{"id":52375,"date":"2020-10-19T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/positive-psychedelic-trips-can-bring-out-connectedness-and-empathy-in-narcissists\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T14:45:00","slug":"positive-psychedelic-trips-can-bring-out-connectedness-and-empathy-in-narcissists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/positive-psychedelic-trips-can-bring-out-connectedness-and-empathy-in-narcissists\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Psychedelic Trips Can Bring Out Connectedness and Empathy in Narcissists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tune in, turn on, do better. A new study published in the journal Psychopharmacology<\/em><\/u><\/a> reports that \u201cfeelings of awe\u201d brought on by psychedelic drugs can reduce narcissistic personality traits by increasing feelings of universal oneness and compassionate empathy.<\/p>\n

The study was authored by Valerie van Mulukom<\/u><\/a>, a research fellow at Coventry University, and Ruairi Patterson, a PhD student at the University of Surrey. Both had previously gathered data indicating that psychedelic experiences promote feelings of communal connectedness while generally improving users\u2019 mental well-being.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the new investigation, they said, was to determine how psychedelics might impact narcissism. They chose that focus because recent psychedelic therapy research has largely been directed toward depression.<\/p>\n

\u201cLower empathy is pivotally implicated in narcissism and in particular so-called maladaptive, or exploitative-entitled, narcissism,\u201d the authors wrote, \u201cso we were interested to see if there might be links between psychedelics use and levels of maladaptive narcissism.\u201d<\/p>\n