Psychedelics for Mental Health Tx

[Jeremy]

That kind of intuitive and deep healing is never or very, very rarely a part of a therapeutic process though. And it's still so far from 'regular' therapy that most people who seek help will not even be introduced to it.

But the reason such therapy hasn't been used regularly is due to the drug classifications that were unduly placed upon these substances. When LSD was first discovered, they immediately saw the potential therapeutic benefits but the powers that be saw it just as they did marijuana and the mind expanding/anti status quo effects so they demonized them. As for my personal experience with them, I wholly attribute my open mindedness to LSD. When my friends and I tripped, it wasn't just to see cool stuff moving. We sat and talked of time travel, religion, space/time, etc. this was waaaay before spirituality came into my life as three out of four of us were staunch atheists at this point but it got us questioning religion and the existence of god. The reason I mention all of this is that like reeay said, I opens avenues within your mind to be open to issues that you wouldn't be sober. So opening such gateways for the treatment of mental illness and trauma are completely possible given the lack of buffers or barriers in place while sober.

Same goes for MDMA/ecstasy. This drug in particular has amazing potential in couples therapy or any relationship that has issues. The amazing ability to live in complete and utter love that this drug enables truly is something that one cannot understand until you've experienced it. I've always said that if you locked all the world leaders in a room and gave them MDMA, all the world problems would be solved in a single night lol