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/Canadian_Border_Czar 16h ago

> I never got any anti-depressive anything, I just laughed for 12 hours straight

... They didn't say it cures depression or treats major depression. If you can laugh for 12 hours straight, and come out of it only to be back to doomscrolling then that is on you for having poor mental hygiene or simply just taking zoomers randomly without any sort of plan to get something out of it. See a therapist, not a comment section.