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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 tissues have healed—and how the medical system often fails to address this crucial disconnect.

Through powerful patient stories, Dr. Durr demonstrates how something as simple as validation and proper movement can eliminate pain that multiple doctors dismissed as permanent. He breaks down the problematic profit-driven algorithm most pain patients experience: doctor visit → X-ray → opioids → injections → surgery, noting that 50% of back surgeries show no improvement in outcomes. 

The conversation dives deep into dry needling, a game-changing technique often confused with acupuncture, that provides immediate relief by disrupting muscle spasms and giving patients a "therapeutic window" to begin proper healing. Dr. Durr explains why this approach, though highly effective, remains underutilized in a system that financially rewards surgeries and medications over lasting solutions.

Most importantly, this episode offers hope where the traditional medical system often fails to. As Dr. Durr emphasizes, "The pain may not be your fault, but it's your responsibility." By understanding how your body actually heals and finding providers who truly put patients first, you can break free from the narrative that your pain defines your future.

Ready to challenge what you've been told about your chronic pain? Listen now and discover why hope might be the most powerful pain management tool we have.

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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 sponsor webinars about the "safety" of high fructose corn syrup while promoting the oversimplified calories-in-calories-out model that keeps us trapped in diet mentality. Meanwhile, the profound connections between ultra-processed foods and mental health challenges remain largely unexplored in conventional healthcare.

The functional medicine approach offers a revolutionary alternative. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, it connects mental, physical, and spiritual health through systems biology. This comprehensive framework examines a person's entire life history—from childhood eating patterns to antibiotic use, trauma experiences, and beyond—to understand how these factors collectively impact health. For those struggling with addiction, depression, anxiety, or other mental health challenges, this approach provides crucial missing pieces that conventional treatment often overlooks.

Most striking is Dr. Wiss's rallying cry: "Sanity before vanity." This philosophy prioritizes using nutrition to enhance mental wellbeing, quality of life, and relationship health rather than appearance. The difference between 1,000 calories of Doritos and 1,000 calories of nutrient-dense food might be negligible for weight loss, but profoundly different for brain function and emotional regulation.

Ready to reclaim nutrition as a powerful tool for mental health? Explore David's app "Wise Mind Nutrition" for a qualitative approach that moves beyond calorie counting. Your brain deserves better than diet culture—discover what becomes possible when you nourish your mind as carefully as you would any other vital organ.

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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 themselves overwhelmed by college life, sometimes withdrawing after just days or weeks. The culprit? A lack of preparation for the independence, social navigation, and emotional regulation college demands.

Parents play a crucial role in this readiness equation. The "helicopter" or "lawnmower" parenting styles that clear all obstacles from a child's path inadvertently prevent them from developing resilience. When these students face inevitable college challenges without their parents' intervention, they often crumble under pressure they've never learned to manage.

The COVID pandemic has exacerbated these issues, creating significant developmental gaps for students who spent their formative middle school years in isolation. Today's college freshmen missed critical opportunities to develop social skills during lockdowns, making campus life particularly challenging.

Perhaps most concerning is the over-medication of young adults. Many high-achieving students are prescribed multiple psychiatric medications to help them cope with academic pressure, creating additional risks when they mix medications with alcohol or discontinue them without supervision in college environments.

What determines success isn't academic capability but rather having experienced adversity and developed coping strategies. Students need balance, social skills, and the self-awareness to recognize when they need help. For many, taking a gap year might be the wisest decision, allowing time to develop emotional maturity before attempting college.

Ready to reassess what college readiness truly means? Listen now to understand how you can support genuine preparation that encompasses the whole person – not just their transcript.

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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—far more sophisticated than many human therapists might use. This linguistic prowess creates what we call "the illusion of support," a façade of understanding that feels meaningful but lacks the genuine human connection that forms the foundation of effective therapy. While AI can parse your words and reflect them back with added flourishes, it cannot truly feel your pain or engage in the messy, uncomfortable work that real therapeutic relationships often require.

The most troubling aspect of AI therapy tools is how perfectly they align with our cultural obsession with convenient solutions to inconvenient problems. Just as we've been conditioned to expect immediate relief from psychiatric medications, ChatGPT offers instant answers to psychological questions that have developed over decades of lived experience. Even more alarming is how easily AI validates potentially harmful self-diagnoses—when prompted with questions like "Do I have autism?" or "Do I have depression?", ChatGPT typically responds affirmatively with symptoms that could apply to almost anyone.

Rather than viewing AI as either a replacement or a harmless tool, we believe this technology should serve as a wake-up call for therapists to emphasize what algorithms cannot provide: deep, relationship-based healing that transcends standardized interventions and worksheet therapy. The therapeutic alliance—not techniques or eloquent language—is what creates lasting change. As mental health consumers, we must recognize that true healing rarely comes from frictionless interventions but emerges from the challenging work of authentic human connection.

Subscribe, rate, and share your thoughts on this episode. Send us your gaslit truth stories at [email protected] and join us in pushing back against the technological quick fixes that promise solutions but may be creating more problems.

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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, revealing how he attempted to create honest educational materials about Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) only to have them rejected because, as his medical director reportedly said, they would "make it too hard to get people on these medications." This stunning admission exposes the prioritization of medication compliance over true informed consent that permeates our mental health system.

The conversation ventures into territory rarely discussed in mainstream mental health circles—how SSRIs not only cause sexual dysfunction but emotional numbing that disconnects people from joy, grief, and intimate relationships. David shares stories of patients who've lost their ability to feel connected to loved ones and even their own life experiences, creating a profound existential harm that goes unacknowledged in medication risk assessments.

Most compelling is David's exploration of metabolic approaches to mental health, including how nutritional interventions have consistently improved both physical and mental health outcomes in ways medication never could. He challenges the simplistic "chemical imbalance" narrative with a more holistic understanding of mental health that encompasses sleep, movement, nutrition, human connection, and purpose—elements systematically overlooked in our quick-fix pharmaceutical culture.

Whether you're a mental health professional questioning conventional practice, someone struggling with medication side effects, or simply curious about alternative approaches to emotional wellbeing, this episode offers a courageous insider's perspective that might just change how you think about psychiatric care. Ready to take back control of your mental health? Listen now and join the growing movement for greater transparency and truly informed consent in psychiatric treatment.

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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 despite mounting evidence to the contrary.

Deborah takes us through her journey from adverse reactions to psychiatric medications to being prescribed dangerously high doses of multiple drugs, and eventually to receiving electroconvulsive therapy - a treatment she now describes as causing "acquired traumatic brain injury based on mechanism of trauma." With her unique perspective as both a medical professional and a patient, she explains how electrical trauma impacts every cell and system in the body, creating damages that may not be immediately apparent but evolve over time.

What's particularly shocking is the disparity between how accidental electrical injuries are treated in emergency medicine versus how ECT-induced brain injuries are dismissed within psychiatry. While patients with traumatic brain injuries typically receive comprehensive rehabilitation services, ECT patients are often gaslit about the nature of their symptoms and denied access to the same care. This reality is especially concerning given that approximately two-thirds of ECT recipients are women, raising serious questions about gender bias in psychiatric treatment.

Whether you're contemplating ECT, supporting someone who is, or simply interested in understanding the controversies surrounding psychiatric treatments, this conversation provides crucial insights you won't hear in conventional medical settings. Listen now to understand why informed consent matters and how patients are fighting back against a system that too often prioritizes compliance over true healing.

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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 help for PTSD following a family trauma. Instead of appropriate trauma care, she was immediately diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed lithium—the first in a cascade of 33 different medications that would wreak havoc on her body and brain over the next several years. Despite showing clear signs of medication sensitivity and developing increasingly severe neurological symptoms, healthcare providers continued to view her through a purely psychiatric lens.

The most chilling aspect of Sarah's story is how her stroke warning signs—numbness, facial drooping, and slurred speech—were dismissed as "stress" or "anxiety" by medical staff. Even after suffering a stroke while under medical supervision, Sarah faced continued skepticism, being prematurely discharged from rehabilitation and labeled with "conversion disorder," a diagnosis suggesting her symptoms were psychologically rather than physically based.

Today, Sarah lives with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a complex condition affecting over 300,000 Americans that disrupts how the brain and body communicate. Her symptoms include chronic pain, seizures, vision problems, movement disorders, and more. Despite these debilitating physical symptoms, she continues to be accused of "faking" when seeking medical care.

Sarah's powerful testimony serves as a warning about the dangers of medical gaslighting and the deadly consequences of siloed healthcare thinking. Her advocacy for the TRUBE Act aims to create systemic change and prevent others from suffering a similar fate. This episode forces us to confront an uncomfortable truth: sometimes the most dangerous place for a vulnerable patient is inside the very system meant to provide healing.

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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 detention at a psychiatric facility where she received virtually no evaluation or meaningful treatment. The clinical certificates authorizing her confinement were riddled with irregularities, including one signed by a doctor who never examined her. Most tellingly, her release came not when she was deemed "well," but when her insurance coverage ran out.

The aftermath has been equally disturbing. Permanently labeled with code "48" in law enforcement systems, Gina describes years of ongoing retaliation, including additional suicide swatting incidents when she's sought justice from elected officials. Her testimony raises profound questions about the intersection of institutional power and psychiatric authority – and how easily mental health designations can be used to strip individuals of their credibility and rights.

This conversation isn't just about one woman's ordeal. It's a sobering examination of how psychiatric labels can be weaponized against those who challenge authority, particularly women. It's a cautionary tale about the dangers of involuntary commitment without proper safeguards, and the lasting damage such experiences inflict. For anyone navigating mental health challenges or supporting someone in crisis, Gina's message is clear: peer support might be safer than institutional psychiatric help, which too often causes more harm than good.

If this episode leaves you questioning the systems we've entrusted with our most vulnerable citizens, that's exactly the point. Share this conversation to help shine light on psychiatric abuses that continue to happen behind closed doors, even in 2025.

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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 challenging symptoms aren't a "return of your condition" but genuine withdrawal effects your prescriber may never have warned you about.

We dive deep into the hyperbolic tapering method, explaining why initial reductions often feel deceptively easy while those final milligrams can be the most challenging. Learn to identify withdrawal symptoms beyond the obvious brain zaps—from headaches and vivid dreams to digestive issues—that signal when your taper is moving too quickly for your unique neural adaptation.

The most crucial factor in successful tapering? Individualization. Your withdrawal timeline might look nothing like someone else's, even on the same medication. Some experience effects within days, while others don't notice symptoms until weeks after a reduction. Understanding your personal pattern becomes your most powerful tool.

Whether you're contemplating a medication reduction or currently struggling through withdrawal, this episode provides both scientific understanding and practical guidance to navigate the journey with greater confidence and fewer setbacks. Connect with us directly if you're ready to create your personalized tapering plan with evidence-based support.

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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, comprehensive approach that extends far beyond simply reducing your dosage.

Think of medication tapering as an ultra marathon rather than a sprint. We recommend allowing 1-3 months of tapering for every year you've been on medication—a timeline that might feel daunting but reflects the body's need for gradual adjustment. Before even beginning to reduce your medication, we emphasize the critical importance of assembling your "taper team"—supportive healthcare providers, knowledgeable pharmacists, and deprescribing specialists who understand the nuances of this process.

Unfortunately, many prescribers resist supporting patients who wish to discontinue medications. If you encounter resistance, remember that healthcare is meant to be collaborative. Just as you wouldn't continue seeing a therapist who isn't supportive, you shouldn't feel obligated to stay with a prescriber who dismisses your tapering goals.

A cornerstone of successful tapering is collecting personalized data through functional lab work. Understanding your unique neurotransmitter levels, vitamin deficiencies, and cortisol patterns provides invaluable insights for creating a targeted support plan. We dive into the foundation supplements that can significantly ease withdrawal symptoms: high-quality omega-3s, methylated B-complex vitamins, vitamin D, magnesium, and probiotics—explaining why each plays a crucial role in supporting brain health during medication discontinuation.

Whether you're just beginning to consider tapering or already on your journey, this episode offers transparent, evidence-based guidance from practitioners who have both professional and personal experience with medication discontinuation. Ready to reclaim your brain chemistry? Let's transform what feels impossible into a manageable, step-by-step process toward medication freedom.

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