Dr. Alok Kanojia

And I even talked to some of my mentors and like supervisors because 30 percent of my patients will make a career change within about 18 months of like coming into my office. And I started to wonder, am I biasing them? Am I somehow influencing them, pushing them in some way? Am I like encouraging them to do this? Am I screwing them up, basically? Am I like adding my own values?

And there's a lot of data to support that, right? Because when you choose a career at the age of 18, if you go to university, like you don't really know what you want. You have no idea. And then you start building up this life out of what other people tell you you should be. No wonder you're not motivated towards it because you don't really want it.

And there's a lot of data to support that, right? Because when you choose a career at the age of 18, if you go to university, like you don't really know what you want. You have no idea. And then you start building up this life out of what other people tell you you should be. No wonder you're not motivated towards it because you don't really want it.

And there's a lot of data to support that, right? Because when you choose a career at the age of 18, if you go to university, like you don't really know what you want. You have no idea. And then you start building up this life out of what other people tell you you should be. No wonder you're not motivated towards it because you don't really want it.

Yeah, I see that with tons of high performing people. I've seen it in medical students, too. So like, you know, when I'm mentoring people who are applying to med school or applying to residency, they'll have all this like, oh, I want to help people. You don't need to train for eight years to help people. You can go work in a soup kitchen today.

Yeah, I see that with tons of high performing people. I've seen it in medical students, too. So like, you know, when I'm mentoring people who are applying to med school or applying to residency, they'll have all this like, oh, I want to help people. You don't need to train for eight years to help people. You can go work in a soup kitchen today.

Yeah, I see that with tons of high performing people. I've seen it in medical students, too. So like, you know, when I'm mentoring people who are applying to med school or applying to residency, they'll have all this like, oh, I want to help people. You don't need to train for eight years to help people. You can go work in a soup kitchen today.

Absolutely. So we ask those hard questions like, what do you really want? Right. It's fine if you just want money and prestige. Like, let's just be honest with ourselves. We're not going to put that in the personal statement.

Absolutely. So we ask those hard questions like, what do you really want? Right. It's fine if you just want money and prestige. Like, let's just be honest with ourselves. We're not going to put that in the personal statement.

Absolutely. So we ask those hard questions like, what do you really want? Right. It's fine if you just want money and prestige. Like, let's just be honest with ourselves. We're not going to put that in the personal statement.

Like if I was reading a personal statement where someone said, I want to go to medical school because I like science and I want money and I want job security, I would be totally fine with that.

Like if I was reading a personal statement where someone said, I want to go to medical school because I like science and I want money and I want job security, I would be totally fine with that.

Like if I was reading a personal statement where someone said, I want to go to medical school because I like science and I want money and I want job security, I would be totally fine with that.

I think it's a great question. So let's understand a little bit about what psychedelics do and what they don't do. So as a psychiatrist, I've worked with basically equal numbers of people who have been transformed for the positive by psychedelics and people who have been destroyed by psychedelics. Wow. OK. So let's understand that psychedelics can result in PTSD.

I think it's a great question. So let's understand a little bit about what psychedelics do and what they don't do. So as a psychiatrist, I've worked with basically equal numbers of people who have been transformed for the positive by psychedelics and people who have been destroyed by psychedelics. Wow. OK. So let's understand that psychedelics can result in PTSD.

I think it's a great question. So let's understand a little bit about what psychedelics do and what they don't do. So as a psychiatrist, I've worked with basically equal numbers of people who have been transformed for the positive by psychedelics and people who have been destroyed by psychedelics. Wow. OK. So let's understand that psychedelics can result in PTSD.

Strangely enough, I see a lot of weird like OCD or generalized anxiety or like sustained mood problems after psychedelics, which I think there's not a whole lot of literature about. It's just clinically someone will come in with an anxiety disorder. I'll be like, when did this start? And they're like, it started when I tripped really bad on LSD. And now I'm anxious all the time. So.

Strangely enough, I see a lot of weird like OCD or generalized anxiety or like sustained mood problems after psychedelics, which I think there's not a whole lot of literature about. It's just clinically someone will come in with an anxiety disorder. I'll be like, when did this start? And they're like, it started when I tripped really bad on LSD. And now I'm anxious all the time. So.

Strangely enough, I see a lot of weird like OCD or generalized anxiety or like sustained mood problems after psychedelics, which I think there's not a whole lot of literature about. It's just clinically someone will come in with an anxiety disorder. I'll be like, when did this start? And they're like, it started when I tripped really bad on LSD. And now I'm anxious all the time. So.

That confuses some people, right? Because we also have all these studies. There's still early stages, but we have a lot of data that shows that psilocybin, MDMA-assisted psychotherapy can be very helpful for trauma. We have studies that show it can be helpful. And so then people make a huge mistake. They say, here's all this research that shows that psychedelics can be healing.