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if it's so dependent on the environment, then the drug just doesn't work in general, meaning it's not viable. if doctors are unable to find ways to make a drug

by jokoon 4y ago

if it's so dependent on the environment, then the drug just doesn't work in general, meaning it's not viable. if doctors are unable to find ways to make a drug work and predict it, then it's pointless. A 4 days vacation every month will have better results, and it's something most therapists and psychiatrist also say, that lifestyle matters. If a drug cannot do better than lifestyle change, then the drug doesn't work.

andrewxdiamond 4y ago
I think you’re oversimplifying the human brain a bit here. The point of psychedelic therapy is to forcibly reset your cognition. It is very much like turning your brain off and on again. Therapy tries to change your perspective, but the therapist has to go through your conscious mind to reshape your subconscious. Psychedelics go around the conscious part, directly flooding your mind with thoughts and forcing you to redo your perspective from the ground up. This is more uncontrolled than therapy, but sometimes the conscious barrier is too strong. I’m no doctor though, just a person with some perspective
potsandpans 4y ago
ah, interesting. So you have a medically qualified background to back up those claims?
- jokoon 4y ago
  I ask a lot of questions to my psychiatrist
tasty_freeze 4y ago
Some cancer patients respond well to a given chemotherapy while others don't. Some people get vaccinated and gain protection while others get sick. Some people smoke marijuana and get euphoria while others get paranoid, and others are unaffected. I guess those drugs are nonviable and pointless. To someone suffering from clinical depression or an anxiety disorder, your cavalier suggestion to just take a four day vacation is laughable. If people who spend their lives wrestling with difficult issues and you think you can just chime in with an obvious solution, it is a good clue that perhaps you don't fully understand the issues.

by jokoon 4y ago

andrewxdiamond 4y ago

I think you’re oversimplifying the human brain a bit here. The point of psychedelic therapy is to forcibly reset your cognition. It is very much like turning your brain off and on again. Therapy tries to change your perspective, but the therapist has to go through your conscious mind to reshape your subconscious. Psychedelics go around the conscious part, directly flooding your mind with thoughts and forcing you to redo your perspective from the ground up. This is more uncontrolled than therapy, but sometimes the conscious barrier is too strong. I’m no doctor though, just a person with some perspective

potsandpans 4y ago

ah, interesting. So you have a medically qualified background to back up those claims?

jokoon 4y ago
I ask a lot of questions to my psychiatrist

tasty_freeze 4y ago

Some cancer patients respond well to a given chemotherapy while others don't. Some people get vaccinated and gain protection while others get sick. Some people smoke marijuana and get euphoria while others get paranoid, and others are unaffected. I guess those drugs are nonviable and pointless. To someone suffering from clinical depression or an anxiety disorder, your cavalier suggestion to just take a four day vacation is laughable. If people who spend their lives wrestling with difficult issues and you think you can just chime in with an obvious solution, it is a good clue that perhaps you don't fully understand the issues.