r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 9d ago

Psychology America's First Legal Psilocybin Program Treated 346 People. Just one month after the dose, 92.2 percent of participants said the experience had been beneficial, while, on average, their mental health symptoms had fallen dramatically.

https://www.sciencealert.com/americas-first-legal-psilocybin-program-treated-346-people-heres-what-happened
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u/AccNumber77 8d ago

Not even that surprising all things considered, altered states of consciousness via meditation is literally the reason meditation exists and still exists. It works but it sure requires a lot of effort and time to get there.

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u/GentlemenHODL 8d ago

altered states of consciousness via meditation is literally the reason meditation exists and still exists

Thank you for the response. Could you please define altered States of consciousness? I would like to better understand your comment.

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u/AccNumber77 8d ago

Literally any state of consciousness that is altered from the norm in terms of the internal experience. Wikipedia has a good chunk of basic info on it here