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Re:How Safe Is Ayahuasca? Large-Scale Study Explores – Techn... by pmoriarty on Friday November 18, 2022 @06:36AM (#33653223)
"The main message I got out of those experiences was that everything I learned in hell could have been learned in other, safer, ways."

I learned way more in my bad trips than in my good ones. The good ones were fun, but pretty superficial. The bad ones forced me to face my shit that I might never had faced if I hadn't done psychedelics.

Going through pain and suffering has also made me a lot more empathetic to the pain and suffering of others. I know what it's like to be disoriented, afraid, and in incredible agony, so when I see someone going through something similar I can relate and have a lot of empathy for them. If I had never gone through something similar, I probably wouldn't.

Re:How Safe Is Ayahuasca? Large-Scale Study Explores – Techn... by Trasmatta on Friday November 18, 2022 @09:26AM (#33655155)
It's possible to learn empathy without having to spend eternity in hell first.