I am not asking if psychedelics are a psycho-neurological "cure all" (that is clearly not the case) - I am only suggesting the possibility that psychedelics can permanently change the chemical and/or physical makeup of the brain, and questioning that *if that is the case,* could it be *possible* under certain conditions, by employing certain methods / settings / dosage regimens / etc (even rituals / spiritual practices), that psychedelics could be used to not only treat, but *fix* certain chemical-imbalance-type disorders like OCD, Bipolar, Major Depression, or even Schizophrenia?
Has anyone ever experimented with this in-depth enough to create a practical methodology? For example, I would *love* to be able to trip once or twice and *fix* my anxiety. In a do-it-yourself kind of way... (I have already read / heard reports of Ayahuasca curing depression / anxiety and of ibogaine fixing chemical dependencies with no painful withdrawal)
However, the potential I am getting at here is even much more profound:
It has already been proven that non-traditional methods of therapy, such as NLP and hypnosis (and even disciplines such as music therapy) can influence the mind in significant ways. *What if* we combined these disciplines with a thorough knowledge of psychedelics and their effects and our already-increasing knowledge of neurology and psychology?
A truly skilled psychedelic therapist is a frighteningly powerful idea - a modern day shaman.
Has anyone ever experimented with this in-depth enough to create a practical methodology? For example, I would *love* to be able to trip once or twice and *fix* my anxiety. In a do-it-yourself kind of way... (I have already read / heard reports of Ayahuasca curing depression / anxiety and of ibogaine fixing chemical dependencies with no painful withdrawal)
However, the potential I am getting at here is even much more profound:
It has already been proven that non-traditional methods of therapy, such as NLP and hypnosis (and even disciplines such as music therapy) can influence the mind in significant ways. *What if* we combined these disciplines with a thorough knowledge of psychedelics and their effects and our already-increasing knowledge of neurology and psychology?
A truly skilled psychedelic therapist is a frighteningly powerful idea - a modern day shaman.
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