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The hangover of depression, agitation, and anhedonia is real, but it just lasts a day. The conversations, connections, and epiphanies you may have had last much

The hangover of depression, agitation, and anhedonia is real, but it just lasts a day. The conversations, connections, and epiphanies you may have had last much much longer.

wvh 7y ago
But is it the drug or the shared experience itself?
- nothrabannosir 7y ago
  It's pent up emotions and feelings which flow freely after the drug has removed any blocks. That's the therapeutic part. > In follow-up psychotherapy, patients process emotions and insights brought up during the MDMA session. The current protocol calls for patients to take MDMA two or three times, each a month apart, interspersed with psychotherapy. > “The MDMA alone or the therapy alone don’t appear to be as effective,” Dr. Mithoefer said. “The MDMA seems to act as a catalyst that allows the healing to happen. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/ecstasy-molly-ptsd-mdma.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/us/ecstasy-molly-ptsd-mdm...
- deleted 7y ago
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- meiraleal 7y ago
  MDMA and LSD affects your perception and brain chemical reactions just like food or cigarettes. The pleasure or sluggish of eating food is real or just chemical reactions?
- thenewnewguy 7y ago
  Does it really matter if it's the drug directly or the shared experience it makes possible indirectly? (I don't which it is)