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I tthink you are mixing him up with his older colleague Sigmund Freud.

Good point. He also never tried them himself, and was hard on the "no shortcuts" mindset. If he would have lived today maybe it would be a bit diffrent. He said this in the 50´s, when psychedelics where new in modern civilised culture.

Any thoughts on this? Ive been a big fan for a long time of both Jung and psychedelics. Why Jung Was Skeptical About Psychedelics 1. Regression into Primitive Layers Jung worried that psychedelics could thrust people too quickly into archaic or primitive layers of the psyche. Instead of growth, this might feel like a regression — an overwhelming flood of imagery that leaves someone more confused than before. 2. The Risk of Inflation Jung also warned about inflation, when the ego identifies with powerful archetypal content and loses touch with reality. Under psychedelics, visions can feel like divine truth. But without grounding, this can lead to grandiosity, disconnection, or even collapse. 3. The Moral Burden of Knowledge For Jung, knowing more of the unconscious wasn’t always a gift — it was a responsibility. If someone accessed deep truths without the conscious maturity to hold them, that knowledge could weigh heavily, destabilize, or even mislead. 4. No Shortcut to Individuation Jung’s whole therapeutic model was built on individuation — the slow, lifelong process of becoming whole. He felt psychedelics might offer a glimpse of the depths, but not the path to walk them. For him, real transformation required time, patience, and an ongoing relationship with the unconscious. Source: https://www.saraouimette.com/blog/2025/9/15/what-did-carl-jung-say-about-psychedelics

Why do you have to have a fake wedding ring to manipulate women into wanting you? Cant you just focus on being fully unapologetically yourself and trust that this will bring the women that are meant for you?

Any drainers here

Where did you get this info from? Do you have any source? I smoked for 12 years. At the end it was 3g a day. I felt much better after a month. Im 7 weeks sober now (longest ive ever been without weed).

I see! Maybe my symptoms where a bit diffrent, like I dissociated a lot, wandered into my own fantasy world to cope with external reality. The emotional dysregulation was also huge. Constantly being bored and daydreaming. I was smoking very heavy weed (people pleasing was the root of my addiction too), when I got the diagnosis. Now that im off it and do cognitive behavioral theraphy for people pleasing I want to get re-evaluated in lets say a year. It might as well being a highly sensitive person + stress from people pleasing combined + daily weed use that gave me the attention issues. Lets see. I think thats worth mentioning since how I react to ADHD meds, it might be diffrent for you. I tried Ritalin XR for a bit and this was the worst. Just like Vyvanse but the negative effects ramped up to 10. I tried Attentin (5 hr vyvanse), but it was too much up and down. The medication I have been on most is Vyvanse. The optimal dose for me was 10 mg, im sensitive to stimulants, I can even feel it at 3mg. If I take 50-60 its a full on amphetamine high. The thing is that my mind dosent quiet on it it often just goes faster and i feel like im spinning my wheels in the mud. I often get this slight euphoria when i take it then slight depression when it wears off. And my sleep is totally fucked. Might do it again on exams or something but daily use is not for me. Note that the dose you need is very induvidual. I have friends that take 70mg and describe the same effects as i get on 10mg.

May you be healthy and well Leo

Thanks for sharing, that must not have been easy. Do you use she/her pronouns? If not, why not? Hope im not asking too personal questions

I have been diagnosed with mild/moderate ADHD. Personally the meds dont work for me. First couple of weeks its amazing but I progressively get more and more flat, anti social, loose my intuition, creativity and feel like a shell of myself. And I often get destructive/ suicidal thoughts on them after a while, often when they wear out . Not to scare you, its only my experience. Its worth trying, for some people it really helps. I can relate a lot to what you wrote with anxiety, bulling etc. I am in a process of self discovery and therapy and just found out that I have been a chronic people pleaser my whole life. I grew up in a enviormet with a fearful and controlling parent. My survival strategy was to mold into whatever I thought this parent wanted me to be. So I suppressed my own needs, feelings and desires in order to receive love and praise and avoid punishment. Since this was how I learned to receive love, it became my unconcious way of navigating the world. Never feeling like I am good enough. People pleasers are extremely easy pray for bullies, and boy was I bullied when I started school. Chronic people pleasing can result in a lot of issues that are mistaken for ADHD, like problems relaxing and sleeping, constant worry and overthinking, social anxiety, emotional dysregulation and especially problems sustaining attention. I see now that this could easily be the reason for my diagnosis. The meds also made people pleasing much easier for me because I can better mold into what society wants me to be. This makes total sense with what Gabor Maté talks about. Many people say ADHD is just genetic, but at the same time trauma is often passed down from generation to generation util its broken. Not to say that real ADHD dosent exist, but It can be misdiagnosed. Its often a chicken/egg kind of situation. For me the only way to know is to make the behavioural changes and give myself the love I needed unconditionally. I am in no way saying that you are a people pleaser or that you dont have ADHD. I am simply sharing my experience, take it for that. And all the best on your journey, do not feel guilty for taking meds of it really helps you.

You mean that people use these pronouns out of survival and conformity? My chair uses it/that pronouns now. -------------------------------------------------- I also just learned that gender, sex and pronouns are 3 diffrent things, independent from each other. Before this I thought this was just one thing called "gender". So that made things much more clear to me. Using this system it might turn out that I am actually non-binary myself, using he/him pronouns and male being my sex.

One of the main artists that gave me the idea to even consider this topic was the singer from Bassvictim (I am a big fan), from their 2025 pitchfork interview: "Manow says, “silence, vibrations and ketamine”—adding that some of her songs have been freestyled off K. “Make ketamine great again,” she chirps. “I think everyone should know that if they are struggling artistically, they should take ketamine.” Clateman looks uncomfortable. “I don’t want to endorse that,” she self-corrects. “Maybe I want to endorse that. If some people die as a result of that, so be it.” https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/a-messy-evening-with-bassvictim/ Note that she was doing K in the the beginning of this interview and also has BPD. Drugs can sometimes short-term bring down certain mental barriers, especially when you are struggling with a mental condition. And because of this she seems to think that her creative genius is attributed to drug, and it will work the same way for everyone. As I see it, the creativity was within her all the time, it was not from the drug itself. Ketamine just was a temporary thing that brought the walls down to let her inner creativity come out. But this could come from a lot of diffrent things, meditation, therapy, spending time in nature etc. This is just my interpretation, I also dont know her personally. I am a big fan of her music, and hope she can sustainably find a way to continue doing what she love for the rest of her life, whatever it might be.

Music is my main thing. But I also paint/draw and make most of the artworks for my music myself. I also agree that it seems too risky. As a former weed addict, ketamine is just a bit too similar for me and could easily "replace" it. I used to smoke a lot and make music/art, but the only thing it gave me was confidence in what I was making. Ironically, there is a CLEAR difference of what I make on weed and what I make without it. Without it I have so much more emotional range and I have the cognitive capability to bring my ideas to life when they are fresh. I am still considering doing a expensive legal ketamine therapy for trauma in the future, with medical supervision. Havent fully decided yet, depends if there is any risk. But doing K at home and making music...I think that would make my work worse, but would lead me down a much, much darker path. Thanks for the contemplation tip as well. I will do that:)) Contemplate "What is creativity at its core?" Personally its the closest thing i´ve experienced to weed. But K to me feels like being in a cold laboratory and weed feels like being in a warm garden.

Realistic self portrait of my only DMT experience (very low dose changa)

Thanks! Ive done moderate doses of lsd and mushrooms but I have not have had full blown ego death. Cool to hear about your experiences too. I am trying to expand my horizons, my one experience with a dude was not something I was into, but I am also open to change my mind. Went on a date with a trans girl not long ago and it was nice.