OODA Loop PTSD Breakthrough: Marine Aviator, Ibogaine Therapy, and The Mission Within

About this episode

Jay Kopelman shares his transformative journey through PTSD and ibogaine therapy.

Send us Fan Mail A Marine aviator who once introduced himself as a “raging asshole” sits down with us to share how everything changed—fast. Jay Kopelman had years of TBIs, PTSD, and white-hot anger had wrecked his home life and numbed his spirit despite therapy, SSRIs, sleep meds, and nightly drinks. A scholarship to The Mission Within took him to a clinically monitored retreat in Mexico, and the ibogaine journey hit where talk therapy couldn’t: the root. He saw his son always wearing a clown...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark McGrath, Brian "Ponch" Rivera

Guest: Jay Kopelman

Topics covered

• PTSD
• ibogaine therapy
• Marine aviator
• mental health
• trauma recovery

Keywords

• PTSD
• ibogaine
• Marine aviator
• mental health
• The Mission Within
• trauma
• therapy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Mission Within, SSRIs

Places: Mexico

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