or psilocybin. It's a quality that he believes makes the drug the most fitting candidate for helping to treat PTSD, which frequently occurs after trauma.Tim Ferriss just helped launch the world's first research center dedicated to turning psychedelics into medicines
"Even with scientists, I show a video of an MDMA therapy session, and they're shocked that under the influence of MDMA you can have a PTSD patient talking calmly about the most horrific things. They're talking, but their fear response is suppressed," Doblin said. Doblin said there's another big misunderstanding in his field as well. People tend to think of psychedelic therapy as simply taking a pill and being cured. But it's not that simple, he said. In reality, taking a psychedelic seems to kick-start a process of therapy that can deepen over weeks, months, or even years.
"While there may be breakthroughs during the session, it's about how people put it into practice that determines whether there are lasting benefits or not," Doblin said.