🔼: [[Hallucinogens]], # Psychedelics Stemming from the Greek words "Psyche" and "delos," psychedelic means "mind-manifesting." Psychedelics are showing enormous promise in [[💡 Therapy|therapeutic]] and [[🦮 How to Recover from Trauma|trauma-recovery]] circles — to the point that they’re often called "the microscope of psychiatry." They allow us to see and engage with what is already there in our minds. They can be used to heal from [[💡 Anxiety|Anxiety]], [[💡 Depression|Depression]], [[🛡️ Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)|OCD]], [[💡 ADHD|ADHD]], [[🛡️ Addiction or Dependence|addiction]], [[🛡️ Eating Disorders]], and [[💡 Chronic Pain]] — **I think** because all of these are caused by [[💡 Trauma|trauma]] and because psychedelics can heal it. They lower [[💡 Default Mode Network]] activity. If we think of our habits, beliefs, behaviors, etc. as deep ski tracks in our brain, psychedelics add a fresh layer of snow, giving us the freedom to create new tracks by choice. Some are “natural” (🌿), some are synthesized in a laboratory (🧪). I make no real distinction between the two because humans are every bit as natural as anything else in the kosmos — everything is natural. It’s also possible to synthesize “natural” psychedelics in a lab. Psychedelics induce [[💡 Neuroplasticity]]. When combined with the right [[💡 Set and Setting]] and direct [[💡 Focus & Concentration]] on a specific thing, we become more able to make lasting positive changes and more easily maintain new [[💡 Habits]]. ## Examples of Psychedelics - [[🧪 LSD]] - [[🧪 MDMA]] - [[🧪 Ketamine]] - [[🌿 Magic Mushrooms]] - [[🌿 Ayahuasca]] - [[🌿 5-MeO-DMT]] - [[🌿 Ibogaine]] - [[🌿 San Pedro Cactus]] - [[Salvia]] - [[🌿 Peyote]] - [[Kratom]] ## Applications - [[🛠 Microdosing]] - [[💡 Psychedelic Journeys]] - [[💡 Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy]] ## Resources - [MAPS Podcast](https://maps.org/news/podcast-episodes) - [Third Wave Podcast](https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/) - [[🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏾 Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - MAPS]] - [Psychonaut Wiki](https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/PsychonautWiki) - [EntheoGuide](https://www.entheoguide.net/) - https://Tripsitter.com - https://chat.tripsit.me/ - [[🧑🏼‍🤝‍🧑🏾 The McKenna Academy of Natural Philosophy]] - [Human Hallucinogen Research: Guidelines for Safety](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056407/) - Set and Setting: [1](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269881116677852), [2](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2050324516683325) - [Great Expectations: recommendations for improving the methodological rigor of psychedelic clinical trials](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00213-022-06123-7) - [Moral Psychopharmacology Needs Moral Inquiry: The Case of Psychedelics](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.680064/full) - [Spirit Pharmacist](https://www.spiritpharmacist.com/) [^1]: