Can you describe some of the most common experiences individuals have while under the influence of psychedelics, and if the effects of these psychedelics ever backfire or cause a regression into PTSD? Is recovery of repressed memory common?
I have a specific scenario I’m asking for - I have a family member who is getting into “alternative” medicines and has experimented with mushrooms in a controlled environment at a retreat. In this environment they experienced what they describe as recovered memory from their childhood depicting horrific sexual abuse. Before attending this retreat this individual had typical family squabbles but has never had any deeper issue with the family members that are accused of this abuse. However, they had recently escaped an abusive relationship. This retreat has seemed to cause a regression in the healing of this individual after a significant trauma.
I am curious whether this is common (recovered memory) or whether this experience was perhaps a hallucination.
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Can you describe some of the most common experiences individuals have while under the influence of psychedelics, and if the effects of these psychedelics ever backfire or cause a regression into PTSD? Is recovery of repressed memory common?
I have a specific scenario I’m asking for - I have a family member who is getting into “alternative” medicines and has experimented with mushrooms in a controlled environment at a retreat. In this environment they experienced what they describe as recovered memory from their childhood depicting horrific sexual abuse. Before attending this retreat this individual had typical family squabbles but has never had any deeper issue with the family members that are accused of this abuse. However, they had recently escaped an abusive relationship. This retreat has seemed to cause a regression in the healing of this individual after a significant trauma.
I am curious whether this is common (recovered memory) or whether this experience was perhaps a hallucination.
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