of becoming a survivor, and why this process, though it feels endless, is finite.

Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/survivor-mindset

• 00:00 A Word On Mindset
• 01:12 So Incredibly Blindsided
• 02:49 An Injury, Not A Failing
• 03:23 The Pull Toward Victimhood
• 05:01 Tools Learned From Others
• 06:33 Holding Onto 'Survivor'
• 08:48 So Much Life After This
• 09:31 You Are A Survivor

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In this video I share why withdrawal can swing you between huge fear and total flatness, what your nervous system is doing as it tries to regulate, and the grounding, co-regulation, and routines that helped me heal.

Blog version: https://lifeaftermeds.com/why-withdrawal-symptoms-come-and-go

• 00:00 The Pattern You Cannot Predict
• 01:32 A Story Of Coming Out The Other Side
• 02:11 Two Jobs Your Brain Is Doing
• 04:54 One Little Stick, Not A Tree
• 07:01 You Cannot Rush A Plant
• 09:23 Dirty Windows And Clear Ones
• 11:28 Lean In Full Tilt
• 13:42 Why You Forget The Other State
• 14:27 You Aren't Alone

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I share a bunch of ideas for coping through a bad wave in psychiatric drug withdrawal, plus some encouragement if you're in the middle of one right now.

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Video chapters:

• 00:00 — Coping Through a Bad Wave
• 04:39 — When Thoughts Go Haywire
• 09:50 — Pillows and Grounding
• 10:23 — Dishes and Laundry in Slow Motion
• 13:26 — Sticky Notes to Your Future Self
• 14:31 — Borrowing Someone Else's Calm
• 20:35 — Tears That Are Actually Healing
• 23:51 — A Dog With a Bone
• 28:16 — Hang In There With Me

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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