What if I told you that for many neurodiverse individuals, psychedelic experiences are already happening—no substances required?

As a somatic psychologist, I work with clients who live in deeply sensitive, highly attuned bodies and minds. They’re people with ADHD, bipolar disorder, complex PTSD, and other neurodivergent profiles. And more often than not, they describe experiences that echo what others seek through psychedelics:

• Ego dissolution

• Emotional clarity

• Vivid sensory perception

• Connection to nature or spirit

• Timelessness

Here’s the emerging truth: a neurodivergent brain is wired for expanded states of consciousness.

Recent research published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (Sormaz et al., 2022) shows that people with ADHD have a uniquely activated default mode network—the part of the brain involved in daydreaming, internal narrative, and “mental time travel.” That means they’re more likely to drift inward, reflect deeply, and toggle multiple realities at once.

Sound familiar? That’s also what happens during a psilocybin trip or deep meditative journey.

A client with complex PTSD described walking in the woods and feeling like “melting into the trees.” Another, living with bipolar II, described hypomanic phases as times of spiritual clarity—rich colors, deep insights, and a sense of knowing the “truth of the universe.”

These aren’t psychiatric symptoms to fear—they’re experiences to understand and integrate.

This is where somatic psychology becomes vital. These altered or expanded states—whether from trauma, neurodivergence, or natural wiring—need grounding.

At Studio B, we use movement, breathwork, nature connection, and spiritual practices to help people hold these experiences. We don’t shut them down—we give them shape.

Because the goal isn’t to suppress your sensitivity.
It’s to embody it.

So if you’re neurodiverse, your mind may already travel to places others use substances to reach. That’s not a pathology—it’s a power. The work isn’t always about exploring further “out there.” Sometimes it’s about coming fully in here.

If this resonates with you, come explore more at StudioB.Life or StacyRD.com. And subscribe for future videos and articles that help you bring your full self—body, brain, and being—into alignment.

Sormaz, M., Murphy, C., Wang, H. T., Hymers, M., Karapanagiotidis, T., Poerio, G., … & Smallwood, J. (2022). Default mode network dynamics in ADHD: A review of the state of the field. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 132, 386–400.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.015

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