I treated a young man whose 14-year battle with personality disorder began when he ate psilocybin truffles in Amsterdam on a lads’ holiday.
. He said it helped at first, until 30 days later he was found wandering the streets believing he was God.Comment Now
Many more patients ask me without prompting if they should take these drugs. All of them for illnesses for which there’s no scientific consensus yet that they will work or be safe. All of these people are desperate for help, and vulnerable to promises of a panacea.Challenging experiences can be therapeutic, it’s true. This is the heart ofPlatform is the home of Metro.co.uk's first-person and opinion pieces, devoted to giving a platform to underheard and underrepresented voices in the media.
The best researchers, like those mentioned above, emphasize the science and balance the conversation. Others, like Jules Evans at the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project, work to ensure we don’t ignore the darker side of psychedelic experiences, and the harm these can do.Flowers are likely.