What a "Bad Trip" Actually Is — and What to Do If You're Having One
A bad trip is real, it's more common than the clinical trials suggest, and most people who have one say afterward it was still worth it. Here's what the research says, the warning signs that mean something more serious is happening, and a free peer-support line you can call tonight.
Permafried
A lot of people land on this site searching one word, half-joking and half-scared. Here's the actual difference between the glow after a trip, the myth of a fried brain, and the rare real thing.
I Flushed My Antidepressants in Paradise. I Got Lucky.
A psychopharmacologist, a prescription that made my brain feel like it was short-circuiting, and a decision I made alone in a hotel bathroom. What I didn't know then about SSRIs — and what nobody told me — turns out to be a much bigger story than mine.
I Thought I'd Walked Into a Retirement Community. What I Found Was a Masterclass in How the Brain Stays Young
A visit to my aunt's 55+ community in Florida looked, at first, suspiciously happy. What I found underneath it was a daily structure that lines up with decades of research on community, purpose, and brain health.