Giving psilocybin, the psychedelic in magic mushrooms, to rats made them more optimistic in the longer term, suggesting that the psychedelic substance could have great potential in treating a core symptom of depression in humans.

[u/mvea]

https://newatlas.com/medical/psilocybin-optimism-depression/

[u/MrLyht]

We're so used to live in a fucked up way we are now normalizing taking drugs that make you hallucinate to cope with the very reasonable depression capitalism instills into us.

[u/MrLyht → u/[deleted]]

Congrats, but that wasn't the point of my comment.

[u/SonOfSatan → u/MrLyht]

Psychedelics have been a part of human culture likely since there have been humans, and have traditionally been used as religious sacraments for spiritual purposes. They offer us much the same value now that they always have, and just saying "drugs that make you hallucinate" is a very simplistic description of psychedelics, that's really only maybe 5-10% of what's significant about the experience and it's effects.

[u/ipoopinurcoffeenao → u/MrLyht]

It doesnt have to be heavy hallucinationogenic trip. Its extracted from mushrooms so its natural and the funniest thing about that it rewires your braind permanently. No second dose needed.

And if i am not mistaken the drugs to cope with reality were normalized some time ago.

[u/MrLyht → u/[deleted]]

I agree researching ways to reduce suffering is objectively worthwhile, I've taken meds for depression myself. I just think we could do better then treat a psychosocial issues so tightly related to economic factors (like depression and burnout) as a matter of finding the right drugs

[u/DontCallMeJay → u/[deleted]]

"Drug: a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested."

Sounds like a drug to me...

[u/bodez95 → u/[deleted]]

Debasing it by calling it a drug is insulting

"They said referring to psychoactive chemical psilocybin in the *science** forum"*...