1) Interesting to explore alternatives to mainstream ones in counseling; hope you are able to get more definitive data on this in time and that perhaps individualized approaches can be better targeted for people in the future, discussing both benefits and RISKS. Hope that you broaden your focus of analysis (see below) to others things as well. Yes. Trust and safety are important as well as individualization.
2) One of your previous episodes touched on studies that indicated certain antidepressant drugs may actually cause permanent changes in serotonin receptors, perhaps only at specific times in the life cycle. (I haven’t had time to listen to the whole thing.) That is a subject worthy of further discussion. I don’t think people realize the high number of people who are on antidepressants these days; not just adults but also children. Do we really know what we are doing?
I asked this in the Desmet forum: Are human hormones affected differentially in online interactions than during in-person interactions: Could some of the antisocial behavior manifested in “social” media interactions be simply because we aren’t using our full human “nature” that involves oxytocin as well as dopamine and hormones and neurotransmitters that require that we interact in ways utilizing our senses of touch, smell, as well as vision and hearing in our communion/interactions with others?
As a nurse practitioner who has worked with people all my life particularly those who suffer with addiction disorder I continue to be discouraged at the American culture who would rather reach for an external chemical in their futile attempts to find happiness. Human connection has been lost. Putnam’s Bowling Alone spoke of this many years ago. The data does not support this new wave of psyedelic magic that big pharma and money hungry new businesses are reaching for. The simple stuff, nature, conversation, sharing a meal and genuine kindness will bring each of us a burst of dopamine , I promise you.
The data does support it. See psilocybin trials for depression and smoking addiction at Johns Hopkins and MDMA trials for PTSD (podcast with Rick Doblin coming soon).
What you are suggesting -- nature, human connection -- is all essential, but in my experience (as in my own as well as others around me suffering from mental illness), anxiety and depression can be quite debilitating and can place a kind of dark, black cloud over typically awe-inducing experiences like nature and good meals. Those experiences themselves cannot cure in such serious situations.
Psychedelic medicines in a therapeutic setting allow for a direct exploration of one's toxic inner narratives of shame, guilt, self-hate, cynicism, and fear moulded by traumatic experiences. That is why they are so powerful.
STRENTHENING 'COMMUNITY' (Latin 'com' = 'together' + 'munus' = 'gift-or-service') to add to your multifaceted Psychological Healing work. Thank-you for having a helping hand for folks on the edge of coping. I hope the following helps people reconnect with their ancestral 'indigenous' (L 'self-generating') heritage.
How many have heard of their ancient indigenous ancestral 'GREAT-GOOD-WAY-OF-KINDNESS' aka 'Great-law-of-peace' aka 'Constitution'? References to the Great-good-way are found in every place on every continent. On Turtle-Island / N. America the Kaianere'kowa is but one name used among the ~110 nations joined in ~23 Confederacies across Turtle-Island who enjoyed this Continental Great-Good-Way, In the North-east Haudenosaunee (Iroquois 'People-of-the-extended-rafters' aka 'Welcome') used the word 'Kaianere'kowa'. Central American Mayan say 'In-Lakesh' ('I am another you, you are another me'). South America 'Maloka' (Aymara, Jammamadi, Apurina' = 'Longhouse'). Indigenous Celtic-Slavic Europe 'System of 100s'. Eastern Europe Serbian 'Zadruga' = 'Economy-of-Friends'. Nguni peoples of southern Africa 'Ubuntu' = 'Human-kindness'. India 'Swadeshi' = 'Indigenous' aka 'Self-sufficiency'. China with 'Cowrie-shell' reference to the Character for 'money'. Chaebol in Korea & 'Keiretsu' in Japan for 'Family-business'.
The Great-good-way is based in the worldwide: 1) ~100 (50-150) person Multihome-Dwelling-Complex (eg. Longhouse-apartment, Pueblo-townhouse & Kanata-village'),
2) specialized collective Production-Society-Guilds & time-based equivalency accounting upon the String-shell Value system (eg, Wampum on Turtle-Island N. America, Quipu in S. America & Cowrie in indigenous Celtic-Slavic Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia & all islands). The collective Domestic Economy formed the core of economy (mostly women) with collective Industry & Commerce (mostly men) as subset economies in support of the primary Domestic economy.
20% of multihome-dwellers are Extended-families living intentionally in proximity (with privacy) for social & economic collaboration as Turtle-Island & the world's largest Social-Service economy. On Turtle-Island this collective domestic economy of caring, sharing food, shelter, clothing, warmth & health cultivation is worth some 2 trillion $/year, albeit unrecognized beyond the intellectual capacities of Government, Institutions & Education. Extended-families in Multihomes are the largest Social-service entity providing more of essential goods, services, resources, caring & sharing than any institution private or public. Extended-family & community intimate goods & services are the most individually appropriate & effective.
B) MAP local proximal collaborative relations for complementary economic concertation. Eg. Bringing together elder specialties with youthful inspiration, handicapped focus capacities with community needs etc. Eg. Baseline mapping of 105 Mohawk, Wendat & Algonquian Placenames in Tiohtiake, greater Montreal archipelago. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/a-home/5-tiohtiake-mohawk-placenames
brianne fitzgerald Please describe what you mean by 'hype', its problems etc. Are you presenting a Counter-narrative to this complex treatment program? Your insights could be valuable for readers to consider.
1) Interesting to explore alternatives to mainstream ones in counseling; hope you are able to get more definitive data on this in time and that perhaps individualized approaches can be better targeted for people in the future, discussing both benefits and RISKS. Hope that you broaden your focus of analysis (see below) to others things as well. Yes. Trust and safety are important as well as individualization.
2) One of your previous episodes touched on studies that indicated certain antidepressant drugs may actually cause permanent changes in serotonin receptors, perhaps only at specific times in the life cycle. (I haven’t had time to listen to the whole thing.) That is a subject worthy of further discussion. I don’t think people realize the high number of people who are on antidepressants these days; not just adults but also children. Do we really know what we are doing?
I asked this in the Desmet forum: Are human hormones affected differentially in online interactions than during in-person interactions: Could some of the antisocial behavior manifested in “social” media interactions be simply because we aren’t using our full human “nature” that involves oxytocin as well as dopamine and hormones and neurotransmitters that require that we interact in ways utilizing our senses of touch, smell, as well as vision and hearing in our communion/interactions with others?
As a nurse practitioner who has worked with people all my life particularly those who suffer with addiction disorder I continue to be discouraged at the American culture who would rather reach for an external chemical in their futile attempts to find happiness. Human connection has been lost. Putnam’s Bowling Alone spoke of this many years ago. The data does not support this new wave of psyedelic magic that big pharma and money hungry new businesses are reaching for. The simple stuff, nature, conversation, sharing a meal and genuine kindness will bring each of us a burst of dopamine , I promise you.
The data does support it. See psilocybin trials for depression and smoking addiction at Johns Hopkins and MDMA trials for PTSD (podcast with Rick Doblin coming soon).
What you are suggesting -- nature, human connection -- is all essential, but in my experience (as in my own as well as others around me suffering from mental illness), anxiety and depression can be quite debilitating and can place a kind of dark, black cloud over typically awe-inducing experiences like nature and good meals. Those experiences themselves cannot cure in such serious situations.
Psychedelic medicines in a therapeutic setting allow for a direct exploration of one's toxic inner narratives of shame, guilt, self-hate, cynicism, and fear moulded by traumatic experiences. That is why they are so powerful.
Psyedelic medicines originated in a community centered ritual. I do not buy the way the medical industrial complex has co-opted this
STRENTHENING 'COMMUNITY' (Latin 'com' = 'together' + 'munus' = 'gift-or-service') to add to your multifaceted Psychological Healing work. Thank-you for having a helping hand for folks on the edge of coping. I hope the following helps people reconnect with their ancestral 'indigenous' (L 'self-generating') heritage.
How many have heard of their ancient indigenous ancestral 'GREAT-GOOD-WAY-OF-KINDNESS' aka 'Great-law-of-peace' aka 'Constitution'? References to the Great-good-way are found in every place on every continent. On Turtle-Island / N. America the Kaianere'kowa is but one name used among the ~110 nations joined in ~23 Confederacies across Turtle-Island who enjoyed this Continental Great-Good-Way, In the North-east Haudenosaunee (Iroquois 'People-of-the-extended-rafters' aka 'Welcome') used the word 'Kaianere'kowa'. Central American Mayan say 'In-Lakesh' ('I am another you, you are another me'). South America 'Maloka' (Aymara, Jammamadi, Apurina' = 'Longhouse'). Indigenous Celtic-Slavic Europe 'System of 100s'. Eastern Europe Serbian 'Zadruga' = 'Economy-of-Friends'. Nguni peoples of southern Africa 'Ubuntu' = 'Human-kindness'. India 'Swadeshi' = 'Indigenous' aka 'Self-sufficiency'. China with 'Cowrie-shell' reference to the Character for 'money'. Chaebol in Korea & 'Keiretsu' in Japan for 'Family-business'.
The Great-good-way is based in the worldwide: 1) ~100 (50-150) person Multihome-Dwelling-Complex (eg. Longhouse-apartment, Pueblo-townhouse & Kanata-village'),
2) specialized collective Production-Society-Guilds & time-based equivalency accounting upon the String-shell Value system (eg, Wampum on Turtle-Island N. America, Quipu in S. America & Cowrie in indigenous Celtic-Slavic Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia & all islands). The collective Domestic Economy formed the core of economy (mostly women) with collective Industry & Commerce (mostly men) as subset economies in support of the primary Domestic economy.
3) COUNCIL-PROCESS or Both-sides-now, Equal-time, Recorded & Published Dialogue mediated by the Eagle-feather or Talking-Stick, witnessed in Circle by those intimate for private or public resolution. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/c-relational-economy
70% of people today live in Multihomes (eg. Apartment, Townhouse or Village-cluster) with an average of 32 dwelling-units = ~100 people. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/c-relational-economy/1-extending-our-welcome-participatory-multihome-cohousing
20% of multihome-dwellers are Extended-families living intentionally in proximity (with privacy) for social & economic collaboration as Turtle-Island & the world's largest Social-Service economy. On Turtle-Island this collective domestic economy of caring, sharing food, shelter, clothing, warmth & health cultivation is worth some 2 trillion $/year, albeit unrecognized beyond the intellectual capacities of Government, Institutions & Education. Extended-families in Multihomes are the largest Social-service entity providing more of essential goods, services, resources, caring & sharing than any institution private or public. Extended-family & community intimate goods & services are the most individually appropriate & effective.
DO-WE-KNOW-WHO-WE-ARE-? https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/d-participatory-structure/9-do-we-know-who-we-are web-based Community-Circular-Economy software: A) CATALOGUE talents, goods, services, resources & dreams for individuals, businesses & whole communities as a set of complementary contributions for the whole. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/a-home/7-membership
B) MAP local proximal collaborative relations for complementary economic concertation. Eg. Bringing together elder specialties with youthful inspiration, handicapped focus capacities with community needs etc. Eg. Baseline mapping of 105 Mohawk, Wendat & Algonquian Placenames in Tiohtiake, greater Montreal archipelago. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/a-home/5-tiohtiake-mohawk-placenames
C) ACCOUNT collective contributions, buying, selling & co-investment so people make a living & progressive investment in their own business individually & collectively with other stakeholders. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/c-relational-economy
D) COUNCIL PROCESS Both-sided, Equal-time, Recorded & Published Dialogues for understanding, collaborative-agreement & Conflict Resolution. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/d-participatory-structure/1-both-sides-now-equal-time-recorded-dialogues
Don’t believe the hype
brianne fitzgerald Please describe what you mean by 'hype', its problems etc. Are you presenting a Counter-narrative to this complex treatment program? Your insights could be valuable for readers to consider.