I wasn’t planning to talk about all of this today.
But like most of what I’ve built — this episode is unscripted, uncomfortable, and real.
I talk about why I didn’t record yesterday.
I talk about losing my entire career.
I talk about what it felt like to have a therapist blackmail me, threaten me, and destroy my trust while I was already in the middle of the worst professional collapse of my life.
And I talk about what it means to try and build something again… when you don’t even know if you’re okay.
What’s inside this episode:
How being the top performer in my role didn’t protect me from being targeted
The aftermath of being fired, silenced, and psychologically manipulated by a therapist I trusted for five years
Why traditional “shame regulation” and therapy tools never worked for me
PTSD symptoms I still deal with daily — night terrors, rage spirals, dissociation
How one friend saved my life just by showing up when no one else did
Why most people have no idea what to say when you’re spiraling — and what actually helps
This episode is messy, honest, and probably uncomfortable to listen to.
But it’s not for everyone.
It’s for the people who’ve been there — or who are there right now.
If that’s you, press play.
—Cody Taymore
Kill The Silence
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