State of Mind: Psychedelic Therapy using Psilocybin

Pradeep Bansal considered the five capsules he was about to swallow. Together they made up a 25 milligram dose of a substance that, in another setting, could have landed him in federal prison.⁠
The substance was psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. He was taking it as part of an FDA-approved clinical study on mental health therapy for people with cancer.⁠ Bansal, a New York gastroenterologist, was far more comfortable giving medical treatment than receiving it. But he was getting used to it.⁠ He had already been through surgery and a number of other treatments to address the physical aspects of his cancer. The psilocybin was to address the mental aspects -- the crushing anxiety and depression that had stuck with him after his diagnosis.⁠
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So what happened next? And did it work? ⁠
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[solidous]

Loved that last quote…”life is limited anyway…so why worry about the Quantity…focus on the Quality”…beautiful

[Lisa-xfuf]

Microdosing amanita muscaria got me off 7 psyche meds and healed my BIPOLAR after being medicated and mentally ill from 13 to 49

[anastaciamontelongo]

this does not have near as many views or likes as it deserves. absolutely beautiful. Im crying.

[ngunhmung]

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

[donaldaustin]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

[ewoutketelaar]

What a great story. I'm going for my first session in a week. Struggling with depression and anxiety. Afraid to face my own hell, but also ready to surrender to the experience. Wish me luck ❤

[morrisivy]

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 used antidepressants for some years but it only made me feel like a zombie but with immediate use of mushroom 🍄 in few months I feel like I'm living a whole new Life.

[eslteacherscott]

This is such a beautiful video. I can’t say I’ve had such an intense experience when I do it, but I often feel the after glow from each experience. It helps to give you a fresh perspective on things.

[DocPSK]

Resonated with my experience of being diagnosed with Cancer...& what I experienced as I Meditated( to make sense & cope with All of the Diagnosis, Treatments like chemo, radiotherapy, surgery & the Prognosis....the devastating impact emotionally, psychologically, physically, socially....it is honestly eerily similar to what Dr Pradeep has shared of his experience with Psilocybin
Had goosebumps watching this

[monty]

Psilocybin and Peyote are ancient and powerful medicine. It is amusing that “modern” medicine is only now beginning to understand what indigenous peoples have known for millennia.

[ingridsara]

I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking mushrooms 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.

[MargaretZeigler]

It's his voice. It's a miracle cure for everything

[ashotofmercury]

"There are so many worlds beyond the 😭😭

[EricFoemmel]

I really enjoyed listening to your experience. I am glad the mushrooms helped. I too fought cancer and it was a scary battle. Now, i work in skid row, and i face scary situations everyday. I find strobotropic brain entrainment gives me a psychedelic experience simialr to yours, and it does help ease my fears. Glad youre well!

[francisfischer]

Quite an amazing film! Visuals were startling. Beautiful healing testimony.

[otisharris]

Great video! I liked it when the video describing his experience and the pictures matched his every word.

[macdeeb]

I wish I could do this but I'm really afraid. When I was in my 20s, I had a terrifying acid trip into madness which changed me ever since. I'm now in my 40s and I'm still that scared boy wanting to be free from this mental prison. I've heard a lot of good comes from these sessions.

[divyanshujoshi]

Cheers to Pradeep and WebMD. Way to go.

[wcsr]

That was a great explanation of therapy I've I aways felt people from India have always been the best Dr although in this video he wa a Dr being treated as a patient !

[mycoog]

Beautifully told. Kudos on a job well done & best wishes on your recovery. Namaste.