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314. Consciousness, Chaos and Order | Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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What Are Psychedelics?

I propose that they are drugs that the hijackers stress response system. So there I looked at things like ascetic practice, extreme experiences that can drive intense states of stress where one comes to a crisis point. And then in that pivotal mental state, this moment right now really matters just to where you know your life's going to go from here on. That strikes me as analogous to the phenomenon that's often noted among people who recover from alcoholism.

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