Psychedelic Anxiety Syndrome: Difference between revisions

From BurnZero
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 3: Line 3:


=== Exposure Therapy ===
=== 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.

Revision as of 12:22, 18 October 2022

Psychedelic Anxiety Syndrome
Figure 1. A stepwise approach to overcoming PAS.

Psychedelic Anxiety Syndrome or PAS is the anxiety one feels before taking a psychedelic. Whilst in some cases PAS is warranted as there have been reports of negative effects to psychedelics, it is argued in many cases the anxiety felt is disproportionate to the benefits one might encounter.

Exposure Therapy

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.

Share your opinion