Annaka Harris

I mean, I think we can still learn without being under the illusion that we have free will.

Yeah, so I didn't totally answer your question.

First is...

therapy, ways that I have worked through anxiety and depression.

To a point.

It was very helpful.

I mean, I think talk therapy is one tool and can be helpful for, I mean, it depends on the therapist, depends on the type of therapy, but I found it to be one piece and probably not the biggest piece, actually.

But I think, I wish I had discovered medication sooner.

That would have made a big difference in my life.

Life was a lot harder than it needed to be.

And it wasn't about keeping everything just so.

You know, there's another state my brain can be in where I don't have to work so hard to be okay.

Meditation was probably the most, meditation and psychedelic experiences were probably the most transformative experiences.

But a lot of these things don't... I'm lucky that I didn't... My anxiety and depression never really got in the way of my living my life, of enjoying my life.

I mean, there were struggles that made life harder for me.

But something like treatment-resistant depression or severe PTSD, these are things that...

At this point in time, based on my understanding, I think once you've tried... And the truth is that meditation is often not helpful for those things.

It can actually exacerbate them.

And the most promising thing that I have seen is this research into therapy-assisted psychedelic

And I've been following this research from the beginning when they were doing end of life.