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The Therapeutic Effect of Letting Go with Psilocybin
1:30:29 - 1:39:13 (08:43)
Psilocybin's therapeutic effect may be linked to the idea of "letting go," where patients allow themselves to assume a state they've been fighting the whole time, allowing a new perspective to overcome negative thoughts and memories. This theory is particularly relevant to patients with depression, addiction, or OCD, as well as anyone seeking psychological relief through psilocybin therapy.
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Researchers found that the connectivity and global engagement of brain regions varied and that there's a small world network with a more focused cortical function.
1:30:29 - 1:33:26 (02:56)
Summary
Researchers found that the connectivity and global engagement of brain regions varied and that there's a small world network with a more focused cortical function. A negatively valenced system can conflict with a self-representation of feeling "stuck".
ChapterThe Therapeutic Effect of Letting Go with Psilocybin
EpisodeDr. Nolan Williams: Psychedelics & Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring
PodcastHuberman Lab
Letting go and untethering from autonomic arousal during a psychedelic journey is a key variable for relief from depression, according to the clinician in this episode.
1:33:26 - 1:34:51 (01:24)
Summary
Letting go and untethering from autonomic arousal during a psychedelic journey is a key variable for relief from depression, according to the clinician in this episode.
ChapterThe Therapeutic Effect of Letting Go with Psilocybin
EpisodeDr. Nolan Williams: Psychedelics & Neurostimulation for Brain Rewiring
PodcastHuberman Lab
Psychedelic drugs have a therapeutic effect that is linked to neural circuitry and the idea of letting go, which involves exposing oneself to something from an anxiety standpoint that is tolerable and then seeing that it ends up being fine.
1:34:51 - 1:39:13 (04:21)
Summary
Psychedelic drugs have a therapeutic effect that is linked to neural circuitry and the idea of letting go, which involves exposing oneself to something from an anxiety standpoint that is tolerable and then seeing that it ends up being fine.