Explore the story of a man searching for his lost keys and its connection to the power of looking within ourselves during ketamine therapy. Learn how ketamine infusions can help you connect with your inner healing and intuition to overcome challenges like depression, PTSD, and anxiety.

This blog is adapted from the above video’s transcript

There was an old man who was looking for his keys by the lamp post despite believing he dropped them in the park. He refused to look in the park because there was more light by the lamp post.

The Story of A Man and His Lost Keys

One time, there was an old man who found himself in a bit of a predicament. He had lost his keys and had been searching for them for hours. As he was searching, a police officer walked by and noticed the old man searching under the streetlamp. Curious, the police officer approached the old man and asked him what he was doing.

The old man responded, "I'm looking for my keys, officer!” I think I lost them somewhere in the house." The policeman then asked, "Well, where did you last see them?”

The old man replied, "Well, I think I might have dropped them while I was taking my daily walk in the park.” Confused, the policeman responded, "Well, why aren't you looking at the park?"

“It's too dark over there in the park, and I can't see anything. I came here because there's more light under the streetlamp!” said the old man.

The police officer couldn't help but chuckle at the old man's logic. "I see," he said. "Well, let's go look for your keys in the park anyway. Maybe we'll get lucky."

Most of the time, we look for happiness externally through things that are highlighted by society and media. We sometimes forget that we should look inwards.

How This Story of A Man and His Keys relates to Ketamine Therapy

Don’t you think it’s quite interesting and funny how the old man was looking for his keys not where he lost them, but where there's more light? The policeman may have felt the same.

But what does this story have to do with ketamine therapy? One of the things that we humans have a tendency to do is to look for things that draw more attention. This could be joy, happiness, or contentment.

Because everyone, maybe including the media, focuses on all of these things that are supposed to bring us “joy,” we think it’s the right thing to do. And sometimes, these sources of “joy” and “happiness” are merely external sources that we end up forgetting to look within to find real joy and happiness. So, what if we start looking for these things within us rather than outside?

Ketamine therapy is a catalyst to help us look and connect inwards. We have the power to heal ourselves more than we think.

Looking Within During Ketamine Infusion Therapy

This is where ketamine therapy can come into a play. At our clinic, one of the things we invite our patients to do is either close their eyes or we give them eye shades. We do this so that they don’t see anything external and really just connect within. I personally believe that everyone has an inner intuition, higher spirit, or even an inner healing that's within them.

The answers we’re looking for could just be buried deep within us. We just need to connect with our inner selves on a deeper level, which can be done through ketamine therapy.

Trusting Your Inner Healing

When we cut our finger and get a paper cut, our body has its own healing mechanics. We don’t need to do anything because our body knows how to heal itself.

Similarly, we also have our own inner healing. When we look within via ketamine therapy, we are able to connect with our inner selves on a much deeper level. This is really important because I believe that we actually have the answers within and we just need to be able to connect with them.

When we're looking under the streetlamp for our keys because there's more light, we're never going to find it no matter how hard we try. But if we go to the area where we actually lost it, that's when we can find those keys.

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