It seems like the biggest “secret” the Mormon Wives are hiding is that they’ve found a way to make being Mormon, like, super fun?? While angry elf Zac Affleck is freaking out that MomTok isn’t going to make the LDS elders proud, the “sinners” like Jessi, Taylor, and Demi are busy showing the world that the new generation is here to push the boundaries of the Mormon lifestyle. Still, can’t say I didn’t immediately pause and rewind when I heard the word “ketamine” coming out of Demi’s mouth. Demi shared her experience with ketamine therapy, a modern medical treatment administered by a doctor to help a patient work through previous trauma. If you’re wondering exactly how ketamine works and what Demi Engemann has said about ketamine therapy and how it has helped her, then consider the next three to five minutes of reading purely educational (no matter what your nosey coworker reading over your shoulder has to say about it).
How did ketamine therapy help Demi from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
Demi said ketamine therapy has been “the biggest tool that I’ve used to strengthen my relationship. [It’s] next-level” on a September 11, 2024, episode of The Viall Files podcast (which, BTW may take a hit now that Nick Viall is getting called TF out by a different momfluencer). She and Bret have used the medically induced healing method, where the substance is “administered by a doctor through an IV,” to keep her marriage from “struggling” or getting “a little bit dull.” Demi wants to make it clear she and the former college QB are not blindly “popping Special K,” a nickname that refers to the recreational use of the popularly used club drug.
What did Demi say about ketamine on the episode of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?
Demi first talked about her “ketamine session” with co-star Whitney Leavitt on episode four of Secret Lives (“The Book of Truth”). Demi described the session as a “therapy for physical trauma or emotional trauma,” which causes patients to “[feel] things very deeply” and share “truths about yourself you wouldn’t otherwise admit.” Because of this truth-telling effect, Demi believes Whitney shared that beyond cringe video dancing next to her infant with RSV for “clout” and “likes.” Demi even claimed she possessed a video of Whitney stating those words as she was “coming out of ” the treatment, which Whitney has responded to as “very hurtful.”
How does ketamine therapy work and what are the proposed benefits?
Low doses of ketamine, a “dissociative anesthetic medication,” are administered to help treat numerous mental health conditions and disorders related to depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, as described by the Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Using this “sub-anesthetic” (which is also sometimes a tool in the operating room) in this way is currently not FDA-approved. The ketamine injection is said by medical experts to induce a short-term “psychedelic state of altered consciousness” in the brain that typically fades into an “afterglow” as the treatment wears off. Long term, this experience is supposed to potentially invite a positive change in an individual’s mindset and behavior. In case it isn’t obvious, I’m not a doctor, so anyone interested in seeking (literally any) medical treatment would have talk to one ASAP to know how it would impact their health. A ketamine nasal spray called esketamine was approved by the FDA in 2019.
