Through the Looking Glass: Psychedelics As a Window into Mindfulness and Mind-Body Health.

Personality traits were once considered largely fixed, but current evidence shows that experiences, adventures, and mind-body training can influence who we are. This column explores whether psychedelic drugs and hallucinogens might also be capable of altering personality traits, presenting the idea as challenging and almost intoxicating.

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Abstract

You know you are starting to get old when what you learned at university is already considered obsolete and disproven.During my psychology studies, I learned that personality traits were set (by nature, nurture, or both?) and are largely unchangeable.This is no longer tenable today; experiences, adventures, but also mind-body training have a greater influence on who we are than traditional personality psychology thought possible.This is now common sense.But are psychedelic drugs and hallucinogens also capable of influencing our personality traits?A challenging, almost intoxicating thought.In this column, our trusted