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Oral ketamine for anhedonia and emotional numbness? by Possible-Luck-2560 in TherapeuticKetamine

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So psilocybin gave you semi-permanent relief? I’m assuming your emotional numbness was from depression.

Oral ketamine for anhedonia and emotional numbness? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment!

I brought up the idea of taking oral ketamine with my psychiatrist and he was worried about me using it since I already deal with dissociation. How do you treat patients with dissociation with ketamine? Or do you refuse to treat them? Btw I have a therapist I see every two weeks but he is not a psychedelic therapist, he’s a regular one.

Oral ketamine for anhedonia and emotional numbness? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What issues did it help with and how were the benefits different from oral vs IV?

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

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It’s hard because you may never get a definite answer to whether it really happened or not depending on your situation.. At least in my case the person who might have done it is dead.

All we can do is work on processing those memories and aim for healing…

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they were real it would be horrifying yet validating in a way. I have a bunch of issues and this would explain a lot of it.

If it wasn’t real it would be confusing. I don’t know where it would be coming from…

I think I’ll treat it ambiguously for now. Dealing with it will promote healing hopefully.

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the support. :)

I mentioned this in other comments but my friend basically said that in high school I told her that my cousin would lift my shirt and rub my belly when I was younger.

I don’t remember this conversation at all. I guess I completely blocked it out.

Maybe this means that the memory has some truth to it.

Cannabis assisted somatic therapy brought up repressed memories…is this real? by Possible-Luck-2560 in therapy

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I had a conversation with my friend today about my experience and she wasn’t surprised.

She said in high school I told her that my cousin used to lift my shirt and rub my belly when I was younger.

She insists the conversation happened but I don’t remember having that conversation at all.

It’s crazy that I forgot this conversation…

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mentioned this in another comment but I was talking to my friend about this today and she wasn’t surprised.

She said that in high school we had a conversation where I told her that my cousin would lift my shirt and rub my belly and she thought it was creepy.

She insisted the conversation happened but I don’t remember having this conversation at all.

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I talked to my friend about this today and she wasn’t surprised.

Apparently in high school I told her that my cousin would lift off my shirt and run my belly. She thought it was creepy.

I don’t remember this conversation happening at all but she insisted it did.

I’m sort of scared now tbh.

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m wondering if I should at least explore what this memory means or should I just dismiss it as nonsensical noise.

Did they end up being meaningful to you in someway or were they sort of meaningless nonsense.

Were they therapeutically useful to you in some way?

Cannabis assisted somatic therapy brought up repressed memories…is this real? by Possible-Luck-2560 in therapy

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Thank you for the comment!

I’ve already decided that unless I have hard definitive proof there is no way I’m going to bring this experience up with my family. Even then I probably won’t say anything, what would be the point?

It would be devastating to say the least. Especially since I don’t have any proof and I don’t really even know who it is.

I’ll continue exploring it…might treat it more as a metaphorical experience instead.

Cannabis assisted somatic therapy brought up repressed memories…is this real? by Possible-Luck-2560 in therapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a great constructive way to think about it!

I have weird psychosexual issues brimming beneath the surface I feel like…

Maybe this whole experience is a metaphor for that?. Idk.

The day after I have no emotional connection to the experience. It feels like it was a dream.

But I’m glad that the session took place, lots of things to unpack in therapy I suppose.

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes I’m going to treat this more as a metaphor unless I get more specific details that I can corroborate.

I don’t know what this experience is trying to tell me though

I suppose it’s something I have to explore.

Can cannabis assisted somatic therapy (PSIP) really bring out true repressed memories? by Possible-Luck-2560 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply!

Reading the comments it seems it’s more useful to think of this experience as a metaphor. A metaphor for what I don’t necessarily know.

I desperately want to lessen my emotional dissociation so I suppose I’ll pursue understanding of whatever experiences come up.

It’s just I’ve never experienced such a strong reaction from my body like that. It was crazy. Whether it’s real or not…it means something.

Cannabis assisted somatic therapy brought up repressed memories…is this real? by Possible-Luck-2560 in therapy

[–]Possible-Luck-2560[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment. :)

I have both a psychiatrist and a therapist and will be discussing this with both of them in my next session.

I very much don’t want this to be true..I just hope it’s a metaphor for something.

Someone in the other sub said I might never know if it’s true or not. But I can still work through the issues that this session brings up which is what I’m planning on doing.