Erick Godsey is a podcaster, Jungian enthusiast, storyteller, myth-weaver, and dream interpreter extraordinaire. In this episode, he returns to the Thought Room to discuss the research he is doing on antidepressants and depression for a new book he is co-authoring with Aubrey Marcus. If You Enjoy The Thought Room Please Subscribe and Give Us a 5-Star Rating ★★★★★ and Review on Apple Podcasts.   Resources: (Book) Feeling Good - David Burns  (Erick’s podcast) The Myths That Make Us (Erick’s first appearance on The Thought Room) Surrendering to the Dragon: A Dance with Ayahuasca (Erick’s journaling course) Kathedra   Topics Explored:  > 5:00 Spirals of forgetting and remembering > 6:30 Tuning the instrument of your soul > 10:00 When Erick was Jung-er > 12:00 New discoveries on the effectiveness of antidepressants and the history of the APA and DSM > 17:30 The long-term effects of taking psychiatric medication > 23:00 Hallie’s battle with depression > 26:30 The resistance to these discoveries > 34:00 What are these medications actually doing? > 35:00 The role of the placebo effect  > 38:00 The Active Placebo Hypothesis > 44:00 Antidepressants for the severely depressed > 50:00 The power of stories and the media  > 58:00 How our systems influence the way we live > 69:00 Erick’s foundation for how to live his life   Subscribe to The Thought Room:  Apple | https://tinyurl.com/qp3mqnp Spotify | https://tinyurl.com/wxyzmdw Stitcher | https://tinyurl.com/wrxv39g   Connect with Erick Godsey Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/  Website| https://www.erickgodsey.com/   Connect with Hallie Rose: Thought Room IG | https://www.instagram.com/thoughtroompodcast/  Hallie Rose IG | https://www.instagram.com/hallie_rosebud/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/ThoughtRoomPod YouTube |http://bit.ly/ThoughtRoomYouTube  Website | www.thoughtroompodcast.com  Email | thoughtroompodcast@gmail.com    Sign up for the TRP Newsletter | www.thoughtroompodcast.com/newsletter   HELP SUPPORT THIS SHOW!  → SUBSCRIBE:  Apple Podcasts +  Spotify + Stitcher +  Google Podcasts   → LEAVE A SHORT APPLE PODCASTS REVIEW:  Would you please consider leaving a typed review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? Even a one or two words! It takes less than 60 seconds and really makes a difference in helping to land prominent guests! (https://tinyurl.com/qp3mqnp)  →  SHARE: Spread the word! Share an episode, or tag @thoughtroompodcast on social media--tell us what you liked about this episode!   DONATE:  Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/thoughtroom Paypal: paypal.me/thoughtroompodcast  Venmo | Send a send a one-time gift via Venmo @hallierose   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks to Emmy-Award winning composer Kodomo (Chris Child) for allowing us to use his brilliant track Concept 1 as our theme song. ______________________________________   The Thought Room is a combination of edge-of-your-seat storytelling and groundbreaking interviews with celebrated thought-leaders like Erick Godsey and many more from around the world. Recorded everywhere from hotel rooms in New York City, to a camper van in Maine; from the coastal forests of Costa Rica, to a picnic blanket amongst grapes in a vineyard in Sedona—host Hallie Rose captures rich, face-to-face interviews and intimate storytelling in a variety of eccentric locations. From musicians to mathematicians, life coaches to psychonauts, PhDs to professional athletes—we’ll invite them all to step into the Thought Room to spill their stories and share their most distilled wisdom. The show covers a breadth of topics including psychology, spirituality, sex & relationships, psychedelics, ayahuasca, non-violent communication, law of attraction, bio-hacking, fitness, nutrition, alternative health, personal development, business & entrepreneurship, mindfulness, yoga, and meditation.   Quotes from my guests on Psychedelics: “Psychedelics are like a direct portal to the Psyche” - Erick Godsey “What my experience with psychedelics has taught me is th