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Michael Pollan, author of "This Is Your Mind On Plants," answers the internet's burning questions about psychedelics. How does LSD work? What is ego death? How are psychedelics used for addiction therapy? Why are psychedelics so frowned upon? Michael answers all these questions and much more.




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Expert Answers Psychedelics Questions From Twitter (ft. Michael Pollan) | Tech Support | WIRED

[YesINeedAbout]

“Psychedelics shakes the snow globe in your brain, and when the snow settles, it settles in a very different pattern, allowing you to break your patterns” that’s a nice one 👏

[travismurray]

Can I just say that this man is EFFORTLESSLY explaining something that has a pretty serious social stigma in a way that is approachable and informed, and is doing so in a way that is not condescending or know-it-all in any way. Simply an incredible job.

[WilliamMark-yvkl]

Alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

[MarthaGiacometti]

Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone. Anything that can make you love yourself should be legal.

[vexwebster]

THIS is how you reduce harm. This kind of education should be seen throughout ALL schools.

[twinberettas]

That comment on why he felt peyote should be studied via its synthetic form instead of natural form was really well said. Kudos to him for answering and researching in a way that was respectful to what the plant means to another culture.

[JoannaClare]

started smoking since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine. Also suffered severe depression and mental illness. It's just amazing how psilocybin mushrooms treatment actually saved my life. 3 years clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms

[AndrewRobertson-iqhf]

I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking mushrooms few months ago, I 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.*

[Iamthenoi]

I’d like another, longer, version on this topic with this guy please

[mokshalani]

I really love how rooted into reality he is about it all even if it's still magic to him, he stays completely objective about it & yet still allows himself to be touched by the wonder

[SusanHoskins-dfkk]

As someone who has suffered with mental illness and depression the majority of my adult life. I just tried psychedelic mushrooms for the first time, I felt as if I was in the center of the universe. Totally got healed.

[alexmccole]

One of the uses of psychedelics is administering psilocybin to cancer patients, it allowed them to confron their mortality, remove fear and anxiety and to die with peace and equanimity. What a gift this is.

[yyg]

I appreciate how unbiased he is for someone who probably really loves psychadelics

[justayoutuber]

"I've never smoked marijuana. But I ate a brownie once at a party in college. It was intense! It was kind of indescribable, actually. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there wasn't any pot in the brownie. It was just an insanely good brownie."
-Leslie Knope.

[ingridsara]

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

[MattJeffery-mhox]

Psychedelic shrooms trips can be truly life - changing . It's amazing how they can bring about positive transformations and have a profound impact on our lives .

[bloodsimple]

I would love to have this man as a teacher. He's just so effortlessly engaging.

[HulluRichie]

Schizophrenic here. I tried, and used lsd for years during my lowest point in life, and it helped me - my hallucinations, visual and auditory, became much more bearable. Distorted human shapes and screaming women in my ceiling turned into cats running about, and whispers telling me to hurt myself turned into nothing more than unintelligible murmurs. It helped me accept myself and it opened up much needed and new thought patterns. I quit acid when I was in a better place, when it no longer benefitted me.

Even though it helped me personally, I do not recommend people try it if they don't know what they're doing - and I especially do not recommend it to people with schizophrenia. I don't think it's a miracle drug or anything, rather, I believe that there are benefits and dangers when it comes to lsd. My experience is not universal.

[MrChesterification]

I personally know a girl who was addicted to heroin. The shaman gave her a full tumbler of Aya and told her to drink a little everyday for I think it was a week or 2. It completely cured her addiction and she is doing AMAZING now

[LouisPetek]

Don't forget to respect the mushrooms, Golden teachers basically, they have some very powerful potential. . It can show you what you need to see within yourself and in the world around you, It was so magical and so full of love, changed my life for good. In the most positive way possible.