CAN PSYCHEDELICS HEAL SUICIDE GRIEF? MAN “VISITS” HIS LATE BROTHER ON MDMA

Experiences

MDMA

Themes

Suicide, guilt, grief, healing, facing shadow, recovered memories, sexual abuse, child abuse

Tony couldn’t function after his brother’s suicide.

Growing up, they did everything together.

They were best friends.

After spinning out for months, Tony stumbles onto psychedelics.

Desperate for relief, he takes the leap.

This is part 1 of the story of what he found.

Chapters

• (00:00) Intro.

• (03:53) Losing a brother.

• (07:17) MDMA trip 1

• (16:13) MDMA trip 2

• (22:11) Then it hit me…

Notes

• Edits: To focus this episode’s themes and narrative, we cut down Tony’s analysis, observations, narrativizations, & story. We also cut all of Alex’s questions & comments. Other edits are limited to dead space, audio blemishes, unnecessary words, & unessential content. We consulted with Tony, & he approved this flow.

• Theme song: Secret Wilderness’ theme song is “Winter Solstice” by Löwenzahnhonig. Released by Inselgruppe, published by A Tree in a Field.

• Other music: We used the tracks “Stalker Heart of Chornobyl Atmosphere 7,” “7. Pastoral (Vast Peace) [Cinematic Underscore Loops - The Core Collection], “Sounds Of The Sea 4” “Beauty Of The Earth 1 - Sunrise” & “Sounds Of The Sea 6” by Sascha Ende. This music is free for commercial use under the CC BY 4.0 license.

• Other sounds: We used the tracks: “ForestDay_BW.66.wav” by sonidosreales245 -- https://freesound.org/s/517042/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 & “Lightswitch being turned on/off from various distances” by a3poify -- https://freesound.org/s/372003/ -- License: Creative Commons 0