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Re:Psilocybin repairs 'brains cells damaged by depression' i... by hutzlibu on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @04:57AM (#27758913)
"People with pre-existing health and psychiatric conditions, and young people should be doubly careful. "

And since we are talking about "depressed" people, that should qualify as a preexisting psychiatric condition.

The problem is, in most places there are no professional therapists avaiable who can (legally) work with mushrooms. And really, long term depressed persons, often have no one around, they can prepare a trip with.

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Re:Psilocybin repairs 'brains cells damaged by depression' i... by pmoriarty on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:54AM (#27759573)
"in most places there are no professional therapists avaiable who can (legally) work with mushrooms."

Despite that, there are underground therapists who will do just that.. and even licensed therapists will sometimes do so. Discretely ask around and you might be pleasantly surprised.

"really, long term depressed persons, often have no one around, they can prepare a trip with."

There are free, online trip sitters that you can contact here:

https://tripsit.me/

and

http://wiki.tripsit.me

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Re:Psilocybin repairs 'brains cells damaged by depression' i... by petercooper on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:57AM (#27759594)
The problem is, in most places there are no professional therapists avaiable who can (legally) work with mushrooms.

This is the real sadness to me. So many people seem to start dabbling in various forms of drugs as a way to ail their problems, and if there were qualified people who could help with that (beyond merely dishing out the typical SSRIs, benzos or stimulants) I think a lot of good could be done.

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