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Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by katzgrau on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:21PM (#21644755)
> For me lsd is about the thoughts that result from the general "high".

100%. It has a reputation as a thing that weirdos do to have fun or see cool things.

If you "do it like an adult" I've found that it invokes a deeply introspective and thoughtful mode of thinking that can give you new perspective on different areas, both major and minor, in your life.

But like good advice that you might get from a wiser person, it's only useful if you use your insights to better yourself.

I've made immense progress in the areas of personal development and management due to such insights. It wasn't overnight - it inspired small changes in behavior that only years later, I can see the dramatic effects of. If it inspired even a 1 degree correction to a better direction, 10 years later the difference can be immense.

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by flattone on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @12:46AM (#21645584)
Jesus... When you put it this way ...lsd kind of... Sort of saved my life (quite a reach but I was 100% no idea what or why anything was and just trying to have fun and have friends to avoid painful self truths). Finding a a way to detach yet still seeing yourself. .. it is beyond. I want it again but don't want to be so...

There is a also an iffy side to LSD which I only discovered the last time I did it 2 years ago. Never had a similar feeling ever. Vaguely felt like I wasnt seeing and thinking from the same brain / identity I'm used to. So I approximately said no more.

Anyway... I deeply appreciate the reply here too. Had no idea what to expect here. Thank you.

Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by AnthonBerg on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @05:10AM (#21646647)
I really, really want to deliver to you the message that I understand.
Re:Psilocybin for major depression granted Breakthrough Ther... by devin on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:52AM (#21648867)
Cheers to this. When I took it I prepared for weeks. I fasted. I kept a journal during the experience. I had a plan. It wasn't just to "see stuff". I also always spaced experiences out 6 months, and I actually never took more than a single tab at once.