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Medium · Mental Health · 8 min read

Psychosis, Psychedelics, and the Brain’s Search for Meaning

A personal reflection on psychosis, psychedelics, ketamine treatment, and the questions those experiences can raise.

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Melissa considers how the brain makes meaning through altered states, treatment, and lived experience.

Experience and interpretation

The essay brings personal experience into a careful exploration of perception, treatment, and meaning-making.

“The mind can search for meaning even when certainty is unavailable.”

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Read Melissa’s full personal essay on Medium.