this is more or less exactly what i was trying to say. for most people SSRIs are safe, they experience manageable side effects and little health risk. psychedelics and dissociatives seem like they must be really drastic and risky. but actually SSRIs are pretty risky too, there are all these terrible low-probability outcomes.
so it's good we have all options, but ideally we'd have a better way of judging who is safest with which treatment.
so it's good we have all options, but ideally we'd have a better way of judging who is safest with which treatment.