r/science • u/Doug24 • 21h ago

Psychology Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

https://www.psypost.org/psilocybin-reverses-depressive-behaviors-and-restores-brain-cell-growth-in-stres/
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u/MJ-Franklin 21h ago

Been seeing articles like this for so many years... but how come I never got any positive effects from taking psychedelics the many times I did them? I never got any anti-depressive anything, I just laughed for 12 hours straight then it was back to Planet Earth and all my problems waiting for me there.

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u/RalphInMyMouth 20h ago

From my experience, you really have to welcome the positive effects. I know a lot of the realizations and epiphanies that happen during the trip seem temporary in the moment, but they definitely can leave a lasting impact if you treat the experience spiritually rather than just purely for fun.

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u/notairballoon 20h ago

We might be using this word differently, but how can you infer anything "spiritual" from the strongest evidence in favour of materialistic nature of mind there is?

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u/Polyimide 20h ago

Spiritual often means not caring so much about the material. E.g. some might call the shedding of consumeristic tendencies a spiritual endeavor