by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder, PTSD
Humans have consumed substances with consciousness-altering properties for millennia. Traditional societies used them in healing rituals, initiation ceremonies and to make contact with the gods and the dead, among other practices. Today they are known as psychedelics,...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder, Psychotropics, PTSD
Macrodosing has received the most attention in the past several decades, and refers to a full dose of psychedelics that induces a profound state of altered consciousness (typically called “tripping”). As interest in psychedelic therapy has reemerged, some proponents...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder
While our largely Westernized views on health and wellness tend to minimize (or outright ignore) the connection between the physical and the ethereal, a growing community of people are recognizing the necessity of the mind-body connection for overall wellness. If our...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Ayahuasca, Bipolar Disorder
One study, published in the journal Cell Report, found that psychedelics enhance neuroplasticity at the cellular level. Imaging of neurons after psychedelic therapy showed increased number and activity of synapses, or “connections”, between neurons. In a way, calling...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Psychotropics, PTSD, San Pedro Mescaline
52% of our global population annually is afflicted by a headache disorder, and 14% of victims suffering from migraines yearly. We asked a community of migraine-prone people to explain what it’s like to live with this disorder. Here’s what some of them had to say:...
by EmpathiCSubstanceS | Jun 11, 2022 | Addiction, Alcoholism, Anxiety
OCD, short for obsessive compulsive disorder, is a psychological disorder that cloaks its subjects in cyclical patterns of unwelcome thoughts and all-consuming fears. This intrusive background chatter falcons over its prey, ineluctably leading them to engage in...
