Not the same person as the parent comment. An LSD tripped helped with my social anxiety as a second order effect of helping me become more empathetic. Through

Not the same person as the parent comment. An LSD tripped helped with my social anxiety as a second order effect of helping me become more empathetic. Through a dozen different thought loops + the psychedelic driven introspection of my first trip, I became much more sensitive and appreciative of my fellow humans. I was able to more properly emulate what someone might be thinking/feeling, and that has continued to bear fruit for me personally and professionally. Additionally, I became more tolerant of others and their differences in all dimensions. The idea of homosexuality in the past had left me queasy and suspicious. In the days after my first LSD experience, that difference no longer gave me any negative feelings. Any more specific than that and we would be getting into neuro-chemistry. I am not well versed and you would have to do your own research. I do recall that LSD boosts some neurotransmitter/modulator sensitivity, and dis-inhibits the Default Mode Network - allowing for a wider range of introspective experiences which may explain my above experience. I like this articles [0] comparison to defragging a hard-drive. I often phrase psychedelics as a chemical way to observe your mind being stuck in some high dimensional local optima of state/opinion. Then you can choose to pull yourself out of those optima and reform your deeply held beliefs. Another related term of interest might be ego-death/ego-loss. https://psychedelicstoday.com/2020/02/04/psychedelics-and-the-default-mode-network/ https://psychedelicstoday.com/2020/02/04/psychedelics-and-th...