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The Angry Therapist Podcast

My First Experience with MDMA

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Today, John talks about his first experience using MDMA. He reflects on the emotional and physical effects of it, the highs and lows of his experiences, including the aftermath of using MDMA and the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. Follow John on Instagram HERE Find out more about John HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own rebirth many years ago

0:05.6

and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life lessons and revelations.

0:10.4

I believe in casual or clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose

0:16.2

because self-health doesn't have to be so complicated.

0:21.1

So if you don't know I've never really done many drugs in my life. I grew up in Glendale in the 90s and Glendale in the 90s was like the happy days, the TV show. A wild time meant throwing pickles at the

0:37.6

ceiling of a Bob's big boy after football games. A wild time meant turning your windshield wiper sprayer sideways and doing

0:46.6

donuts in the parking lot trying to spray cheerleaders. It was very kind of pure conservative and like a wholesome town. It was

1:00.0

very leave it to Beaver when I was growing up.

1:03.0

I'm sure there was, you know, some gangs, but not real gangs.

1:08.0

I mean, there were no like guns and drug dealers and stuff. So I grew up in a very kind of clean wholesome town.

1:17.0

And so I didn't really do any drugs. And I was busy skating and getting involved in activities like that.

1:30.3

In college, joined the fraternity, lots of beer, and I was called glowworm because I don't have the gene that fights up alcohol.

1:42.0

I think a lot of Asians, a lot of Native Americans don't

1:45.2

have this and so we turn bright red. So after one beer I would turn bright red and

1:50.6

so that was my nickname glow worm and also stay puff princess because during

1:57.2

Hell Week I for some reason was wearing a white, a pure white ski jacket. I have no idea why.

2:07.0

Because we were going to be digging ditches and getting very dirty and starving for a week. But I was the only one that came in a

2:17.6

brand new white snow jacket. So Stay Puff Princess was also a nickname of mine. Anyway, not a lot of drugs, just a little bit of alcohol, not even weed, like

2:29.6

weed that gives me anxiety.

2:38.0

And so never really had any experiences with drugs. Speaking of weed, quick story, if you're interested,

2:42.0

I overdosed on gummies when I was, and of course this is because of a lack of experience, right? I had no ideas.

2:50.8

I had no idea what the impact of gummies and I was in a relationship at the time and I had horrible

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