Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K)

And then they also increase the way that our brain or change the way that our brain talks to other parts of our brain.

So they change the connections between different parts of the brain.

So we see neurogenesis, we see neuroplasticity, and we see functional connectivity changes.

What psychedelics do is change our brain into edit mode.

So this is something that I want y'all to understand.

So when I work with people with psychedelics, I've seen two things, okay?

I've seen a lot of people will use psychedelics and in clinical settings and certain like shamans and things like that, they will have positive transformative experiences that lead to significant improvements in their mental health.

But I have also seen a ton of people who have used psychedelics and really screwed up their brains.

I've seen psychedelics not only be used to treat PTSD, but I've seen plenty of people who have used psychedelics and have traumatized themselves through bad trips.

So they'll trip so hard that it'll basically be like a PTSD inducing experience.

Their physiological wiring changes to where they're constantly anxious, their adrenaline is pumping, their cortisol levels are high.

And remember, we're putting the brain and body, the physiology, into an edit mode.

So when the psychedelic trip ends, they're control-S-ing, and they're basically locking their nervous system into a highly stressful state.

I've seen the development of PTSD.

I've seen the development of things like panic disorder, which are also like the reason that you develop a panic disorder is because your physiology has been locked into a highly anxious state.

And so if psychedelics can be incredibly damaging.

and they can be incredibly healing, how does that work?

And if we understand that what they basically do is allow us to edit our brain, this starts to make sense, right?

Because if I'm editing my brain, but the experience that I'm having is incredibly negative and traumatic, then I will sort of wire my brain in a traumatized way, wire my physiology in a traumatized way.

But if I have a positive experience with psychedelics,