How to stop emotional/mood/confidence swings?

[TheEnigma]

My friend gets these mood swings, some days he's less chaotic and feels calm and peace, and some days he feels less confident and then gets anxious and freezes up when his boss just gives him instructions for work. There is trauma. Obviously meds, and counselling doesn't stop it because it just comes up automatically. Will psychedelics for raising consciousness fix this?

[Keryo Koffa]

Psychedelics open you up to your sub/unconscious. That is how they can help you, by making you in tune with the parts of you that you repressed and realize and feel the reasons why you did, which you can then integrate and dismiss. But truly, psychedelics by themselves are kind of everything: an amplifier, a relaxant, a harmonizer and an indulger. So yes, they make you aware of your whole being and you can access all parts of yourself simultaneously and deal with trauma. But what matters is the conscious intent, awareness and state of mind. They amplify senses and emotions and you gotta know what you're getting yourself into. They relax the mind muscles to let experiences flow and merge and at the same time give you incredible control over your body, mind and emotions. But paradoxically, they equally take that control away by overwhelming you with the exact things that boggle you and make you a vessel for unimaginable experience.

So yes, but be careful and start small. Psychedelics are a means to speedrun reality. Originally, they have been used in rituals. Depending on the dose, you might be just more enthusiastic or more aware or existential or lost or unable to move and stuck in infinite regress. But they are a direct and effective way of addressing your neuroses and deconstructing your unconsciously self-imposed suffering. It's just that it's a big change and you have to be ready for it. Essentially, start small, have a calm and unjudging person as a sitter, that helps them navigate their trauma, have the right setting, no distractions, no obligations to distress the mind, good personal music for harmony, inquire with simple questions to get to the root of their trauma while being understanding and collected. And have them consciously focus on solving their problems and not get lost in thinking.

Psychedelics are basically a self-improvement speedrun. The reward is far greater but its a lot at once to take at once.

[Yimpa]

Consciously experiencing whatever life throws at you is key to massive learning. Going into this with a fix it mentality is skipping the step of mindful observation.

 

[hyruga]

Always be grateful. Think about what you have gained or learnt.