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Using Psychedelics for Healing Trauma and Addiction

Carla Gee
7 min readOct 30, 2019

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Why Are We Tuning Back In?

The United States has been witnessing record levels of people addicted to drugs and alcohol, with the opioid epidemic taking first place.

The United States is also seeing record numbers of suicide, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). People have been looking to alternative methods of healing themselves opposed to traditional, allopathic treatments whose methods may leave much to be desired.

Psychedelics have once again made their way back into the pop culture. Long gone are the days in the 1960’s where freely “dropping acid” (LSD) in the streets promised rebellion and liberation from cultural and governmental powers.

New, groundbreaking research conducted by trusted institutions like Johns Hopkins University and New York University, have been proving the potent healing powers of psychedelics.

The word psychedelic is translated from the Greek and means “mind manifesting.” Psyche means soul or mind and delein means to manifest. Thus, using psychedelics allows us to tap into the mind and the soul in a deep and meaningful way.

Those who use psychedelics to journey inside themselves are called psychonauts. Today’s psychonauts understand the critical importance of…

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Carla Gee
Carla Gee

Written by Carla Gee

Writing when I can about things that are important to me.

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