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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.

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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