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In reply to the discussion: “There is no cure for trauma. Once it enters the body, it stays there forever” [View all]Locrian
(4,523 posts)3. might be a possibility
LSD, ecstasy (MDMA) and other psychedelics are powerful, mind-altering drugs that, as described by former Washington Post Magazine editor Tom Shroder, intrinsically [challenge] the rationalist, materialist underpinnings of Western culture. For most of a century, our society has struggled to come to grips with these profoundly threatening drugs, largely without success. Theyve all been made illegal. For decades, the Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration have strictly banned scientific investigations into their potential benefits which is unfortunate, since these psychoactive drugs also seem able to do incredible good, particularly in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-acid-test-on-lsd-as-therapy-for-ptsd-by-tom-shroder/2014/09/11/fc43f954-23c2-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html
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“There is no cure for trauma. Once it enters the body, it stays there forever” [View all]
unhappycamper
Feb 2015
OP
It's the obvious and understandable reaction to trauma. I'm glad that understanding of it is
MADem
Feb 2015
#27
It's a psychological affliction, isn't it? A naturally occurring one in a healthy person,
Joe Chi Minh
Apr 2015
#34
Thanks for sharing your story. The abusers words of twisted denial & blaming you are horrible.
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#20