I just saw something today demonizing ketamine the same way, basically saying that ketamine for depression is a bad thing because if people have access they will misuse it (no discussion of the proportion of people who might benefit/stay alive from better access and lower cost).
it's so interesting to me how pleasure is really the thing that people are scared of, when really I think, esp in the case of ketamine, pleasure is a huge part of why it helps people! it gives you a nice dissociative break from your reality and allows you to imagine other possibilities. there's also been recent research into isolating a specific molecule in LSD that will allow them to make it into medicine without the trip and i just think it misses the point of psychedelics entirely, which is the experience itself, not the chemistry.
Ahhh this is exactly the article I needed. I feel like I keep having this conversation with people. Like it’s just /not/ that different. Thank you for always somehow reading my mind and producing such quality content to put words to my random thoughts.
Also, bonus! The button to switch from free subscriber to paid subscriber finally works properly! Been trying to do that for a while. Woo hoo!
I just saw something today demonizing ketamine the same way, basically saying that ketamine for depression is a bad thing because if people have access they will misuse it (no discussion of the proportion of people who might benefit/stay alive from better access and lower cost).
it's so interesting to me how pleasure is really the thing that people are scared of, when really I think, esp in the case of ketamine, pleasure is a huge part of why it helps people! it gives you a nice dissociative break from your reality and allows you to imagine other possibilities. there's also been recent research into isolating a specific molecule in LSD that will allow them to make it into medicine without the trip and i just think it misses the point of psychedelics entirely, which is the experience itself, not the chemistry.
Ahhh this is exactly the article I needed. I feel like I keep having this conversation with people. Like it’s just /not/ that different. Thank you for always somehow reading my mind and producing such quality content to put words to my random thoughts.
Also, bonus! The button to switch from free subscriber to paid subscriber finally works properly! Been trying to do that for a while. Woo hoo!
aw thanks, I appreciate the support!