Shrooms really helped me see the path to shedding my depression and anxiety.
Still not perfect, but it's a huge improvement.
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The horrors persist, but so do I.
What even was this article about? It reads like it is building up to something but then fails to deliver.
Studies conclude that set and setting is key in psychedelic therapy. So yes, priming is crucial and success depends on a lot of factors. But we already knew this. No one serious suggests psychedelics always work and always create a mystical experience in which all problems are solved.
This article does not add any more info on the question in the title "Can Psychedelic Experiences Really Improve Your Mental Health?". That's just clickbait.
Sure, but those who focus on pretense are not going to learn from it.
I don't agree, at least on principle. Especially when such drugs are included. Pretense tends to melt away into motivating force, which may or may not be the driving mechanism behind someone's behavior. With a strong enough psychedelic, even the densist dummy can begin to question why they do things.
Maybe, but I look at some people who come from affluence and they may use things regularly and still do not achieve transformation. It's mostly those kinds of people that I'm referring to.
Well just because they question why doesn't mean an affluent person will arrive at an answer more than, "because I can".