Ah. Neuroticism is something like a tendency to be neurotic. Neurotic is actually a good diagnosis in psychoanalytic therapy. It means you're treatable. Also it's essentially universal so it's a question of degree.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 3:05 PM uǝlƃ ☣ <[email protected]> wrote: > Why?! Oh why do y'all keep talking about unscientific things when you > could be talking about scientific things? Dave's report about what goes on > at a conference is, to me, *exactly* the same as Dave's report about any > other experience he may have had, high or sober. They're both anecdotal at > best. > > Why talk about the truth-status of unicorns when we could be talking about > the reliability of predictors of *categories* of experiences like this: > > Neuroticism is associated with challenging experiences with psilocybin > mushrooms. > https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781400 > > > Abstract > > > > OBJECTIVES: > > Classic hallucinogens (e.g. psilocybin and LSD) have substantial effects > on perception, cognition, and emotion that can often be psychologically > challenging, however we know very little regarding the source of > significant individual variability that has been observed in the frequency > and intensity of challenging experiences (i.e. "bad trips") with > psychedelics. Previous clinical and observational literature suggests that > there may be an association between neuroticism and challenging psychedelic > experiences. > > > > METHODS: > > Data from two online surveys of challenging experiences with psilocybin > were analyzed. Multivariate analysis was used to estimate the associations > between total score and scores from seven sub-factors (fear, grief, > physical distress, insanity, isolation, death, and paranoia) of the > Challenging Experience Questionnaire (CEQ), and scale scores from the Ten > Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) in Study 1 (N=1993) and the Big Five > Inventory (BFI) in Study 2 (N = 981). > > > > RESULTS: > > CEQ scores were negatively associated with emotional stability scores > (the inverse of neuroticism) in Study 1 and positively associated with > neuroticism scores in Study 2. > > > > CONCLUSIONS: > > Neuroticism may contribute to the strength of challenging experiences in > uncontrolled settings. > > > > On 3/9/20 10:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > First, let’s go back to unicorns. > -- > ☣ uǝlƃ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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