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Last week, I, Marcel, coached a psilocybin session in Zeist at someone's home. This session focused on recovery from long-term stress symptoms resulting from a combined burnout and long Covid. The client struggled with persistent mental and physical fatigue, brain fog, and a sense of emotional numbness. He had already followed various conventional treatment pathways but remained stuck in overstimulation and symptoms resembling burnout or long Covid.
Why psilocybin for burnout and long Covid?
Both burnout and long Covid can strain the autonomic nervous system and the brain to such an extent that recovery stagnates. Neurologically, both conditions often lead to increased inflammatory activity, disrupted HPA axis regulation and decreased neuroplasticity. Recent studies and experience show that a psilocybin session can have an influence on exactly that.
Psilocybin acts as an anti-inflammatory agent in the brain, promotes the production of BDNF (a neurotrophin that stimulates neuronal growth), and reduces overactivity in the Default Mode Network — a network that is overactive during rumination, anxiety, and depression. In doing so, it offers not only a deep introspective experience but also a biological chance for recovery.
The session in Zeist: letting go without words
The client and I started the day with an extensive preliminary discussion in which intention, safety, and preparation were central. During the session itself, a high dose of truffles was used, aimed at a truffle session at triple level 4 to 5— intense and powerful.
Towards the end of the session, the client indicated that he had let go of “something,” without being able to pinpoint exactly what it was. His words: “It feels like I’ve shaken off something that has been weighing me down in the background all this time, but I don’t know what it was.” These kinds of spontaneous moments of letting go occur more frequently during sessions with people experiencing chronic stress and may indicate a deeper, subconscious processing.
What do we know about the long term?
As with all psychedelic sessions, the true value often only unfolds in the weeks and months following the experience. Integration—the conscious processing of the insights—is crucial in this regard. The effects most frequently mentioned after sessions for long Covid and burnout are:
- Improvement of energy and cognitive clarity
- Less brain fog
- Reduction of emotional exhaustion
- Enhanced sense of purpose and connection
In this forum topic about long Covid and psilocybin It is also indicated that people experience more mental peace and are more connected with themselves after a psychedelic session. In this Research on psychedelics and burnout psilocybin is seen as a reset of rigid thought patterns, which accelerates recovery.
Would you also like a session at home?
If you also struggle with symptoms such as chronic fatigue, brain fog, overwhelming or loss of meaning If you have had long Covid or burnout, you might consider having a session at home. I facilitate sessions throughout the Netherlands, including in Zeist, and tailor each program to your mental and physical health.
Fill out the without obligation Intake form for psilocybin therapy in to discover if this is something for you.
Posted : 5 June 2025 10:06