"It’s still not clear why such effects can have more profound long-term effects on the brain than our nightly dreams."
maybe because it's not really like dreaming at all?
calling a psychedelic trip a "waking dream" really undermines the way your consciousness is altered during a trip. as a matter of fact, your consciousness is one of the few things that seems consistent through the real world and dream world.
calling it a "waking dream" also kind of undermines how insane dreaming actually is and how little we know about it.
maybe because it's not really like dreaming at all?
calling a psychedelic trip a "waking dream" really undermines the way your consciousness is altered during a trip. as a matter of fact, your consciousness is one of the few things that seems consistent through the real world and dream world.
calling it a "waking dream" also kind of undermines how insane dreaming actually is and how little we know about it.