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Magic mushrooms ‘can improve sex lives in struggling marriages’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to c/science@lemmy.world

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Magic mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelic drugs increase sexual function and may be able to save struggling marriages, a study from Imperial College London suggests.

Consumption of the illegal substances has been shown for the first time to boost a person’s libido as well as enjoyment of sex.

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[–] ivn@jlai.lu 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's the thing, psychedelics may be short term acting drugs but the experiences they allow can have lasting, profound effects on our perception of the world. You can't make generalization on all drugs, they're all so different, that's nonsensical. I highly recommends you read "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan, that's a great introduction to the subject.

https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/

[+] DingoBilly@lemmy.world -11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I don't disagree they can have great effects, but the research is way too limited on it.

Again, given the actual issue - there are far better researched and understood ways of dealing with it than just taking some drugs and hoping for the best of it.

And yes, myself and friends have taken psychedelics. I recall needing to stop my friend from cutting his penis off as he was hallucinating it was attacking him. Great solid experience.

I'm sure there's safe dosages and if done under supervision it's fine, but we're nowhere near that at the moment and you're just as likely to have a bad experience as anything profound and good imo.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I am having a hard time believing your story. What drugs did you take? How much? What’s wrong with your friend in general?

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well set and settings is everything with psychedelics. There is a huge difference between a trip with friends at a party, an environment that can feel very hostile while triping, and a trip by yourself in a safe, calm and comfortable place which will ends up much more instrospective. You rarely get profound, lasting, altering experiences with the former.

This is not trying to deny the usefulness of other ways to deal with it, that just one more possible tool.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This is exactly the point. This and other studies like it are validating these routes to healing and this guy’s still drinking the Nancy Reagan DARE Kool-Aid. If there’s any truth to his story, then he’s digging his heels in about one piece of anecdotal evidence while ironically suggesting that a study of 300 is too small of a sample size to be relevant.