Posts by Rick Barnett, PsyD
Methylone for the win
Avoid Pain, Seek Pleasure, Conserve Energy
All 3 are normal instincts that can cause a lot of trouble when out of whack.
Anything you strive to hold captive
will hold you captive,
and if you desire freedom
you must give freedom.
~Peace Pilgrim
When we trade our freedom for convenience, instant gratification rewires our brains faster than evolution can protect us.
10 sec of #sunrisezen
Worth letting this sink in a bit.
One of the most courageous acts is to sit with uncomfortable emotions rather than escape them. Growth may begin right at the edge of what we’d rather avoid.
Sora and #PsychedelicSobriety
“People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.”
— Nishan Panwar
Yet, we have quiet courage to turn toward truth when ready. What once seemed unbearable may become the very doorway to growth, freedom, and transformation.
Scott Shannon, MD … what about ketamine treatments for people in long term rec
Quitting Smoking Tied to Better Odds of Recovery From Other Addictions www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/a...
Congrats! aAnd, very curious how mice models translate to humans on this specific topic. So far from what I’ve seen, the hypothetical cardiovascular risk like valvulopathy from chronic low dose serotonergic psychedelics (microdosing) remains speculative.
The best index to people's character is
(a) how they treat people who can't do them any good, and
(b) how they treat people who can't fight back.
~Abigail van Buren
Listen to our beliefs, think about how we learned them. Realize that they are not genetic. Not the "only way."
We are free to acquire new perspectives, new ideas, and to question everything we were taught to believe. Be open to exploration and change, to a new lightness + more joy.
~Charlotte Kasl
Highly recommend this amazing training certificate program!
@esrciis.bsky.social www.ciis.edu/news/ciis-ce...
Bummed that i had to bail on this opportunity.
What a view. Stunning really. #mtmansfield #stowevt #sunset