{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/668417dd4cb273e4613fe2e9/6a578ad9c152a357dbbd6f1e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Imperial College Psychedelic Psychologist: Why You Feel Numb And How To Feel Alive Again | Dr Rosalind Watts","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/668417dd4cb273e4613fe2e9/1784122059506-4152336b-e70c-4dcf-b3e9-105a7d6edf27.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Depression is not always sadness. </p><p>Feeling numb, disconnected and trapped inside your own mind is the warning sign.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr Rosalind Watts is one of the world’s leading clinical psychologists and researchers in psychedelic therapy, depression and human connectedness. At Imperial College London, she worked on one of the pioneering clinical trials investigating psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, as a treatment for people living with treatment-resistant depression.</p><p><br></p><p>She is the creator of the Connectedness Scale, now used in psychedelic research around the world, and the founder of ACER, a therapeutic community designed to help people turn temporary psychological breakthroughs into lasting change.</p><p><br></p><p>She explains:</p><p>◼️ Why depression often feels like numbness rather than sadness</p><p>◼️ How modern life, loneliness and excessive screen time are disconnecting us from ourselves and each other</p><p>◼️ What psychedelic therapy really does to the mind and why some patients felt alive again after years of depression</p><p>◼️ Why psychedelics are not a miracle cure and can become dangerous in the wrong environment</p><p>◼️ What people must do after a psychedelic experience to prevent the old patterns from returning</p><p>◼️ Why antidepressants help some people but leave others feeling emotionally numb</p><p>◼️ How trapped emotions, trauma and the need for control can keep people psychologically stuck</p><p>◼️ Why friendship, community and nature may be among the most powerful forms of medicine</p><p>◼️ The ACER framework for accepting your emotions and reconnecting with your body, other people and the world</p><p>◼️ Why learning to feel your pain may be the beginning of feeling alive again</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Dr. Watts:</p><p>http://instagram.com/acerintegration</p><p>https://medium.com/@UCesynUk4Pi__QGy1SnW92_A</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosalind-watts-89527660/</p><p>https://twitter.com/drrosalindwatts</p><p><br></p><p>#ThrivingMinds #AlbertoZandi #DrRosalindWatts #Psychedelics #Psilocybin #MagicMushrooms #MentalHealth #BrainHealth #AlcoholFree #PlantMedicine #Neurogenesis #PsychedelicResearch #SoberCurious #Wellness #Microdosing</p>","author_name":"A&D Media"}