Can psychedelics change your personality?

18/01/2022 55 min Episodio 32
Can psychedelics change your personality?

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Send us a textIn this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore whether or not a psychedelic medicine can change your personality.  They discuss the following topics:(2:24) Alter states for altered traits (3:03) Nature vs Nurture (7:00) Difference between personality and temperament (9:00) Jerome Kagan's, PhD, work on the link between temperament and personality development(9:40) Personality theories of the early psychoanalysts, Freud, Jung, and Adler(14:04) "Ego" and how psychedelic medicine can lead to personality changes(18:05) Why personality changes are so difficult (21:20) The concept of "do your own research"(23:55) How your decisions and what you focus on shapes personality development(25:47) Why change can be hard(28:39) Phineas Gage and how brain injury and disease affect personality(33:39) How to we measure personality traits?(35:35) Jordan Peterson's Understand Myself personality test(38:05) "Dandelion" vs "Orchid" children(42:58) How psychedelics are correlated with personality factor changes (51:00) Playing to your strengths rather than trying to be someone you are not(52:00) Quiet, by Susan CainEmail us questions and feedback at [email protected] Learn more about our podcast at https://www.psychedelictherapyfrontiers.com/Learn more about Novamind at https://www.novamind.ca/Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

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