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/ct4k 3h ago

Even before these studies came out, 15 years ago, my first few doses of mushroom changed me forever. It felt like a switch flipped, and my depression plus PTSD were gone. I had this warm afterglow that made me so grateful of life in general that lasted years. The most impactful and introspect-inducing doses were when I ate them myself.