Magic mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelic drugs increase sexual function and may be able to save struggling marriages, a study from Imperial College London suggests.
Consumption of the illegal substances has been shown for the first time to boost a person’s libido as well as enjoyment of sex.
They can improve a lot more than that
I think being high in general is going to improve a potentially monotonous relationship.
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So you think most monogamous marriages are monotonous?
I believe the same, but it isn’t a problem with monogamy itself, it is a problem with the couple. They are just not putting effort if they are in a monotonous relationship and they don’t like it.
Wait til they hear about MDMA
It’s fun watching science verify what people have known for centuries
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Can’t wait til they prove that stepping on cracks does indeed break your momma’s back through quantum entanglement.
But can they make you want to save the marriage in the first place?
I’m giving it a 50/50 based on my sample size of two. I sure felt like I wanted to make things work more but spouse still marched right for divorce so 🤷♀️
Only if you still care
I can’t have sex on acid, maybe it’s the doses I’m taking but that much sensory input is generally too much.
I heard in the afterglow it can be quite good, especially after a long and deep bounding trip together.
Unfortunately acid lasts much longer for me than it does for her so by the time I am at a point where I could probably be intimate her trip is entirely over. She could delay her trip but then we would peak at different times and I value the experience more than a I value sex
Not surprised at all. And I have a friend who told me MDMA was a game-changer for his marriage.
If your marriage is failing because of sex then you have bigger issues
a couple of years ago, i had a strict ‘first date we eat boomers’ system. it was a lot of fun.
Where are you meeting people willing to trip for a first date? Asking for a friend
Did you have a plan for what you did with their assets afterward?
i don’t do anal.
I met my wife while I was shrooming That was 23 years ago We’re still together
That’s awesome lol
Where’s the tldr-bot? I don’t want to visit the Torygraph to read this.
If you can’t fix your marriage normally, just drink/take drugs so you’re too smashed to worry about whether you actually like your partner!
Solid advice.
In related news, if you’re unfulfilled in your current relationship, just cheat/spend time with others to fill the gaps! Problem solved.
tell me you’ve never taken psychedelics without telling me
Lol. If your relationship has improved significantly becsuse you’ve taken some short term acting drugs then it either wasn’t a problem in the first place or you’re lying to yourself.
Are people here not in relationships? You must have intense fantasies to think long term issues can be solved by short term solutions.
Acid will not solve your relationship problems but it will make you more vulnerable with each other and it will force you to confront any feelings you’ve been hiding from them or yourself. It’s the extra kick in the ass you sometimes need to get things rolling
Exactly. I’ve had some of my most emotionally vulnerable conversations with my wife during and post trip. It helps you look at your life in a different lenses and really question your current ego and perceptions.
Sometimes a bandage helps to stop the bleeding.
Sometimes bandages are left on too long and wounds fester.
Bandages can be useful sometimes, but care must still be taken.
The anecdote sort of works, but in my version, you’re putting a bandage on a broken bone. I mean, sure, maybe it’ll help but there’s better ways of doing it based on what we know.
I don’t totally disagree with the sentiment of what you’re saying, but it’s worth giving a cursory glance at psychedelic research before you totally write it off. One of the things that’s been documented is an increased ability to access compassion for yourself and others. Another suggests that psilocybin could help reform maladaptive neural pathways.
It’s not like “ingest a substance and your problems will go away,” it’s more like “this is one tool that could be helpful in some specific ways.” Psychedelics are legitimately different from other substances and I think it’s worth reading about with a hair less cynicism. It’s potentially very useful medicine.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/psychedelics-research
Stay in school kids! If you’re lucky, you’ll be too sheltered to be as impotently enraged as this poor bastard.
Enraged? Because I’m suggesting long term relationship issues are extremely unlikely to be solved by short term solutions?
Yes clearly I’m the crazy one here. Do you honestly believe that serious relationship issues can be solved by a short term acting drug? I’m sure there’s a small chance, but it’s ridiculous to think it’d work for more than a minority.
But feel free to throw some baseless insults instead of providing an actual counter argument! I get it though, if you can’t make an argument, easiest to just attack the person. 😊
🤦🏼♂️
Keep proving my point lol. It’s a shame on a science board that people aren’t willing to engage in discussion but just pointless one word responses or personal attacks.
So close to self-awareness and you still miss? Oof.
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This makes no sense/is not relevant to my comment at all…
But sure, if you can’t make an argument against it feel free to use irrelevant anecdotes. But what can you expect from a person who probably doesn’t play basketball.
Now define insufferable
People who make comments that add little to no value to the discussion such as yours.
