Butbeyondthatwedon't reallyno, there's a cascadeofeffectsfromthetimewe'veactivatedthosereceptorstothechangesinperceptionandconsciousnessthatpeopleexperience.
Itdoesn't happenveryoften, butifithappensonce, that's a bigproblematAngelCorethreeaskshowdo I avoidhaving a badtripintheresearchtrialsthathavebeengoingonforthelastcoupleofyears?
Youmayconfrontdarkthingsaboutyourself, youmayconfronttraumaand I thinkpeoplehavetounderstandgoinginthatthat's partofthedealandthat's why I guidedexperienceissoimportant, thatthere's somebodywithyoutoholdyourhandthroughthosehardtimes.
I hadanexperienceoncemyselfwhere I sawmyselfand I knowthissoundsweirdbecausewho's doingtheseeingexplodein a cloudofpostitnotesthatthencan't felltothegroundandspreadoutinthiscoatofbluepaint.
Theplaceboeffectisverypowerfulwithalldrugsandit's particularlypowerfulinthecaseofpsychedelicswhichweimputesomuchmagicandpowertoatshipsworthBentleyaskswhydoes D.
Andifyouhaveanorganicdruglikemagicmushroomsthentheimageryisprobablygoingtobemuchmorenaturalthanifyouhave a syntheticdrugwherepeopletendtoseemoregeometryandhumancreatedshapes.
And I'veinterviewedmanyofthesepeopleandtheyhavethemostmovingstoriestotellabouthow a singleexperienceonpsilocybinallowedthemtoconfronttheirmortality, confronttheircancerinmanycases, anditactuallyliftedtheirfearcompletelyremovedtheanxietytheyfeltabouttheprospectofdeathallowingthemtodiewithpeaceandequanimityandwhat a giftthisis.
Asoneresearcherputittome, psychedelicshakethesnowglobeinyourbrainandwhenthesnowresettlesitsettlesin a verydifferentpattern, allowingyoutobreakyourpatterns.
Butreallyiftheresearchisgoingtogainlegitimacyandscaleupasitneedsto, theNIHisgoingtoneedtostepinandanythingpoliticianscandotoencouragethatis I thinkreally, reallyhelpful.