Innerwell

POV: I find yet another scientific study that shows ketamine-based therapy is more effective than therapy alone.

There should be a Spotify wrapped but for mental health issues.

Today, let’s follow airport rules: -Eat what you want. -Buy yourself ridiculous things if it helps you cope. -Settle in with a good book to help the time pass. -If you need to, put in your earbuds and don’t talk to anyone. -Nap in weird places.

Can we talk about how ketamine therapy has been demonized because of Matthew Perry’s tragic overdose? Buying ketamine off the street is *very different* than undergoing ketamine therapy with a licensed mental health provider. Pass it on. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/d…

Every season is spooky season when you have an anxiety disorder.

How I feel when my therapist tells me they're proud of my progress.

More wisdom:

Redditors shared the best advice they've ever received from their therapists. Here's what they had to say. 👇

When my therapist tells me I have to sit with my own feelings

“Most important, the negative ruminations that roamed my brain—what I called the hamster wheel of doom—much of the day before my sessions were, and are, gone." 🙌

“The morning after the treatment, I was up at 6 am, hit the gym, wrote for two hours and went to breakfast, a pace I had not known for months.”

Get your tissues ready: Former Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin talks about healing with ketamine treatments after the death of his wife, Ellen. 🥲tinyurl.com/3srmbpdm

So exciting to see more studies exploring the effects of psychedelics on our mental health! 🙌

“In other words, psilocybin could open the door to change, allowing the therapist to lead the patient through.”

Whoa! A new study shows that magic mushrooms (aka, psilocybin) temporarily ‘dissolve’ the part of your brain responsible for reflection and a sense of self: tinyurl.com/55f78aar

Wise words from a therapist: “If you can’t shower, use baby wipes. If you can’t get up to eat, keep granola bars by your bed. If you can’t get outside, open the blinds. Start working WITH your symptoms, not against them.”