Q Let's talk about your experience with psychedelics as a consumer. Uh, what made you want to try it the first time and what was that experience like?
A Growing up as, as sort of one of those, you know, somewhat gifted kids that often sort of struggled to connect with, you know, my peers. It was something that really helped me to build healthier connections and to, you know, learn to be kinder to myself and that in turn sort of Enabled me to be able to relate and be kinder towards others. And so it was really a, you know, a heart opening, you know, mind opening experience that gave me a perspective that I was not able to find in normal everyday life. Um, you know, I found the benefits of psychedelics to be very foundational, you know, very much sort of bottom up in terms of supporting resiliency and the ability to relate and connect with You know, myself, my environment, and other people, and so in doing so, it really kind of allowed me to honestly be a better person, be a better version of myself, and you know, to be able to relate to myself in a way that where I was able to overcome a lot of the anxieties and depression associated with not being able to relate to who I felt like I was, and, and how I was sort of You know, seen by others and, you know, psychedelics were really the only tool that I found that even when it came to therapy and talking with sort of professionals in that regard, you know, there was always a disconnect between, you know, what I was hearing and what I was being shown and my ability to really integrat…
AI assessment note: “it was really a, you know, a heart opening, you know, mind opening experience”