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Hey Kevin. You said you are curious about the word healing in the context of psychedelics. This is not the only study done on psychedelics concerning mental well being. It is true that after the sixties the amount of research on these subjects dropped to virtually non existing levels, which was in line with government policy on these drugs. Luckily, tides are turning and a lot of countries especially in Europe are now researching these substances again. We can thank the anthropologists. I could dig up all the research for you, if you like, concerning the seemingly positive effects of alternate state of consciences. But lets first look at the cultural and anecdotal clues. Ayahuasca is a brew made of 2 plants, which has been used for literally thousands of years by indigenous people of South America. They believed in spirit worlds where one could meet mother nature in person. In this spirit world is where the healing occurred. You might as well replace the word ''spirit world'' with ''dreaming state''. Please do not take these words literal, I do not believe in supernatural entities. If you start looking you will see that using drugs which induce alternate states of consciences are pan-epidemic, crossing different cultures. Again, we have to credit the anthropologists. There was a Dutch psychotherapist that threated holocaust survivors with LSD assisted therapy. Results where that the man could sleep without nightmares again for the first time in 30 years. This hits home for me personally, literally and figural. People in my country don't get thrown into jail for doing such an victim less ''crime''. Now let me get into some of your points. ''I know people who've had very traumatic experiences of the drug, and I have tried it a half dozen times or so trying to see what all the fuss was about. I kept getting way too overwhelmed to get anything out of it, and when I wasn't overwhelmed, it was interesting with the tracers and melting wood panel, and the artificial sense of profundity. I've asked lots of people what they got out of the experience and every time it's something either super vague or completely unverifiable. So, I remain skeptical.'' People can indeed, have traumatic experiences from these drugs. Environment, state of mind, and dose are factors which are so fucking important. We should treat these substances as we treat other controlled and regulated substances now. This will greatly improve the positivity that can be attained trough psychedelic assisted therapy for the most broken amongst us. I indeed, always focus on the melting wood panel and alike, one doesn't actually have to think about the atrocities one has been trough to help them overcome it. When you take these kind of substances it required a great amount of courage. Not initially, the ''hey i am dropping some acid guise'' part, but the part which comes after - the total surrender of ones mind. The studies done on psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms and alike, show that people strengthen ''positive'' personality traits like openness. This only occurs when people go trough 2 phases during their trip. The ''bad trip'' part comes first, then you surrender, ''then you reach a place where there is only love and no ego''. It saddens me that some people can't seem to break trough the first phase. You said that people will always explain these things vaguely. Well why might that be? It is because the person is trying to describe synesthesia, which is a daring task indeed. Just imagine how many people could stop using anti-depressants if they have had a successful session of psychedelic assisted therapy. I could tell so much more on this subject, but before I do that I would like to read your thoughts. Edit: Listening to the podcast you linked, I already have some criticism on the way Stef uses language here. I will do that criticism in another thread when I have listened to it thoroughly. (I will invite you to the thread, I want you involved!) I don't think if you ever used these substances and reached a state of mind which you deemed impossible, that you could ever want to be a politician. I am always reminded of this quote, as it reminds me of the ''revelations'' people describe they had on psychedelics. The revelations always bloom after the ''ego death'' , and they are almost always about love and care, a connexion between self and nature. “Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what he loves.”

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I personally life in a country where some of these substances are attained thought stores, legally. A psilocybin [a substance found in fungus, magic mushroom and alike] induced trip I did a few years ago was a truly profound experience. At first I was very scared, which you should be. But once I let all my fears go and stopped resisting it was beautiful. I went trough a fire growing up which nearly killed me, had recurring nightmares for a little longer then a year. I never had them after said trip. Much later, one day browsing reddit, I found out that psilocybin actually had great healing powers for people suffering from PTSD. This was very intriguing to me because of my own anecdotal experience. Unsurprisingly, many other ''love drugs'' seem to do the same thing, healing very damaged individuals by temporary changing their conscience. Anyone else on this forum with experiences concerning entheogenic substances? In other words, I self medicated not with amphetamines; but with something that has to power to heal you substantially in one setting. It might actually not be the experience alone, but it might be that the substance itself repairs the physiological mutations caused by trauma.

Hey Matt,Enjoy your stay on the forums!-Ax

You can appreciate it all you want but it's not the important thing. The important thing is that you stop being in a negative state of mind. If you do [cycle of self abuse trough victimhood] you literally reinforce the trauma inflicted by your kinship. Infinite possibilities if you can stop dwelling into your dark past, imagine a better future. Every time you get a negative thought, or go over the same negative shit like you always do - stop the fucking thought! Learn a habit to break away from another one. Do note; negative thoughts are not thoughts like ''If I do X, it will help me because Y''. Treat yourself as you would another ''overemotional'' person, calm them the fuck down.

This album is so fucking good. I love this kind of artists. Combining different styles of music with which is basically poetry. An example of counter-culture doing good work. That people can have their paradigm changed by a ''rapper'' is simply amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcr9XKj1ZwE ''Yeah I try to spread a message, but really ambition Is what is driven through my lyrics I'm really a gimmick Not that I don't put my heart and my soul in the words It's just I ask If the bars are changing the Earth How arrogant is it to think we can change it trough art? Only slightly less arrogant than those Who believe that we can't So pull a bit harder We may just crumble the house of cards'' If anyone is into more grimy stuff, and likes wordplay - here's another one of the same artist. This was actually recorded live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0kbuFpL0u8 ''Bigger than that what is going on with this Prison in America’s a private business They get paid 50k per year per inmate by the State, just wait… Also legally are allowed to use their prison inmates as slaves Cheap slave labour, big corporations They come out of jail, can’t get a job So when we celebrate going to jail We are LITERALLY CELEBRATING ENSLAVEMENT Add to that, that the hood that you’re livin’ Engineered social condition that breeds crime by design Where do you think you get your nine?''

Hey man, I hope your doing a little better after you wrote this. Writing always helps me. Everything that has happened to you is not something you can ever change, but you can change the future. We all know this, but the past leaves scar tissue everywhere. Shit ain't easy. My mother committed suicide when I was 1 year old (my brother was 3), I grew up with an alcoholic father ever since. He took no response ability whatsoever. Friends and family from my mothers side always tried to take me away from my father. Just last week I brought my father to another addiction center, this is probably his tenth time going internal. I also almost died in a fire when I was 13, dad's alcoholism intensifies. That year I dropped from the highest level education, since I didn't go to school anymore. These things are horrible, but they have advantages as well. If I did finish my school and had a rich background, I would not be the person I am today (duh). And I am so fucking happy I am the person I am. A hard life for every silver spoon, a shade of gray to every bit of blue. If you want to be an happier person and heal the damage done from your kinship, you have to stop being a victim. Listen, I am not saying you are not a victim, you seem to have gone trough atrocities. Victimhood is a dangerous state of mind. I have been there so many times. But you don't have to be a victim anymore, you can break away the chains which you where born in. You ''just'' have to change your state of mind. Fuck those people, fuck all of them. Don't even start analyzing your situation even more. Don't think about analyzing the actions of the people around you anymore, analyze your own thoughts. How many times do you drift in the shadow which is your past? These habits of ''over analyzing'' the past actually becomes an very unhealthy habit. I can know. I have had dreams of the fire I was in. It was always like it actually happened, but instead of living I died. I actually always hated the fact that I didn't die in my sleep that day. I remember thinking ''the family drama could have ended'', I contemplated suicide for a long time. I learned so much from the constant cycle of victimhood and I would not recommend it to anyone. I know some people will hate me for saying this but; we really do ''romanticize'' our traumatic experiences. Unconscionably solidifying the trauma, repeating time after time. Even if you are the victim, don't be. Edit; I added you on skype If you ever wanna talk about it, there's the chance I am not correctly explaining what I learned from my past; I don't mind elaborating further.

Hey Markovcd,. I'm pretty new here as well!I am always up for conversation, invite me to a thread or send me a message if you want!Welcome to the forums!

I should have stated that my anxiety started to feel more rational as soon as I had realigned my goals. The pressure point changes. You said what I wanted to say, guess that these kinds of things cannot be pushed into 2 sentences. Thanks for the input!

I think the video from Stef labelled ''procrastination''. I have had the same issues as you have, and still have them to some degree. The tl;dr goes like; You don't have to do anything, do what you want''. I know it sounds super cliche, watch the video for elaboration. For me this was a way to reduce my anxiety levels.

Yea by their logic we can just copy paste the word culture after each word. People trow these words out like it should actually represent a group of people that defends rape with tooth and nail.

I work in an nightclub/restaurant. Going to visit an school today to see if the courses are worth the money, I want to continue my education trough ''regular'' channels as well.

I'm pretty sure anyone with the right mindset can contribute in one way or another! Welcome Stackman!

Hey everyone,I just wanted to say I really enjoyed ''How to Create a Mind'' by Kurzweil.

I fucking cringe every time someone says or posts containing the word ''rape culture''. Anyone here that feels the same way?

I actually believe he's part of the good of the world. No, he might not be as enlightened as people on this forum - but he is famous. People need to start somewhere. And for a lot of people he has the possibility to be the point from where people look further. Personally I know people who started their journey because they had listened to Alex Jones, and are now listening to FDR. Now before you start criticizing me about Mr. Jones, I think he's a total maniac.

Thank you. I have moved on from a lot of stuff by gaining knowledge on these issues. I wont ever say I am completely emotionally healed, but I will continue forever with attempts to improve myself. If anything it does motivate me to do things and try to make a positive impact on the world as a whole.

Obviously there are different kinds of therapy suited for different kinds of ''problems''. Would you mind elaborating a little more?

Hey people of the FDR forum! How are you doing? I am Axel from Amsterdam. I would describe myself as a child of the interwebz, I was born in '92. I came from an household filled with depressed and addicted people. I have been listening to FDR for quite some time, which has been really helpful. Stefan once said something along the lines of ''What does not anger us we normalize, what we normalize we reproduce''. That really hit home. I look forward to interacting with the people of this forum. Keep on shining, people of virtue!

Hey SueBee! I am a newbie to the FDR forum myself, hope to see you around! Hey Kevin, I noticed the ''anti-fragile system'' @ your name. Did you ever read the book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile?