Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics

Complex PTSD vs Classic PTSD-- Healing medical trauma with MDMA assisted therapy

May 1, 2026·1h 0m
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Amidst a long catalog of previous BFTA stories featuring complex or developmental PTSD, today’s story is one of classic DSM-style PTSD, it’s a story of both medical and parenting trauma, of facing the fear of annihilation and death. In this three part story, first we hear Tracy tell of the increasingly severe medical challenges of her children, then Tracy flashes back to describe her own terrifying emergency hospitalization as a 5 year old, then finally we trace Tracy’s treatment ...

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