got me cured. acted in 15 minutes. 4 years of pain gone.
i have no words to explain the relief.
i have no words to explain the relief.
During mine, I cried a lot, I texted my mum but I'm still inside the same hole that I was in before. Also some additional experiments with LSD (halfdose as well microdosing) didn't help with my depression.
i'm a highly introspective person and worked 10% of the times for me.
Still, there are ways that you can maximize your chances of getting therapeutic benefit out of psychedelics.
Doing psychedelics with a trained psychedelic therapist that you like, respect, and trust is probably the most effective way.
Something else you can do is read some good guides like James Fadiman's The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide[1] and the MAPS Treatment Guide for MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy[2]
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelic-Explorers-Guide-Therapeut...
[2] - https://maps.org/research-archive/mdma/MDMA-Assisted-Psychot...
in both cases i was in safe contexts, which is very important.
also in both cases there was an introspective phase at the end of the trip followed by a relief phase approx 15-30 long.
How could you even do that? As buying and possession of psychedelics is illegal in most countries.
Try asking around at psychedelic conferences and psychedelic meetups.
Also try contacting MAPS[1] and CIIS[2] (which has a training program for psychedelic therapists), and related organizations. Contacting people doing research in to psychedelics might also be fruitful.
[1] - https://maps.org/
[2] - https://www.ciis.edu/
You could just have a friend you trust babysit.
More from MAPS: [3], [4]
Finally, laws around psychedelic use and therapy vary around the world. In some places in the world (like in parts of Europe and South and Central America) psychedelic therapy is much more widely practiced above-ground than it is in the US.
[1] - https://www.ciis.edu/research-centers/center-for-psychedelic...
[2] - https://www.ciis.edu/research-centers/center-for-psychedelic...
[3] - https://maps.org/news/media/8532-psychology-today-how-to-bec...
A licensed therapist who does psychedelics is someone outside the norms of society while at the same time carrying a license that carries the implicit promise of following society's rules. It just strikes me as "weird" to seek that out.
on the other hand it is perfectly legal for food/oil traders in geneva to starve entire countries / destroy an entire planet for short term profit.
i suspect psychedelics will remain illegal here for a long time since at least half of our politicians are paid by the pharmaceutical industry, so that would crunch a multi billion market.
for all we know it helped their rheumatoid arthritis.
For all we know lay folk use the word depressed for feeling bummed. (Not insinuating this is the case with the GP)
however i wouldn't be surprised my dendritic tree grew 10% last two weeks like the article claim.