Synesthesia and sensory overflow during psychedelic therapy

Synesthesia

Every person has five different types of senses. In synesthetes (synesthesia), these senses overlap, allowing them, for example, to smell colors or convert feelings in a person into a color (aura).

See this YouTube video for more explanation about synesthesia.

Psychedelics and synesthesia

Synesthesia can occur during a trip based on psychedelics. This is because the stimulus conduction works differently. During a psychedelic trip, certain brain areas can communicate directly with each other. Certain associations can provide visual images, for example seeing the music. A hallucination can therefore be influenced by the sensory input during the trip. The trip is therefore a combination of the connection with the subconscious in combination with associations of the senses.

Stimulating senses during psychedelic therapy

Evoking associations during a therapeutic psychedelic session is what you want to achieve in order to arrive at solutions that lie in the subconscious. Sounds, smells, texts and music always have a link or a place in the brain and it activates the parts of the brain that we want to use to get rid of psychological complaints. We use this knowledge during our psychedelic therapy.

How we stimulate the senses during psychedelic therapy

We use the following techniques to stimulate the senses and make them work together to evoke associations that can mean something:

1. Aromatherapy (with scents)
2. Color therapy (with colored lamps)
3. Music (Specially for psychedelic therapy)
4. NLP (Words with a certain link for therapy)
5. A feeling present trip coach in alternation with distance present

Trip therapy is more than just psychedelic therapy

The above story is only about what we do during a psychedelic session. However, there are even more benefits to be gained from a psychedelic trip. Preparing for the trip is much more important than what one would expect.

We believe that a healthy body provides a healthy basis for being psychologically healthy. We do everything we can to address all facets of life and that is why we also advise our customers on nutrition, exercise and supplements. The complete approach for body and mind ensures the best results in the short and long term. Typically, we use a schedule that looks like this for most customers:

1. Registration, neurotransmitter test and intake
2. Advice about nutrition, exercise and supplements based on point 1
3. Review a period of 2-3 weeks of progress from point 2
4. An individual psychedelic ceremony (unless a group has additional use or preference)
5. Discussion of the truffle ceremony on the same day
6. After about 1-2 weeks there will be another discussion