The Truth About Psychedelics
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Should psychedelics be legal?
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You might be hearing about states and countries legalizing psychedelics. In 2020, Oregon became the first US state to decriminalize psilocybin and legalize it for therapeutic use. In 2022, Colorado followed suit. Researchers have recently been touting the benefits of psychedelics for health conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, cancer-related distress, and the list goes on. However - like cannabis - psilocybin is still illegal under US federal law.
Given that ongoing fight, you might have questions. I know I do. Are psychedelics the next weed? Is that a good thing? Are psychedelics dangerous? Do they actually have scientific benefits? How do psychedelics work? In this episode of Huge If True, we find out.
Thank you to Dr. Ben Rein, neuroscience researcher and consultant on this episode. If you enjoy Huge If True, you’ll love Dr. Rein’s videos on TikTok! www.tiktok.com/@dr.brein?lang=en
Chapters:
00:00 The big debate about psychedelics
02:16 What are psychedelics?
03:35 What do psychedelics do?
05:47 The history of psychedelics
06:46 The War on Drugs
09:09 New research on psychedelics
10:05 How do psychedelics work?
11:09 Psychedelics for PTSD and depression
12:21 Are psychedelics legal?
14:10 Why psychedelics are huge if true
15:15 What is Huge If True?
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Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, Huge If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular UA-cam channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s UA-cam Originals show, Glad You Asked.
Additional reading and watching:
- Psychedelic Legalization & Decriminalization Tracker: psychedelicalpha.com/data/psy...
- The Accidental Discovery of LSD, The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/health/ar...
- Psilocybin effects in patients with life-threatening cancer, Journal of Psychopharmacology: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- MDMA effects on PTSD, Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
- Psilocybin fMRI-measured brain mechanisms, Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
- The real risks of psychedelics, explained by an expert | Dr. Matthew Johnson: • The real risks of psyc...
- The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins | Dr. Matthew Johnson • The “heroic dose” of p...
- How psychedelics work, explained in under 6 minutes | Matthew Johnson • How psychedelics work,...
- Ayahuasca, by VSauce • Ayahuasca
- Expert Answers Psychedelics Questions From Twitter (ft. Michael Pollan) | Tech Support | WIRED • Expert Answers Psyched...
- The Therapy Part of Psychedelic Therapy Is a Mess, Wired: www.wired.com/story/psychedel...
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Psychedelics have the potential to make a significant impact on mental health issues like anxiety and depression. They've been incredibly helpful for me personally.
I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to source.
dr.tonyshrooms is your guy. The best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know.
He's on instgram??
Yes
I had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great.
Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back.
These are great healing compounds! When used in proper context.
I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to get them, anyone?
Is on Instgram?
Yessss
I just had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great! I loved it.
Explaining the feeling of shrooms is literally impossible, until you try them yourself.
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It's quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress..saved my life.
Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them but it's just hard to source out here.
I'm feeling the same way too. I put so much on my plate and it definitelv affects mv stress and anxietv levels
I was having this constant and unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I came across Ted Winston, a very intelligent mycologist, He saved my life honestly.
How can I contact him?
HE'S MOSTLY ON INSTAGRAMS, USING THE USERNAME
Psychedelic therapy is just one of those great leaps in the mental health space. It’s wonderful and the fact they serve recreational use and health as well.
Psychedelic help a lot and they’re like a cheat sheet to life, but you could also experience the same things. Psychedelic amp tf out whilst being sober, meditation and astral projection are key.
You know a lot of people talk about the benefits of psychedelics but nobody talks of where to source em, any reliable source?
Sure, dr_xzavier his your guy for anything psychedelics.
How do I contact him, is he on inst?
Yea, his dr_xzavier!!!
My parents have both done therapy sessions involving psychedelics. My dad used to be constantly angry and snapping at everyone if you don't do exactly what was said right away and mom has progressively gotten afraid of her own shadow. After the sessions, I told my dad for the first time I'm taking a break from school. I fully expected retaliation and him to make me suffer. What I got instead, was advice on how to handle my mental health and not give up on school. He's pushing me to go to therapy and my whole family to get the help we need. It isn't a miracle drug. The drug is not what made this change. However, it helped him get new incites in to what we're feeling, how he feels about everything amd everyone, and how he chooses to see the world. Mom just had her first session but she's making small strides to betterment. I feel like I lost my family a long time ago and now I feel like I'm getting them back again. It's truly a time to be alive.
My ex step-mom is a narcissist, and doing psychedelics twice, made her legit get to her senses both times. She was so genuinely shocked and apologetic about her behavior, is like for the first time ever she was present and we could talk to her and be listened, she wasn’t on an eternal monologue anymore… then it wears off and is like her defense mechanism returns, and she’s not focusing her eyes on you anymore, back at living an alternative life where she’s the main character and we’re just part of her storyline, always trying to screw her up and take her shine and that’s why she’s always so unhappy..
I want more than anything for narcissism to be cured somehow, and maybe this may be one step to the solution if one is ever possible…
@@kora4185 - tell her do it some more, it can release repressions, etc.
spi wrote, _"It isn't a miracle drug. The drug is not what made this change. However, it helped him get new incites in to what we're feeling, how he feels about everything amd everyone, and how he chooses to see the world."_
So, before taking the drug, he was volatile and abusive. After taking the drug, he's calm and more of a counselor. But, you say that _"the drug is not what made this change."_ What better explanation do you have for his abrupt changes for the better?
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@@RichardHarlos Yeah it's such BS when people say "it's not the drugs, it's drugs+paying someone to help" because I've done both separately, and believe me when I say therapy did nothing to cure my fear of death but drugs did.
Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.
Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, I would like to give them a try but haven't found anyone that deals on them
@@Victoria-lx3qj how can I get in touch with him
@@Victoria-lx3qj is there a way to contact him
@@Victoria-lx3qjdoes he move it for you ?
Shrooms was the best trip I had. It was an amazing experience.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporesss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well
Is he on inst?
Yes he is. dr.sporesss
Phsychedelics helped me quit illicit pills addiction, I was messed up I was depressed and a danger to myself. Good videos and help like this should be seen always.
dr.blake, he's the best and reliable source for everything psychedelics.
Is he instgram?
Sure, dr.blakee
It’s wild, everyone’s feel of shrooms is different though
It’s wild, everyone’s feel of shrooms is different though
I have stage 4 cancer, and I have legally used psychedelic therapy to treat my end of life anxiety. (I'm the first Canadian to legally do this) I've had some extremely good results from this treatment, and I can personally verify that it is usually effective for about 6 months for me.
Thanks for helping to get good information out that might aid others who are struggling.
This.
If people are gaining relief from the the pains of life, why would we deny people that?
Thomas, I hope for you the best of days as you fight through this. Whatever you need to fight this and get some relief you get it. God bless you.
@@phil4986 thanks, that's kind of you to say.
@@borisj I know, I know….
But it’s not all bad here. I think we have some really lovely parks!
Where is the harm in letting the terminally ill live pain free.
Psychedelics is an ancient and powerful medicine. It remains the best recreational drugs to take.
I have been depressed for a long time, but after my encounter with psychedelics few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone , lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.
I have autism, I was diagnosed with it when I was 15. I tried shrooms and it made me function so much better.
Eek I’m autistic too and might wanna try mushrooms. How do I go about it?
Yeah doc.brenttt is your guide. Man is exceptional with anything psychedelics.
On instgrm ??
Nature is magical and healing. what a beautiful experience
True, mushrooms helped me in facilitating deep emotional processing and introspection.
I really need this shit to clear my head, Is there any psychedelic therapy Online
Yeah doc.coby
Is he on Instag
Yes
Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back. Totally got rid of depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction.
Sure, discreet shipping to anywhere
I got mine delivered here in North Carolina.
Mushrooms should be legal but not for market. People should be able to grow their own.
Psychedelics should only be used with great care and respect, I would love to feel same man , how do you source em
dr.perryshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience
YES, dr.perryshroom. There's a lot of potential in psychedelics
Mushroom was good to me
I know, right! It's mind-blowing how psychedelic trips can be so individual and unique, even when people take the same amount at the same time.
Where can I source em?
Can he be On instgram?
Absolutely! It's incredible to see how psilocybin mushrooms and psychedelics have the potential to make a positive impact on mental health. They've shown promising results in treating depression and anxiety. It's exciting to think about the possibilities they hold for helping people.
If anonymous delivery is something you're concerned about, he offers that option. He can provide an extra level of privacy and peace of mind. Safety and discretion.
I had been going to therapy for about 18 months to help with depressions, anxiety, anger and alcohol misuse, while only making a little progress. I took acid at a festival and then everything that I'd been trying to change just 'fell into place'. It's hard to describe but to me it felt like someone turned a key and the door I'd been pushing on for so long just flew open. Everything fell into place instantly.
wow, this is incredible 💗💗 congratulations on working towards healing!!
Psychedelic is the answer to most severe anxiety and depression. The use of magic mushrooms completely helps one get over depression and makes you feel like yourself.
I’ve been thinking to use psychedelics for my anxiety and depression.
Anyone know where I can source them?
@@oliviamartinez5788Yes, dr_derekk
I made researches and found out that shrooms are very helpful, it has really helped to reduce anxiety and depression and some other mental health issues.
@@bradleygreen5109 is he on instagrm?
Yes he is… dr_derekk
Mushrooms did wonders in my life. I suffered severe trauma several years ago after divorce with my husband. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Spent my whole life fighting cptsd. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my son recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Hey mates! Can you help with the source? I suffer severe anxiety, panic and depression and I usually take prescription medicine, but they don't always help. Where can I find those psilocybin mushrooms? I'm really interested in treating my mental health without Rxs. I live in Australia don't know much about these. I'm so glad they help you. I can't wait to get them too. Really need a reliable source 🙏
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma
How can I reach out to him? Is he on instgram
I would love to see your research, writing, and filming process. You're an amazing journalist.
Yes 🙌
Definitely an amazing inspiration !!
Love your content 💕🙂
what you are really doing right now is what the hippies did back then. what psychedellics, and its promotion, really does, is allows you to plant more chaos in news and events. you really even just lets the door open in your video, just exactly for this. (by you i mean the entire channel and its supporters. you are just a hippie actor, like all actors.) which is what you are really after, and what the hippies were after, in the past. for people like you and hippies, its liberating. and over 80% of the world populace is actually like this. so, there is no problem with promoting widespread psychedellics, legally, as 80% of the goverment is yours the world over. the issue hoever is, you goal is to generate fear. and the possibility that psychedellics could be legal soon, generates more fear, then, if psychedellics are legal and everyone already uses them.
which is why, you will never make psychedellics legal, but always make it appear that, there is a big push going on, and psychedellics will soon be legal.
its the same as, how, savegery is always appearing to be increasing, but it never really does.
unless you rebrand "psychedellics", and come up with another thing, another brand, to generate fear, you will never make psychedellics readily available.
generating fear is the real medicine of the many.
@@whatsappvideos9665 for being hippies they do raise millions of dollars for research just saying 😂🙌
@@JuanLopez-uv5tg and how do they raise these millions? cause millions of people support them. the same millions of people who vote and elect governments, and can topple them whenever they want. conduct research however they want. interpret results however they want. there is no reason why they havent legalised psychedellics yet, if they wanted, except for the reason i mentioned.
@@whatsappvideos9665 Empath has since raised $2.1 million of a $10 million target for its first fund and made 10 investments. Portfolio companies include Mindstate
I have to say, Cleo. The way that you approach subjects with an open mind, but always sceptical and truth seeking is very inspiring and great to see when sharing information like this. Keep up the good work and curiosity! I always love hearing about the topics you delve into as it is entertaining and educational. Thank you :)
truth.
DONT DO PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS IF YOU ARE NOT READY!!! I don’t know how to stress this enough, if you are anxious at all before you trip it is best not to take the risk, you need to know what you are going to do while you are tripping before you begin your trip (your going to forget but it’s good to have a game plan if you get bored or start having a bad trip), and always have a trip sitter. Only take about 100 micrograms or 1 tab of acid at the most for your first time and it would probably be better if you did less. If your doing shrooms start with 1-1.5 grams. Normally if you want a true psychedelic experience on shrooms people say take 3.5 grams. DO NOT TAKE A FULL DOSE UNTIL YOU HAVE ALREADY TRIED THE PSYCHEDELIC I cannot stress this enough. You are not ready for it. Start slow follow those rules and I promise you will have a good time.
It was the opposite for me. I had no idea what I was getting into, took 7gs with some friends and I was transported into another realm. It felt like i was there for a long long time. But it was also great because I had no idea what I was getting into. Now that I know a lot about them, I just freak out every time. But not everyone will have the same experience I did. Being with good friends probably saved me from freaking out
This is 100% true. But also, having someone there to trip sit you makes a HUGE difference. I remember, me and a couple of my friends did acid for the first time not knowing how it was, and the first 2-3 hours were good, we were watching cool videos and having a laugh but then we got bored and everyone just went back home, and then it got dark for me. On the other hand, I was trip sitting my friend who was doing acid for the first time and he had an AMAZING experience. He still talks about it to this day lmao 😂. His entire trip was amazing because I was there with him making sure no negative energy could ruin his trip. Because once a bad vide or a bad thought is brought up or thought about while doing psychedelics, it’s almost impossible to make your mind stop racing about the topic. So, I made sure he and I were in a good mood the entire time. I agreed with everything he was saying and kinda just kept a chill vibe. It was great, but I wish someone was there to do that for me. That is very important.
@@AcenDurran having a trip sitter is often the determining factor of if your gonna have a bad trip or not, especially if they’re tripping with you 👍
Your enthusiasm about all things science is contagious. Even your ad was enthusiastic and I forgot to skip thru it.
Knocked it out of the park again, Cleo. ❤️❤️
Subscribed after formula E and look forward to your long-form videos every month.
I love the positive vibe and stories. Your enthusiasm leaps off the screen. Always a pleasure to see what you are learning about next.
As a person who has social anxiety, I can see how this can really help! Imagine if you have an irrational fear of people because of your past experiences, which might not be significant to others but to you personally has become a point of trauma. What I would give to be able to reset my brain and clear it of the irrational fear I have of just so many things... Fears that I don't even understand fully why it happens, just that I feel its to do with how my brain decided to rewire itself due to past trauma. If you could hit the reset button on all that, imagine the years not wasted trying to rewire the brain, and instead just hit reset and start fresh! Quality of life improvement, hell yeah!
"...just hit reset..." is where addiction enters.
Good segment. I'm happy that this area is moving forward. What's missing from this is mentioning that the toxicity, physiologically, of mushrooms, DMT and LSD is practically zero. Also the fact almost everybody( apart from the very few who should not go near them) can get benefits and new perspectives from taking these compounds. Not just the people who suffer from the maladies discussed above. If you are sound of mind and reasonably happy, we also should be able to take these things and have some fun and have our brains re-wired from time to time. These things are non-addictive!
I've taken esketamine treatments for a year, it was FDA approved in 2019 and you basicly go into a hospital to get it and stay there supervised for 2 hours.
People with major depression are quite cynical about treatments, since the success rates after the first couple of meds you try are nearly none existent. But what I found was that (most) people really appreciated and were grateful for the effects of this one. It's not perfect and didn't make anybody a fully functioning person again, but it's really helpful.
As far as how it feels, for me it's like meeting myself without all the negative emotions I harbored towards myself over the years. That makes room for self compassion and feeling more at ease for some days after the treatment as well.
Despite all that it's limited, and hasn't done all I've hoped it would. After a year it didn't feel as effective as it was in the beginning, but I was also in a better place(relatively) and couldn't justify the price tag and the fact that someone on the huge waiting list could benefit from it more than I was(very limited number of spots since it takes place in a hospital). But it's been so much more effective than any treatment I've received before and made me a lot more hopeful and excited for the treatments to come once they're made widely available!
Depressed people are cynical about everything, it's a core trait of depression. This is why psychedelics are so powerful in treating depression, they break up deeply rooted thought patterns and expand people's mind so they can see past their own cynicism. I don't think ketamine is nearly as effective as LSD or psilocybin though, just speaking from extensive experience.
this is amazing to hear, and i'm glad to know that it's genuinely effective in creating that space for self compassion!
Try psilocybin or LSD. Ketamine provides dissociative relief for symptoms, but other psychedelics work almost exactly opposite. They shove your face into the ground of reality and say, “are you sure about all this?” Trips for me are never easy but they do this and unlock a lot of memories and with them comes cathartic healing.
@Cubzritps
Psychedelic is a good remedy for mental health.
I’m really in need of a source, how can I get them?
I’m still very new to all these, still doing some research on dosages and all.
dr.cobb_ is great, I get all my psychedelic products from him.
@@bradleygreen5109 I just looked him up, does he deliver across the states?
I just had my first experience with penis envy🍄
This is such a good video. I only recently found your channel but I am in love with the content. Your videos manage to present somewhat complex and debated topics in such an easy to understand format. Also, love how you keep to the facts and make sure it's all based on science. Keep up the amazing work :)
Psychedelic therapy is just one of those great leaps in the mental health space. It’s wonderful and the fact they serve recreational use and health as well. Can’t say I don’t trip once in a while.
It’s amazing how people have entirely different trips my friend and I tried it, first time for both, we had the exact same amount at the exact same time. The experience was wonderful.
Psychedelics tend to fix problems at their core,unlike modern medicine which tries to fix the symptoms. This is why psychedelics work great for depression,addiction etc.
I’ve always wanted to try out psychedelics anyone know where I can source em?
@@Haylalucilavasquez I’ll recommend you to a store I got my psychedelics products.
dr_xzavier!!!
How do I reach him, is he on Inst.?
I just found your videos yesterday and I love them! Science and tech are such fascinating fields that have so much to be desired in terms of discovery, so I love learning more about the advancements in both fields.
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more...
Your editing is really top notch! And your journalism level is superb! Really glad to be subscribed to your channel! Thank you for your hard work. Your presentation filters through the screen! Love your work!
Thank you, Cleo, for an informative and helpful video.
The '60's and '70's bracketed my young adult years. Back then, you could be offered a "toke" from a "joint"-Marijuana cigarette just by catching a ride with a friend in his car. As I matured and married, the anti-drug fervor gripped the country. A great deal of shame was doled out as parents and authority figures showed disgust towards any and all who were experimenting with Marijuana or mushrooms.
I am in my early 70's now and have been plagued by clinical depression most of my life. I have found some relief through my faith, alternative medicines, and meditation techniques.
Your videos are encouraging and helpful, pointing the way for younger generations to find relief and new tools to overcome emotional and behavioral challenges they may encounter on their life journey.
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I discovered your podcast by accident and now I’m addicted. UA-cam just keeps feeding the episodes to me, I can’t get enough. Topics and style match just right. Thank you!
Measured approach is always the way to go. Establishing widespread public policies on something that's not fully understood based on fear is wrong on so many levels. Cleo did an awesome job to articulate this: that it stifled decades of what would've been meaningful research. But better late than never. I have been dealing with anxiety my entire life and I honestly want to try psilocybin to treat this condition. I've tried everything from meditation, anti-anxiety meds, exercising, etc., but I'm still dealing with anxiety. More manageable yes, but the ever present, underlying feeling of anxiety sucks.
Anyway, great video Cleo. I honestly get inspired by how you and your team present the information.
Psilocybin is definitely worth trying! It may not cure your anxiety, but it can greatly help. LSD can also be very helpful, it's a more intense trip that can get incredibly emotional, but I've always found it beneficial. The most important thing is to remember that the hallucinations are temporary (it's good to write down the dose and the time at which you took them as a reminder), and also don't do psychedelics around strangers or people that don't approve of it, they can absolutely ruin the whole thing. Happy tripping!
This is so direct and complete. You deserve the utmost recognition for what you do
She does
She's not gonna bang you, for simping in the comments..
@@cynicalPixels You sound like a Tate simp tbh.
Yea. I'm glad that she and Johnny Harris left vox (big daddy bezos).
@@cynicalPixelsI....... I don't think that's what they were going for 💀
Hi Cleo !
Your videos have been a real eye opener .. keep it going !
I found your channel yesterday, and your vids are so insightful and informative. Especially when it comes to NFT, AI, and new tech in general. I've had many questions about these topics but it was always pushed to the back of my mind due to the amount of people saying it's bad, it's gonna take away our jobs, it's dumb, etc especially when I got too scared to asked questions cuz I didn't want ppl to think I'm bad too. I can't thank you enough for being so open minded and welcoming to differing opinions as well as answering complex questions in a way the average person can understand. I hope my understanding of a lot of things continue to grow & Tysmmm for this channel and yourself
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more,
Yours videos are so complete! I love how engaged you are with tis channel. Thanks for the deeply researched content you share here on UA-cam for free. Keep on with the good work!!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more....
Love the channel, I can't believe I haven't found it sooner. Keep up the good work!
The production quality of this video was crazy. Definitely subscribing
2:10 i LOVE that they upgraded the intro for this one,
honestly all the art for this episode even the thumbnail is 1 to 3 tiers up⬆️
Always love the amount of enthusiasm with which you present these topics, makes it even more enjoyable too watch.
It's a trick to grab your attention, the animated hand move, grabbing the camera, talking like you are sitting in the room with them. Make no mistake cleo is not your friend.
@@pseudonym9215 someone doesn't have to be your friend to enjoy to watch them. what in the world are you talking about?
Yea, she is just cute enough to stare at, but then she geeks out details.. I really like her content, enthusiasm and clarity..
Absolutely. Her enthusiasm is infectious ❤
I have struggled with ADD/ADHD for most of my life, and I am in my late 50's. After failed efforts of trying Ritalin and Adderall, and dealing with negative side effects of those drugs, a close friend talked me into micro-dosing LSD. In desperation, I tried it. It has completely changed my life. I am a completely different person. I kept it secret from my closest friends for almost a year, but people who had known me for years talked about how I seemed like a different person, someone who was comfortable in their own skin, relaxed, self assured, thoughtful, measured. They would always joke by saying "What ever you're taking I want some of that" and I would just smile and not tell them what had changed me lol. I fear that these types of treatment will never be legal because the corrupt pharma companies have too powerful of a lobby in Washington. Pharma companies want people to remain sick. Their worse fear would be for our population to become more healthy.
Where would you source this? I assume you’re relatively tech savvy so, online?
I wish we had nzt.
@@je6874 Nobody's gonna tell you where to source LSD in youtube comments. It's currently black market. And if you go with black market, you better know you can trust your source with your life, because some unscrupulous individuals will maybe lie about what they are selling and sell you drugs that really can and do kill people. Regulated and supervised drug use would probably result in far fewer deaths but right now there are a lot of fentanyl deaths, so be very careful with that. (Also you could go to jail in many jurisdictions; if you care about your freedom you should look at what's legal where you live.)
@@je6874 Onion
Big pharm doesn't sell cures,
only treatments.
Your channel is so freaking great! It really makes learning fun through your great story telling I.e. writing, videography, editing, etc. The channel is a gold mine 👏🏼
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics, and, more
I subscribed because of a short talking about organ chips, but this video just made me a fan, love your content!
This channel is rapidly becoming one of my favorites. Always very deeply researched and topics I'm super interested in, put together in a very engaging way, love this!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more.........
Thank you Cleo and Team for your awesome content, and for this episode! I'm excited to see where and how the medical industry is able to treat those living with the noted conditions. With many in my life dealing with these (along with myself), new treatments could be a real life changer! Science over stigma!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics, and, more,........
I just found your channel and love it. You chose great topics to speak on !! Thanks
Wow. Great video. Excited to see what else you have uploaded on your channel
Psychedelics is the answer to most severe anxiety and depression. The use of magic mushrooms completely helps one get over depression and makes you feel like yourself 😊
I really appreciate not only the discussion of psychedelics but also the way the researcher characterized PTSD, depression, smoking, alcoholism as a "narrowed mental and behavioral repertoire".
I found that description to be profound in its economy of words. I think that was very validating to the experience of being stuck in one of those ruts. And the prospect of something to help blast yourself out of one is just incredible.
Try cocaine before ya try acid, it makes people run out into traffic
All of these conditions, including ADHD, CAD, CDD, ADD, and many others have to do mostly with brain chemistry and are, in their core, neurological disorders. It's the brain's hardware and chemistry in disarray, and these therapies may help rearrange these brains to proper functions.
Source: Dude, trust me. I have ADHD, diagnosed since 6 years old, and am a chronic online researcher :)
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what you are really doing right now is what the hippies did back then. what psychedellics, and its promotion, really does, is allows you to plant more chaos in news and events. you really even just lets the door open in your video, just exactly for this. (by you i mean the entire channel and its supporters. you are just a hippie actor, like all actors.) which is what you are really after, and what the hippies were after, in the past. for people like you and hippies, its liberating. and over 80% of the world populace is actually like this. so, there is no problem with promoting widespread psychedellics, legally, as 80% of the goverment is yours the world over. the issue hoever is, you goal is to generate fear. and the possibility that psychedellics could be legal soon, generates more fear, then, if psychedellics are legal and everyone already uses them.
which is why, you will never make psychedellics legal, but always make it appear that, there is a big push going on, and psychedellics will soon be legal.
its the same as, how, savegery is always appearing to be increasing, but it never really does.
unless you rebrand "psychedellics", and come up with another thing, another brand, to generate fear, you will never make psychedellics readily available.
generating fear is the real medicine of the many.
@@whatsappvideos9665 dawg what
Never been so early! Obsessed with your videos.
Thanks for the work you're doing, Cleo. Your videos are fun and uplifting!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics, and more,
Cleo, your show is amazing! Thank you so much for it! ❤❤❤
I had very hard time having a connection with others or even myself through out my life growing up. I did not have a good empathetic skills, for anyone, even worse to myself. it's been 3 years that me with a small group of friends organise a psychedelic experience. We spend months curating psychedelic get together experience(I am so thankful that we treat psychedelic with respects and therapeutically). My life changed forever because of it. it stripped me down completely of my ego, judgements,fear, anxiety, and all the negative impulsive thoughts. For the first time I could hear myself, talk to my deepest self. For the first time I could sync with others emotionally. All and all, I truly see the value of the acts of kindness and compassion. expecially, the way that i see, think, and treat myself(forever) .... It is such a privilege for me to have experienced.
Sounds like many peoples experience with God...
OMG. I was actually writing an email to you about this exact subject. Thanks for bringing light to this topic that can change mental health immensely. You're the best Cleo
Psychedelics is the answer to most severe anxiety and depression. The use of magic mushrooms completely helps one get over depression and makes you feel like yourself
Fascinating, thank you for up to-date information. . . 👍👍
Convince the government they can tax this, they will make it legal overnight.
@@_Ape_ Local Government...Fed is behind on this by 20 years already.
They already know they can tax it. I think the issue is that it make people NOT be sheep. It's more difficult to control people when they have a mind of their own.
and it’s actually very hard to collect tax on stuff anyone can make and sell
@@_Ape_ The taxation of marijuana would be at a State level, so there's no incentive to legalize federally. In actual fact, the places where legalization has happened align perfectly with this narrative.
Wall Street is already on it, strangely enough capitalism and greed might be what will allow us to finally access to these medicines legally.
Another great video Cleo! I love the way you objectively handle the topic. Having some experience with psychedelics in my youth, one of the biggest problems and what drives a lot of the negativity toward them, is that on the street, you don't really know what you're getting. There can be contamination. Mixing the drug with other drugs. You don't really know the dose you're taking.It's a free-for-all. And honestly some people just can't handle them. It's too strange. With regulated purity, dosing and in some cases supervision, I can see how psychedelics could be very therapeutic.
Dosing is a little tricky. I find you don't have to get "high" for long term benefits.. a 1/2" peice of stem pulled me out of deep depression like magic.. It allows your mind to rewire itself. Like defragmenting does for your hard drive ..
You did an amazing job in describing and summarizing this complex topic! Thank you for enhancing our knowledge.
Awesome content, well made, positive, perfect. So I subscribed! Thank you @Cleo Abram!
Your cursory analysis of psychedelic use and treatment is a good intro to those who are uninformed. This is a vast topic that requires hours and hours of research and reading. A basic understanding of chemistry goes a long way as well. Good luck to all those willing to do the work.
Maybe it seems more vast when using psychedelics?
what you are really doing right now is what the hippies did back then. what psychedellics, and its promotion, really does, is allows you to plant more chaos in news and events. you really even just lets the door open in your video, just exactly for this. (by you i mean the entire channel and its supporters. you are just a hippie actor, like all actors.) which is what you are really after, and what the hippies were after, in the past. for people like you and hippies, its liberating. and over 80% of the world populace is actually like this. so, there is no problem with promoting widespread psychedellics, legally, as 80% of the goverment is yours the world over. the issue hoever is, you goal is to generate fear. and the possibility that psychedellics could be legal soon, generates more fear, then, if psychedellics are legal and everyone already uses them.
which is why, you will never make psychedellics legal, but always make it appear that, there is a big push going on, and psychedellics will soon be legal.
its the same as, how, savegery is always appearing to be increasing, but it never really does.
unless you rebrand "psychedellics", and come up with another thing, another brand, to generate fear, you will never make psychedellics readily available.
generating fear is the real medicine of the many.
@@whatsappvideos9665 Do you smoke a lot of Marijuana? This post makes it sound like you smoke a lot of Marijuana.
Psychedelics are great, one time I was trippin on too much acid and I was staring at a fire pit and the fire pit turned into a mini world with little people and buildings, that was 2 years ago and it's such an experience to remember. would love to try out the psilocybin mushrooms next, just don't know where to get them, so hard to come by
[Jon_spore]
Ships psychedelics
I literally don't know why but shrooms make me giggle so much like I be cheesin for no goddamn reason
@@sarahh321 where to search??
Shrooms are where it's at. If you've experienced LSD start with 2.5 grams of shrooms. Love them.
@@Jerryberger9235 Instegrem
Excellent reporting on a fascinating topic. Thank you. ✌️❤️
Love your content!!!
So positive, poppy and you provide it in this exciting way.
Love the science, research and open-mindedness.
Keep killin it!
mycotripper01
Absolutely outstanding little documentary put together here Cleo.
I hope that we get to a place with psychedelics where we can choose our own set and setting after having bought it from a dispensary (cause the amounts are reliable).
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more.....
I'm so glad we're heading in the right direction on this. I went to an ayahuasca retreat about 7 years ago. I was just curious and someone told me it really helped them figure things out. What I got was way more than I expected. I was expecting an exciting and interesting trip, but what I got was a truth about myself and my family that I had somehow buried since childhood. It not only revealed a deep truth about me and my family, but it allowed me to continue with truth in my life. Not only that, but for the first time in my life, I felt some kind of presence if you will, a higher presence that some would call religious. I felt connected to the world around me in a way I had never felt before. I will forever be grateful to that experience and wish more people could have something similar, I think it could genuinely help a lot of people in ways they don't even realize.
Agree. Thanks for sharing your story with the world♥️
(Thing is long warning) I tried it and it was a crazy experience to sum it up. I cried and screamed and my neighbors saw I think since I was in my car with my bf and that’s embarrassing me right now but I’m trying to not think of it. It made me think of a lot of things and brought things buried in me to the surface. My bf and I had talked about our relationship too and probably helped us both kind of wake up to the loop we were living in. Hopefully tomorrow morning we’ll still have the same motivation to strive for better.
Following you from Brazil! Your videos are great. You are a great professional! Thank you for yout content :)
Thanks so much for your videos, they are thought provoking and really informative
I can't find a source anywhere for any good psychedelics in my area, I suffer some pretty bad depression and i got a chance to try K and man it was a miracle substance, I felt free,the only high or euphoria was from the relief of my vices being released, that's exactly what it did
The psychedelic experience is temporary but many people have permanent results
Mushroom completely turned my life around and my anxiety and panic attack disappeared and my personality changed into a much more generous loving person
doctor_Mckenzie
Got psychedelics
I had 3.5 grams dried lemon tek most beautiful experience ever!!
I love This journalism. Cleo is covering the topics that interest our generation the most.
Omg i LOVE the channel. The best thing i found on youtube for the last few years!❤❤❤
I subscribed. Just love your content. Thank you.
WOW, I am so happy someone else is talking about this!!.I just watched a video about legalization on my channel. Cleo is the best!
Good video, I appreciate your scientific litteracy! It's cool watching this research unfold. I'm in grad school for clinical counseling and trying to evaluate whether I might want to assist in guiding trips as a part of my future practice. Just finished reading the 'Studying Harms Is Key to Improving Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy-Participants Call for Changes to Research Landscape' article -- thank you for the citation!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more......
Really interesting topic and ur video was awesome! Keep it up!
Actually Excellent video and just learned allot about this topic more than hearing through the Years. I have watched friends through the years struggle with issues and glad to hear that they are able to help many,But they also need to understand thoroughly because there is the potential for Allergic Reactions to these as well.Thanks so much for sharing.Enjoying your work.✌️
Psychedelic definently have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like depression and anxiety, I'd like to try them but it's just hard to source here. Hope you can help
How can I get mine?. I'm in London🙄
Hahahaha, the bots are evolving, amazing
You go😊
I'll recommend you to a store I got some psychedelic products Isd, canabis, shrooms, caps and many more and Also ships
@@pinned.techlead.6921 Hey, do you have another way to chat than UA-cam, that you're comfortably sharing here?
na. I giggled pretty hard. Thank you so much for being SUPER thorough with citations and just generally laying out so much knowledge in such a coherent way. You reminded me to subscribe also because apparently I forgot to on the last 2 or 3 I watched so thanks for the reminder.
Great production value! Awesome video
Awesome topic and very smart, balanced discussion -- very glad I found your channel!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more,.
Great episode! Thanks! Psychedelics are all the hype now, on YT and everywhere. It seems that the human experience is undergoing transformation, with the next act not yet written. Quality research and treatment are like light and water - absolutely essential, key to sustained flourishing. Thanks!
(a subscriber)
Hey Chloe subscribed. Loving the show. I would love to hear you report on the regenerative agriculture movement. The green power house as a closed loop local energy generator, biochar as soil reviver and algae as natural fertiliser. We need innovation to mirror nature and this gets super close to that!
journalism student here from India, I m absolutely taken by your approach of research & presentations, a lot to learn 🙌
I took psilocybin a few years ago and, besides allaying my anxiety for months after, I can definitely say it was one of the most impactful experiences of my life. It completely changed my perception of the world in the most positive and profound way, and I think about the experience on a nearly daily basis. I can only hope others can experience the same journey and effects themselves.
Just wanted to tell you, I only find your channel about a week ago, and it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Your explanations and takes are all so concise, clear, and non-condescending, which is so so nice and important in terms of modern tech education, especially regarding some of the more controversial topics. I learnt so much through your channel, so thank you!
The handl ^ is a good plug for psychdelics and more..
Thank you for this wonderful information
Thank you Cleo for taking a measured approach to this topic! I'm really hoping people vote to get this research done, so future use in medicine can be informed by good science!
Hey, currently awaiting to be admitted into a doctoral program where i hope to conduct MDMA-assisted group therapy study.
I have dedicated my life to psychedelics becoming at least medicalized. Im 40 now, it may have taken too long, but im so happy they are finally being recognized for the amazing tool they are.
Seeing the psychedelic science summit go from 1k people to 18k this year was amazing. I cant waot for the next one.
As leary put it, "it takes a generation to usltilize technologies [psychedelics] like these."
Volunteer for any recreational drug studies here .......
MDMA’s not a psychedelic.
@Ryan88881 not in the traditional sense, sure. But for most context, it's a psychedelic. It shares enough properties with psychedelics to be considered psychedelic-like in most aspects.
@@noahbodhi8657 It really shares virtually no properties except some clarity effects and the fact that it's not intoxicating in its feel (except at certain lowish doses). Or some small hints of similar visual components but you're still comparing apples to elephants at the end of the day. MDMA is ultimately just an amphetamine stimulant with a tinge of psychedelia in terms of perception, but not at all in cognition. There is no abstraction or emotional vulnerability or true crispness and exploring going on.
@@noahbodhi8657 Real psychedelics (even cannabis) have basically shamanic characteristics whereas MDMA is merely psychosocial. And even the lesser, more superficial psychedelics still have "mind-opening" qualities while MDMA is really just a modulation and uplifting stabilization in mood.
It took me a while to figure out why Keira Knightley was such an expert on psychedelics. But I figured it out eventually. Great video!
Just found you from watching your shorts such good content!! So informal I love it
This content is amazing!! Keep it up!!
I have complex PTSD and over a decade of traditional therapy did nothing for me. EMDR helped some, but it was also too destabilizing when it came to trying to work through my heavier traumas, and so I had to stop to avoid getting retrauamtized. I suspect I would benefit greatly from MDMA assisted therapy, as the main struggle for me is getting my nervous system into a regulated state where I'm able to feel safe, particularly when I'm around other people. It's that nervous system regulation and sense of safety that allows traumatic memories to be reprocessed, so if you can't access that, you get stuck unable to process the trauma, and continually subjected to reliving it every time you're triggered. My best hope for now is getting into a clinical trial for MDMA, but I'm not in the US, and I don't know if it will actually happen, as the study I was hoping to get into which was supposed to be recruiting this year disappeared off the list of studies, so I don't know if it was canceled or what. All I can do is hope and keep trying everything under the sun. This condition is so debilitating, and so so hard to treat. The sooner we can get effective treatments the better.
Sounds like you started at step 3 when 1 & 2 might be a big help (at least they’ve helped me). Andrew Huberman is a brain/nervous system scientist & tenured prof who has a YT channel independent of university restrictions on evolving matters like the transition underway from the drug war to helping folks. His videos cover basic brain-body stuff like -
- no detectable brain evolution has taken place in the short 10k yrs of humans’ plantation agriculture (our brains evolved entirely when we lived in nature; physical danger was as critical as eating & surviving the elements);
- stabilizing my circa-dian (around a day) rhythm (amazing story of colors, time of day, and how they affect the different eye-brain pathways that sync our sleep-wake patterns to nature’s rhythm);
- understanding the brain-gut connection, the importance of a healthy gut biome to avoid immune system dysfunction (eg, get of all refined sugars & not eating SAD, the “standard American diet”);
- and understanding each half of our nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system that chemically handles danger thru release of eg, cortisol, and tends to over-react to civilizational stresses, and the parasympathetic nervous system that enables meditation, daydreaming & “chilling-out”; and
- developing the recognition skills that let us avoid dys-regulation of our emotions.
(I don’t mean this to be a lecture; it’s writing practice & a way of putting into writing what I hear & see to better understand new ideas.)
I became motivated to write here by your describing how your had to stop therapy when encountering heavier traumas. In the process of learning some fundamentals as I’ve described above, I ended up getting a lot more benefit from therapy as I work on it w/ a healthier body-mind that’s given me confidence to talk about some things I’d been avoiding before. After some screen-shots & subscribing, I’m done for now. Good luck to you. 😊
MDMA is exactly what you’re looking for. It breaks all barriers of communication down and allows love to flow through yourself. It might be worth just finding some and doing it in a way that you would see in a clinic. There would not be much difference in the feeling, don’t let anyone convince you otherwise
i should have subscribed to this channel along time ago. Keep it up Cleo! very entertaining and educational.
You earned a sub. Such a fantastic episode!
how can i get shrooms
I’ll hook you up with this mycologist who’s been guiding me for some time, she got lsd, dmt, mdma, mushrooms, chocolate bars, gummies etc
@karentripz
She's on instxgram
go to forest
Don't beg, study.
Would love to see you and the psychiatrist Dr K from HealthyGamer talk about this. He's talked about this on stream and in video format and understands the difference between therapeutic and recreational use.
I strongly, strongly second this! Dr K from HealthyGamer would have an incredible discussion with Cleo
Except Dr K is not really a good voice for science-based content like this. He has "an evidence-based background in Ayurvedic mental health"and "He began studying alternative therapies including yoga, meditation, and REIKI". Look up Ayurvedic and Reiki, this is not scientific, this is pseudo-science, he has the right to believe in them but you shouldn't put him on a piedestal on scientific subjects because some of his very important beliefs (the ones he uses to try to heal people) are not scientific at all.
Ho yeah and also he has a full pyramidal coach thing going on...
Thank you so much for talking about this
Just discovered this channel and just fell in love with Cleo ❤❤❤ 😂
Awesome content. Keep up the amazing work.
It's fantastic that psychedelics are finally getting some research again. As a person who has previously used psychedelics on occasion, I just cannot imagine doing mushrooms at a doctors/therapists office. It sounds so bizzare and I think that would give me a bad trip. The natural place to do psychedelics is in the woods or a nature setting, preferably with music and friends so you can laugh and explore a new world together in a more relaxed setting where you don't feel trapped or under any pressure and if it were to turn bad in your head you've got people there you know and trust to help get you back to enjoying it again.
I was thinking the exact same thing I don't think I would get anything out of a clinical setting for psychedelics.
The woods would certainly be a good setting for the experience as long as an uninvited grizzly bear or a pack of wolves don't show up to spoil the party.
You took them to party. The doses they are talking about in these settings are much more and much more potent. It’s not meant for college kids to party this is for terminally Ill patients. There’s always a shaman involved and their experiences were way beyond anything you lightly dabbled in. It has helped people whom are going to die within months no longer fear death.
There's also micro dosing which has a benefit but I think it's missing the point, if I needed serious help I'd go to mother aioaska.
I'm sure the treatment room would be conducive to a safe trip, the therapist must have some training akin to shamanism dealing with this stuff.
I'm fairly certain most of the bad after effects people get from MDMA, like awful comedowns, Tuesday blues etc. are from the impurities. Once had access to pure high grade MDMA in the 90's and it was a totally different experience from the usual stuff I could get, no awful comedowns, no bad week days. The main effect was also much nicer and very therapeutic. After I used it for about six weekends in a row I was fine, it just got less and less effective each weekend. Like to see some trials with lab grade stuff testing to see what after effects people got over a number of weeks.
With the purer stuff in the 80s, the come down was just heartbreaking. "I love you so much and...oh no...I'm coming down!" A friend took the same dose as his buddies, but he had to go to hospital for huge serotonin loss. He still takes zoloft to mitigate the mdma effect.
Thanks for making this. 💓