{"id":71487,"date":"2026-04-12T07:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-didnt-want-to-be-on-medication-the-rest-of-my-life-veteran-runs-psilocybin-retreats-for-ptsd-before-fda-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:54:48","slug":"i-didnt-want-to-be-on-medication-the-rest-of-my-life-veteran-runs-psilocybin-retreats-for-ptsd-before-fda-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-didnt-want-to-be-on-medication-the-rest-of-my-life-veteran-runs-psilocybin-retreats-for-ptsd-before-fda-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I didn\u2019t want to be on medication the rest of my life\u2019: veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say \u2018magic mushrooms\u2019 can help with traumatic symptoms, but urge caution as states expand access<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After three combat deployments in Afghanistan, during which he suffered traumatic brain injuries from concussive blasts, army ranger Jesse Gould developed post-traumatic stress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/mental-health\">disorder<\/a> and said he \u201cdrank almost every night to cope\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In times of hardship, veterans sometimes turn to \u201cmedication and talk therapy, but it tends to be more of a maintenance program than actually overcoming it\u201d, Gould said, but added that at age 38, \u201cI was still very young. I didn\u2019t want to be on medication the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/12\/psilocybin-therapy-veterans\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers say \u2018magic mushrooms\u2019 can help with traumatic symptoms, but urge caution as states expand access Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox After three combat deployments in Afghanistan, during which he suffered traumatic brain injuries from concussive blasts, army ranger Jesse Gould developed post-traumatic stress disorder &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018I didn\u2019t want to be on medication the rest of my life\u2019: veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/i-didnt-want-to-be-on-medication-the-rest-of-my-life-veteran-runs-psilocybin-retreats-for-ptsd-before-fda-approval\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018I didn\u2019t want to be on medication the rest of my life\u2019: veteran runs psilocybin retreats for PTSD before FDA approval\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}