GP’s description is accurate. Traditional psychedelics work by inhibiting the reticular activating system(1), which indeed is important for cognitive filtering

GP’s description is accurate. Traditional psychedelics work by inhibiting the reticular activating system(1), which indeed is important for cognitive filtering. Phrases like “clogging” and “damage” aren’t particularly scientific or accurate. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticular_formation#Ascending_reticular_activating_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticular_formation#Ascendin...