U.S. veterans with PTSD take a psychedelic journey in Mexico | 60 Minutes

Back in 2014, my brain inflamed from toxic mold illness, body wracked with pain, and experiencing side effects from a medication with a black box warning, I struggled with the most severe depression of my life (after decades of CPTSD), and spent hours a day in suicidal ideation. Some close friends who had shrooms invited me to take some with them at their country retreat, and within 30 minutes of dosing, I felt filled with love and peace, and couldn’t stop the tears of joy from flowing. That peace and joy lasted 3 whole months, and in that time I was able to thrive in my business and personal life. It’s such a shame that the US government has so stigmatized psychedelics for so long, so it’s wonderful to see a change of consciousness on this coming. Psychedelics, although not for everyone, can be truly life saving. Thank you for covering this story!

I don’t have PTSD but have used psilocybin a number of times. Initially, I didn’t use it for any purpose other than to see what the hype was about. What ended up happening during my first session was that I began to plainly feel my body. It’s almost like being extra sober. I could feel my muscle fibers, how much space I physically occupied, how a light’s brightness level was making my eye feel — thoughts that ordinarily would be buried at a strictly subconscious level. I felt very alive. Later, I began to passionately feel the disconnects between the thoughts that I’ve held over the years and the way I live. For example, if I don’t particularly care about “fitting in” with society, why do I dress, act, and speak to fit in? Wouldn’t it be better for me to be myself and find people who like what I’m doing? I felt like I could analyze my life from a third person perspective — like I was the author of my life, not the protagonist, if that makes sense. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that soon after my first few psychedelic experiences, I began to shed my old habits and develop a new image, personality, and confidence. Most importantly, I feel like I’ve found myself. I know who I want to be, and I think that person is pretty cool, so I’m no longer nervous or anxious.

Plant medicines hold answers for so many of us. The results are nothing short of amazing. So happy for these beautiful people.

Comforting to know that it helped many people struggling.

I macro dose on my first mushrooms and only experience. I went through an ego death experience and closed my past chapters of my life. I woke up happy and it truly changed my life. I am more confident with family, career, and closer with GOD. Grateful for this experience

I stand up for every single vet. Please stand with the rest of us that suffer also.

My wife says that psychedelics have helped how I approach my issues from my time in service. They honestly make me feel very normal.

Feel sorry for the guy whose symptoms worsened

They spend 10 minutes talking about how extreme shrooms are, then spend about 3 seconds talking about another dude taking 5meo dmt which is LIGHT YEARS more intense 😂😂😂

It works, i did 2 very high dose psilocybin trips, and it changed me as a person in the most amazing way, my anxiety and depression have been gone for over a year, i am a happier, more compassionate and loving person, i hope everyone struggling can get these kinds of treatments, because it works!!