The Gaslit Truth Podcast
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The Gaslit Truth Podcast challenges outdated mental health narratives while empowering listeners with evidence-based insight, critical thinking, and practical understanding of therapy and psychiatric medications.
Episodes
126 episodes
From 9/11 Anxiety to Restless Leg Syndrom caused by psych med injury | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Nobody tells you that one “helpful” prescription can echo for decades, but that’s exactly what Martin Cranford lived. After 9-11, with aviation layoffs looming and a first baby on the way, anxiety shows up fast and an SSRI seems like the obviou...
Recovery Beyond Abstinence with Celebrity Interventionist Michael Gonzales | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The recovery world loves simple rules, but real people are complicated. We’re joined by Michael Gonzales, a veteran interventionist known for challenging the one size fits all approach to addiction treatment. Michael gets brutally honest about ...
Psychiatric Drugs and Nutrient Loss: The Missing Piece in Mental Health | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Medications can change symptoms, but they can also drain the nutrients your brain depends on to function. We get blunt about the trade-offs people rarely hear when they start psychiatric meds, and we connect the dots between nutrient depletion ...
Rehab Scams Exposed: Body Brokering, Insurance Fraud & “Liquid Gold” Addiction Industry Secrets w/ Ronnie Costa | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The rehab world sells hope, but what happens when the business model rewards volume over care? We sit down with Ronnie Costa, a recovery coach and chemical dependency counselor whose life began in Providence’s crime-heavy mob culture, where mon...
RFK Jr. and Psych Med Overprescribing: A Disruption to the Mental Health Industry | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
A federal plan says it wants to curb psychiatric overprescribing and elevate informed consent. That sounds like progress until you remember informed consent was always supposed to be the standard, and most people never received it.We un...
Addiction Industry Games, Shame & Secrets with Dr. Cali Estes | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Rehab can make millions and still send people home sicker, more medicated, and more likely to relapse. That’s the uncomfortable starting point for our conversation with Dr. Cali Estes, a global leader in addiction recovery who’s trained tens of...
Family Court Mental Health, Addiction & Other Custody Myths with Attorney Jason Wright | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
You can walk into family court feeling certain you’re the “good parent” and your ex is the “toxic one,” then walk out stunned that the judge didn’t seem to care. That shock is exactly what we’re tackling with award-winning Austin family law att...
GLP-1 & Peptides, The Balanced Truth with Dr Josh Helman | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
GLP-1 drugs are being sold like a clean shortcut, but the body is not a simple math problem. We sit down with returning guest Dr. Josh Hellman, MD (Harvard-trained physician and lifestyle medicine expert), to get painfully honest about peptides...
Chronic Pain and Marijuana Myth with Dr Mel Pohl | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Chronic pain gets treated like a character flaw far too often, and that’s the first injury. When you’re told “the scans look fine” or “it must be anxiety,” you’re left holding pain that is real while also being made to feel crazy for having it....
The Dark Side of Psych Meds on Oral Health | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Gum recession. Tooth loss. Bone density dropping fast. When those problems hit, most people get handed a brush-up-your-hygiene lecture or a “that’s just aging” shrug. We wanted a deeper answer, especially because we keep seeing oral health fall...
Is it Relapse or Withdrawal: The Truth About Protracted Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medication | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Your doctor says withdrawal should be short because the drug “leaves your body.” Then you stop an SSRI and months later your sleep collapses, anxiety spikes, your body hurts, and you’re told it must be your “condition” coming back. That gap bet...
'Til SSRIs Do Us Part: Falling Out of Love, an Antidepressant Side Effect | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
One bad assumption can burn down a life: “It’s just stress” or “you’re just falling out of love.” We sit down with Sabrina Lane from Loving Through the Storm to talk about what happens when antidepressants and antidepressant withdrawal collide ...
Your Therapist Thinks Mental Healthcare is Not Important | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
What if the kindest thing a therapist can do is hold the line? We dig into the boundary problem hiding in plain sight: missed sessions waved off, late cancellations uncharged, and vague money talk that quietly devalues the work. With guest Aron...
Addiction or Biologically Screwed? | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Forget the “born an addict” script. We dig into why the broken-brain narrative persists, where the DSM and twin-study talking points get overextended, and how neuroadaptation—not destiny—explains the very real deficits measured after substance ...
The Prescription That Killed Him Was Written by His Brother | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
Trusted care should never start with a wink and end without a chart. Naomi Moore joins us to share how her husband John, a pediatric nurse and devoted dad, went from seasonal life stress to a devastating, rapid unraveling after an off-the-books...
Diagnosed, Drugged, Incarcerated by My Therapist | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
What happens when a crisis call for help becomes evidence of a crime—and the pill meant to steady your mind may have helped set the fire? We sit down with Ben Bathan, a former senior technical artist, to unpack a nightmarish chain of events: a ...
Sorry, I'm Bipolar, Kanye West's Public Apology: legitimate or PR Stunt | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
Dr Josef Witt Doerring on Deprescribing Psychiatry | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
My Spouse Diagnosed Me with a Mental Health Problem | Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
A lot of partners arrive with a plan: diagnose the other, prescribe a podcast, and force “the work” through an ultimatum. We blow the whistle on that dynamic and unpack why pressure backfires, how pop-psychology labels fuel contempt, and what e...
Therapists Are Trained Martyrs | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
Your Consent is Not Required with Rob Wipond | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
I Turned My Trauma Into Manipulation with Chana Studley, Dr Teralyn Sell, Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
The New USDA Food Pyramid: Nutrition Upgrade or Political Makeover? | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sc...
More Therapy Can Mean Worse Mental Health | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Richard Blake, Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapis...
SLEEP, The Billion Dollar Business | The Gaslit Truth Podcast with Dr Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz
The Gaslit Truth Podcast is hosted by Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Schmitz, exploring mental health, psychiatric medication withdrawal, therapy culture, and informed consent.In this episode, Dr. Teralyn Sell and Therapist Jenn Sch...