MDMA in therapy creates a warm, blanket-like sensation from serotonin and oxytocin release, shifting you from mental rumination to bodily presence. The drug floods you with empathy and reduces defensiveness, making it useful for couples and partners in conflict to resolve relational dynamics.
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So what does MDMA feel like as it kicks in in an MDMA guided experience or session? Well, it's almost like a warm blanket wrapping you around because of all the neurochemical cocktails that are released, these hormones and neurotransmitters that make you feel really good. And so now you're feeling like flooded with this feeling of love and safety, like serotonin basically is the calming neurotransmitter. So you're calmed down, you're brought into the state of calmness. Sometimes your psyche can resist a little bit and kind of do a little tug of war, and that's the importance of having a really skilled guide that can bring you into your body and out of your head. But as your body calms down, now your mind is able to let go and you're able to sink in and allow your heart and your body to speak. Plus, you're flooded with these feelings of empathy. So no longer are you feeling is highly triggered. And that's why it's amazing for couples work, couples in conflict, couples in crisis, or partners in crisis. Like, I've done some business partners, helping them resolve some different dynamics. Additionally, MDMA makes you more open to self-empathy and self-inquiry, where you're able to see yourself with more compassion because now you're flooded with these feel-good chemicals and now you're not going to be triggered as much.
