Psychedelics get you into a head-space where you can sort of feel the connectedness of everything, and also think beyond the rigid thoughts your mind normally operates on (so as to see things in a different way than you always have). That's one of the reasons so many people have such a profound experience with it. That's why Leary was considering dosing an entire towns water supply, to spur real revolutionary change. I do think there is a case to be made that psychedelics could lead to a real leftward shift in popular imagination, but, then again, theres a Nazi that took acid and came up with the idea of a White Nationalist form of Twitter or something recently, so results vary.
A real good book on the subject of rethinking psychedelics (sorry abt the Amazon link): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594204225/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> What would you do in my situation?
Fuck the loans... but also I would get as many credit cards as I could qualify for and max them out enjoying every last second I have left on this Earth.
Unrelated to finance, Michael Pollan has a new book out that I would recommend about psychedelics and their effectiveness on patients given terminal diagnoses. https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225
Take care.
I might get downvoted for this, but I'm not suggesting it without prior research and caution: a psychedelic experience.
It's not for everyone and should only be done if you've done your own research and preparation. That said, it can be a truly profound introspective experience that really allows you to see into yourself. And it can be deeply healing. I learned many lessons, but my 50% of my trip was the most terrifying experience I've ever had, so again, be careful.
Micheal Pollan - How to Change Your Mind - this might be a good book if you're interested.
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine"
Marcia Angell, “Drug companies & doctors: a story of corruption," NY Review of Books, 56 #1, 15 Jan
Was glad to hear you both found success in your past themes : )
Myke - I found maintaining my weight to be equally as hard as losing it. Forcing myself to weight in everyday has been a really important feedback loop, much easier to have a bad day paired with a good day rather than have 30 bad days in a row followed by 30 good ones!
Grey - re:psychedelics, you might find this book an interesting read. Taking them is unprincipled to blanket recommend, but I highly encourage people to think about seeking them out (especially in the light of your disappointment with meditation)
Michael Pollan has a good book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225/ref=nodl_ He also does a interview with Joe Rogan: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tz4CrWE_P0g Interesting stuff.
It's nothing new, it's just coming back into the mainstream now that they realize how powerful psychedelics are for healing. Listen to Michael Pollan's recent JRE guest appearance and pick up his recent book, it details how this research and push for re-legitimizing pyschedelic use has been happening in the background all along. Some people have even theorized that since we banned psychedelics and picked up a more alcohol-heavy culture we've become more depressed, more angry, less empathetic, and argue returning psychedelics into the mainstream in a safe manner could change all of that.
Interesting times ahead.
> Reagan gutted both the EPA and the FDA as part of his “war on big government” and no one has ever restored their funding back to a level where they can be useful.
This is utter drivel. The FDA is broken due to corruption, not lack of funding. Giving a corrupt entity more money is insane. Here, read this book written by a doctor who was editor of The New England Journal of Medicine for 2 decades.
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Medicines-Organised-Crime-Healthcare/dp/1846198844
>The main reason we take so many drugs is that drug companies don't sell drugs, they sell lies about drugs. This is what makes drugs so different from anything else in life...Virtually everything we know about drugs is what the companies have chosen to tell us and our doctors...the reason patients trust their medicine is that they extrapolate the trust they have in their doctors into the medicines they prescribe. The patients don't realise that, although their doctors may know a lot about diseases and human physiology and psychology, they know very, very little about drugs that hasn't been carefully concocted and dressed up by the drug industry.
About the Author
>Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician in 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; he worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975–83, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984–95. He co-founded The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen., Peter Gøtzsche has published more than 50 papers in ‘the big five’ (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and New England Journal of Medicine) and his scientific works have been cited over 10000 times., Peter Gøtzsche has an interest in statistics and research methodology. He is a member of several groups publishing guidelines for good reporting of research and has co-authored CONSORT for randomised trials (www.consort-statement.org), STROBE for observational studies (www.strobe-statement.org), PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (www.prisma-statement.org), and SPIRIT for trial protocols (www.spirit-statement.org). Peter Gøtzsche is an editor in the Cochrane Methodology Review Group.
I’m a vet, non-combat...but I’m also a nurse. I have been studying the science behind entheogenic medicines for the past few years now. Cannabis is a great start to entheogen medicine. I tell all my patients that it is not a one size fits all scenario.
Why are you mixing the cannabis with the tobacco? I’ve heard of people doing it, but as a nurse I caution this process due to the known carcinogens in Tobacco.
It’s also important to understand that Cannabis inhibits other agents, meaning it will make whatever you’re consuming work better. It tends to increases the effectiveness of things like caffeine, opiates, blood thinners etc, making a little go a long way usually. Which could be problematic depending on what meds you are on etc. I encourage you to look deeper into the science supporting Cannabis as medicine and learn more about your Endocannabinoid system as well in the process.
I would never sanction street weed, as you don’t know it’s growing environment and you could potentially be taking in molds etc. that could further deteriorate your health. I would always suggest getting it from either someone you trust wholeheartedly or a medical dispensary. I don’t know where you live but it may be who’ve you to research other opportunities to more freely medicate yourself.
Personally, I ingest edibles (gummies and capsules) and dose that way. (I meditate to control my epilepsy and chronic pain). I do consume smoked and vaped flower as well when I need relief faster.
I have always been a firm believer that when it is time, the plant will find you. (Psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, etc). Do your due diligence and dig into the research. It will open your mind to many different opportunities.
If you haven’t read this book by Michael Pollan I highly recommend that you do so.
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Great book where he does go into a lot of studies and the science behind psychs but also blends his unique, very personal and narrative-like writing style into it. Here's a great "intro" to the book in a New York Times article - what got me to buy the book.
Reminder to take care of your mental state. Michael Pollan has a great book on Psychedelic Therapy, if you are afraid of alternative treatments. Psychedelic Therapy is much more effective for many people than traditional talk therapy.
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
by Michael Pollan
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/0735224153/
No. No more drugs. If you want to read a good book on psychotropic medications read anatomy of an epidemic. I was blown away to see that these drugs do absolutely nothing but harm people. We've all bought into this idea that somehow there's better living through pharmaceuticals. Nope.
I see it too. I've taken benzos before, there's nothing good in them. They're like the click remote fast forward. You miss everything. The side effects list for benzos vs shrooms is ridiculously 1-sided, yet which drug is "legal"?
Even taking shrooms in a dank basement is therapeutic, I can only imagine what breakthroughs would happen in talk therapy.
If you're new to psychedelics and their therapy potential, I 1000% recommend you start by listening to Michael Pollan on Tim Ferris's podcast. He explains things so clearly. He also has a book if that's more your style: How to change your mind
Okay, thank you.
If you're interested in the topic, Michael Pollan just wrote a book about it. Here's a link to it on Amazon.
"In 1954, only one year after Twarog and Page reported finding serotonin in the brain, Woolley and Shaw recognized the structural relationship between LSD and serotonin and proposed that the mental effects of LSD might be caused by its interference with the actions of serotonin in the brain"
You can also find more by just searching about Twarog and Page. You can also read Michael Pollan's new book "How to change your mind" Which will cite MULTIPLE sources, studies, mostly from accredited universities such as John Hopkins, NYU, Harvard etc.
I highly suggest reading it. Everything I have referenced only touches what that book covers.
Theirs a lot more, I suggest pulling up google scholar and researching papers that are now being published online after the Nixon era ban had been lifted, universities have started uploading those.
My husband and I have recently realized that LSD is now our favorite drug. We're amazed that something so tiny have such a crazy profound effect on your mind.
We've started reading "How to change your mind" by Michael Pollan and it's fascinating. He talks about the history of LSD in clinical studies in the 50-70s and that the drug influenced a lot of organizations, including the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous.
If you're interested in learning more about the drug, it's definitely an interesting read, it would be even better on audio book. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594204225/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zn-KBbYB9Z16H
Lots of study and research happening on how psychedelics can help improve some diseases and mental health conditions (that's why I initially got interested in them many years ago).
How to Change Your Mind is a decent read on the current science, the author also takes a few different forms to assess the affects for themself.
There is a book called "How to change your mind" by Michael Pollan. It's about psychedelics, not hypnosis, but I think it might be right up your alley. It was truly an eye opening book for me.
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Medicines-Organised-Crime-Healthcare/dp/1846198844
>The main reason we take so many drugs is that drug companies don't sell drugs, they sell lies about drugs. This is what makes drugs so different from anything else in life...Virtually everything we know about drugs is what the companies have chosen to tell us and our doctors...the reason patients trust their medicine is that they extrapolate the trust they have in their doctors into the medicines they prescribe. The patients don't realise that, although their doctors may know a lot about diseases and human physiology and psychology, they know very, very little about drugs that hasn't been carefully concocted and dressed up by the drug industry.
About the Author
>Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician in 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; he worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975–83, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984–95. He co-founded The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen., Peter Gøtzsche has published more than 50 papers in ‘the big five’ (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and New England Journal of Medicine) and his scientific works have been cited over 10000 times., Peter Gøtzsche has an interest in statistics and research methodology. He is a member of several groups publishing guidelines for good reporting of research and has co-authored CONSORT for randomised trials (www.consort-statement.org), STROBE for observational studies (www.strobe-statement.org), PRISMA for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (www.prisma-statement.org), and SPIRIT for trial protocols (www.spirit-statement.org). Peter Gøtzsche is an editor in the Cochrane Methodology Review Group.
See if your mom can access to the psychedelic therapy later this year. They combine psychedelics with talk therapy. Check out Michael Pollan's book Change Your mind.m https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225
Psychedelic assisted talk therapy has not been shown to be more effective than traditional talk therapy for depression, anxiety, and trauma.
If you have any IRL friends who you’ve already breached the subject with and trust, that’s the best place to start. If you have some friends that you trust and that you’re suspicious might be experienced in psychedelics, but don’t know, bring it up casually sometime and gauge where they are at to see if they’ve got some experience already. If you have someone like this in your life, start there. See if they’d be willing to help you navigate setting up your first trip and doing it safely.
I’d also recommend reading a good user-friendly introduction on the topic like How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. This will get you excited about the prospect of a trip or maybe help you realize that you need to wait a bit before trying psychedelics. It will also help your get oriented and understand some of the terms and common experiences.
Good luck! Happy tripping!
> Høres ut som hun har fått i seg noe dritt servert av en annenrangs venstrehåndsonanist som innbiller seg at hasj fikser alle verdens problemer som "naturlig medisin", langt bedre enn noe man får på apoteket.
> Din gjennomsnittlige stoner er en kronidiot som ønsker å ruse seg 24/7 og driter i hvor mye skade han påfører andre så lenge han får spre bullshiten sin.
Javel
> Forskningen viser at hasjbruk har risiko for alvorlige psykiske problemer.
Hos et svært lite mindretalll som er predisponerte. Det samme kan man si om alkohol, som i tilleg fører til langt verre skader.
> Har du lest noe av forskningen?
Ja ganske mye, siden det er en del av jobben min.
> Det er ingen tvil om at hasj kan føre til psykotiske episoder og alvorlige effekter på en persons psyke.
Ja i svært sjeldne tilfeller. Den syntetiske hasjen gjør disse tilfellene mer frekvente.
> Det at du kontinuerlig later som om dette ikke er tilfellet er ekstremt misvisende.
Har på ingen måte nektet på det jeg. Jeg har bare et litt mer nyansert syn på dette enn deg. Kanskje fordi det er en del av jobben min å ha greie på sånt.
> Ja hva skal Norge gjøre uten NAV klienter som lever i en evig narkorus mens de sprer faenskapet sitt rundt seg og drar andre ned i samme møkka som de selv sitter i. Det er akkurat det vi trenger noen titusener til med.
Javel
> Kommer ann på nøyaktig hva det underliggende problemet er for de som driver med "selvmedisinering".
Det er jeg enig i.
> Det eneste verktøyet du har nevnt er å dope seg ned
Nei, verktøyene jeg har nevnt er det stikk motsatte av å dope seg ned. Nå demonstrerer du bare din uvitenhet igjen.
Jeg vil anbefale deg å lese denne boka. Den er godt skrevet og for utenforstående som deg:
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence/dp/1594204225
Her en kort introduksjon fra CBS:
Doctors love antidepressants.
They love the money they make from prescribing them.
If you want to read an amazing book on the failure of these medications to produce results then check out Anatomy of an Epidemic.
This book also includes a section on benzodiazepines.
Antidepressants, when taken long-term, can increase a person's risk of significant side effects. Please see this excellent book.
If the antidepressant is helping you, feel free to keep taking it. If it's not helping, please strongly consider discontinuing it. You might want to first ask a doctor or pharmacist whether cold-turkey is fine or whether a gradual taper is better.
If we think of any other suggestions, do you want to hear them?
(I'm a psychology student, not a doctor or pharmacist.)
This is where I read about it, amazing book. There's also a Netflix documentary series with the same name. It doesn't cover so much of the history though, the book goes into significantly more detail.
https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transcendence-ebook/dp/B076GPJXWZ
> most doctors are 0% captured by big pharma. go look at the data.
https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Medicines-Organised-Crime-Healthcare/dp/1846198844
>The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms. "The main reason we take so many drugs is that drug companies don't sell drugs, they sell lies about drugs.
>This is what makes drugs so different from anything else in life...Virtually everything we know about drugs is what the companies have chosen to tell us and our doctors...the reason patients trust their medicine is that they extrapolate the trust they have in their doctors into the medicines they prescribe. The patients don't realize that, although their doctors may know a lot about diseases and human physiology and psychology, they know very, very little about drugs that hasn't been carefully concocted and dressed up by the drug industry