> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thepsychedelicblog.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 7 Questions I'm Obsessed With About Psychedelics Right Now - URL: https://www.thepsychedelicblog.com/7-questions-im-obsessed-with-about-psychedelics-right-now-2/ - Published: 2026-10-02T14:07:32.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-02T14:07:32.000Z - Author: Andrew M Weisse **Welcome to The Psychedelic Blog.** An independent media platform covering drugs, altered states & the culture surrounding them. **This week:** The 3rd edition of a monthly series featuring 7 questions about Psychedelics I can’t stop thinking about. --- ![brown trees on brown field during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1619369183126-d8f9359f92c2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyN3x8Zm9nZ3klMjBmb3Jlc3QlMjBzdW5saWdodHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA3NzgzMTJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080 "brown trees on brown field during daytime") Photo by [Jürgen Heckmann](https://unsplash.com/@juhemzf?ref=thepsychedelicblog.com) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?ref=thepsychedelicblog.com) --- ## **1\. When does “everything you need is within” become an excuse not to explore?** A big reason the recycled “all you need is meditation” takes get so much engagement is that a lot of people are scared to work with Psychedelics (and many shouldn’t). But deciding something isn’t right for you is different from declaring that nobody needs it. This message turns fear into wisdom & gives a lack of courage a philosophical justification. If someone is afraid of swimming, the person insisting that everything they need can be found in the shallow end has their attention. They’re telling them exactly what they want to hear. But does that tell us anything about what’s beyond the shallow end? --- ## **2\. Why do some Psychedelic experiences feel more real than everyday life?** I have no interest in debating the various theories of consciousness…especially with people who have never left baseline. Those of us who have know the feeling: something doesn’t quite add up. It feels impossible to call what we’re experiencing a hallucination. Instead, it feels like we’re seeing a version of reality that’s always there, obscured by brains shaped by evolution. Some make bold claims & assert that they know exactly what we’re experiencing in these liminal states. I don’t share their confidence. But I also can’t dismiss the feeling that ordinary consciousness isn’t the entire picture. It’s one thing to see something unusual…it’s another to feel that you’ve finally seen reality clearly, and that baseline consciousness is the distortion. Where does that conviction come from, and how much should we trust it? --- ## **3\. Why do people keep encountering “beings” on Psychedelics?** This is a topic I’ve explored for years & I know about as much now as I did when I started. Whether they’re independent entities, features of the mind, or something we lack a category for, the consistency of these reports is fascinating. I’ve worked with DMT many times & had some fascinating experiences, but I have yet to encounter the entities myself. Maybe they’re shy, maybe they don’t like me…some people don’t. Maybe I’m trying too hard & they sense my desperate energy from a mile away & ghost me. I’m retiring, at least for now, from attempting to answer this question. Feel free to share any “being” encounters you’ve had in the comments. --- ## **4\. How much of a Psychedelic experience comes from what we’ve been told to expect?** One person encounters ancestors, another sees aliens, another describes their nervous system releasing trauma. How much does culture shape the experience itself, and how much does it shape the story we tell afterward? --- ![a group of people standing around a fire on a beach](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1687370139318-951abbe9d082?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxNXx8ZnJpZW5kcyUyMGFyb3VuZCUyMGJvbmZpcmV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwNzc4MzY3fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080 "a group of people standing around a fire on a beach") Photo by [Elias Vidal](https://unsplash.com/@eliasvidal?ref=thepsychedelicblog.com) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?ref=thepsychedelicblog.com) --- ## **5\. Why is alcohol allowed to be culture while Psychedelics have to be medicine?** A psychonaut friend of mine is getting married soon, and the wedding will be full of Psilocybin, MDMA & other Psychedelic substances. Can’t fucking wait. How many people reading that immediately thought, “Oh my, sounds dangerous”? Would they have had the same reaction if I’d said there would be an open bar? Weddings, dates, holidays & dinner parties are built around one drug. Its intoxication is treated as part of the celebration. Other forms of intoxication still have to justify their existence, with a diagnosis & a treatment plan. Why does alcohol get to be about pleasure, connection & celebration, while Psychedelics have to be about fixing something? --- ## **6\. Can a Psychedelic experience make you more certain & less curious?** I’m allergic to people who speak with certainty about the unknown. They’re applying a religious framework to the ineffable: “I know something you don’t.” I’m skeptical. This is everywhere in Psychedelic spaces. Openness to new ideas draws people in, but that same openness can make an extraordinary experience feel like proof of whatever explanation comes with it. An encounter with mystery can open someone’s mind…it can also convince them they’ve figured everything out. When does “I experienced something extraordinary” become “I know how the universe works”? --- ## **7\. Are we losing the art of doing Psychedelics with friends?** I think we are. It’s a theme I’ve explored a lot…Psychedelics were co-opted by therapy culture & a largely modern healing narrative. While this helped destigmatize them, it also created the false impression that these tools are only for healing. Nonsense. When the conversation focuses on clinics & self-work, we lose sight of laughter, music, dance & a night with friends. I suspect these nights, with the people we love, are far more important to a life well lived than another “breakthrough” in therapy.