Re:Alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissol...
by ta1234567890 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:13PM
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> They aren't just giving people psychedelics and hoping everything turns out okay. The psychedelic dosing is combined with therapy, and the sessions are both preceded by and followed with additional therapy without psychedelics.
And historically, that's exactly the way psychedelics have been used, for thousands of years. A shaman/guide would provide the medicine and help the people go through the experience, usually in a tight community where there's follow up and support.
Unfortunately that was suppressed, first by the Catholic Church when the Spanish arrived to America, and now more recently by making psychedelics illegal.
The idea of psychedelics being some sort of party drug is a problem of the current state of affairs, politically and culturally, where we have abandoned or forgotten their origins.
Re:Alterations in glutamate and the experience of ego dissol...
by luigibosco on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:56PM
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Maybe just the "tight community where there's follow up and support" may help.
The current research into psychedelic medicine is better described as intense therapy with a psychedelic adjunct for some sessions.
They aren't just giving people psychedelics and hoping everything turns out okay. The psychedelic dosing is combined with therapy, and the sessions are both preceded by and followed with additional therapy without psychedelics.
It's a mistake to assume that the psychedelic drugs are curing depression on their own. In fact, many people experience worsening depression or derealization if they take psychedelics without professional guidance while suffering from mental illness.