Master of plants
Master of plants
How does use of natural hallucinogens affect people´s minds?
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Psychedelics and psychology
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Do you mean chemically? Or psychologically? I assume from your title that you mean psychologically? There is no one simple answer to that question. They can alter ones psychological outlook profoundly in either a negative or positive sense.
Master of plants
Master of plants
Psychologically. If we focus on DMT, does it makes people ,,better"?
It depends. I think it deludes some people into believing into things that may not be real. But I think this delusion has a very positive psychological impact on people. Believing in gods and having faith in some beings living beyond our eyelids when we ingest an ancient psychoactive substance appeals to many peoples spiritual desires.
I also think it can make people believe in a paranoid dangerous delusion. Like that there is an group of people hunting you down which I see as negative. It can help one get through a serious psychological issue like depression or addiction which I see as a positive thing.
I also think it can make people believe in a paranoid dangerous delusion. Like that there is an group of people hunting you down which I see as negative. It can help one get through a serious psychological issue like depression or addiction which I see as a positive thing.
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Master of plants said:
DMT in itself doesn't 'do' anything, all the work has to be done by the person.
I think it 'made me better' because since the first breakthrough I hardly worry about dying any more - yah blessings!
DMT was a key tool in curing SWIM's depression. I don't know how DMT affects the mind physically, though, but others on here seem to have some understanding.
I tried to find the link to a great documentary I once watched about psychedelics and psychological therapy, but unfortunately I can't remember the programme title. Basically, there were experiments in the 60s with LSD in particular. They found it could really help people when they were directed through the experience. Unfortunately, the use of psychedelics was discredited by some other very brutal scientists who basically just dosed people up and locked them in a room alone for hours, which understandably had the opposite effect. Usefulness is completely dependent on providing optimal 'set and setting'. Incidentally, on that or another documentary it was explained how MDMA was developed as a drug for use in psychological sessions, such as marriage counselling, if my memory serves me correctly.
I'm told that studies by the Brazilian government concluded that ayawaska has a positive psychological effect on people in the 1980s, just before legalising its use (this is hearsay though as I've never myself seen the reports).
I tried to find the link to a great documentary I once watched about psychedelics and psychological therapy, but unfortunately I can't remember the programme title. Basically, there were experiments in the 60s with LSD in particular. They found it could really help people when they were directed through the experience. Unfortunately, the use of psychedelics was discredited by some other very brutal scientists who basically just dosed people up and locked them in a room alone for hours, which understandably had the opposite effect. Usefulness is completely dependent on providing optimal 'set and setting'. Incidentally, on that or another documentary it was explained how MDMA was developed as a drug for use in psychological sessions, such as marriage counselling, if my memory serves me correctly.
I'm told that studies by the Brazilian government concluded that ayawaska has a positive psychological effect on people in the 1980s, just before legalising its use (this is hearsay though as I've never myself seen the reports).
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According to an interview with Graham Hancock(i haven't seen the report)
A 15 year study of ayahuasca was conducted by harvard university in Brazil.
apparently the results suggested that their subjects all gained an increase of 6 IQ points.
Worth exloring.....
A 15 year study of ayahuasca was conducted by harvard university in Brazil.
apparently the results suggested that their subjects all gained an increase of 6 IQ points.
Worth exloring.....
Master of plants
Master of plants
Hmm, luckily I´m smart enough. 
Psychedelics causes psychology.
Psychedelics causes psychology.