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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by hallway_monitor on Sunday October 02, 2022 @12:15PM (#33057266)
The trip you had was different than what people experience on LSD or psilocybin. You still had a trip. You broke out of your normal frame of mind and were able to comprehend things from a perspective that you couldn't previously conceive of. It seems to me like this is the important component and not whether you think you met God or your creator. It seems to make sense that the changes in yourself afterwards are due to the experience and not to the chemistry, and I wonder if the people focusing purely on the chemistry have never had a trip.
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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by galangalalgol on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:16PM (#33058649)
It also lines up with people getting similar benefits from serious meditation practice or dramatic life experiences.

The common theme is that all these things change perspective, and none of them are entirely safe.

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Re:LSD-like molecules counter depession without the trip by ohbleek on Sunday October 02, 2022 @04:13PM (#33059734)
My experience is that the majority of the people focusing on the chemistry have ever oriented a trip and it was the impetus for going into research that focuses on the chemistry.
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