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EPISODE · May 11, 2025 · 48 MIN

Can Anything Save Me from This Sadness? Man Does Years of Psychedelic Therapy to Treat Lifelong Depression

from Secret Wilderness · host The Parable Foundation

When Eric was 10, he asked God to save him. Not from hell. From life. Because his father terrified him, his faith confused him, & there was pain inside he didn’t understand & wouldn’t go away. So Eric spent nearly 30 years trying to fix himself.Marriage, money, sex, drugs, spirituality, & psychedelic therapy…Could anything take away his pain?Chapters(00:00) Intro clip(02:32) Eric cries out to god. (03:43)  Church of spies.(05:48) The incident with his father he wrote down. (10:07)  “Traces” of sexual abuse.(12:05) Chronic depression since childhood. (13:20) Eric gets married. (18:35) Becoming a “sinner.”(21:55) The OxyContin incident. (25:25) The mushroom trip that changed things. (31:38) A new church, a spiritual world.  (35:06) Peyote vs mushrooms. (37:17) Ayahuasca. (43:48) What has Eric learned?Secret Wilderness' theme song is “Winter Solstice” by Löwenzahnhonig. Released by Inselgruppe, published by A Tree in a Field.

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