Psychedelics + Intimacy ☼

Dec 29, 2021

Psychedelics help couples work through issues of intimacy and communication // Illuminating read by the talented @nicolledoublel via @doubleblindmag ️ Read the article here, highlights below.

‘Growing or repairing your relationship, however, isn’t as simple as popping a pill, or going on a trip. It takes work, both during the psychedelic experience, and more importantly, the integration period afterward. Still, some couples are finding that experimenting with psychedelics like psilocybin mushrooms... helps them examine the foundation of the partnership, address strains or psychological barriers, and then incorporate those learnings into their sober-minded lives.’

‘Going on a trip is not about escaping issues within the relationship, but about finding your way home. And you can feel that in your bones. “Psilocybin is something that can help you, and make you a better person and partner or parent and child because it releases the obstacles we’ve built up around ourselves,” says Peckler. Psychedelics can help us tap into a different, deeper, and more meaningful reality—compared to our default, waking mindset.’

“The mushrooms helped me know that I could love someone so quickly, and let go of the things that would have held me back from believing it,” Sex and relationship coach Ashley Manta says, “Even if he never loved me back, it was okay. It was a moment of ‘This is what I feel; do with this information what you will.’”

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