MDMA... Therapy.

Has anyone attempted any sort of therapy on roll?

I know it's been used rather successfully to deal with people treated with PTSD.
It seems like a very theraputic tool.

I don't really have anyone in particular to counsel me throw a trip, but I've never done it by myself, and I've been considering it lately. Getting some and trying to work through some of my own stuff.

It'd be great to have a professional to actually sit and offer advice, but unfortunately, the fact that I was rolling might become obvious.

And I don't really have any friends I want to talk with about that much.

 

they talk about it in TIHKAL, I'm pretty sure.

 

Heres an NPR segment about it.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16614612


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3850302.ece

 

um any1 u feel close to whos willin to listen or do mdma with u i think u can tell anyone anythin on mdma and u have so much empathy so ya know whoevers listenin will wanna help ya

 

There are still some "underground" therapists who will give you MDMA during a therapy session...It works well.

 

Yeah, you should read the TiHKAL story on MDMA therapy.

 

desperatly seeking an mdma therapist (professional) for a family member in need. i have not been able to find any...any ideas would be appreciated.

 

bump. Underground MDMA therapists... how to even begin searching ?

 

well I have PTSD but I don't really see how extasy would help with that, it's an interesting idea though.

 

Here is something from a PTSD treatment manual:

A combined treatment of MDMA and psychotherapy may be ideal for treating PTSD because MDMA can attenuate the fear response and decrease defensiveness without blocking access to memories or preventing a deep and genuine experience of emotion (Metzner and Adamson, 2001). Participants are able to experience and express fear, anger, and grief with less likelihood of feeling overwhelmed by these emotions. MDMA seems to engender an awareness that such feelings arise as an important part of the therapeutic process. In addition, feelings of empathy, love and deep appreciation often emerge, along with a clearer perspective of the trauma as a past event and with a heightened awareness of the support and safety that exist in the present. Hence, the goal of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in treating PTSD is to enable the participant to restructure his/her intrapsychic realities and develop a wider behavioral and emotional repertoire with which to respond to anxiogenic stimuli (Ruse, Mithoefer, Jerome, Doblin, & Gibson, 2011).