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Secret Wilderness: Psychedelic Therapy Adventure Stories
by The Parable Foundation
In-depth, anonymous, remarkably honest accounts of psychedelic therapy.
Episodes
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Are Spiritual Insights on Psychedelics Bull$#!* or What?
On September 21 — just a week ago — Rolling Stone published, “Inside the New Psychedelic Awakening.” The article, written by the journalist Claire Hoffman, focuses on one question: Are psychedelics starting a religious revival? The idea that drugs could cause real religious experiences might seem...
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I Was Almost a Bad Shaman. Can I Become a Good Guide?
The psychedelic world has lots of stories of delusional & predatory spiritual leaders. Perhaps I’m a bit naive, but I must admit: This phenomenon confused me for a long time. If psychedelic experiences were just goofy fantasies that routinely padded your own ego, then it would make total sense……
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Did Psychedelics Make Me Psychic?
In part one of this story, psychedelics sent Tony tumbling down the rabbit hole. First, he told us, they reunited him with his deceased brother. Then they recovered memories of sexual abuse. Now they revealed a tragic secret. But Tony’s tale is far from over. Buckle up. This tunnel has a few more...
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Can Psychedelics Heal Suicide Grief? Man "Visits" His Late Brother on MDMA
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....
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The Future of Secret Wilderness
Today we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming. We won’t be exploring someone’s psychedelic therapy story, but we will be exploring something else: The future of this show.
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Can I Trust Psychedelics?
In our first story, Jane has a terrifying trip the day after she had a [quote] “healing” moment on mushrooms. In our second, Lana faces her fear of psychedelics years after she thought LSD [quote] “broke” her brain. Can we trust psychedelics despite their risks? These stories explore that…
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Can Psychedelics Heal Generational Trauma? Part 2: The Mother Wound & the Father Wound
We re-enter Vaughn’s story as the course of his psychedelic therapy takes a turn. For years, Vaughn’s experiences had taken him, he believes, into his family’s traumatic history. He met its villians & victims — many were both — & discovered he could free himself from their burdens by experiencing...
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Do Psychedelics Hurt or Heal? 3 Anonymous Psychedelic Campfire Stories
Today, we explore the complex power of psychedelics through 3 different stories. In our first story, Jane [quote] “telepathically” communicates with her abusive mother on psilocybin. In the second, Lev tries to address relationship issues with ayahuasca. In the last, Trip takes MDMA as a…
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Can Psychedelics Heal Generational Trauma? Part 1: Man Describes 8 Trips to the “Ancestral Realm”
When Vaughn was a kid, he always felt alone. So when Vaughn became an adult, he tried to figure out why. His 28-year search, which included practically every personal development course he could afford, eventually led him to psychedelic therapy. In these mind-manifesting sessions, Vaughn says he...
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Are My Recovered Memories Real? Part 2: The Path to Freedom & Peace
After two years of MDMA, Ed was ready to give up on psychedelic therapy. He still couldn’t sleep, & his sessions seemed to keep repeating the same experience over & over. A memory of sexual abuse he wasn’t even sure was real. But before he quit, Ed tried ayahuasca, & it completely changed his...
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Are My Recovered Memories Real? Part 1: MDMA & The Man Who Thought He Was “Insane”
Ed couldn’t sleep. It all started when his daughter nearly died on an escalator. The frayed attention started then too. So did the fits of rage. As exhaustion & problems piled up, Ed’s life slowly spiraled out of control. Nothing he tried had worked. Nothing helped him sleep or made him less…
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I Have C-PTSD. Can Psilocybin Therapy Help Me? Part 2: "Through Hell"
Adam finally found hope. His therapist, by his side for years as he was battered by C-PTSD, was now guiding him through psychedelic therapy. Their first MDMA sessions, chronicled in part 1, seemed to uncover the events behind his debilitating symptoms. They also opened the door for Adam to trust...
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I Have C-PTSD. Can MDMA Therapy Help Me? Part 1: "Good Old Revenge"
Adam returned from visiting his homeland a shell of himself. Once a confident & competent IT professional, he was now drowning in mysterious flashbacks & intense dissociation. It was so severe, he’d sit at home for hours staring at a dot on the wall — so persistent, years of therapy & over a…
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My Child Died. Can Psychedelics Tell Me Why? Part 2: The Answer
John & his wife were destroyed. After 9 months of reading the right books & eating the right foods & taking the right classes… after getting all green lights from doctors, Ocean, their son, died in childbirth. It didn’t make any sense to John. How could this happen to him? Why did this happen to...
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My Child Died. Can Psychedelics Tell Me Why? Part 1: "Some Difficult Decisions"
John met his wife in Hawaii, at the top of 45 tall stairs. John was a UPS driver. She worked at one of his stops. & when he got in his truck he looked all the way up the stairs & saw her in the window, waving at him. On their first date, John taught her to surf. On their wedding day, it was just...
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Why Did I Have a Bad Trip? Facing Your Fears 20+ Years After LSD Nightmare
Lana was running for her life. Just a few minutes ago, just taking a breather outside a bar, she had seen something she probably shouldn’t have. A car pulled up. A group of bikers approached it. A conversation about “guns” and “prices” started. & Lana didn’t want to be around for the end. As the...
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Who Says Ego Death Is Good for Me? Stories from Psychedelic Redditors
Lev’s family moved a lot. France, Japan, Malaysia — by high school, he had lived all over the world. But change has its downsides, & for Lev, it was a lack of safety. So, fear began to slowly creep into his life. It began with denial, reclusiveness, & obsession. But when the fear threatened his...
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Can Psychedelics Heal the Mother Wound? Part 2: A "Telepathic" Conversation
Jane grew up with an addicted, abusive, & absent mother. After finally running away to live with her dad, Jane believed she was free from her mom. But actually, Jane slowly changed into her mom. By the time she was 29, she was addicted to alcohol, Adderall, & cocaine & had the blood pressure of...
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Can Psychedelics Heal the Mother Wound? Part 1: Life of an Addict.
Parents can hurt us like no one else. The pain can go so deep we can’t imagine life without it. It isn’t part of reality. It is reality. Can people heal this kind of pain? That’s what we’ll explore over the next two episodes. Jane loved her terrifying mother. When mom was home, she was a tornado…
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Did Psychedelics Break My Brain? LSD-Fueled Police Chase to "Fully" Back
What does it mean to say psychedelics are dangerous? Science doesn’t show they’re physically harmful. But psychologically dangerous? That’s another story. Welcome to Secret Wilderness. I’m your host, Alex Detmering. As someone with ASD, Ravi always saw the world differently. It was, to quote him,...
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Why Did I Cut Myself? Therapist Meets Hidden Self with Psychedelics
If you could talk directly to your intuition, what would you ask? For most of us, that’s purely hypothetical. For Alexandra, it’s personal history. Raised by loving parents in a stable household, Alexandra had no reason not to be happy. She was supposed to be fun-loving and carefree, so...
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These 3 Stories Will Take You to the Depths of Psychedelic Therapy
Today’s episode is special. Today, we travel the depths of psychedelic therapy with three people. In our first story, Susan feels betrayal to heal. In the second, Rick fights to save his marriage. & in the last, Kylie relives her abortion. Chapters (00:00) Intro clip (02:27) Susan feels to heal....
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My Parents Were Miserable. Am I Doomed? Anonymous Psilocybin & MDMA Therapy Account
From the time she was a little girl, Selina carried her mother’s pain. Her mistakes. Her regrets. & most of all, her miserable marriage. Selina traveled the world to escape their pain, only to find herself engaged at 23. Could self-work, psychedelics, or a decade of seeking free her from the…
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Can Psychedelics Help Me Love Myself? ~100 Psychedelic Sessions vs 10 Years of Abuse
Under energy and wit, Trip hid mountains of pain. Because in his past lurked a “malevolent entity.” An evil that made him feel unlovable, helped destroy his relationships, & haunted him for decades. The evil of his father. But in Trip’s darkest hour, he discovered psychedelic therapy.…
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Can Anything Save Me from This Sadness? Man Does Years of Psychedelic Therapy to Treat Lifelong Depression
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, &...
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Is Our Marriage Worth Saving? Husband Searches for Answers with Psychedelic Therapy
After 22 years together, Rick’s wife changed his life with five words: “I don’t love you anymore.” Rick was on a roller coaster, heading toward his unfinished past, their uncertain future, & one uncanny therapy: Psychedelic drugs. Chapters (00:00) Intro clip (02:32) The event that led to Rick…
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Why Did This Happen to Me? Sexual Abuse Survivor Looks for Meaning with Psychedelic Therapy
In 2022, Susan discovered her husband’s history of infidelity. The betrayal pulled the rug from under her life & uncovered hidden pain from yet another betrayal: The sexual abuse she had suffered as a child at the hands of her grandfather. Susan was overwhelmed — pushing her to attempt suicide.…
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Can I Heal Betrayal Trauma? Woman Faces Years of Sexual Abuse in Psychedelic Therapy
Susan had been betrayed from almost birth. But she didn’t feel it until her fifties. She didn’t feel it until her adult world was also turned upside down by betrayal. As the repressed pain burst to the surface, Susan struggled. She eventually turned to psychedelic therapy, with one question...
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What Am I? Ex-Christian Describes MDMA + Psilocybin Therapy, What She Experienced
Kylie grew up in a deeply religious community. She felt her world was strictly prescribed from the beginning, limited to a certain set of beliefs, a certain group of people, and just one future: Being a mother. But this never sat right with Kylie. While these beliefs were part of her home, they...
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Who Am I? Ex-Christian Has Spiritual Experience, Relives Abortion in MDMA Therapy
From before she could remember, Kylie was told exactly who she was & should be. The only problem: It never felt like the truth to her. So Kylie decided to find herself, herself. Carrying a painful secret, she left her home and her faith on a journey to answer one question: Who am I? A question...
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What Was My Godfather's Love For Me? Anonymous Psilocybin & Ayahuasca Therapy Account
After his relationship with Emily ended, John moved to a new city & dove headfirst into Ayahuasca. With the help of Liam, a modern shaman, John faced ego death, repressed anger, & a troubling question: What was the nature of his godfather’s love for him growing up? Chapters (00:00) Intro clip...
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Is MDMA Love Real? Anonymous Interview [AI Masked]
In college, John was fascinated by the fringes of human experience. It was at the fringes where he learned about psychedelic therapy. It was also there, during his first MDMA experience, where he fell in love with Emily. But that love didn’t last. And in the wake of disappointment, John couldn’t...
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Am I Addicted to Psychedelics? Anonymous Account
For his whole life, Daniel wanted to connect with God. He tried yet didn’t find that connection in religion. But he did, in psychedelics. As a result, these spiritual experiences were now the center of his life. Then, Daniel was confronted with a question he didn’t expect: Had his love for...
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Can I Forgive Sexual Abuse? Anonymous MDMA & Psilocybin Therapy Account
To Andy, psychedelics were magic. A portal he discovered in high school and never forgot it as an adult. But psychedelics were also pain. Particularly mushrooms. He’d take them hoping for a high, but psilocybin often had other plans. Noise flooded his mind. He worried about what everyone around…
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What Is Secret Wilderness?
Is MDMA love real? Can you get addicted to psychedelics? What if a trip reveals something terrible? Secret Wilderness travels the depths of psychedelic therapy — & no territory is off limits. Each episode is an in-depth, anonymous, & remarkably honest interview with someone who’s taken…
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In-depth, anonymous, remarkably honest accounts of psychedelic therapy.
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