Because the effects that each person will experience while under the influence of a psychedelic drug can vary so greatly from person to person there is very little that we can glean in statistical analysis and data without doing further research on a larger scale than the current anecdotal evidence available today.

In recent news they have finally started to allow the study of psychedelics – at least in one form. Magic Mushrooms. The effect that scientifically has been shown to be very common amongst patients is the ability to help an individual think in an entirely new way, which means the individual is suddenly more open to new ideas and thoughts that they were previously closed off to.  Meaning that patients suffering from psychological diseases that severely affect their social, and personal lives, preventing them from meeting new people, or even leaving their own home; are suddenly more open to the thoughts and feelings that would allow them to step outside their very small comfort zone.

The recent research on the active drug ingredient of Magic Mushrooms, psilocybin have prompted a positive, and very enduring, personality shift in almost 60% of those participating in the study. The very closely monitored clinical setting showed that very often a single round/dose boosted an individual’s “openness”. Even more surprising was that the single round of medication was found to have a lasting effect of at least a year, and in some cases longer. One of the reasons this discovery is so profound is because psychology has always believed that a person’s personality is  a stable construct, staying relatively the same throughout one’s life.