Comment by pattesseriedude

I am not considering to be precise. I don’t think there is any approved therapy or even a professional who will actually practice this safely. It’s an interesting study nonetheless.

If in the future psychedelics were approved as a treatment or if the studies with dosages suggested showed no harmful effects then it would be worth trying if the risks were extremely low and rewards high.

Remember SSRIs are approved and there was a thread on HN a long time ago that ssris side effects can permanently change brain chemistry (https://rxisk.org/post-ssri-sexual-dysfunction-pssd/)

The thing about trauma treatment is that the trauma is so overwhelming that the trade offs might be something that people some would be okay with.

I had also read a comment on HN once where the wife said her husband has lesser desire when on antidepressants but the quality of life is just better overall for him so he would rather keep taking them than go off them.

I am not running towards any quick fix. Some of the Reddit threads suggest marijuana as well. I don’t think it helps though I would be interested to know if it’s studied for trauma and if the results are promising.