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After suffering from depression for 22 years, actress Kristen Bell found relief and self-love from a single dose of psilocybin

Kristen Bell on Mushrooms: ‘I Really Wanted to Try Some Psilocybin’

After suffering from depression for 22 years, actress Kristen Bell found relief and self-love from a single dose of psilocybin. Kristen Bell became extremely interested in psychedelics and their power to change your mindset after reading How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. Bell has suffered from waves of depression for 22 years and has tried everything from antidepressants and therapy to meditation. Bell took one dose of psilocybin, and stated that “the places you can go in your brain are much deeper and more healing than anything else”. Bell explains that the out of body experience she had while taking mushrooms gave her a sense of self love. “I had separated this body that had done so much good in my life, that has taken me through happiness and pain and workouts and laziness that I just, like, couldn’t stop touching my legs, going, ‘You’re so strong. You’re so elegant’ .”

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The ATMA Urban Journey Clinic became the first clinic in Alberta to use psilocybin-assisted therapy and will become a Canada-wide training center for mental health professionals

Psychedelic drug therapy now offered at Calgary clinic, the first of its kind in Alberta

The ATMA Urban Journey Clinic in Calgary began psilocybin treatment for a terminal cancer patient, making it the first clinic in Alberta to use psychedelic therapy. Clinic CEO David Harder explains that psilocybin treatment brings out suppressed emotions, allowing patients and therapists to work through them together, whereas typical medications numb down the emotions. The cancer patient claims that he “couldn’t be more at peace” during the treatment, giving hope that psilocybin-assisted therapy will continue to gain traction. The clinic will become a training center for mental health professionals across the country.

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