Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal provider of psilocybin

Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by ada1981 on Friday January 04, 2019 @02:22PM (#18826888)

My understanding is that much of mental illness is caused by unprocessed trauma and the way in which we process trauma is in altered states.

This is why various pathways like ayahuasca, mushrooms, LSD, mdma, Holotropic Breathwork, EDMR etc all work from vary different pathways — they all enduce an altered state, in which the nervous system releases the experience and forms new pathways.

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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by achileas on Friday January 04, 2019 @03:37PM (#18827378)

Many of those (specifically ayahuasca, psilocybin, and LSD) all work on very similar pathways and structures. MDMA works on different ones and produces are markedly different experience and isn't usually considered a psychedelic.

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Re:Compass Pathways has set itself up to be the first legal ... by ada1981 on Friday January 04, 2019 @04:34PM (#18827852)

And yet, the altered state in a therapeutic setting is the thing that helps.

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