Re:Shifting views about psychedelic drugs require a new cate...
by chiefalchemist on Sunday July 02, 2023 @09:34AM
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> They're not painkillers
In the traditional sense (e.g., alcohol, Oxycodine, etc) no they are not. But they are mind altering, literally. And that alteration is an opportunity to break patterns, unhealthy patterns. Being in that other state of mind shows you another state of mind can exist. You experienced it. So you take that away with you and ideally build new healthier paths.
Re:Shifting views about psychedelic drugs require a new cate...
by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:25AM
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I totally agree. Isn't that quite different than what painkillers do?
Presumably your new path has something to do with a problem that you had. It's not helping you cope with having the problem, it's prodding you to solve the problem.
My experience with psychedelic-assisted insight is not consistent with this. You have the right trip, identify some root-causes that you've been overlooking, and then sober-you has the rest of your life to do something with that new awareness.
They're not painkillers. If anything, they're the opposite. There are all of these rumors about LSD causing back pain because people who have been ignoring back pain trip and are suddenly aware of it again. Such an experience caused me to upgrade my chair and start practicing yoga, for instance.