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How #Psychedelics Affect the #Brain
Researchers sought to demonstrate therapeutic benefits of mind-altering drugs like #LSD and #psilocybin “#magicmushrooms,” many struggled to explain how these compounds work.
New studies included more than 500 scans of 267 research participants on five substances: LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, DMT and ayahuasca. Research suggests psychedelics temporarily reduce separation between how we think and how we perceive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/health/psychedelic-medicine-brain.html
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So many moral injuries and injustices have abound around me this past week, and Mother's Day, and just everything all together, has really made me super #Depressed and I can't help ruminating and crying about it, because it's all I can do.
Self-distraction is not working. Do I dare dive into a heavy psychedelic trip in my mental state? There's no such thing as a bad trip.
#MentalHealth #mentalillness #moralinjury #depression #anxiety #rumination #cPTSD #actuallyautistic #psychedelics
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DATE: May 11, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study explores the link between mystical psychedelic trips and a reduced fear of dying
A new study published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies has found that people who have had a meaningful psychedelic experience report a significantly reduced fear of death, alongside heightened feelings of connection to themselves, others, and the world around them. Furthermore, the degree of connection closely tracks the degree of relief from death-related fear.
Researchers have long argued that anxiety about dying sits at the root of a surprisingly wide range of psychological struggles, from depression to broader existential distress. Studies have observed that psychedelic experiences—first noted in terminally ill patients in the mid-20th century and later confirmed in modern controlled research—can drastically reduce this fear, though the mechanisms behind why this happens remain unclear.
One leading explanation is increased connectedness: a heightened sense of relationship to oneself, others, and the wider world. Because psychedelics reliably enhance these feelings, researchers sought to investigate whether greater connectedness might be one of the specific pathways through which psychedelics reduce the fear of death.
Led by Noah N. Barr at the University of Wollongong in Australia, the team recruited 106 adults (59 male, 44 female, 2 non-binary; average age 31 years) who had undergone a personally meaningful psychedelic experience using a classical substance. Psilocybin (the active compound in “magic mushrooms”) was the most common, though LSD, ayahuasca, DMT, and mescaline were also represented.
Using an anonymous online survey, participants reflected retrospectively on the three months before and the three months after their experience. They completed validated questionnaires measuring their fear of death, their tendency to avoid thinking about death, their sense of connectedness (to themselves, to others, and to the wider world/universe), and the intensity of any mystical-type experiences during their psychedelic session.
The results were consistent. Participants reported a significantly lower fear of death and significantly less death avoidance after their psychedelic experience compared to before. At the same time, they reported significantly greater connectedness across all three domains.
Crucially, the study found that these changes moved together. People who gained more in their sense of connection to themselves, to others, and to the world were more likely to have also experienced the greatest reductions in their fear of death. Stronger mystical experiences—characterized by feelings of cosmic unity and transcendence—were similarly associated with greater connectedness and a lower fear of death.
However, the findings became more complex when looking at death avoidance—defined as the tendency to actively keep thoughts of death out of conscious awareness. Increases in connectedness to oneself and to others were linked to lower death avoidance. But an increased connectedness to the world, as well as intense mystical experiences, did not predict lower levels of death avoidance.
The authors suggest this split points to two very different ways people process death after a trip. Feeling more connected to oneself and loved ones seems to promote genuine existential acceptance, where a person stops avoiding the topic of death and stops fearing it.
Conversely, intense mystical experiences may promote a “defensive shift.” A person who feels cosmically connected to the universe may stop fearing death, but they still actively avoid thinking about it—likely because the drug changed their metaphysical beliefs, allowing them to bypass human mortality by believing they will merge with the cosmos when they die.
“An important unresolved question is whether reductions in death anxiety following a psychedelic experience arise through defensive denialistic bypassing or through acceptance and integration of mortality,” Barr and colleagues concluded.
There are significant limitations to keep in mind. Chiefly, the study’s retrospective design—asking participants to recall and compare their mental states from months or years prior—is inherently vulnerable to recall bias, selective memory, and the tendency for a person to unconsciously exaggerate how bad they felt before a life-changing event to make the transformation seem more profound.
The study, “Exploring associations between connectedness and death anxiety following a psychedelic experience,” was authored by Noah N. Barr, Briony Larance, Matthew J. Schweickle, and Sam G. Moreton.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #PsychedelicStudies #DeathAnxiety #MysticalExperience #Psychedelics # psilocybin #LSD #Ayahuasca #DMT #Mindfulness #Connectedness
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DATE: May 11, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study explores the link between mystical psychedelic trips and a reduced fear of dying
A new study published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies has found that people who have had a meaningful psychedelic experience report a significantly reduced fear of death, alongside heightened feelings of connection to themselves, others, and the world around them. Furthermore, the degree of connection closely tracks the degree of relief from death-related fear.
Researchers have long argued that anxiety about dying sits at the root of a surprisingly wide range of psychological struggles, from depression to broader existential distress. Studies have observed that psychedelic experiences—first noted in terminally ill patients in the mid-20th century and later confirmed in modern controlled research—can drastically reduce this fear, though the mechanisms behind why this happens remain unclear.
One leading explanation is increased connectedness: a heightened sense of relationship to oneself, others, and the wider world. Because psychedelics reliably enhance these feelings, researchers sought to investigate whether greater connectedness might be one of the specific pathways through which psychedelics reduce the fear of death.
Led by Noah N. Barr at the University of Wollongong in Australia, the team recruited 106 adults (59 male, 44 female, 2 non-binary; average age 31 years) who had undergone a personally meaningful psychedelic experience using a classical substance. Psilocybin (the active compound in “magic mushrooms”) was the most common, though LSD, ayahuasca, DMT, and mescaline were also represented.
Using an anonymous online survey, participants reflected retrospectively on the three months before and the three months after their experience. They completed validated questionnaires measuring their fear of death, their tendency to avoid thinking about death, their sense of connectedness (to themselves, to others, and to the wider world/universe), and the intensity of any mystical-type experiences during their psychedelic session.
The results were consistent. Participants reported a significantly lower fear of death and significantly less death avoidance after their psychedelic experience compared to before. At the same time, they reported significantly greater connectedness across all three domains.
Crucially, the study found that these changes moved together. People who gained more in their sense of connection to themselves, to others, and to the world were more likely to have also experienced the greatest reductions in their fear of death. Stronger mystical experiences—characterized by feelings of cosmic unity and transcendence—were similarly associated with greater connectedness and a lower fear of death.
However, the findings became more complex when looking at death avoidance—defined as the tendency to actively keep thoughts of death out of conscious awareness. Increases in connectedness to oneself and to others were linked to lower death avoidance. But an increased connectedness to the world, as well as intense mystical experiences, did not predict lower levels of death avoidance.
The authors suggest this split points to two very different ways people process death after a trip. Feeling more connected to oneself and loved ones seems to promote genuine existential acceptance, where a person stops avoiding the topic of death and stops fearing it.
Conversely, intense mystical experiences may promote a “defensive shift.” A person who feels cosmically connected to the universe may stop fearing death, but they still actively avoid thinking about it—likely because the drug changed their metaphysical beliefs, allowing them to bypass human mortality by believing they will merge with the cosmos when they die.
“An important unresolved question is whether reductions in death anxiety following a psychedelic experience arise through defensive denialistic bypassing or through acceptance and integration of mortality,” Barr and colleagues concluded.
There are significant limitations to keep in mind. Chiefly, the study’s retrospective design—asking participants to recall and compare their mental states from months or years prior—is inherently vulnerable to recall bias, selective memory, and the tendency for a person to unconsciously exaggerate how bad they felt before a life-changing event to make the transformation seem more profound.
The study, “Exploring associations between connectedness and death anxiety following a psychedelic experience,” was authored by Noah N. Barr, Briony Larance, Matthew J. Schweickle, and Sam G. Moreton.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #PsychedelicStudies #DeathAnxiety #MysticalExperience #Psychedelics # psilocybin #LSD #Ayahuasca #DMT #Mindfulness #Connectedness
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DATE: May 11, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: New study explores the link between mystical psychedelic trips and a reduced fear of dying
A new study published in the Journal of Psychedelic Studies has found that people who have had a meaningful psychedelic experience report a significantly reduced fear of death, alongside heightened feelings of connection to themselves, others, and the world around them. Furthermore, the degree of connection closely tracks the degree of relief from death-related fear.
Researchers have long argued that anxiety about dying sits at the root of a surprisingly wide range of psychological struggles, from depression to broader existential distress. Studies have observed that psychedelic experiences—first noted in terminally ill patients in the mid-20th century and later confirmed in modern controlled research—can drastically reduce this fear, though the mechanisms behind why this happens remain unclear.
One leading explanation is increased connectedness: a heightened sense of relationship to oneself, others, and the wider world. Because psychedelics reliably enhance these feelings, researchers sought to investigate whether greater connectedness might be one of the specific pathways through which psychedelics reduce the fear of death.
Led by Noah N. Barr at the University of Wollongong in Australia, the team recruited 106 adults (59 male, 44 female, 2 non-binary; average age 31 years) who had undergone a personally meaningful psychedelic experience using a classical substance. Psilocybin (the active compound in “magic mushrooms”) was the most common, though LSD, ayahuasca, DMT, and mescaline were also represented.
Using an anonymous online survey, participants reflected retrospectively on the three months before and the three months after their experience. They completed validated questionnaires measuring their fear of death, their tendency to avoid thinking about death, their sense of connectedness (to themselves, to others, and to the wider world/universe), and the intensity of any mystical-type experiences during their psychedelic session.
The results were consistent. Participants reported a significantly lower fear of death and significantly less death avoidance after their psychedelic experience compared to before. At the same time, they reported significantly greater connectedness across all three domains.
Crucially, the study found that these changes moved together. People who gained more in their sense of connection to themselves, to others, and to the world were more likely to have also experienced the greatest reductions in their fear of death. Stronger mystical experiences—characterized by feelings of cosmic unity and transcendence—were similarly associated with greater connectedness and a lower fear of death.
However, the findings became more complex when looking at death avoidance—defined as the tendency to actively keep thoughts of death out of conscious awareness. Increases in connectedness to oneself and to others were linked to lower death avoidance. But an increased connectedness to the world, as well as intense mystical experiences, did not predict lower levels of death avoidance.
The authors suggest this split points to two very different ways people process death after a trip. Feeling more connected to oneself and loved ones seems to promote genuine existential acceptance, where a person stops avoiding the topic of death and stops fearing it.
Conversely, intense mystical experiences may promote a “defensive shift.” A person who feels cosmically connected to the universe may stop fearing death, but they still actively avoid thinking about it—likely because the drug changed their metaphysical beliefs, allowing them to bypass human mortality by believing they will merge with the cosmos when they die.
“An important unresolved question is whether reductions in death anxiety following a psychedelic experience arise through defensive denialistic bypassing or through acceptance and integration of mortality,” Barr and colleagues concluded.
There are significant limitations to keep in mind. Chiefly, the study’s retrospective design—asking participants to recall and compare their mental states from months or years prior—is inherently vulnerable to recall bias, selective memory, and the tendency for a person to unconsciously exaggerate how bad they felt before a life-changing event to make the transformation seem more profound.
The study, “Exploring associations between connectedness and death anxiety following a psychedelic experience,” was authored by Noah N. Barr, Briony Larance, Matthew J. Schweickle, and Sam G. Moreton.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #PsychedelicStudies #DeathAnxiety #MysticalExperience #Psychedelics # psilocybin #LSD #Ayahuasca #DMT #Mindfulness #Connectedness
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Hype, danger or effective therapy? The use of psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, ketamine and LSD to treat mental disorders is controversial. What matters above all is that these therapies are targeted effectively. Researchers from #CharitéBerlin have researched for the first time who these therapies can help – and who they might harm.
See the results 👇
https://www.charite.de/en/service/press_reports/artikel/detail/psychedelic_substances_who_can_they_help_and_who_might_they_harm#Research #Science #Medicine #MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon #CharitéPaper #Depression #Psychedelics
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#Trump & #psychedelics: "…while the concrete provisions of the order will probably have only “some minimal impact”, he added that “the overall order itself could have a pretty significant impact, just in terms of its symbolic value”. Marks noted that the order came with a lot of fanfare, including a press conference with #JoeRogan, a podcaster, and Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy Seal.
“It’s quite unusual for a president to be promoting psychedelic research in such a public way,” Marks said. During the conference, Rogan said that a text conversation between himself and the president inspired the #executiveorder."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/trump-psychedelic-medication-order
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"#Psychedelics are the next front in #BigTech's dystopia. #Psymposia developed this primer for leftists in response to Donald #Trump‘s April 18 #ExecutiveOrder, which accelerates review of psychedelic drugs deemed “#BreakthroughTherapies” and makes Schedule 1 drugs more accessible under #RighttoTry laws.
This announcement made a splash in psychedelic media, where praise for the Trump administration mixes with false claims about an “end to prohibition.”
This move represents a crystallization of far-right interest in the psychedelic industry and a step towards oligarch monopolization of psychedelic medicine by figures including Peter Thiel and Musk lieutenant Antonio Gracias. We end by discussing the risks of elite control over drugs that have been developed to shift identity — especially when those elites are simultaneously devoted to killing the so-called "woke mind virus" and remaking the global order in Palantir's image."
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Trump signs order to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Trump signs order to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Trump signs order to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Trump signs order to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Trump signs order to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments
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Bloomberg: #Psychedelics related #stocks rally after Donald Trump signed an executive order to expedite #research and access to psychedelics that might be used to treat #post-traumaticstressdisorder. Compass Pathways +25%, AtaiBeckley +22%, Definium Therapeutics +20%.
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"Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality."
Microdosing and DMT for a better world? Discussing anarchism and consciousness with a neuroscientist
https://youtu.be/s2rs_9B8MrM#Microdosing #DMT #Psychedelics #PsychedelicMedicine #Neuroscience #Consciousness #QuantumMechanics #Meditation #Spirituality #Anarchism
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"Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality."
Microdosing and DMT for a better world? Discussing anarchism and consciousness with a neuroscientist
https://youtu.be/s2rs_9B8MrM#Microdosing #DMT #Psychedelics #PsychedelicMedicine #Neuroscience #Consciousness #QuantumMechanics #Meditation #Spirituality #Anarchism
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"Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality."
Microdosing and DMT for a better world? Discussing anarchism and consciousness with a neuroscientist
https://youtu.be/s2rs_9B8MrM#Microdosing #DMT #Psychedelics #PsychedelicMedicine #Neuroscience #Consciousness #QuantumMechanics #Meditation #Spirituality #Anarchism
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"Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality."
Microdosing and DMT for a better world? Discussing anarchism and consciousness with a neuroscientist
https://youtu.be/s2rs_9B8MrM#Microdosing #DMT #Psychedelics #PsychedelicMedicine #Neuroscience #Consciousness #QuantumMechanics #Meditation #Spirituality #Anarchism
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"Mike Watson and Adam Ray Adkins host Dr. James Cooke, Neuroscientist, writer & speaker, who focuses on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, science and spirituality."
Microdosing and DMT for a better world? Discussing anarchism and consciousness with a neuroscientist
https://youtu.be/s2rs_9B8MrM#Microdosing #DMT #Psychedelics #PsychedelicMedicine #Neuroscience #Consciousness #QuantumMechanics #Meditation #Spirituality #Anarchism
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Hi Fediverse!
After hovering around here for a long time as a passive observer, I've decided to be more of an active participant, and try to do the #introduction thingy.
I'm #autistic, so obviously the only good way to introduce myself is by making a long list of topics I think too much about. Besides the standard Fedi topics, I'll be tooting about:
‣ The surreal experience of growing up in the #Baltics in the 90s, and why the last half a decade of geopolitical events unfolding has made my hair go gray.
‣ Deconstructing bad takes about " #EasternEurope " I keep hearing from fellow leftists in the west. About the othering that comes with just being born there, often even in #radical spaces.
‣ A long and confusing journey of understanding my fluid #gender experience, after growing up in one of the more #queer unfriendly regions of #Europe.
‣ Observations from a decade of hedonistic escapism in the #Amsterdam "underground" #techno scene. About performative politics, gatekeeping and classism in the scene, and why we need to make dance music political again.
‣ The absurdity that has been happening since #techbros took over the #psychedelics space.Unfortunately, I don't have a cat to post pictures of. However, I have made friends with the local murder of #crows, hopefully that works!
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„The real thing does not require refills.“
I gave an Indian Aghori #DMT and he laughed at it
„This is powerful and a genuine glimpse, but he called it ›a temporary light‹.“
„What I learned was: there is a big difference between seeing something profound and *becoming* something profound. Because I was confusing these visions that I was able to have in the psychedelic flash as being some kind of accomplishment of my own.“
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„The real thing does not require refills.“
I gave an Indian Aghori #DMT and he laughed at it
„This is powerful and a genuine glimpse, but he called it ›a temporary light‹.“
„What I learned was: there is a big difference between seeing something profound and *becoming* something profound. Because I was confusing these visions that I was able to have in the psychedelic flash as being some kind of accomplishment of my own.“
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„The real thing does not require refills.“
I gave an Indian Aghori #DMT and he laughed at it
„This is powerful and a genuine glimpse, but he called it ›a temporary light‹.“
„What I learned was: there is a big difference between seeing something profound and *becoming* something profound. Because I was confusing these visions that I was able to have in the psychedelic flash as being some kind of accomplishment of my own.“
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„The real thing does not require refills.“
I gave an Indian Aghori #DMT and he laughed at it
„This is powerful and a genuine glimpse, but he called it ›a temporary light‹.“
„What I learned was: there is a big difference between seeing something profound and *becoming* something profound. Because I was confusing these visions that I was able to have in the psychedelic flash as being some kind of accomplishment of my own.“
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„The real thing does not require refills.“
I gave an Indian Aghori #DMT and he laughed at it
„This is powerful and a genuine glimpse, but he called it ›a temporary light‹.“
„What I learned was: there is a big difference between seeing something profound and *becoming* something profound. Because I was confusing these visions that I was able to have in the psychedelic flash as being some kind of accomplishment of my own.“
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Researchers Study Encounters with Nonhuman Entities During DMT Experiences
📰 Original title: Some People See Aliens While on DMT. Researchers Want to Find Out What They Can Teach Us
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/researchers-study-encounters-with-nonhuman-entities-during-dmt-experiences/?redirpost=32bc2838-1172-4298-b88e-c8dc32df7168
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Psychedelics increase neuroplasticity — helping the brain form new connections, break rigid thinking, and create new pathways for healing, learning, and emotional reset. #Neuroplasticity #Psychedelics #MentalHealth #Psilocybin #BrainScience #Healing #M
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Jesus Was a Psychedelic Mushroom, a Controversial Theory Suggests. Could It Reshape Christianity Forever?
"...the New Testament brims with code words for psychedelic rituals. By his logic, every godly encounter, every epiphany, every miracle is an allegory for a trip."
From Popular Mechanics: https://archive.ph/pmkgR
#Christianity #Bible #NewTestament #Testament #God #Jesus #Christ #Psychedelic #Mushroom #Mushrooms #Psychedelics #Hallucinations
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“The open state of the critical period may be an opportunity for a post-treatment integration period to maintain the learning state,” she adds. “Too often, after having a procedure or treatment, people go back to their chaotic, busy lives that can be overwhelming. Clinicians may want to consider the time period after a psychedelic drug dose as a time to heal and learn, much like we do for open heart surgery.”
"For mice given ketamine, the critical period of social reward learning stayed open in the mice for 48 hours. With psilocybin, the open state lasted two weeks. For mice given MDMA, LSD and ibogaine, the critical period remained open for two, three and four weeks, respectively.
The researchers say the length of time that the critical period stayed open in mice seems to roughly parallel the average length of time that people self-report the acute effects of each psychedelic drug."
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—>> #MichaelKosta ⦁ Interview ⦁ #TheDailyShow <<— “In Waves and War” #MarcusCapone & #JonShenk Healing #Trauma With #Psychedelics #TDS #DailyShow #Comedy #Humour #Humor #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News #Vets #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol youtu.be/Es-AsdHn8eE
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We are witnessing the rise of a "fourth wave" of psychiatry, characterized by the use of psychedelics: compounds that do not merely suppress symptoms but appear to catalyze profound, rapid, and durable healing through mechanisms of #neuroplasticity and network reorganization.
#WhatIs #psychedelics #Psychiatry #Neuroscience #Pharmaceutical #sflorg #PTSD #Alcoholism #Addictions
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Integration is still possible in noisy, stressful, or unsupportive environments.
Micro-sanctuaries, quiet time, breathwork, and virtual support help stabilize the nervous system and carry insights forward.Full article:
https://themagicchurch.org/magic/integration-in-unsupportive-environments#Psychedelics #Neuroscience #Integration #Mindfulnes #Spirituality #themagicchurch
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I just got back from a *tiny* but fun biennial conference that I enjoy. Mostly local to #Ohio (USA).
It is officially a #conference on "#sensing and #sensors" but it has presentations on #science, #biology (animal sensing), #neuroscience, #ElectronicsHacking, #AI, #art/artists/art history (sort of), and so on. Last time #psychedelics came up. This time #TBI.
With #poetry readings, #soundscapes, #music performances, and films added for good measure.
Very small this year. I hope it survives.
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The ‘Spirit Molecule’ Defends the Brain Against Stroke in Mice, Breakthrough Study Shows
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"The Hopkins-Oxford group also raised the historical ethical transgressions around #psychedelics — including the CIA’s #MKUltra experiments with #LSD and other drugs on unwitting subjects, abuses of psychiatric patients and prisoners, sexual abuse and boundary violations by session guides, and appropriative practices toward #Indigenous communities.
“These past abuses should have a profound role in guiding the procedures we enact today.""
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🎶🧘♂️ "PLOS One bravely uncovers the mind-bending secret that hyperventilating while listening to #Enya might just send you on a psychedelic trip without the need for actual #psychedelics. Next up, the groundbreaking #study on achieving nirvana by sneezing with your eyes open." 😂🔬
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0329411 #mindbending #research #hyperventilation #wellness #HackerNews #ngated -
Psychedelic drug DMT and near death experiences have long been linked – my study is the first to explore the connection in depth
#Science #Death #DMT #NearDeathExperience #Psychedelics #Consciousness #NDE #MentalHealth #Spirituality #Neuroscience
https://the-14.com/psychedelic-drug-dmt-and-near-death-experiences-have-long-been-linked-my-study-is-the-first-to-explore-the-connection-in-depth/ -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/275553/ More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain #BrainResearch #Depression #Dopamine #Health #LSD #MentalHealth #neurobiology #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceNews #psilocybin #psychedelics #Psychology #psychopharmacology #serotonin #UK #UnitedKingdom
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More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain
Summary: Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #brainresearch #CA #Canada #depression #dopamine #LSD #Mentalhealth #neurobiology #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceNews #psilocybin #psychedelics #psychology #psychopharmacology #serotonin
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More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain
Summary: Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a…
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More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain
Summary: Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a…
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More Than Serotonin: How Psychedelics Engage the Whole Brain
Summary: Classical psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline are known for activating the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor, but a…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #brainresearch #CA #Canada #depression #dopamine #LSD #Mentalhealth #neurobiology #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceNews #psilocybin #psychedelics #psychology #psychopharmacology #serotonin
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