
Manesh Girn - Beyond the Default Mode Network: Psychedelics & Complex Systems
The Psychedelic Podcast
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The Effects of Psychedelics on Self-Compassion
Phenomenon: People hold their self identity less tightly and that the effects will be strongest for negative beliefs where psychedelics can promote greater self-compassion. Phenomenon: We start to hold our beliefs about ourselves less strongly in a general way we're less likely to cling to these is who i am this is what i'm like. How do you test it? Let's say i gave you five different little short stories and then asked you to imagine yourself as somebody in that story and then reflect on or choose from a list of like 20 Beliefs. What thoughts and beliefs about yourself will emerge in this context and how would you feel about it?"
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