The other article I read about it described someone imagining having a heartfelt conversation with a family member who had wronged them years before and in another session having an underwater conversation with someone they looked up to and admired or something like that.
It seems entirely sensible that it could be an effective and potentially powerful therapy enhancer, given how it opens up the mind to not just normal visualization but full sensory immersion. Especially for people who have some kind of driving trauma or psychological issue.
However, it said nothing about people who drink because they like it, or just to relieve stress, or out of habit, or whatever.
And the study had a lot of problems (patients all knew whether they were getting the psilocybin or benadryl, the effects were self-reported, the patients were not very heavy drinkers, it didn’t adjust for effects of therapy vs drug, didn’t say anything about other psychological issues, and it was a very small, short study with no followup to determine relapse rate).
However, maybe it can get somebody funding to do a better study. And even if it doesn’t help everyone, it has potential that could eventually help a lot of people. One of my friends did the new ketamine assisted therapy, and it worked wonders for him.
It’s frankly kind of amazing that drug-assisted therapy is still so new and controversial. Especially considering that governments were experimenting with things like drug-assisted interrogation and ‘mind control’ so long ago.
I had a friend doing ketamine therapy but they found out she uses pot and they wouldn’t let her continue. She’s relied on pot for most of her life for emotional issues.
Hm, I don’t remember a hippo being on any of those, but that’s me…
I’m convinced the Clampetts are meta-humans, btw. And Granny’s only blood to Elly Mae, her being Jed’s mother-in-law. And Pearl Bodine, Jethro’s widowed mother, is either Jed’s cousin or his sister (no jokes about Ozark folks, lol!) - but you know how TV shows can be when it comes to relatives of the main characters, especially in the first one or two seasons.
I took the music for granted until 1999 when Pharaoh Monch sampled a piece of more dramatic incidental music with the “porkarina” in it. I realized I had no idea what instrument it was. my best guess has been either a hurdy gurdy or a harmonica in the lowest key ever made. but probably wrong.
