One Psilocybin Session Changed Everything

About this episode

Ben shares his transformative experience with psilocybin therapy in managing schizophrenia and psychosis.

Ben — diagnosed with schizophrenia in his 20s — describes long, lived experience of voices and psychosis; how careful therapeutic work with Julian, low-dose psilocybin journeys and integration helped him reduce medication, build a working relationship with his “guide voice,” and reclaim life. The episode explores safety, screening, symbolic work, and the ethics/nuance of psychedelic therapy for people with psych diagnoses.

People in this episode

Host: rana rahimpour

Guest: Ben

Topics covered

• psilocybin therapy
• schizophrenia
• psychosis
• medication reduction
• therapeutic work
• psychedelic ethics

Keywords

• psilocybin
• schizophrenia
• psychosis
• therapy
• medication
• integration
• psychedelics

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