MDMA-assisted therapy helps patients process traumatic memories by reducing fear in the amygdala and increasing logical thinking in the prefrontal cortex.
“MDMA reduces activity in the amydala the fear processing part of the brain MDMA increases activity in the prefrontal cortex where we think logically”
StarTalk · Dec 2023 · 1 episode · 432K views on this topicMDMA can enhance the effectiveness of talk therapy for PTSD patients by facilitating emotional processing and reducing threat detection.
“in fact the field of Psychiatry has never before seen the kind of success in treatment of PTSD with any other compound that they are seeing and achieving with the appropriate safe use of MDMA and when I say appropriate that means in conjunction with nine therapy sessions”
Huberman Lab · Jun 2023 · 3 episodes · 1.2M views on this topicExperimental brain treatments can offer significant relief and healing for veterans struggling with symptoms like brain fog and suicidal thoughts.
“So, I'm writing in my journal as they tell us to remembering all these things I saw. I threw this away. I kept this. What? What? What was that? So, you're trying to process these things you remember that happened.”
Bussin' With The Boys · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 28K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
Complete months · first on record Jun 2023