The Perception Restoration Foundation was launched in 2021 to make a difference on HPPD.

HPPD has long been neglected in the research base. Despite being documented since at least the early 1970s, many people struggling with HPPD are still left with little idea of where to turn, what can help them, or who could understand.

The PRF’s mission is to:

  • Raise awareness responsibly around the risk of HPPD among the public and healthcare sectors

  • Fund and organize research to better understand the condition and lay the groundwork for good treatments

  • Connect existing resources with the potential to help to HPPD sufferers.

The PRF is open to all expressions of interest, research proposals, and correspondence from clinicians and other professionals. The PRF encourages anyone struggling with HPPD to read our Information Guide and/or contact a suitable provider in the Specialists Directory. We are also open to providing direct support via email and calls, though we cannot guarantee that we can help your case.

  • Ed works part-time for the Foundation and manages it day-to-day. With the funding of the Foundation, Ed is pursuing a Master’s degree in Psychology at the University of East London, which includes a research dissertation project on HPPD.

    Ed hopes to continue his HPPD research and improve our knowledge of the condition. By background a freelance journalist (BBC, VICE, Financial Times and others), Ed has lived with the effects of HPPD for several years since using LSD and other psychedelic drugs as a teenager.

  • Sophia works part-time with the Perception Restoration Foundation, along with moderating the r/HPPD subreddit community and managing an HPPD Discord server. Sophia is a 22 year old psychology student working towards a PsyD in clinical psychology, with plans on specializing in HPPD and Substance Use Disorder.

    Sophia developed HPPD after multiple LSD trips as a teenager, and was able to completely recover from this condition.