How Psilocybin Improves Your Brain

Wish this thread would go away :(

I'd love to try mushrooms but being on SSRI I can't.

Thinking of biting the bullet and cutting down on the meds.
 
maumau said:
Wish this thread would go away :(

I'd love to try mushrooms but being on SSRI I can't.

Thinking of biting the bullet and cutting down on the meds.
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Substitute your meds with herb or shrooms. Go natural bud.
 
maumau said:
Wish this thread would go away :(

I'd love to try mushrooms but being on SSRI I can't.

Thinking of biting the bullet and cutting down on the meds.
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Just dont make the mistake of believing that shrooms are a substitute to SSRI's.
They are not.

They have their use. But it requires work and thought.
 
crocopede said:
Just dont make the mistake of believing that shrooms are a substitute to SSRI's.
They are not. They have their use. But it requires work and thought.
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^ This. I would only do it a therapeutic / sacred ceremony setting with an experienced guide - somebody who will provide pre & post counseling.
 
mister said:
^ This. I would only do it a therapeutic / sacred ceremony setting with an experienced guide - somebody who will provide pre & post counseling.
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Personally i would stay away from the ceremony setting.
Being influenced by external sources are far easier when on shrooms. Hence also stay away from music with lyrics and vocals.
I opted for being locked away with a bottle of water, a toilet and a warm comfy bed and classical music and some apples.

It taught me many things. The mantra to use when things do get intense is... it will pass.
Being someone who suffered illness anxiety disorder, my experience was intense.

I had to die multiple times from multiple causes. Heart attacks, appendicitis, lung embolisms, cancers you name it.
And during each death i would have to face the fact that i am dying. I had to surrender to death.

Focusing on breathing while your heart is stopping and sharp shooting pains shoot through your chest is no easy feat.

But it can be done.
Since then i have not had a single illness anxiety episode. 2 Months later. From 8 - 12 attacks a day to nothing in months is remarkable. But post counseling was and still is required.

Ego death is hard to process and come to terms with. I now suffer from intrusive thoughts that are scarier than the illness anxiety. I believe this is because of being in a high stress situation the past 1.5 months. And in all honesty i am not talking about your average stresses. I am talking about a premature baby being born, travelling from work to hospital to sleep to work to hospital repeat and having no control over your child or the people looking after him and just hoping for the best.

Even though everything is going really well with my son it is still very stressful.
Was it not for the shroom 2 months ago i would probably be in vista clinic right now.

Be weary of ego death. And by saying that i mean if you do experience ego death do not fight it.

https://www.inverse.com/article/38980-psilocybin-mushroom-playlist-research
 
crocopede said:
Personally i would stay away from the ceremony setting.
Being influenced by external sources are far easier when on shrooms. Hence also stay away from music with lyrics and vocals. I opted for being locked away with a bottle of water, a toilet and a warm comfy bed and classical music and some apples.
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That's pretty much the ceremonial setting I have experienced, except that it was in a group. Each person is on their own journey on their own mattress. The only interaction with the group is during a debrief after the ceremony.

I will add that both 5 gram trips I have done were *incredibly* difficult - but utterly worth it in the end.
 
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mister said:
That's pretty much the ceremonial setting I have experienced, except that it was in a group. Each person is on their own journey on their own mattress. The only interaction with the group is during a debrief after the ceremony.

I will add that both 5 gram trips I have done were *incredibly* difficult - but utterly worth it in the end.
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According to Wiki the 5 gram trips are "heroic" :D
 
The first time I took shrooms the experience was not pleasant at all in that I was not prepared for the self-reflection aspects of the trip. It did not help that I took it with people who were not able to put me at ease - good tip from [MENTION=39329]satanboy[/MENTION] to enjoy it with folk you trust and who can help you get through the experience.

That said, the second time I tried it after having had to go over a lot of self-convincing in lieu of the previous bad trip, the experience was initially difficult but I came off it feeling as if I was able to refocus my life, positively. I loved hearing things as if they were a colour as well the ability to have a sense of what pets were feeling, especially a cat getting brushed.

It is difficult to explain if you have not taken it yourself. Advocates like to say that Politicians, or those who are tasked of leading others, need to take psilocybin before they are appointed in such roles and I agree, it will prevent them from becoming these self-absorbed sociopaths which most of them are, or at least let them come to the realisation of the latter.
 
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Similar to acid by the sound of things.

It helps a lot knowing what to expect so thanks for the inside information.
 
maumau said:
Similar to acid by the sound of things.

It helps a lot knowing what to expect so thanks for the inside information.
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I found that I hallucinate quite a bit more on LSD than with shrooms but I think that is primarily due to the effect coming on quicker with LSD.
 
Me I just took it in bed in my hotel room with the lights off and the TV on. I would recommend this setting for the first time.

The experience was good.. the only tip I knew of was to think positively. Not sure whether that was important.
 
LCBXX said:
I found that I hallucinate quite a bit more on LSD than with shrooms but I think that is primarily due to the effect coming on quicker with LSD.
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Ah OK.

GoB said:
Me I just took it in bed in my hotel room with the lights off and the TV on. I would recommend this setting for the first time.

The experience was good.. the only tip I knew of was to think positively. Not sure whether that was important.
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This is probably the way I'd go - but alone at home. I get where you're going with the positive thoughts.
 
LCBXX said:
It is difficult to explain if you have not taken it yourself.
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My experience is usually one of holding a mirror to my soul; of facing everything I am and have done and there's this amazing opportunity to face yourself and make conscious choices about how to live & change going forward.
 
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saor said:
My experience is usually one of holding a mirror to my soul; of facing everything I am and have done and there's this amazing opportunity to face yourself and make conscious choices about how to live & change going forward.
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I love the yawning feeling it brings as it comes on! It makes me feel like I am opening up like a flower as I stretch my body.

I enjoy being in nature or on a dance floor preferably both at the same time while I take shrooms. I am a busy body in life so prefer bringing my own energy and direction to the trip.
 
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