• sparkle@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    There is no such thing as “curing” a mental disorder/disability. Although it could theoretically help speed up recovery from temporary bouts of depression or post-traumatic stress (which is often labelled “PTSD” when it’s not), it cannot cure a lifelong disorder like depressive/mood disorders or PTSD & CPTSD. “Curing” a mental disorder would mean making you a completely different person, it’s inseparable from the rest of your brain – especially something that leans more into the “neurodivergence” idea, like ADHD or ASD/Autism, which both have imperfect yet effective treatments (ASD less so than ADHD), but “curing” such a thing would be impossible.

    The only solution that helps people with disabilities is to make treatment in the form of pharmaceuticals, counselling, and other methods widely available and accessible over the long term – not to look for a cure. Not to say that MDMA can’t be used for that though, it definitely can, it’d just be misleading to call it a cure.