A new Netflix documentary follows two friends as they travel to South America to experience using ayahuasca, a traditional medicinal tea with powerful psychedelic properties, and other healthing methods.
Here, Léa and Camille spoke to Refinery29 about living with chronic illnesses, exploring these unconventional treatments, and the healing power of friendship:Many people with chronic illnesses often talk about feeling disbelieved by their doctors and frustrated with the current medical system. Did you feel that way, or is that what drove you to seek alternative holistic treatments for cystic fibrosis?"The weird thing about this chronic illness is you're born with it.
"It’s really hard to compare anything to ayahuasca, which we had the most experience with. We did it in a way that was very traditional, which is so integral to the experience itself. We drank ayahuasca six times in ten days. Traditionally you’re supposed to do it many times in a row, rather than as a one off experience. You really shouldn’t half-ass this.
"I went into ayahuasca very confused about the rest of my life, quite anxious, and deeply unsure of myself. But ayahuasca was almost like some kind of magic. It genuinely restored my faith in life pretty immediately and directly — my anxiety left me immediately and more or less stayed away. Which is miraculous, really, because when you’re in that state, you think this will never go away, there’s no way the muck of your mind is going to leave you.
"I do feel like I'm lucky to have this illness, because it gives me freedom. When you know you're going to die, you have a tendency to be more free, because you know there's no time. I would always brag about it, like,No you’re actually hurt by this. I feel weak and fragileAdvertisement"I hope that people just trust themselves, and know that they can find the courage to do things. Ask yourself deeply what you want to do, and trust that somehow you can try to get there.
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