Therapists Warn That Taking Magic Mushrooms for Treatment Can Lead to Unwanted Romantic Feelings

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Therapists Warn That Taking Magic Mushrooms for Treatment Can Lead to Unwanted Romantic Feelings

As far as mind-altering substances are concerned, psilocybin is considered one of the safer ones — but according to practitioners who administer them therapeutically, the emotional effects of magic mushrooms can result in some pretty intense hazards. In an interview with PsyPost, one of the coauthors of a new paper about the drawbacks of psychedelic therapies, Jón Ingi Hlynsson, suggested that one of the field's biggest unforeseen issues occurs …