i was just watching something about ayahuasca and decided to read up on it a little. i was just wondering if anyone had heard the term "folie a deux" or "folie a plusieurs", which translates into "madness shared by two" or "madness shared by many"? it's a psychiatric syndrome where two people share the same delusion.

anyways, i was reading up on ayahuasca and apparently it's one of the only hallucinogenic compounds to result in this documented phenomenon. i just found this pretty interesting and was wondering if anyone had heard of this! thanks

Shared Psychotic Disorder Isnt As Rare As You'd Think. Ever Here Of Aliens Spying On Someone? Abducting Them?

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disord..._disorder.aspx

It's Not Restricted To Drug-Induced.

i know it's not restricted to drug-induced. and in the case of the ayahuasca use, the hallucinations brought on by the brew are shared. that is semi-rare as far as documented cases with a hallucinogenic compound. i know people being studied who received doses of dmt had similar hallucinations, which makes this more interesting because the ayahuasca brew that is taken includes leaves containing dmt.

Yes. DMT And Harmala As A MAOI Inhibiter. That's The Basic Brew.

Anyways, does anyone else find this interesting/have anything to add/have any theories?

Geuss Not. Hmm. I Dont Hear A Peep! Maybe Soon.

i figured there were at least a couple other psychopathology buffs!

Not A Buff But It's A Great Interest To Me. But As Far As 'Psycho-' Goes I'm Most Interested In The Human Psyche. Taking A Pychoanalytic Theory Course.

that's awesome. i've read a bit about psychoanalysis and what it entails, but definitely not very well. that's freudian and jung type stuff, right? defense mechanisms and what not? i'm really interested in all the psychological disorders and i just found that bit about the shared madness thing very interesting. at what point does it stop being a psychological syndrome and start delving into something unknown?

My man as far as I can see the world, everything is the unknown and there is no way to know it unless you experience it. I don't believe in a spiritual world or nothing like that, it is merely a chemical that effects your body and mind. And no evidence proves anything phenomenal.

Peace

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