Robin Carhart-Harris
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Podcast Appearances
Everything does.
But maybe it's more resilient to context.
MDMA somewhat is less of a heaven and hell that you get with the classic psychedelics.
LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, DMT.
You can take MDMA at a rave and have a very good time quite reliably.
You take LSD and it's much more unpredictable.
It doesn't seem to be a distortion of cognition and perception in the same way.
No, it's a subtle shift in perception, maybe a softening of ego, you might say, whereas the classic psychedelics are called ego dissolvers or disintegrators.
Yeah, people like to say that MDMA is a heart opener rather than a head opener.
So it promotes relational exchange, social exchange.
It's easier to open up with people.
You can talk more easily on MDMA versus a classic psychedelic like LSD.
Improvements in well-being, life satisfaction, sense of meaning in life.
I'm worthless.
Life is pointless.
It's all pointless.
I'm more valuable in the world if I'm skinny.
And psychedelics seem to be like a heat-seeking missile for that kind of self-generated BS, as I call it.