it's worth noting that MDMA generally doesn't seem to be one of those drugs that "masks the problem", and can be quite useful in "dealing with the root cause"
Dealing with the root cause seems more about lsd/dmt. Masks the problem temporarily is about alcohol. Mdma is about mask the problem long term.
But the problem I am having in mind is not war-related PTSR. I don't imagine how to heal from problem when you are a massacre survivor. Especially if you were mobilized against your will.
People obviously have different types of problems, and here I divide them into issues with how you relate to yourself or how you relate to others.
I think that the appropriate substance depends on the nature of the problem. If the nature of the problem is a lack of empathy and interpersonal connection, I think MDMA could be a good fit. It can provide biological and experiential practice in dropping the barriers people put up between themselves and others.
Mushrooms, LSD, and hallucinogen seem better suited for addressing motivation and control issues as well as cognitive dissonance within an individual.
MDMA doesn't seem to be one of those that masks the problem, short term or long term, but rather one that helps deal with the root cause: when you're not afraid to discuss a subject due to the pain it causes, you can discuss it
How it can be possible when a patient wants to talk about traumatic experiense to a specialist, for the sake of getting rid of PTSR, but he afraids to talk about it because of... what may happen?
What kind of pain may block even talking about it? I have built an idea while reading those PTSR-witnessers that mobilization for males is an analog of rape for females and the pain is not from killing and seeing kills but from being enslaved. I have a lot of friends who use to kill Russians in Russo-Ukrainian war, or use to be a medic, and everybody is totally happy to discuss at least some analytical problems (equipment, strategy, caveats, how to avoid being killed in combat, etc). I am just trying not to be jerk and listen more than talk to them and those people even do not claim they heavily suffer from anything like PTSR.
What kind of questions were asked to patients and participants of what military group were the patients? If my theory is wrong, then the questions is always about killing and seeing massacre. I really want to know criterions of being chosen to mdma-assisted therapy instead of other antidepressant.
how can it be possible that a person is sad when they should be happy? people are irrational, emotional meat bags
in the context of MDMA assisted psychotherapy, people objectively use it to discuss painful topics and memories to deal with root causes
I'm not sure how to answer some of the psychology specific details, and so apologize, but given that MDMA does indeed seem to be one of those drugs that helps people deal with the root causes of their issues, I'm sure the info is out there for someone determined to learn it
