Finders Paper Published

The material from the Finders Course research that has been available as a continually updated white paper on the Non-Symbolic website has now been finalized and published in an open access journal.

Psychedelics help individuals accept emotions

Psychedelic drugs reduce depressive symptoms by helping individuals accept their emotions, study suggests

"the use of psychedelics in both ceremonial and non-ceremonial settings was associated with decreases in experiential avoidance, which in turn was associated with decreases in depression severity and suicidal ideation 4-weeks after psychedelic use.

Our findings suggest that one of the reasons that psychedelic therapy has positive therapeutic effects is that it helps individuals to be less avoidant and more accepting of their emotions, thoughts, and memories (even though such experiences may be distressing in the short-term)

More broadly, our results provide further support for the negative mental health effects associated with avoidance. This can be summed up with a saying that is often used in the context of psychedelic therapy, that ‘The only way out is through.'"