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I'd agree with this. I've never done psychedelics (at least not the kind that are experimentally used for mental health; I did Molly once but fuck that comedow
by Mezzie 4y ago
I'd agree with this.
I've never done psychedelics (at least not the kind that are experimentally used for mental health; I did Molly once but fuck that comedown), but I spent years depressed, anxious, guilty, etc. and then I started using weed. I went a little TOO hard for a while, because it was the first time in years I'd had my body and brain giving me primarily GOOD feelings.
Which led to me ending up in therapy and actually addressing my PTSD, because then I knew that feeling shitty wasn't just how I was programmed to be biologically because something was Wrong with me.
The 'too hard for a while' is probably why these things should be done under medical supervision. I basically spent 8 months blazed out of my mind.
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoI mean mental health is never just one thing; in your case, weed was a gateway drug to therapy (I'm simplifying to try and keep things light). PTSD and C-PTSD are underdiagnosed or ignored a lot, I think, but there are treaments available. One is EMDR [0] that, anecdotally, was very effective in treating my GF's cptsd. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_a...
- Mezzie 4y agoI want to try EMDR but I need to find someone who can adapt it to me since I don't have fine muscle control in my eyes and I used to be blind. (I'm a statistical oddity! YAY!)
- ornornor 4y ago> I used to be blind. That’s awesome you aren’t anymore! And also: wait what? It’s possible to reverse blindness?? I’m totally ignorant on the subject but I’d b interested to know more if you care to elaborate.
- Mezzie 4y agoLegally blind, not totally blind. I had really bad strabismus plus vision bad enough that it wasn't possible to correct my vision before I had surgery to fix my eye muscles. Since that didn't happen until I was 4, I spent my first 4 years with vision so bad my dominant eye is classified as 'can see movement' and my non-dominant eye is 'can see light'. Then I had surgery and they could correct my vision. I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. I have some visual issues related to this early period. I'm terrible with crowding [0], have no depth perception, have trouble with facial feature recognition (I recognize my loved ones based on their auditory cues), rely more on other senses than sight, etc. My life can basically be broken down into periods based on what medical oddity I dealt with, looking back. Yikes. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_crowding
- px43 4y ago> I'm not sure why it wasn't done earlier. Giving general anesthesia to babies/toddlers can be tricky, so that might be a key reason. Our two year old recently went under general anesthesia, and luckily things started going wrong early enough that they could abort and back out without doing any serious damage. Scary situation though.
- Mezzie 4y agoThat is probably why, yes! I was put under. I'm glad that your child was okay.
- froh 4y agoemdr at its core has bilateral stimulation, can be auditive, kinesthetic too, experienced therapists should be able to adapt it.
- pedalpete 4y agoNot even "adapted". Tapping is a common mode of EMDR. The "e" piece is a bit of a misnomer. https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-therapy-for-trauma-and-anxiety-how-to-try-it https://www.getthegloss.com/health/mental-health/tapping-the...
- Mezzie 4y agoThanks for showing me this. Gonna show it to my therapist.