Episode 116
Psychedelics increase nature-relatedness | Sam Gandy, Ph.D. ~ ATTMind 116
February 28, 20201h 52m
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Show Notes
Dr. Sam Gandy joins us is on Adventures Through The Mind to explore eco-therapy, nature-immersion, where the scientific observation that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness does and does not weave into our facing of the climate crisis.
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Episode Breakdown
- the transformative power of awe in the psychedelic experience
- psychological disconnect and the climate crises
- some criticism of Extinction Rebellion's Gale Bradbrook's comments at Breaking Convention
- nature-relatedness and its connection to pro-environmental behaviors
- eco-anxiety and environmental melancholia
- the ecological costs of civilization's materialist success
- Gandy's research showing that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness
- the difference between nature-relatedness and nature-immersion
- the massive diversity of benefits of nature immersion
- the connection between nature-relatedness and pro-sociability
- nature-immersion and nature-connection increase capacity for self-reflection
- psychedelics as tools for eco-therapy
- ego-dissolution and the impact of nature-immersion
- how nature immersion might fit in clinical practice with psychedelic therapy
- the sense of 'connection' and its value in positive outcomes with psilocybin for depression
- the practice of acknowledging nature and the value it offers our wellbeing and cognition
- microdosing the forest
- there's something special about psilocybin over other psychedelics
- are psychedelics "agents" or "tools"?
- psilocybin is more like ayahuasca than LSD
- future research with psilocybin and nature-relatedness
- what is psilocybin's role in nature? Debunking the insect repellant theory
- the failures of sensationalist reporting on psychedelic science
- psychedelics will not save us from the climate crisis, but they might help
- the risks of going mainstream
- why I won't read Michael Pollan's How To Change Your Mind
- the value of feeling the grief and pain of ecological destruction
- the wellbeing benefits of accepting unpleasant emotional state
- details about Sam Gandy's upcoming research plans and contact details