[erik14th]

I think LSD gives you that feeling of unity, that everything makes sense, and so, yes, you may feel enlightened by trivial stuff.

I don't think LSD puts ideas in your head, it just gives you a different perspective over the stuff that's already there. So it's a silly idea to believe it'll enlighten you by itself, but if you've been reading poetry, philosophy, if you're in contact with nature it may help you see things you didn't see or realize before, which is enlightening.

I think that's one of the properties that help with depression/anxiety since it may help you deal with trauma or with inconsistencies in your own personality that you have repressed, ignored or just don't know how to deal with.

[lostmsu]

Or you can blunt these feelings using alcohol. I would not call it "dealing with", if you are not actually solving the underlying problem.

[Analog24]

How do you "solve" a loved one dying or being diagnosed with terminal cancer, for example? Sometimes the issue is a fundamental fact of life that can't be "solved". Psychedelics can help you come to peace with these things and let you live a less painful life (obviously this isn't true for everyone but there are many studies that show it helps for a lot of people).

Alcohol does not make you come to peace with such things, it just makes you forget for a time. Then you eventually have to deal with it again.