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 === Exposure Therapy ===
-It is thought by introducing patients to controlled versions of different parts of the psychedelic experience anxiety can be substantially decreased. By rating the various attributes of the psychedelic experience against the anxiety caused it is thought that a stepwise approach can be used to desensitize the autonomic response to the thought of the overall psychedelic experience (See '''Figure 1'''). These steps in order of anxiety include:
+It is thought by introducing patients to controlled versions of different parts of the psychedelic experience anxiety can be substantially decreased. This is done by subdividing the psychedelic experience into subsections and then rating them against perceived anxiety (See '''Figure 1'''), these include:
+* Optical illusions
+* Holotropics
+* Stroboscopics
+* Out of body experiences
+* Astral projections
+The ultimate goal is to allow the public to participate in a series of controlled experiments within the physical showing of the Fundamentals of Psychedelics lecture series.