Early research suggests that psychedelics can help individuals break free from the obsessive, self-critical thought patterns that fuel disordered eating, as well as improved self-perception and body image in participants struggling with eating disorders.

Unpleasant emotions, such as sadness, anger, fear, or guilt, often carry a stigma. Society tends to label them as "negative" or "bad." Yet these emotions are neither inherently good nor bad—they are signals, messengers from within that alert us to something deeper.