How Psychedelics
PTSD? Written by: Dom Hart
There should be no argument that the brain is the most important organ in the body. It’s so important that it's protected by a 6 to a 7-millimeter thick, concave sheet of bone layered around it. It is responsible for all the communication between organs and for regulating the overall function of the body. If the brain is off, so is every other organ. It is appropriate to suggest that brain health is at the top of everyone’s wellness lists! Good foods (like leafy greens, fatty acids, antioxidants, and B-vitamins) along with a lifestyle that caters to one’s specific health needs, can help maintain brain health and balance. There are instances where the brain health of an individual is interrupted bluntly, sometimes violently by trauma, which causes an imbalance of communication between the brain and the duties that it carries out. Functions such as blood pressure regulation, memory, and emotional expression are negatively impacted. Brains that are affected traumatically require careful, calculated attention to help them heal, so that the lives of the people can flow with fewer interruptions. 59
JUNE 2022
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While there are a variety of pharmaceutical options for coping with the symptoms of trauma, alternative treatment methods such as psychedelic therapy have been making headway (pun intended) in the scientific world! The purpose of such therapy reaches far beyond the maintenance of psychiatric disorders, to heal the interruptions the brain has had to endure. The evidence for psychedelic therapy is greater than the evidence against it; all of which is that psychedelics are schedule 1 substances in the United States and that if not regulated someone could have a bad trip (although this is near impossible because if you’re following this series of psychedelic coverage throughout the magazine, then you know that last month’s issue gave great tips on how to NOT have a bad trip. I digress). This is not meant to demonize medications, but to open up a dialogue for additional effective options. It's time to change the topic from PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, to PTSD, psychedelic therapy (is) so dope! Join the conversation!
What is PTSD and How does it affect the brain and body?
