So close, yet so high: drug trips and brushes with death reduce fear of dying

Participants in a major study felt their experiences were ‘personally meaningful and spiritually significant’

24 August 2022 - 22:01

The fear of death tends to drop among people who have had near-death or similar extraordinary experiences and those who have had psychedelic drug experiences, a new study comparing both groups has found...

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