The Coming Home Project was founded in 2021 by Navy SEAL veteran Nate Brown. Nate conducted multiple combat deployments in the the Global War on Terror (GWOT). After service he experienced the disconnection and dislocation that many combat veterans encounter. His journey to recovery and peace began when he was introduced to plant medicine.

Those who have traveled downrange carry the dark weight of war back to societies and families that cannot comprehend the extraordinary experiences of the battlefield. We transition from a life built around mission and purpose, forged within a close-knit band of brothers, into a world that lacks that structure, where we struggle to make sense of our experiences.

PTSD is the invisible wound that destroys lives and tears families apart. Constant exposure to high-stress, extreme, and dangerous conditions by front-line combat operators literally rewires the brain. Chronic dysregulation of the sympathetic (“fght or fight”) nervous system drives hyperarousal, agitation, irritability, anger, dissociation, insomnia, nightmares, and fashbacks that make normal life challenging or impossible.

The abject failure of our nation’s current approach is evidenced by the numbers. Veterans are fve times as likely to experience PTSD compared to the non-veteran population. We kill ourselves at twice the rate. Half of those who enroll in current “gold standard” PTSD treatments drop out. SSRIs only dull the pain without addressing the underlying trauma.

An accelerating body of research over the last two decades has clearly established that psychedelics can heal PTSD. These compounds, used by humans for healing purposes since ancient times, work by allowing us to reengage with traumatic experience, to process and heal from it. They open a window of neuroplasticity that allows the PTSD brain to be rewired.

The Coming Home Project was founded to help combat veterans find the path to lifesaving psychedelic treatment. We are a 501(c)(3) committed completely to saving lives. One warrior at a time.