Is the Antidote in the Challenge? Exploring Factors that Shape the Evaluation of Challenging Psychedelic Experiences and Their Potential Impact on Well-Being.

Abstract

This study analyses unexplored data from the 2023 Global Psychedelic Survey (GPS-EN 2023) to explore how individuals retrospectively evaluate their most intense psychedelic experience when that experience was reported as challenging. Specifically, it investigates whether contextual factors (e.g., substance used, setting, and social context) and experiential factors (e.g., awe and personal meaningfulness) are associated with how individuals evaluate the outcome their most intense psychedelic experience, when that experience was reported as challenging. Additionally, among those reporting positive outcomes, the study explores which specific benefits (e.g., insight, trauma resolution) are most commonly endorsed, and whether endorsement of specific benefits are associated with greater perceived improvements in well-being and life satisfaction. Finally, exploratory analyses will explore whether contextual factors are associated with increase the odds of negatively evaluated outcomes.

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