How Do Psychedelics Treat PTSD? - Dr Martin Polanco & Michael Higgs | Modern Wisdom Podcast 494

Martin Polanco is Founder of The Mission Within and a Veteran Mental Health Advocate and Michael Higgs was Command Master Chief of a Navy SEAL team and is Director of Operations at The Mission Within.

For a very long time, once soldiers have finished in war, their battles have often continued back home. Both active and retired veterans suffer with childhood traumas, life traumas, divorces, opioid addiction, family issues, Traumatic Brain Injuries, deaths of team members, chronic pain injuries and long term inflammation. Martin and Michael believe that psychedelics are an important potential solution to give suffering veterans another shot at a functional life.

Expect to learn how iboga rewires the brain in 12 hours, why Michael held a gun to his head after being out of the seals for two years, the insane pressure placed on Special Forces operators by themselves, what happened when Michael ate 20g of mushrooms on a Native Indian reservation, how to sign up to Martin's current studies which he needs volunteers for and much more...

#ptsd #psychedelics #specialforces

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00:00 Intro
04:05 Dealing with Trauma in the Armed Forces
11:18 Martin’s Journey with Psychedelics
18:00 Commonalities of Veterans with PTSD
24:57 Taking Psychedelics for the First Time
33:42 How the Brain Restructures PTSD
43:55 Current Accessibility of Psychedelics
48:30 Side Effects of Psychedelics
52:33 Advice to Suffering Veterans
57:20 Where to Find Michael & Dr Polanco

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