Pain, catharsis, release

[AstralRoots]

Trauma is a tricky phenomenon which can be a major color to many people's existence. The addressing of it in order to live more rich, full, and healthy lives is quintessential especially given our societal condition. Krishnamurti stated that it is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society and how true he was.

On the one hand, when an adult finds itself in a traumatized state, one can rightly blame one's sick parents and society itself. However, on the other hand, one must take full responsibility for ones own healing work. It can be a real tragedy to face the fact that support systems capable of reaching the core of trauma are far less available then profit based approaches only created to numb symptoms.

Psychedelics have the capacity to reach the core of human trauma in my ongoing experience however after quite a few years of exploration they aren't a magical overnight pill you're healed phenomenon. Trauma can vary greatly in depth psychologically, emotionally, and physically. Ceremony facilitators can be highly competent in offering one on one help or they can be the complete opposite sometimes even worsening one's condition. Therapy can also lack in its capacity to treat pain on a causal level becoming yet another profit driven culdesac filling pockets and perpetuating sickness.

I'm not sure why i am making this post other than that I noticed the sub forum and find myself one who suffered serious childhood trauma and in an ongoing state of "trying" to change it. I'm not requesting any help here but am just sharing thoughts on the very important topic of which I have many.

A guide planted the seed in my mind and heart which I iterated as the subject of this post. Neurosis when defined as pain undealt with is the definition I continue to work with. Most have some degree of neurosis and if gone unchecked leads to depression, addiction, nihilism, narcissism and or worse. Therefore one must generate some practice whereby one can move from the pain to the eventual release of it. Catharsis has been quite helpful in my ongoing process and can be triggered through many forms of therapy: meditation, breath work, respectful psychedelic use, exercise, and more.

Thanks for reading and am open to other people's thoughts on any of these thoughts

A

 

[Nydex]

Thank you for being open and vulnerable. I wholeheartedly agree with your points. In my own experience, psychedelics have been something almost resembling a magic pill that "solves" all problems. Not in the strict meaning of the word, but more in the way the open you up to healing. Sometimes the path to that healing looks daunting and scary, of course. But sometimes it is also revealed to one as being literally the only way forward, provided one wants to heal.

I have found myself in a tragically deep depression twice in my life, caused by an accumulation of different things. Both times, it was psychedelics (and more specifically LSD) which gave me a new perspective on the pain I was feeling, its source, and the way to deal with it and heal. Both times I was a new man after that ~10hr journey, feeling like a huge weight fell off my back.

But of course I agree with you - psychedelics are little more than tools, and if misused, they can even lead to worsening of the problems at hand.

It can be a real tragedy to face the fact that support systems capable of reaching the core of trauma are far less available then profit based approaches only created to numb symptoms.

It's hard for me to put into words how much I resonate with this sentiment. It's tragic, really, how profit-driven today's society is, and how that mindset has tainted even those elements of society which are aimed at the spiritual - that which, by definition, should care not at all for the material, fleeting nature of monetary wealth.

It's so paradoxical, and so very sad. Alas, it is the reality we live in. We have a few choices - comply, ignore, or be the drivers of change. And it's undeniable that throughout our lives, most of us go through all three stages.

Thank you for this thoughtful post. Be well

 

[AstralRoots]

Thank you for being open and vulnerable. I wholeheartedly agree with your points. In my own experience, psychedelics have been something almost resembling a magic pill that "solves" all problems. Not in the strict meaning of the word, but more in the way the open you up to healing. Sometimes the path to that healing looks daunting and scary, of course. But sometimes it is also revealed to one as being literally the only way forward, provided one wants to heal.

I have found myself in a tragically deep depression twice in my life, caused by an accumulation of different things. Both times, it was psychedelics (and more specifically LSD) which gave me a new perspective on the pain I was feeling, its source, and the way to deal with it and heal. Both times I was a new man after that ~10hr journey, feeling like a huge weight fell off my back.

But of course I agree with you - psychedelics are little more than tools, and if misused, they can even lead to worsening of the problems at hand.


It's hard for me to put into words how much I resonate with this sentiment. It's tragic, really, how profit-driven today's society is, and how that mindset has tainted even those elements of society which are aimed at the spiritual - that which, by definition, should care not at all for the material, fleeting nature of monetary wealth.

It's so paradoxical, and so very sad. Alas, it is the reality we live in. We have a few choices - comply, ignore, or be the drivers of change. And it's undeniable that throughout our lives, most of us go through all three stages.

Thank you for this thoughtful post. Be well

Gratitude and wellness to you as well. I appreciate and resonate with your sentiments.

I am in a tragically difficult state of alas being "forced" to recollect, feel, and integrate my traumatic experiences as a child. I have significant gaps in memory, many moments of acute stress/trauma, and to this day parents who persist in their own unhealed CHT (might as well turn child hood trauma into a three letter acronym heh). Traumatized people traumatize others resulting in generating further pain in ones own life and in the lives of others. A truly tragic and vicious cycle.

I am ever thankful for the presence of plant, animal, and synthetic medicines which undeniably aide in the process of self-healing. Showing up to a ritual of, for instance, inhaling a molecule as potent and terrifying as 5 is certainly a great example of being in the driver seat of one's change-transformation. It takes a great deal of courage and humility to embark upon such processes. Same goes for agreeing to take something like L having no real idea of what's about to take place. It's like jumping into an ocean of bonafide Mystery with one's tiny canoe/ego!