<story><title>Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist</title><url>http://glench.com/WhyIQuitTechAndBecameATherapist/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fb03</author><text>I knew there would be some relation with drugs in the text.&lt;p&gt;People who think psychedelic drugs (even Cannabis) are just about &amp;#x27;having fun&amp;#x27; or &amp;#x27;getting high&amp;#x27; are skipping past the biggest ability these compounds have: to make you change some already hardcoded aspects of your life.&lt;p&gt;Someone who isn&amp;#x27;t me started working out and eating properly after having an epiphany on cannabis which prompted him to openly evaluate his relationship with food. After seeing truly how he ate, it disgusted him. This person is now 50kg slimmer and away from obesity BMI.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>GuB-42</author><text>Psychedelics are unpredictable. They can:&lt;p&gt;- Change your life for the better, like with your &amp;quot;friend&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;- Fuck you up completely. It is rare and usually tied to preexisting conditions, but it happens.&lt;p&gt;- Give you a good, enjoyable, and rather inconsequential trip. I&amp;#x27;d say it is by far the most common outcome, especially on low doses.&lt;p&gt;- Give you a horrible experience. It usually stops you from wanting to do any more psychedelics.&lt;p&gt;- Something else.&lt;p&gt;The problem, and the reason why they are not currently used in mainstream (scientific) medicine is that you don&amp;#x27;t know in advance which scenario will apply to you. Things like set and setting help but there is no sure fire technique.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapist</title><url>http://glench.com/WhyIQuitTechAndBecameATherapist/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fb03</author><text>I knew there would be some relation with drugs in the text.&lt;p&gt;People who think psychedelic drugs (even Cannabis) are just about &amp;#x27;having fun&amp;#x27; or &amp;#x27;getting high&amp;#x27; are skipping past the biggest ability these compounds have: to make you change some already hardcoded aspects of your life.&lt;p&gt;Someone who isn&amp;#x27;t me started working out and eating properly after having an epiphany on cannabis which prompted him to openly evaluate his relationship with food. After seeing truly how he ate, it disgusted him. This person is now 50kg slimmer and away from obesity BMI.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thraway-burnout</author><text>Please congratulate that person on my behalf. Even though it may be the result of an epiphany, self-restraint is still hard to achieve and a noble goal in itself :-)</text></comment>