How Psilocybin Can Rewire Our Brain, Its Therapeutic Benefits & Its Risks

“it's now fairly well established that if people are to take psilocybin and have their eyes open, much of their cognition, much of their thinking, much of the time spent in that psilocybin journey is focused on the altered perceptions of things in the outside environment. But I think if one's goal is to derive the long-lasting benefit from the psilocybin, it's very clear that having an eye mask or some other eye covering or something that ensures that one's eyes are closed for the majority, if not the entire psilocybin session is going to be very useful”