Expert Answers Psychedelics Questions From Twitter (ft. Michael Pollan) | Tech Support | WIRED
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All Comments (21)
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“Psychedelics shakes the snow globe in your brain, and when the snow settles, it settles in a very different pattern, allowing you to break your patterns” that’s a nice one 👏
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Can I just say that this man is EFFORTLESSLY explaining something that has a pretty serious social stigma in a way that is approachable and informed, and is doing so in a way that is not condescending or know-it-all in any way. Simply an incredible job.
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I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone , lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.
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Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back. These are great healing compounds! When used in proper context.
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THIS is how you reduce harm. This kind of education should be seen throughout ALL schools.
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I’d like another, longer, version on this topic with this guy please
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Psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms, have demonstrated great potential in supporting individuals dealing with mental health challenges.
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started smoking since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine. Also suffered severe depression and mental illness. It's just amazing how psilocybin mushrooms treatment actually saved my life. 3 years clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
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That comment on why he felt peyote should be studied via its synthetic form instead of natural form was really well said. Kudos to him for answering and researching in a way that was respectful to what the plant means to another culture.
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I would love to have this man as a teacher. He's just so effortlessly engaging.
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Psychedelics have the potential to really help with mental health issues like anxiety and depression. They've personally made a big difference for me.
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As someone who has suffered with mental illness and depression the majority of my adult life. I just tried psychedelic mushrooms for the first time, I felt as if I was in the center of the universe. Totally got healed.
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I really love how rooted into reality he is about it all even if it's still magic to him, he stays completely objective about it & yet still allows himself to be touched by the wonder
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I appreciate how unbiased he is for someone who probably really loves psychadelics
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Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.
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Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues
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"I've never smoked marijuana. But I ate a brownie once at a party in college. It was intense! It was kind of indescribable, actually. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there wasn't any pot in the brownie. It was just an insanely good brownie." -Leslie Knope.
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I'm blind, and although I haven't taken LSD, I have taken mushrooms and ayahuasca. I didn't get visuals, I did hear strange sounds though.
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One of the uses of psychedelics is administering psilocybin to cancer patients, it allowed them to confron their mortality, remove fear and anxiety and to die with peace and equanimity. What a gift this is.
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Psychedelic help a lot and they’re like a cheat sheet to life, but you could also experience the same things. Psychedelic amp tf out whilst being sober, meditation and astral projection are key.
