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i feel what beats a assisted therapy 10/10 is in the wilderness completely alone. i would never trip with anyone who had the goal of helping me because this is very dangerous

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Did you forget to add /s?

A person with severe PTSD would greatly benefit from being left alone in the wilderness. How come therapists didn’t think of that? Probably another Big Pharma conspiracy. /s

the point of the above comment is that it's often beneficial to take a solo trip, rather than to take the trip with someone who wants to "guide" or "control" the subject through a certain kind of crafted experience

you're focusing on the particular means of the solo experience, which misses the point

Got it! If by “wilderness” they meant an unguided psychedelic trip then my advice would be similar to what I said earlier.

Do not go on an unguided trip if you have no experience and have mental issues. It could help you or could traumatize you severely. Psychedelics must be taken very seriously - advising to just take them and hope for the best is dangerously foolish.

nah people elect mental illness always will so choose or lose

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