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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
2 reviews
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
I enjoyed the book, but it was WAY too long! I feel like he over-explained things. It was informative and interesting for certain parts, but others were just needless.
Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
The author did a decent job of reading the book, nothing spectacular but not terrible either.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Colonisation
Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
rupl's review
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
A fascinating history and compelling personal account of guided psychedelic therapy.
Pollan makes a strong case for the increasingly medically-recognized therapeutic benefits of these molecules while embracing power they reveal in one’s mind, a phenomenon that barely tolerates words. His modest effort to do so yields a personal, informative, and convincing story for people who are skeptical, curious, or even feeling in need of such an experience to better their lives.
Pollan makes a strong case for the increasingly medically-recognized therapeutic benefits of these molecules while embracing power they reveal in one’s mind, a phenomenon that barely tolerates words. His modest effort to do so yields a personal, informative, and convincing story for people who are skeptical, curious, or even feeling in need of such an experience to better their lives.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse
All topics are presented in a strictly journalistic, factual context, to provide details about the experiences that medical patients willingly shared on record.
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