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by halleonard 2486 days ago
A family member was a patient in the Psilocybin study dealing with cancer / end of life anxiety and the experience utterly transformed her life in a positive way.

Seeing this center open brings tears to my eyes.

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I have a close family member also dealing with cancer/end of life anxiety - to the point where she cannot sleep and gets physical stomach pains from anxiety.

She has tried meditation but I don't think it's been very effective for her. And we are in Australia and so cannot sign up for the John's Hopkins study. Can anyone recommend another effective way to reduce her anxiety?

Do you happen to have any more info on this?
Read How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan!! https://www.amazon.com/Change-Your-Mind-Consciousness-Transc...
I spent some years reading on the topic of psychedelics and this book would have saved me a lot of time. It's an enjoyable read, a nice story, and it covers most aspects of the topic.
If you want to hear what Pollen has to say before buying the book: https://tim.blog/2019/03/21/michael-pollan-sxsw/
Will definitely check it out thx. Also interested in any active studies for folks with cancer like GP mentioned.