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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by ShabbosGoy on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:24PM (#17528631)
The only psychotherapy we need is from plant medicines. DMT and psilocybin are natural plant teachers that can help us through the traumas we go through in our life.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by ClassyJacket on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:36PM (#17528667)
I'd add MDMA in there as well. It's had good results in testing for PTSD (look up MAPS) and it changed my life for sure. Not a plant, but I hold onto no idealism about that.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by wavefunction on Saturday July 14, 2018 @12:03AM (#17528755)
It was commonly synthesized from sassafras oil (safrole) so you can add it to the list I think:

https://erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/safrolefaq.html

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by ShabbosGoy on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:46PM (#17528689)
I agree with you. LSD trips gave my life new meaning.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by gsaga on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:49PM (#17528695)
Add cocain and weed to that list as well
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by ShabbosGoy on Friday July 13, 2018 @11:54PM (#17528707)
Wow very intelligent. Your comment really made me think.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by dang on Saturday July 14, 2018 @02:15AM (#17529099)
Please don't respond to a bad comment with a worse one, and certainly not by getting personally nasty.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by ShabbosGoy on Saturday July 14, 2018 @06:54PM (#17532825)
Sorry dang, was in an altered state of mind. Will do so going forward.
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Re:Have we overestimated the effectiveness of psychotherapy? by dang on Sunday July 15, 2018 @09:03AM (#17535075)
Appreciated!
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