How do we experience the pain of other people?

Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by 56friends on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:51PM (#34482619)

Did you forget to add /s?

A person with severe PTSD would greatly benefit from being left alone in the wilderness. How come therapists didn’t think of that? Probably another Big Pharma conspiracy. /s

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by gcr on Sunday January 22, 2023 @08:18PM (#34484272)

the point of the above comment is that it's often beneficial to take a solo trip, rather than to take the trip with someone who wants to "guide" or "control" the subject through a certain kind of crafted experience

you're focusing on the particular means of the solo experience, which misses the point

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by 56friends on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:28PM (#34494507)

Got it! If by “wilderness” they meant an unguided psychedelic trip then my advice would be similar to what I said earlier.

Do not go on an unguided trip if you have no experience and have mental issues. It could help you or could traumatize you severely. Psychedelics must be taken very seriously - advising to just take them and hope for the best is dangerously foolish.

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by ghoogl on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:13PM (#34541242)

nah people elect mental illness always will so choose or lose

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by ghoogl on Monday January 23, 2023 @01:58AM (#34486251)

idk if drugs that alter humam conciousness that arent fully understood i wouldnt want some third part meddling with an experience. even a loved one because i wouldnt ever possibly be able to stand in their shoes. so I'm giving full access to my cpu and that's sketchy

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