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The Science of MDMA & Its Therapeutic Uses: Benefits & Risks

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The Effects of MDMA on Trust and Pleasure

The increases in serotonin acting on the serotonin 1B receptor seems to be what creates this desire to bond or create trust. Trauma is, I believe, best defined by the words that a former guest on this podcast, who's a world expert in trauma, Paul Conti,. He explained as trauma is an event that fundamentally changes the way that our brain works for the worse. And when under the influence of MDMA, because of those parallel increases in dopamine and serotonin, people seem far more willing to both trust the therapist that they're talking about that trauma with.

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