Ketamine – The Medicalized Escape Hatch
- Karen Di Gloria
- Sep 25
- 2 min read
This is part six of my Virgo Season Detox series — a 6-part journey to expose the shadows of Virgo energy (control, perfectionism, false fixes) and release them into Pisces wisdom (surrender, wholeness, and light). Yes, we’ve just stepped into Libra season, but the eclipses tied to the South Node in Virgo mean we’ll be feeling, releasing, and shifting in these Virgo themes for the next six months. Over these weeks, we’ve looked at smart glasses, weight-loss drugs, ADHD labels, recreational and prescription substances, and hormone obsession. Now, let’s close with one of the fastest-growing “treatments” out there: ketamine therapy.
The Virgo South Node clings to fixes. It medicalizes, categorizes, and prescribes in an endless attempt to control the uncontrollable. Pisces, at its higher octave, reminds us that healing isn’t found in escaping pain but in integrating it. Which is why this ketamine craze reveals so much about where we are as a collective.
Ketamine clinics are popping up everywhere, marketed as miracles for depression, anxiety, and PTSD. You’re told: sit in a chair, get your infusion, and your darkness will dissolve. And don’t get me wrong — some people report breakthroughs. But here’s the danger: without integration, without real support, without facing the why behind the pain, ketamine is just another escape hatch. It’s chemical dissociation dressed up in medical clothing.
As a nurse, I’ve seen the system do this over and over again. Package up drugs as “treatment” while ignoring the body, the trauma, and the soul. It’s easier to medicate than to walk with someone through the fire of healing. But easier doesn’t mean truer. And temporary relief is not the same as transformation.
Ketamine doesn’t resolve the root. It doesn’t untangle trauma. It doesn’t teach the body to regulate. It doesn’t connect you back to your Source. It just gives you a break from feeling it all. And while that break may feel like a miracle in the moment, the real miracle is what happens when you choose to integrate, to face, to heal in full presence.
So I’ll ask you: where are you outsourcing your healing to a “miracle fix” instead of doing the messy, sacred integration your soul is asking for?
Virgo wants to control pain through protocols. Pisces wants us to surrender into compassion and connection. This eclipse season asks us to release the illusion that healing is quick, easy, or outsourced. True healing is slow, deep, and soul-led.
And with that, the Virgo Season Detox comes to a close. Six posts, six mirrors, six chances to release what no longer serves and step into the higher octave of Pisces: wholeness, trust, surrender, and light.
The question now isn’t about smart glasses, injections, labels, drugs, hormones, or ketamine. The question is: are you willing to stop outsourcing your healing — and start embodying it?
I’m grateful you chose to spend a few moments here with me. If this sparked reflection, let me feel your presence — comment, tap the heart, or pass it on to someone you love. Together, we’re harvesting health at the root.
Guided by love and light,
Karen Di Gloria ✨
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