The question of how to die better unexpectedly led two physicians to an interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in 'magic' mushrooms. MedTwitter
decriminalizing or legalizing psychedelics."I think this could be potentially game-changing for an inherently broken system," Ungerleider says.When facing death, people often feel robbed of choice, destined to a singular fate filled with fear. But with psilocybin-assisted therapy, people may regain a sense of agency.
Psychologist Bill Richards, PhD, the lead therapist in Agrawal's study and a psychologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, has witnessed this type of realization many times. Others may begin to see their own life as part of a larger web. A young father in Agrawal's study had a vision of what his family's life would be like after he died. He saw his children as part of a tree, and he was nestled in the earth below, still nourishing them like soil and fungi feed a forest. Afterwards, he felt better able to prepare himself and his kids for his death.
In fact, a single psilocybin journey can shift your mindset in a way that a decade of talk therapy just never will, Spence notes.
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