So at the very beginning it's almost you know anytime that you have a procedure and they have to put you under anesthesia.

So sort of that drifting away feeling.

And then for me it was seeing not color.

I saw a lot of of grays and blacks and whites but it was almost like it was a paint can.

Or if you had a few colors that swirled in together.

I felt like I no longer had a body now it was kind of like weird parts.

I couldn't feel my teeth properly and then I just felt like I was floating above everything.

I still had thoughts and I could kind of guide it a little bit but I didn't feel like I was connected to any thing.

I just felt like I was an observer in life.

Nick and Janet recently attended a ketamine assisted psychotherapy retreat and they are describing their experiences.

I felt like I was part of the ocean or sand.

I could see where my essence was because it was slightly a different color.

However I just was flowing with the tide.

Like I was just part of it and that felt very relaxing and peaceful.

You know seeing a lot of this fluid motion around me that was more of a sense of starting to think about where do I fit in the universe.

So I started to get me contemplating some of that from a sensory standpoint.

So it's almost like I'm this piece of matter and I fit into this ever evolving fluid world or universe.

They are part of a growing number of people who are taking so-called psychedelics.

You know them as ketamine, cellosybin, LSD, MDMA.

The goal is to treat a wide range of mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD.

Now most of the compounds are still tightly regulated by the USDA.

So the legal use of them is limited to research studies, usually done at academic or medical centers.

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