Michael Pollan - How Psychedelics Can Improve Mental Health | The Daily Show
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- Michael Pollan pulls back the curtain on how psychedelic mushrooms can be used to treat mental illnesses, makes the case for legalization, and shares his personal experiences on drugs in “This is Your Mind on Plants.” #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #MichaelPollan
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Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life, never had a bad trip
I would love to try shrooms, does anyone know where I can source them?
@@garysanders9261 Yes, cole.shroomm!*
Psychedelics definitely have potential to deal with mental health, they really helped me.
@@larrydiaz9013 is he on insta?
Yes, still cole.shroomm!*
I’ve been microdosing mushrooms for the last few months for depression and the results have been immeasurable. The world has beauty again where before it was grey and painful.
That’s a wonderful testimony. Did you have a doctor helping or did you do it on your own
So happy for you! 🙂
You made my day. And none too soon. I know where they grow again and want to work with my doc on this, ie. Directed care. Once the stigma is gone, life will be worth living again.
Thank you kindly for sharing. 🙏
Amazing, isn't it? It's the same world, but the shrooms have helped restore your pleasurable perception of it.
@@vancegilmore245 Hahaha. Amen to that brother. Nature does it best.
Psychedelics have the potential to make a significant impact on mental health issues like anxiety and depression. They've been incredibly helpful for me personally.
I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to source.
dr.scottshrooms is your guy. The best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know.
Yes
Psychedelic mushrooms completely helped me get out of addiction and depression. It totally rewired my mind. Honestly, they worked better than antidepressants.
Of course, he delivers anywhere, and discreetly as well
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery. It’s quite fascinating how effective they are for depression and stress disorders. Really saved my life
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I really love what Trevor has been doing with this new show format. He is mixing pop, politics with some less heard, but much needed topics.
Is this unlike what he did before? I fell off from the Daily Show for a while, but Jon always used to have writers and such on as guests, in contrast to only doing actors on the promotional circuit.
The war on drugs was costly in ways we're still only beginning to understand. Time to wage war on the war on drugs.
I wrote a paper on the War on Drugs years ago. Our government is not for the people as so many like to believe
@@himduncan4106 That's very interesting. I did the same thing in college as a dissertation. Be safe out in crazy town. 🤠
Colombia likes this👍🏼
@@MajorHenryL. I see your point. However, with sane policies the drug wars can be better managed. It sure ain't going so well now. Following the Benjamins is always a filthy and deadly path.
@Islndstyles Did you bother to watch the video? What would Doom do?
“Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.”
- Terence McKenna
Pretty sure they're illegal because of taxes.
@@canismajor1186 So was marijuana, but now it's able to be to found most anywhere and the states that have it available are racking in millions of dollars per year.
@@canismajor1186 🤣
@@canismajor1186 The charges (at least for marijuana) were indeed related to the lack of a tax stamp. Many do not know that marijuana usage and sale was not illegal per se, but the lack of a tax stamp (only one of which was made, none could be purchased as with the similar and identical stamp on cigarette packs) made it illegal.
That is the excuse for why you got arrested, but not why it was made illegal.
@@canismajor1186 “Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.”
- Terence McKenna
Congratulations Daily Show, excellent decision to feature this topic. Psychedelics can be a hugely beneficial tool when used responsibly (and occasionally irresponsibly).
Yes, I've seen movies about drugs.
lol
A "heroic" dose every year or so can really clear out the baffles really well...
We just voted in legalizing mushrooms in Oregon very recently.
Yeah for Oregon. I read Californina is looking into the legalization too. It's coming. v
Can you send USPS*?
*Dear Fed officers: it's a joke, allegedly.
Oregon is lovely. I've been there. Lots of hot springs. I had a great time there. 🍄
And in denver too
Sorry to hear that
I had just got divorced from a violent relationship and was suicidal and mushrooms saved my life. It was like 10 years of therapy in 6 hours and completely cleaned me up. Glad people are starting to see these are a mental reset and not just something to get high from.
That was so wonderful to read. Glad you're better. v
@@virginiatyree6705 thank you!
@@timmyotool246246 , You're welcome. Hang in there & stay safe. v
I went through much the same though my ex wasn't violent...and my chosen medicine was LSD. But it saved my life.
It allowed me to view my existence on a more cosmic scale....to see how the betrayal of a single human being, no matter how important she formerly was to me, is inconsequential to the mystery of the experience of being alive. It allowed me to "zoom out" and take in the larger picture...
Wish I knew where to buy some, have been wanting to try this for years.
Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. They drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quit illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy use before it would had become medically dangerous to quit. It also helped me survive depression.
LSD did it for me. I’ve not been sad in ages.
Perry.shroom
@@johntnguyen9917 Perry.shroom is my plug too. Great guy!
Yes, Perry.shroom
DMT is definitely the best trip I ever had. It was really amazing
Just took mushrooms a couple months ago because I've been hearing all the hype about mushrooms and what they can do for you. I have to say I'm so glad I did it and it's changed my life and has made me happier then I have ever felt everrrrrrrrrrrrr. The next day I remember crying because I couldn't believe how amazing my mental state was and how amazingly happy I was. The bad thoughts and thought loops were gone and i felt so in control of my mind. I'm so grateful for the experience.
This is quite common actually. They always talk about having a sitter the day of, but I think it's just as important for a loved one or a trusted person to be there the next day. After I first one, the next night I decided to try and listen to music again, and cried for hours. I could hear music again! I could feel again! Such an amazing medicine.
It’s been too long for me since any experience like this. I applaud you. Waking the world up one person, one experience at a time. What we don’t realize is that since ‘minds are joined’ it’s not a time/space based linear process. These experiences affect the collective, exponentially.
I'm glad Trevor is using his platform to give a chance to smaller voices to talk about very important topics.
Smaller voices? Is this a joke?
Smaller voice? He's a multiple best-selling author lol
Yes but how many common every day viewers do you think knew who this man is before he came on this show? Due to the lies told about psychedelics most people won't even consider looking into it. This is a deep seeded social mythology of fear.
@@destinedrebel Five years ago maybe. Now everyones grandma knows about microdosing.
@@DebraWilderMeditation i could go and find a dozen strangers that don't know a thing about that this topic or who this man is. People live in their safe little bubbles. That's why we have such division and anger these days. No ones listening to one another. Most have retreated to their bubbles and won't listen to reason. So never assume that because your bubble has this as common knowledge that everyone else's is the same.
I 100% had ego disillusion until I took mushrooms. I was seeing me and my life, my motivations and fears more clearly those few hours than ever before. I've only taken them once and it 100% refracted my view of myself and my decisions and my feelings.
It's quite the contrary, at least in theory..
It's ego dissolution when you take enough of a psychedelic, you detach from your body's identity, you become a boundless infinite "soul"
Ego "disillusion" really doesn't work well because absolutely no one says that or is familiar with the concept you tried to infer onto it, it does make sense if one reads carefully and apply a double negative and correct disillusion to dissolution, but in the way you wrote it was kinda confusing
Sorry for being pedantic, but hopefully you appreciate it more than not, somehow
We "dropped acid" (LSD) in the 1960s. Changed your relation with the "world". No more "me" or "you". No madness or suicide, just a view of everything together. No addiction. One or two "trips" were enough to click that brain button to see both sides of reality...can still do it. I smile at the "world".
Pro-tip: If you think you can fly... try taking off from the ground instead of the window on the third floor.
This study of psychedelics on mental health has been going on for years, even post 60’s. I had great results with ketamine and am going to be in a psilocybin clinical trial for my chronic depression.
"Today a young man on acid realizes that all matter is just energy condensed to a slow vibration and that we're all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather!" Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks lives on ....
Ohhhh i so loved this ! Ahah
That would be news worth watching! Thanks for sharing.
… it’s true✨😉
One of my friends used to hang out with Timothy Leary back in the day. And I've encountered many many many people who have tripped and become true believers in the value of doing so.
I am an avid #MentalHealthAwareness advocate and spoken word performer, and I love this so much. I travel the country trying to bring that awareness on stages, in classrooms, hospitals, and on my TH-cam channel, so I get excited when I see other advocates. 💙❤
Excited to see how much progress Pollan helps the medical field make with psychedelics - Food Rules is still one of the most potent books ever written!
He really doesn't influence the medical field. Mainstream researchers have been studying this before he was aware of it and knowledge of it is widespread in the field. Pollan has simply brought more popular attention to it.
@@DavidLebs sure, not directly - but folks like Tim Ferris and Pollan have elevated to conversation and research significantly - it’s clear there is a huge push that otherwise would not have happened for much longer if ever.
@@DrBoFitCare Not at all true. Even by Pollan's own admission, the current wave of research was ongoing well before he even learned of it. Serious academics aren't learning about this from popular books. Researchers network and follow the academic journals in their field and are well aware of what is going on in their fields
@@DavidLebs sure, I’m not taking anything away from academia. However, the recent flood of investing into the field is exponentially speeding up the process… 🤷🏻♂️
i recently watched "the wisdom of trauma" documentary and can absolutely recommend. there's a part about treating mental illness with ayahuasca, which is a psychedelic plant traditionally used by indigenous people in south america for healings and rituals. very intriguing!
I enjoyed that film, too :) Glad there are people like Gabor Mate around.
psychedelics saved my life. helped me overcome addiction. and freed anxiety and depression,y'all can check him out on
He is on Instagram as
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Cool to see the Daily Show gave a platform to such an important topic concerning mental health !
One of the most interesting guests in the show
I absolutely love psychedelics they have changed my life and the way I view reality in a very positive way. I suffered from addiction, depression and anxiety and psychedelics helped guide me to a better way of living.
How so?
Did you have any type of help from a Dr etc or did you do this on your own ?
I'm suffering from severe depression disorder and just started seeing a psychiatrist and therapist, but the first drug, "Tritellix" I could not tolerate. Tomorrow I'm supposed to start Lexapro and then probably something else. I don't want these meds. I just want to be me again without all the side effects etc.
Hi can you please elaborate more? How's your anxiety?
I’m glad the daily show platformed this guys. Ending the war on drugs and the scheduled substance act is a must!
Legalize psychedelics for medical purposes!
NOW!
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
Psychedelics are the reason why i didn’t take my life when i was at my end. I was stripped of my ego and saw the beauty of life and interconnectivity and even though i still battle anxiety and depression, I’m doing better everyday and will never think in such a self destructive way again.
LSD and mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life. I became a better version of myself
This experience gave me a lot of confidence about my self and my body. A bunch of bad thought / behavior patterns were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip: Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me (although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before."
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Got psychs
@@sarahh321 Where to search?? Is it IG?
@@Jerryberger9235 yes
Who need news when you can watch all sort of things from fun to very serious topic on the Daily Show ...?
About time this is brought up here!
Everyone needs to watch the fungi documentary on Netflix. It explains how the human mind may have evolved to be so complex because our ancestors ate mushrooms which over time led to the development of the millions on synapses in our brains. (Basic idea. Watch the documentary)
Great interview, thanks for this. here’s hoping for a mental health revolution
Mushrooms saved my life. I cannot state strongly enough how helpful of a tool they can be to bring you back from the darkest places. I have had the most beautiful and loving experiences. That have remained with me long afterwards. It has opened my mind to new things and brought so much joy and happiness back into my life. Take care of your minds friends.
Mama needs to be legalized all of this needs to be legalized i pray one day I can get legal treatment. I found it once by accident and it was the first ray of light I had seen in my whole life
Thank you so much for featuring this topic. I'm living proof of the benefits that can be received from this experience. We must spread awareness. It WILL save lives.
Thank you so much Trevor! I am praying it gets legalized soon....
i love micro dosing shrooms. the effects are long lasting
I've always admired Michael Pollan and his work, he should be mentioning that Terence McKenna was on this years ago and deserves credit for not backing down on insisting it is our right to explore our consciousness through psychedelics! McKenna was brilliant and all we need to do is to go and listen to all of his talks. If Pollan had truly dissolved his ego during a trip, he would give TM credit where credit is due
I would ease up on Pollan...he may have never spent any time listening to the bard. If you're a fan of him, you should lookup the psychedelic salon podcast run by a guy named Lorenzo. Almost all, if not all of Terence's recorded talks are there, in addition to so many other prominent minds from the psychedelic community. All for free from whichever podcast aggregator you use.
Happy to see hallucinogenics in the spotlight, we need to legalize it
It's only terrifying if you think it's going to be terrifying.
I love it - thanks for sharing Dr. Pollan’s work. “I am my own guinea pig” is a familiar idea that no longer frightens me.
I can tell you experientially that psilocybin mushrooms DO cure depression, if not permanently, then for at least 6 months to several years at a time. The pharmaceutical companies are already working on a synthetic version, which I’m sure will be engineered to be less effective. Herbalists have known since time immemorial that whole plants are safer and more effective because they contain “inactive” compounds that increase efficacy and mitigate any potentially negative side effects.
It’s a really simple solution: legalize the mushrooms. Leave Big Pharma out of it. Mental Health Crisis solved.
Thank you for this!
My wife suffers from depression, one joint of home grown and she is normal.
Interesting!! Mental health is so very important!! The book should be on my "soon to be read" list of books...
Thank you both for opening our minds and elevating our hope for a better world...gracias!!!
Better living through chemistry. Imagine psychedelics to manage mental health issues. Pharma's gonna be upset. Thanks for posting. v
@PENTAKLON , That link's a rick-roll-correct? v
Dr. Carl Hart does similar research and gets much flack for it. I’m glad this conversation is given more importance
I *LOVE* The Daily Show's new format! Trevor is a great interviewer, posing thoughtful questions, and allowing his guests time to give complete answers. Also enjoy the wide variety of guests. Keep it up!!
Consuming magic mushrooms was the most deeply positive, yet most terrifying experience of my existence. My life improved massively for the better from the moment I did that first trip. 10/10 recommended ;)
I'm 70% through Michael Pollan's earlier book "How to Change Your Mind" and am looking forward to this next one :)
I want to do it too to treat my depression and cptsd. But I’m afraid of having a bad trip and get traumatized
Love this guy
Welcome to the club Mr. Pollan. Trevor... Dimethyltryptamine need to be discussed more ASAP. Thank you!
Listen to James Fadiman. The man literally wrote a book on microdosing psycodelics.
It was never buried, many of us have known this since the 60, or even before.
And in some cultures we kept teaching about it!
Excellent interview!!!
'Omnivore's Dilemma' changed my life!
Great author. Great book.
Thanks Trevor for this interview. Love your work!
*Legalize All Psychoactives!*
Very cool to see the Daily Show covering this!
I think psilocybin mushrooms should be a first line treatment after therapy for depression.
Wouldn’t this be lovely to pass around to our government?
Trick question? Of course it would be helpful if our government took mushrooms; seriously. v
It's getting easy to tell who's "experienced" and who isn't. If they spout irrational fearmongering that inadvertently or otherwise serves the oligarchy, the less likely they've ever transcended ego.
To the contrary, their Are people micro-dosing psylicybin daily. They report it's Not enough to have psychedelic experience & that's not their aim. My own one time peyote experience is one of the most beautiful memories of my life. Mushrooms a few times, taught me different perception. Did these experiences change me for the better? I'd have to say yes. Approach with caution, make sure environment is safe, and definitely have a guide if you are seeking, for "mental health". (my own were not guided experiences).
I use to like the field of psychology but it’s dominated by a group with a narrow view. For example if they invite other cultures instead of just assuming their right they would have more progress. I listen to my therapist and think… green.
Try looking into cultural psychology
Superb interview!
this needs all the views!
I got this book to figure out to continue my caffeine addiction
My mother loves caffeine, from coffee.
Thanks Trevor!
I think by denying (partly even knowingly by the authorities) the use of psychedelics, we have lost a natural connection and ay of mental growth. In nature, the mycosin, the mushrooms act as connectors for example between the trees in their roots.
Instead, since the Church hijacked our spirituality and locked us in a material mentality, we have not grown as we should have.
Physical material gains are the easiest and fastest, and most visible advances so we have totally forgotten to consider our mental and social state, left it out to be manipulated.
We think life as a competition instead of co-operation of parts of a whole, which is something the psychedelics make pretty clear.
No wonder the authoritarian elite doesn't want us to use them, as by making us fight against each other we are easier to control, and they are way ahead on the material game.
Great that finally these things are coming up, yet we are anesthesized to a point we are almost unable to act cohesively and collectively, unless led by some system of hierarchy.
"I went through the menue of psychedelics" me too! I just never wrote a book, but these things can help. When your ego dies you're born.
Ty
Daily show i challenge you to have indigenous guests who have centuries of scientific knowledge on traditional medicines. This conversation is eurocentric and sounds like this concept was "discovered" even though he mentioned quickly that "many cultures" use this.
Interesting video, might get the book.
Of late night I like Seth for jokes and Trevor for interviews. Top notch here. FDA approval is anticipated for mdma assisted psychotherapy within 24 months! - a letter sent in congress
Those of us who have used Psilocybin could never truly put into words how amazing it is and what is does.
Interesting!
I read This is Your Mind on Plants and enjoyed it. The chapter on caffeine stands on its own as the most interesting imo, but the other two are pretty cool in the way they focus on something unexpected.
I will say that this interview’s focus on psychedelics is not as present in that book. The third portion of the book is focused on mescaline, and it’s interesting to be sure, but it’s not as broadly interested in psychedelics as this interview. How to Change Your Mind might be a better book for that path of interest.
Happy Trails y'all.
It's time for me to fly!
Will psychedelics dosing help losing my hearing? Cause every upload sounds lower volume.
😂 I have same problem 🎬
I take 🍄so I can’t hear others only my soul, meditation teacher
I think not watching the news and staying off of social media could improve mental health tremendously but it’s not gonna happen 😭
It happened for me 👍
honestly, I just phased it out, I open Facebook once a month now (do watch a ton more youtube now tho)
whenever I look at tiktok or insta or all that it just leaves me empty and sad
Do your best & be kind to yourself. v
@@CharlieTheAstronaut , At least with yt I tend to learn something. I enjoy the science & history channels. v
@@CharlieTheAstronaut Me too! ToNNES of TH-cam now, compared to before 🙈
Will it heal mental illness caused by TBI?
I haven't read using them for TBI. There are many associated issues with TBI, it may low on the priority list. I'm going to do some checking. Thanks for yout input. v
Dissolution of the ego! Psychedelics is one way. Keep the discussion on👍
Great news! 🙏
Hopefully.
Yes finally!
I would love to say that it's a singular way we survived our own last near extinction event, but I'm hoping for better.
It has been a LONG time since I've liked ANYTHING you've done! THANK YOU for this one! ☺ I was TOTALLY IMPRESSED to see what Microphone Head had! And you had THIS! THANK YOU AGAIN!
This is quality programming
So thankful for this information getting out there! Currently, I am only encouraged to take drugs that cause me great harm.
Mushrooms can cause great healing. Take them in nature and with respect and they will treat you to a better life.
Its a crime LSD and mushrooms are a crime! #legalizealldrugs
It really bites, huh?
Hope this becomes a reality
I’m really looking forward to a mental health revolution 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great short interview Trevor.
Very nice
Very interesting who knew being trippy actually helped mental health? I never knew
By the way, he's MJF's brother-in-law. Just thought that'd be cool to bring up.
As in Michael J Fox?
@@palbo4 Yep.
Life itself would be impossible without Chemicals.
Terrence McKenna was talking about this long before Michael Pollen showed up. Credit where credit is due, please.
I think him and Tim Ferris and some other group funded a 17 million dollar endowment to research these things.
Terrence was definitely brilliant, but MAPS has been working for 35 years to develop the scientific support for the current renaissance. Terrence's brother, Dennis, is still working in the field, however, and has carried on Terrence's vision and made his own very important contributions to the study of psychedelics with the Heffter Research Institute.
@@Maquis1943 ^This. I actually got to meet two of my heroes at different times. Dr. Rick Strassman, and Dr. Rick Doblin.
Needed to be much much longer!!!!!
Thanks for your contribution on the subject of Psilicybin. Why is it that some people have no type of expetience after using Psilocybin or Ayahuasca?
Took 5 tabs of 100 ug lsd, kinda like installing a program that wipes alot of stuff while allowing for a new multi layered perspective that never stops learning and humility, pools of humbleness and excitement.
Changa, smoked a few times, dozens of lsd white fluff or inked blotter paper trip nights and days also salvia, also psilocybin cubensis, i learned guitar, saw infinite colours and shapes that got me better at musicality and human communication, feel more alert calmer see colours sharper hear sounds clearer alot of what i relegated to automation is still automated but i have a srnsation over my body that makes attaining goals such as health and money becoming much simpler and i get to look at nature now with happiness i have never known thus far and I am a 28 years old guy, cheers
I was suicidal and underweight alone and with overdraft, this drug showed me the demons while also letting me see the angels, now a purpose and a reason to live has been established.
Do you know if it can help someone who has done these in the past for fun as a teen, became sober in their 20's and are now confused on how to find peace?
FU** my life!!! This. Was. Amazing!!!