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The protracted Covid-19 pandemic has contributed to a spike in prescriptions for anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs, as well as causing sustained emotional stress and uncertainty for millions of people.
But what happens if this new trauma is added to old psychological injuries suffered during childhood or adult trauma such as PTSD from military service or emotional abuse from a marriage partner or a boss? You have exacerbation of contributing factors that is leaving many grasping with ways to cope.
Experts have seen the relationship between underlying childhood issues and a myriad of adult behaviors including anxiety, depression, addiction, and other debilitating and life-threatening physical maladies.
In the new book, “Healing with Psychedelics,” Dr. Chris Becker writes about how to recognize the often-hidden histories that caused us as children to create a false self, contributing to their current way they view the world and operate in it. But rather than prescribing an SSRI, Dr. Becker actually advocates, in some cases, using psychedelic drugs.
Here to tell us more about this controversial treatment is Dr. Chris Becker.
Q&A:
- In your book, “Healing with Psychedelics,” you write about your personal healing journey, revealing details of your own experience with psychedelic-assisted sacred-medicine therapy. Tell us about your experience.
- In addition to using psychedelics, you also wrote chronicled first-hand accounts of your spiritual experiences and meditation practices in your healing journey—or is it fair to call it a healing ‘trip’?
- How addictive are psychedelics, if at all, and is there any documentation that their use can actually get someone un-addicted to hard drugs?
- In your book, “Healing with Psychedelics,” you included poems your publisher says sings to the heart of the reader and their unconscious. Did you write any of those poems while under the influence of psychedelics?
- What kind of psychedelics are we talking about, LSD, mushrooms, or what?
- How has the psychedelic experience changed from the sixties to now?
- Do you believe ‘Magic Mushrooms” or other psychedelics should be legalized for the general public?
- Where is your book available for purchase?
ABOUT DR. CHRIS BECKER…
Dr. Chris Becker has over 30 years of experience in mass spectrometry and chemical physics. His research has included the original development of label-free protein quantification, protein biomarker discovery, and rapid DNA analysis. He is author on 130 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and 20 U.S. patents. Dr. Becker has managed laboratories and research groups, and he’s co-founded two companies.
Chris has been practicing Buddhist meditation for three decades and in his book explores the deep, lasting impact that psychedelic-assisted sacred medicine therapy has had on his ability to cope with childhood psychological injury/trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and addiction.
His book, “Healing with Psychedelics,”,” has been endorsed by Francoise Bourzat, author of Consciousness Medicine and Janetti Marotta, author of 50 Mindful Steps to Self-Esteem and A Fertile Path.
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