Foreigner
Bluelighter
Has anyone here had direct experience with using drugs like psychedelics, or any drug really, to help with healing trauma? Whether self-dosing or doing it with a therapist?
Which drug worked best for you?
Recently I took a toke of weed, which is the first time I've gotten high in a really long time, and the backlog of traumatic memories started up. I had major, major anxiety and I needed alone time asap. I mostly cried a lot, to be honest. I don't find that cannabis is very useful for trauma resolution, but it did show me that I have a lot to work on from the past few years. Probably with the suppressed terror of almost dying multiple times. This little glimpse into my unresolved trauma is showing me that I've been on auto-pilot a lot in my life this past year, just trying to be normal, when really I am anything but normal.
I have past experience with ketamine for PTSD but I'm wondering if people here have found success with others? I am considering trying ketamine first, since I know it, I can psychologically handle small doses, and it's short acting. I might try mushrooms after that, and eventually upgrade to LSD... but I have to be very careful with LSD because it's so long lasting and I don't want to end up in a tailspin.
So yeah... have any drugs worked to help you uncover and integrate traumatic memory?
As a follow up question, have you ever felt really stuck in life and unable to creatively see your way through it, but figured it out after taking a psychedelic? I sometimes wonder if my problem lately is lack of neuroplasticity too.
Which drug worked best for you?
Recently I took a toke of weed, which is the first time I've gotten high in a really long time, and the backlog of traumatic memories started up. I had major, major anxiety and I needed alone time asap. I mostly cried a lot, to be honest. I don't find that cannabis is very useful for trauma resolution, but it did show me that I have a lot to work on from the past few years. Probably with the suppressed terror of almost dying multiple times. This little glimpse into my unresolved trauma is showing me that I've been on auto-pilot a lot in my life this past year, just trying to be normal, when really I am anything but normal.
I have past experience with ketamine for PTSD but I'm wondering if people here have found success with others? I am considering trying ketamine first, since I know it, I can psychologically handle small doses, and it's short acting. I might try mushrooms after that, and eventually upgrade to LSD... but I have to be very careful with LSD because it's so long lasting and I don't want to end up in a tailspin.
So yeah... have any drugs worked to help you uncover and integrate traumatic memory?
As a follow up question, have you ever felt really stuck in life and unable to creatively see your way through it, but figured it out after taking a psychedelic? I sometimes wonder if my problem lately is lack of neuroplasticity too.