“Nushama gave me the tools and community to begin the journey of introspection after I became stuck after trying what used to work for me; yoga and meditation. I suffered from OCD since being a kid. Treatment gave me enough perspective to change my life to move and start a new job in the city, something I would have never considered.”
Nushama is a very unique place. It gave me the tools and community to begin the journey of introspection after my brain became stuck and stagnant after trying everything that used to work for me (like yoga and meditation). I have suffered from OCD since a kid and have been stuck in the same repetitive dysfunctional patterns in my life that kept me stuck in the same place.
The safe container created through the Nushama group made me feel journeying wasn’t so lonely but a real group experience. A group member and now friend of mine even experienced some shared journeying. That was an unmatched experience.
All the nurses and staff at Nushama make you feel very welcome. It is a very vulnerable moment to be in the unconscious state you are in when you try ketamine but with the care of the team, I felt that I was able to get through all the super awesome journeys and even the unpleasant ones that gave me a third person perspective on my life. OCD is a lifelong battle. But the ketamine treatment gave me enough perspective to completely change my life to move and start a new job in the city, something I otherwise would have never considered. With this newfound freedom and after a trip of speaking my higher self, I’ve realized change is needed to get out of your deeply ingrained patterns that do not serve you.
A lot of work with the integration specialists (who are all fabulous) is inner child work. Work I didn’t even realize I needed to do, which was deeply healing but also uncomfortable. On the other end of it, you realize how you are able to break free of some of your trauma by getting to know it in a state where you can process it more than in everyday life.
I highly recommend using other healing modalities before and after treatment to keep progress long-lasting (along with continuing talk therapy). The group was helpful because they provided some therapeutic and spiritual resources and tools! I recommend taking the step to join the next group cohort at Nushama. Psychedelics are the next frontier In mental health treatment. I suggest you take your journeys with a team that understands this transformative work.