Robin Carhart-Harris

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.