this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

Baroness Amanda Feilding, who to this day is a campaigner for evidence-based drug policy and research into the therapeutic uses of psychedelics. Though she’s no longer an advocate of trepanation.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She drilled into her own head? And I thought cutting my own hair was hard

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Imagine giving your brain bangs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Talk about letting the intrusive thoughts win.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

the practice of trepanning is ancient! This is linked to in that page but I know not everyone clicks through.

wild that someone made a video!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago