Tim Leary Counterculture Movement
Hello class, I will be your psychology professor for the day. Today’s topic is going to be Tim Leary and his contributions during the counterculture movement.
Towards the beginning of the 1960’s, the sudden influx of the use of psychedelic drugs influenced many people like you and me. One of the biggest influencers was Tim Leary. His controversial views were proven true to many and influenced people, but was harmful.
His penchant for psychedelics began from his experience of magic mushroom tripping in his short excursion to Cuernavaca, Mexico. His experience claimed to have him, as noted in his most well-known book, Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out, “learn more about his brain and its possibilities” and “significantly altered the course both …show more content…
His widespread notion, “Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out” became known to many in the United States. He made about thirty books, ranging from personality diagnosis to revealing how our brains are gods.
All this Tim Leary craze also happened during the Counterculture movement. The new generation of this time period decided to go against moral rules. This era marked the beginning of many movements, such as marriage equality, and movements to legalize psychedelics. This was another reason why Leary was favored by many--his views were supported the majority.
However, people are oblivious to what psychedelics could have a role on the human body. Leary’s claims aren’t scientific; they’re claims of his own experience and experiments he has conducted aren’t done professionally. Though his claim that psychedelics hold the key to knowing the causes of psychological elements, scientists later showed that psychedelics like LSD, DMT, Molly, Ecstasy showed severe psychological damages of one’s brain when used and/or administered frequently, unprofessionally, or used with bad-quality or counterfeit psychedelics. Sometimes, PTSD and severe depression could be initiated despite having a professional trip-sitter. There is also a great chance that one could experience a bad trip, a trip that could severely damage one’s mental
Towards the beginning of the 1960’s, the sudden influx of the use of psychedelic drugs influenced many people like you and me. One of the biggest influencers was Tim Leary. His controversial views were proven true to many and influenced people, but was harmful.
His penchant for psychedelics began from his experience of magic mushroom tripping in his short excursion to Cuernavaca, Mexico. His experience claimed to have him, as noted in his most well-known book, Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out, “learn more about his brain and its possibilities” and “significantly altered the course both …show more content…
His widespread notion, “Turn On, Tune In, and Drop Out” became known to many in the United States. He made about thirty books, ranging from personality diagnosis to revealing how our brains are gods.
All this Tim Leary craze also happened during the Counterculture movement. The new generation of this time period decided to go against moral rules. This era marked the beginning of many movements, such as marriage equality, and movements to legalize psychedelics. This was another reason why Leary was favored by many--his views were supported the majority.
However, people are oblivious to what psychedelics could have a role on the human body. Leary’s claims aren’t scientific; they’re claims of his own experience and experiments he has conducted aren’t done professionally. Though his claim that psychedelics hold the key to knowing the causes of psychological elements, scientists later showed that psychedelics like LSD, DMT, Molly, Ecstasy showed severe psychological damages of one’s brain when used and/or administered frequently, unprofessionally, or used with bad-quality or counterfeit psychedelics. Sometimes, PTSD and severe depression could be initiated despite having a professional trip-sitter. There is also a great chance that one could experience a bad trip, a trip that could severely damage one’s mental