Thanks for elaborating your point further. > I disagree that it is a weird take. You say "Perception of psychotherapeutic progress does not equal progress.",

Thanks for elaborating your point further. > I disagree that it is a weird take. You say "Perception of psychotherapeutic progress does not equal progress.", but the article ends with Hana K. doing objectively better that before her therapy, decades (!) later. It simply isn't just perception. > A person can momentarily convince themself that their PSD is healed, even just out of positive self-talk, a single good therapy experience, and hope, and then go on to realize continuing debilitating symptoms for their lifetime. Well, yeah, obviously. Have you read any protocol that is actually used during these types of experimental therapies using MDMA or psilocybin? The patient doesn't undergo just single session, and regular talking therapy is also administered, in multiple sessions. > is whether or not they may make conditions such as PSD worse over the coming decades. I agree that this should be also studied. And I'm sure it already is. The re-emergence of using psychoactive substances is a trend that is only a few years old. So sure, the current effect (which are statistically huge) may not last forever, but again based on this article, I think the effects will last.