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Ceremonial smoke. the ceremony is fairly different from the one the other night. bob, for example, just stormed out and apparently feels overwhelmed by something. ryan just seems like he is having the time of his life and is dancing and just overjoyed. richard is obviously going through something. it's hard to tell what. and libby is just kind of curled in a ball. and it seems like she's in a little bit of pain. so obviously, it's kicking in, and it's manifesting itself in different ways. concerned for bob, i head off towards his bungalow. for four decades, his battle with extreme ptsd has lef...

>> tonight libby and richard will take a radical step, accompanied by ryan and bob. instead of popping prescription pills they'll drink a psychedelic brew. a familiar ceremony. a new shaman. this one born here in the amazon. bob purges as richard and libby succumb to the effects of the hallucinogen. but something about this night feels different. ryan is on cloud nine, dancing, then communing with nature. back in the hut, it appears bob has left in a panic after the shaman blessed him with

Was 67 wounded and 11 killed. there was a guy about -- sorry. i wasn't expecting this. >> we ain't got to go there, bob. >> bob is a vietnam army infantryman long suffering from ptsd. he claims ayahuasca has cured him. he's returned to peru to support fellow soldiers richard, a marine sergeant who did two tours in iraq, and libby, an airman first class whose ptsd diagnosis includes sexual trauma while on active duty. >> how has the ptsd affected you all these years? >> relationships. i can't hold them. you kind of just become a cruel person. but that's not really what you want to be. >> and wh...

Different ways. concerned for bob, i head off towards his bungalow. for four decades, his battle with extreme ptsd has left him with a short fuse. the smallest trigger can produce explosive reactions. >> hi, bob. >> yeah. >> what happened, bob? you kind of stormed out of there. >> don't tell me you've got to blow smoke in my face for me to have the correct type of journey. smoking is nothing to do with the healing powers of ayahuasca. has nothing to do with the spirit world, the vision world. you think those beings up there are smoking and -- >> you since the war have been prone to serious ang...

>> hi. >> how are you doing? >> can i get a hug? >> yeah. >> thank you. >> tell me what's going on. >> as you know, the last time i saw you i was angry about the smoke. now when i go back to the maloka if the shaman wants to blow the smoke over me i'm fine with it. >> bob, you've been dealing with ptsd for decades. where are you in that process right now of recovery? >> i don't think it -- i think it's always underneath the surface. but ayahuasca is helping me to learn to live with it. you know, ptsd, the dangerous thing for us, somebody does something, i react right away without thinking. but...