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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 ceremonial smoke. the ceremony is fairly different from the one the other night.

He was opened up from here down to here. and i saw his -- this skin just fly off, and it was flapping in the breeze like a flag. i'm staring at this guy, and he -- that's when we knew it's going to be over soon. and the last body count i got 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 who...

>> 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's having the time of his life and 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 left him with a sho...

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 ceremonial smoke. the ceremony is fairly different

Only with xfinity from comcast. extreme ptsd makes war vets prone to dark moods, rage, and violence. for libby, a recluse from arkansas, her story of trauma begins in the 1980s, and she's sharing it with me here away from the others. >> why did you want to come here? >> i would like to not wish to die all the time. i'd like to be able to live. >> can you tell us what happened to you? >> i was out one night after training and was taken by the marines, and each one of them took their turn. and then left me in a ditch.