
Mother: The Intoxication of Observing Drug Users
It has occurred to me that the motivations for drug use extend far beyond the desire to feel the effects … Continue reading Mother: The Intoxication of Observing Drug Users
It has occurred to me that the motivations for drug use extend far beyond the desire to feel the effects … Continue reading Mother: The Intoxication of Observing Drug Users
In the past, I’ve argued that one mechanism for delusion involves forgetting key “fact points” that would normally cause us … Continue reading Delusion: Becoming the Thought Leader
While watching a highly controversial YouTuber that goes by the name MrGirl, I found myself realizing strange aspects of the … Continue reading Moral Normalization
This post connects dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin to schizophrenia and psychedelics, particularly in relation to social behavior. Being targeted by … Continue reading Social Pharmacology
Most are aware that biases are a big issue when it comes to doing science effectively. Essentially, biases are ulterior … Continue reading Ulterior Motives in Truth-Seeking
Novelty is about the unknown. It is inherently captivating in some way, though this fades with exposure and is replaced … Continue reading Novelty and Sentience
It might not seem like it at first, but the political side of drug use almost certainly factors into the … Continue reading The Drug War and User Culture
I’m an individual diagnosed with ADHD and one who studies psychology (B.A. in psych) with a special interest in understanding … Continue reading ADHD, Dopamine, and the Likelihood of Delusions
The concept of “crazy” is problematic. It almost doesn’t make sense to me. At a surface level, we might quickly … Continue reading Agnostic Sanity
There has been an interesting conversation between Scott Alexander and Bryan Caplan about the nature of mental illness, essentially questioning … Continue reading Mental Illness is a Preference?
Prosocial and antisocial behavior seem to be generally reciprocal in nature, meaning that people are nice to nice people and … Continue reading Justified Sociopathy
ABSTRACT A hypothesis of schizophrenia is presented that proposes a psychopharmacological model as an addition to the diathesis-stress model. The … Continue reading Making Sense of Madness: Stress-Induced Hallucinogenesis