The “heroic dose” of psychedelics, according to Johns Hopkins | Dr. Matthew Johnson

How a ‘heroic dose’ of psychedelics can be therapeutic, explained by a Johns Hopkins professor.
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Psychedelic research is enjoying a renaissance. Recent studies have shown that psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin seem to be a safe and effective method for treating conditions like depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
And unlike common antidepressants, some people report long-lasting improvements in their mental health conditions after taking just one dose of psychedelics.
What makes these substances so unique and powerful? That’s one of the driving questions behind the research of Matthew W. Johnson, who has conducted numerous studies on the nature of addiction, psychedelics, and other psychoactive substances.
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0:00 Effing up the ineffable
1:56 Pioneers of psychedelic therapy
2:35 Psychedelics go underground
3:26 The psychedelic renaissance
4:50 Taking a ‘heroic dose’ at Johns Hopkins
8:44 The challenges of psychedelic therapy
9:46 The mental health revolution
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About Matthew Johnson:
Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D., is The Susan Hill Ward Endowed Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins. Working with psychedelics since 2004, he is one of the world’s most widely published experts on psychedelics. He has published research on psychedelics and mystical experience, personality change, tobacco smoking cessation, cancer distress treatment, and depression treatment. In 2021 he received as principal investigator the first grant in 50 years from the US government for a treatment study with a classic psychedelic, specifically psilocybin in treatment of tobacco addiction. He is also known for his expertise in behavioral economics, addiction, sexual risk behavior, and research with a wide variety of drug classes. He’s been Interviewed by Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, Fox News, Fox Business News, BBC and in Michael Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind.
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[@royperry1165]

Psychedelic really healed me years back. These are great healing compounds! When used in proper context.

[@bradleygreen5109]

I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to get them, anyone?

[@ronaldcollins2111]

doc.jeanne is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience

[@Alex_146]

Is on Instgram?

[@ronaldcollins2111]

Yesss

[@waynedavis2022]

I just had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great! I loved it.

[@shadw4701]

The fact that psychedelics are still illegal is a crime against humanity

[@tanned06]

If you ever examined why was that put into illegal status, even for laboratory studies 30 years ago and what damage they potentially caused you would understand why it is so.

[@joesphschramm3754]

@@tanned06 the damage caused by the prohibition of these substances is much greater than the damage they ever could have "potentially caused". First of all, prohibiting these substances didn't work. Secondly, research on all substances should always be ongoing.

[@torquemaddertorquemadder2080]

Since so-called 'psychedelics' were promoted by the CIA / Tavistock Clinic et al because of their potential to break down social bonds and atomize people within fetishized individual experiences and hollow thrills, lock people into a permanently infantalized, artificially mystified state, it would therefore be reasonable to suppose that they were made 'illegal' (yet available) to make them seem MORE desirable, not less. The same trick, for the same reason, was used to promote cannabis, which only became relatively popular once it was made illegal, and immediately began to be promoted by counter-intelligence agencies as a hip and dangerous 'forbidden fruit' of the demi-monde. There is a sucker born every minute. As your Rulers like to mock.

[@simonbrockhoff5269]

@@tanned06 alcohol and cigarettes are much more harmful though. I guess these things are more anchored in the culture and society, but completely disregarding a potential cure to many mental ailments is really irresponsible. Rituals with psychedelics have been done since thousands of years and are arguably more ingrained into the overall human history than society itself. These drugs can cure depression and the cases were they lead to psychosis are very rare and could possibly be predicted if the research wasn't as restricted. That is like saying atomic power is too dangerous to be used because of Fukushima etc., disregarding the extremely low possibility of such an outbreak and the specific conditions that lead to those incidences i.e mismanagement and damaged equipment.

[@AdamJorgensen]

A bit hyperbolic don't you think?

[@JamesThomas-zl8ub]

I suffered the borderline disorder for over 23 years. With so much anxiety not until I came across psilocybin mushrooms treatment psilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms

[@user-kr3dm1fc6d]

Micro dosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episode enough to start working on my mental health

[@JanOlivier-ny1lr]

Can you help with the reliable source I really appreciate it Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Spain. Really need

[@WilliamPope-vs4gw]

dr.laryshroom is your guy. Best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know.

[@DanielK.Brindle]

They saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus

[@JohnWiseman-ko7zp]

How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta.

[@kaidencbrent9691]

Psychedelics have the potential to make a significant impact on mental health issues like anxiety and depression. They've been incredibly helpful for me personally.

[@freyadecker2718]

I’ve been looking to try out shrooms. Anyone knows where I can source some?

[@declanh5434]

dr.tonyshrooms is your guy. The best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know.

[@WilliamRobert-zk7rc]

He's on instgram??

[@Connorgibson-ts2dq]

Yes

[@BrettPeters-hq6wn]

I had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great.

[@elizabethwilliams6651]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

[@Jennifer-bw7ku]

Yes, dr.andrew_james. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@IkamiLog]

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

[@APOLLINAIREBARTHOLOMIEU]

Is he on instagram?

[@Jennifer-bw7ku]

Yes he is. dr.andrew_james

[@ashleycamara7775]

Psilocybin saved my life . I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September . I have zero cravings . This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment .

[@samuelfernando1523]

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression , anxiety and illicit pill addiction . Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone . Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues .

[@keylamaria4072]

Please does anyone know where I can get them ? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety levels , I would love to try shrooms

[@louisianawalters7452]

I have been diagnosed with this and some social anxiety sprinkled on top. What a treat.

[@Gladyspete]

​@@keylamaria4072Yes I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety because of work and home stress. Not until I came across dr.mile, a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly

[@sidneyysky-nr3dd]

The Trips I've been having have really helped me a lot,I finally feel in control of my emotions and my future and things that used to be mundane to me now seem incredible and full of nuance on top of that I'm way less driven by my ego and I have alot more empathy as well

[@RobPendy]

I just tried DMT and MUSHROOMS for the first time. I felt as if i was in the center of the universe. I didn't go crazy after such an extreme experience. Totally got rid of depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction.

[@CastroTristen]

Psychedelics should only be used with great care and respect, I would love to feel same man , how do you source em

[@RonenDalton-pk7bj]

dr.perryshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience

[@MorganSantillanes]

YES, dr.perryshroom. There's a lot of potential in psychedelics

[@PaulHelena]

Nature is magical and healing. what a beautiful experience 🍄

[@Greg.Olson2299]

hm. Can dr.perryshroom dispatch to me in LA?

[@Cris.Arce-ru4eq]

I had a psychedelic experience once that sent me to eternity and meeting the creator. My ego dissolved yet I was physically terrified. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. It was so magical and so full of love, changed my life for good. In the most positive way possible.

[@Henryflores-mn6yu]

Everybody is struggling with mental health and could benefit from careful therapeutic use of substances like these. Wanna try, but keep being told I can't do it alone for the first time.

[@StephenBass-ck3uv]

I do respect and believe in psychedelics as treatment, yet I’m reluctant about using them personally. Not sure about how “good” it may do to someone

[@KeishaKiger]

Mg?

[@ilovetati91]

@@Carlos_Rivero3480 because you got high? placebo effect

[@Juliandarocha]

dr.martyshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience

[@jenmdawg]

I was grief stricken a year ago. Unable to function after my fiancé died traumatically I could only find relief in plotting how to make my death not look like suicide. I took a micro dose of mushrooms he’d left behind and went to bed expecting nothing to happen. 90 minutes later I was in my kitchen doing the dishes. Then I walked the dog and felt sun on my face. Then I ate dinner for the first time in weeks, drank water and went to bed. My grief was still there - painful, raw and vivid but somehow I understood that I would make it and that life was going to show me the way and let joy in again. Edit; I didn’t want my death to look like suicide - I wanted to find a way to have an “accident” that didn’t put anyone else at risk.

[@stoicsavage509]

You learned to live with your grief, I'm glad you found your way through the pain 💪 you should be so proud of yourself... Keep goin 💪🙏❤️

[@blink_5019]

My heart goes out to you and I wish you continual healing. ❤

[@jackattack6063]

I wish nothing but the best for you. This is so great to hear that you are doing better.

[@SycureNivz]

My heart goes out to you 🙏🏾

[@JohnSiddique]

Blessings to you

[@S1X_Bucks]

I had the universal empathy experience once. I felt the world's suffering, and it's changed me forever. Love you guys.

[@thecarsongardner]

Right back at ya!

[@neilkazmerski40]

Love you bro, glad you were able to experience that.

[@josephrussell7533]

I know that feeling as well, I died as a fish being pulled up in a net, I could feel the weight of my family and friends fighting the net swimming down, just like in finding Nemo lol except we didn't win I felt the life leave my body and the water slowly leak out of me as I suffocated

[@omnipresent1215]

Given your experience and as with others, (though I hesitate to ask)... and this a somewhat common affect... Is it fair to wonder if a person who 'leans right' politically be affected in such a way that they may instead develop a disposition of 'leaning left' after partaking the ingestion of mushrooms?

[@S1X_Bucks]

@@omnipresent1215 it's not a matter of left or right. It's a matter of empathy. Which can exist without sympathy.

[@AliciaWarren-is2oe]

Psychedelics such as psilocybin mushrooms, have demonstrated great potential in supporting individuals dealing with mental health challenges.

[@AmeliaPhillips-qn4gb]

I know, right! It's mind-blowing how psychedelic trips can be so individual and unique, even when people take the same amount at the same time.

[@BastianElton1]

Where can I source em?

[@BradleyWilson-ws8hq]

Surely dr.melvinshrooms is the perfect person for you

[@BradleyWilson-ws8hq]

dr.melvinshrooms gives pure psychedelic products-:

[@BradleyWilson-ws8hq]

Yeah. He is dr.melvinshrooms

[@Javierclaude-kq1yf]

Psychedelics have the ability to induce profound altered states of consciousness.

[@Ronscott-sg5xe]

True, it helped me in facilitating deep emotional processing and introspection.

[@Ronscott-sg5xe]

I got mine from dr.stolly

[@user-hz2jo1gd8f]

Is he on Instagram?

[@Ronscott-sg5xe]

Yes

[@Ronscott-sg5xe]

It has a lot of potential benefits. Dr.stolly saved my cousin from bipolar disorder and some addiction.

[@mindfulnesswithmatt]

The biggest lesson psychedelics "heal" people is helping them realize they are not broken to begin with and that we're just speckles in this grand illusion. A kind of we-don't-matter realization that isn't nihilistic; we just are.

[@BakedWalrus]

Def had similar experience

[@Eljose06]

Definitely nihilistic. However, that isn't a bad thing. Nihilism has been stigmatized by society the same way psychedelics have

[@ianmeade7441]

@@Eljose06 well I think people conflate Nihilism with existentialism. Nihilists take the cold and meanless universe and anthromorphize it as though it's making a deliberate statement *at* you, to affirm the futility of your own life's meaning. But if the universe really is meaning devoid, then there isn't anything that judges meaning but you. In that the universe is devoid of any intrinsic meaning, it is equally devoid of any ability or reason to invalidate those meanings which emerge from the informational systems it hosts. Ones that reach sentience (or further) are the only environment in which an evaluation of meaning can exist, because they are the only phenomenon capable of defining such things into being. Your own private experince of reality is the only universe your current identity is a part of. The makes you *literally* the "meaning" of the universe (your universe), just like perceivable color is a meaning of wavelengths. The question just becomes one of whether or not your meaning is sustainable to others that might exist.

[@susiefairfield7218]

They physically heal one on a cellular level too imho..

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

They don't want people waking up to the reality 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👀

[@superstretch215]

I first experienced psychedelics as a teenager in the 90's, and it completely changed my perspective on life and relationships. Since then (early 40's now) I've taken psychedelics once every year or 2 to reconnect. Every adult should experience this.

[@Lisa-xu3cl]

Where can I get psychedelics from

[@TheDroneZoneIRL]

@@Lisa-xu3cl A field 😜

[@getfucked3559]

I disagree, after my first very hard trip I realized that the potential for bad experiences is too great and these things are definitely not for everyone.

[@achooton]

Iikewise

[@kohakugawazy]

what does it help you achieve that you otherwise wouldn't be able to, now that you are in your 40s?

[@WilliamSok-ib1ms]

I could remember several years ago I was diagnosed with ADHD. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms

[@ParkBills]

Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here

[@MichealDavid-lj8od]

Can you help me with the reliable source. I'm 64 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Greece. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them

[@FrankWade-np8er]

YES very sure of Dr.raymycology. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

[@gefferystones2814]

I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice! I went on a microdose treatment for a couple of months and within the first week, every sight of a cigarette got me questioning why I was doing all that to myself. It really works

[@carolinafrancisco7662]

childhood. It was relentless. I assumed it would ultimately end me somehow. About twelve years ago I randomly accepted the offer from a friend of a few doses of mushrooms. I did them two consecutive nights alone. First night was pretty mild. The second night? Wow. I saw my depression from every angle, realized much. Next day: depression totally gone. Never came back, never coming back. It's like it's a forest far away I can remember, and could probably find again with enough effort, but it has zero impact on anything in my life or mind. They honestly saved my life and improved it immensely. I never did them again, either. I wish there was a good, organized way to administer them to people who would benefit from them

[@tommydlmartinez77]

Psilocybin has saved my life. I was suicidal all my life. I researched this topic heavily. I microdosed, .25 of a gram. I do daily, four times a day. I do not hallucinate. It helps bring mental clarity, helps me to think outside the box. It helps me to see that life is beautiful, amazing. I am no longer suicidal. ❤

[@togume]

Have you tried a heroic dose, and if not, why?

[@loveistheanswer5924]

Does it work everyday? Do you make pauses because of the tolerance? 🙂

[@tommydlmartinez77]

It has an ontological effect, even after you stop ingesting them. They are long acting for me. I am uplifted naturally now.

[@totopullingbackcurtain4445]

I do 3 days on and 1 day off. I feel just as good on the off days as the days I microdose.

[@rysrtand725]

​@@togume I did 14 grams didn't know how much I had got and made a tea with lemon and ate them all. Broooooo. You better be ready to be honest with yourself if you do that. P.E.s. hadn't done in 15yrs and it cleared issues. Have been different ever since.

[@davespargo5944]

My first trip was close to 38 years ago on LSD (I'm 60 now). It was done with some friends who were experienced in it. I remember being about 30 minutes into having taken it and being asked if I felt anything. I remember starting to say that I felt nothing out of the ordinary when all of a sudden this deep within my soul laughter just came bursting out. Game on. I really do remember that night as if it were yesterday. I also remember having looked into a mirror that night and I swear that I saw my soul opened up to me in its entirety to a point that I new I could never lie to myself. It also made me for years to come, find friends from the teenage years gone by that I had lied to or done wrong to and apologize and ask forgiveness. It's now been close to 30 years since my last trip, but its lessons from that first time still guide me to this day.

[@davespargo5944]

@Camella , except for the 'Mix and Match' nights....one night a hit of acid and a gram of shrooms, next night a gam of shrooms and a hit of mesq, next night a hit of mesq and a hit of acid......then there were the nights on stage playing in my band where I'd break up a gram of shrooms and slowly keep putting a pinch between the cheek and gums......

[@ShoshanaSmithberg]

@Camella85what? Where? Who? How?

[@mrsmartypants_1]

@Camella85 Where’s he located?

[@htko89]

@@mrsmartypants_1 the police hq lol

[@maryrosekent8223]

I love psychedelics! I had one trip on mushrooms that veered out of control, but I managed to steer it back into something that I could enjoy.

[@StopTrying21]

I can say Psilocybin saved me from alcohol. I took a big dose one night, laid in my bed. The next day I woke up and never touched alcohol again. I recently became one year sober last month and have no plans to ever drink again.

[@non-ofyo-business3399]

It was kind of the same for me with m3th. Except I've come to believe it's not bad to use drugs just don't use drugs in a bad way. I don't think I'll ever use m3th again but I've been able to use coke and not get addicted. I use to do it once a week for a couple months and once my connect went away I just quit. No problem. I also vape but I leave it at work and don't vape at home or use any nicotine at home. It's weird I feel like I have a power that is impossible to have (mainly because of other people and their problems with drugs) and I think it's all owed to psychedelics.

[@Private-wj4nd]

Did your physician help you find them? I don’t know how to safely find them.

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@non-ofyo-business3399Drugs make you stupider and put holes in your brain and nose 😁

[@johnericdelazerda]

Had a heroic dose 8 years ago, still talking about it with enthusiasm! My experience was profound. After that, it became a sacrament and not a thing to treat lightly. I have so much respect for psilocybin. A divine respect. Changed my life. ❤

[@Imitatechrist]

Was it your *first* (and last) time, mate?

[@aliceinwonderland887]

I ate five grams the last time and fall asleep. I did trip a little while sleeping. I take SSRI meds this is why. Sucks too.

[@MoreThanRuan]

What strain did you take?

[@assavedorandal]

❤a😊​@@Imitatechrist

[@Imitatechrist]

@@assavedorandal Much love, brother. ☀️ Jesus Christ is the Way the Truth and the Life.

[@JoseLopez-tl3yt]

Psychedelic mushrooms really healed me years back. These are great healing compounds! When used in proper context.

[@jefferyadams7363]

I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to source, anyone?

[@alanbaker6311]

Sure! doc.jeanne_

[@Christian-lz5bu]

Is on Instgram?

[@alanbaker6311]

Yess

[@christianscott4135]

I just had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great! I loved it.

[@fracanl]

The most crucial point here that's often overlooked is the integration phase. Psychedelics can cure depression and shake up your stagnant psyche for the better BUT it is so critical to have consistent, steady integration support after the experience. When you're shaken up so much and made ready to grow, sometimes you can spiral. This is where proper support is a must. Remember this if you embark on the psychedelic path.

[@LildawgBigbite]

Fuck that. Go in to the deep waters on your own. If you make it back unscathed, you were always going to. If not…you’re mentally weak and aren’t worth saving anyway. 😎

[@dfu1685]

Of a heroic dose?

[@evan3272]

@@dfu1685 try DMT or chocolate Bars

[@HueboMoment]

Not true and everyone is different. I went in with zero structure and 4 years later it was the only thing I’ve used to help me thrive. Everyone’s mental state is different, you can’t speak as if it’s a one all be all because it’s not. It needs to be respected but one’s path to healing is not the same

[@fracanl]

@@HueboMoment That's a good call out and I appreciate it. However let me add more color to what I am saying: in the context of a video with millions of views that doesn't highlight the importance of consistent integration support, I believe it should be emphasized. Like you said, everyone's path is different. If so many people are receiving this message there are going to be folks who NEED consistent integration. This is a matter of safety and in broad contexts with big audiences like this video, it needs to be said. Part of this is why the state of Oregon mandates integration support for their legal post-trip experience. While not ALL needs it, it is still extremely helpful and its benefits should not be overlooked or undermined by the subset who does not find it useful.

[@arbelcohen8280]

Honestly I took my first dose a couple days ago and I still feel different. Long story short for the past like 3 years my depression started hitting me really hard, and I basically felt like I lost a part of myself. Since two days ago I feel like the most complete version of myself and I am highly satisfied.

[@EVERYTHINGHEEM]

After my experience. Woke up one day and have not drank alcohol since. Definitely life changing.

[@francislutz8027]

Has the same effect on opiod/opiate withdrawals Not only does it remove the cravings for a period of time, but remarkably it ends the detox withdrawals. I've used them 3x when I was younger to combat my addiction and had amazing results short term. It removed all the physical effects of withdrawal from me along with a week or so of no desire for pills.

[@CloutFPS]

Same, with cigarettes

[@natlegend]

Same! Years of alcoholism cured in ONE GO almost 10 months ago. Zero desire to drink now, wasn't even my intention, it just happened. Fuken saved my life.

[@PacificNorthwest360]

@@natlegend Damn, I need that brother. I drink too much.

[@roncollins6259]

@Francis Lutz Been on Methadone for 13 yrs. The last 1.5 yrs on only 15 mg but can't break free. I personally pay out of pocket. Almost $80,000. Wounder if it would work to get me off. I'm thinking it's worth a try for sure. Appreciate you sharing

[@KJ99otis]

Other than growing a human in my body and birthing her, my first mushroom trip at age 63 was the #1 PEAK experience of my life. It changed everything for me. Truly magnificent and magical. I now do a medicinal heroic dose every 4 or 5 weeks. I wish I would have been open to this sacred medicine decades ago. I know I would have eliminated 40+ years of severe depression and lived a richer life. So I begin to invent myself now, into the person I most want to be in the last chapters of my life. With the help of these beautiful transformative plant teachers. So grateful!

[@saucyfilmmaker]

That sounds fantastic. I'm really happy for you.

[@rafs6052]

Curious as to why you do this every 4-5 weeks. From what i understand medically people do it once or twice for therapeutic reasons but it doesnt require an ongoing intake

[@johnnychainsaws5914]

I'm glad you found the relief you spent your whole life looking for. Bless you.

[@maryjancsar7427]

Blessings to you💓l started having a little trouble after my hubby 🌹RIP JAYBIRD moved on. Though l had the best 2 therapists ever.👍l decided that I would do some microdosing,helped ALOT. Evan tho l had not done any in IDK 30 or so years. My roomate was an alcoholic,said it made her want to drink more.But she's not into admitting she has issues let alone face them.Kinda sad...but her ability to live in an alternate universe was amusing,the RAGING was not. She's not ready.l still pray for her.✌️❤️🙏😘

[@shaftomite007]

Wow, thank you for this comment... It was truly beautiful to hear. I'm so happy for your newfound understanding and perspective. Life is a mysterious journey and I can personally guarantee you that your "last chapters" are only the prelude for what comes next.

[@lance7607]

I took a pretty high dose and it's hard to describe everything in a comment. I felt in contact with something that is always there but that I normally can't communicate with directly. This thing was overjoyed that I was perceiving it but was urgently trying to tell me things in the limited time we had. It communicated in symbols. I felt my brain being temporarily rewired and saw hallucinatory representations of that. I saw a being sitting at the foot of my bed which communicated with me telepathically. I felt the perceived seat of my consciousness shift. I passed through a tunnel into a place where my constant inner narrative stopped. I finally realized why bands like Tool use so many staring disembodied eyeballs in their album art. As I came down, I kept seeing a brilliant light coming unexpectedly from different sources, and this faded into a kind of afterglow that lasted for a day or two. I came away from this with the realization that this had been not only the greatest spiritual experience of my life but perhaps the only one.

[@catsinq5726]

The first part of your description (never saw a being sitting on my bed) but the first part really hit home. That feeling that the universe is overjoyed that you are finally one with it - I have experienced that and it completely eradicated my crippling insecurities. To this day (about 25 years later) I will never forget the love I felt during that experience.

[@Abby-km6vr]

such a beautiful comment thank you for sharing your experience

[@Imitatechrist]

I will admit. This guy right here is too scared of psychosis. :(

[@hermenutic]

I last took LSD in 1971 and I regard it to this day as one of the most ground breaking formative experiences I've had. I came away feeling as if I had witnessed the primal scene of the universe and that it was something humans weren't supposed to be privy to. I'm glad I had the experience.

[@minirock000]

So, out of all the times you took it, it wasn't until the last time you took it you had a good trip? All three times I have taken it I was trippin' balls but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@joyfullydreaded1371]

@@minirock000 There's "tripping balls" and then there is having a life changing, bigger picture trip that changes people profoundly. There are also the "omg, I'm gonna die because I am changing into an insect!" trips that come out of nowhere and fuck your day/night up. In my experiences, some people need the help to be guided to have that "we are all one" connection, hearing the hum of our planet (yes, all planets have a distinct sound, there are YT videos about them, really cool stuff) and expanding your consciousness rather than just a "I wanna trip balls to get the visuals" (nothing wrong with that either).

[@bencarkner20]

I'm curious what your opinion as an adult (potentially with kids) thinks of your experience as being positive to your life? further; Have you at times regreted it? In the way of learning about space and the Big Bang can make you feel insignificant and small, often cuasing some to be depressed for years wishing they could look back up at the stars for their light and not think "Those are dead stars millions of light years away"

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

They don't want people waking up to the reality 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👀

[@hermenutic]

@@bencarkner20 back then the average dose was estimated to be 300mcg. I learned a multitude of things from BAD trips perhaps more than from the good ones. I saw a friend go insane and lose the last 10.years of his life in madness after taking it. It is not without danger. Overall the benefit I got it is the understanding of one self that comes from the experience that was positive for me. I regard what I got from the experience (I took it about 100 times) as a spiritual epiphany. I don't think about it much. now I simply have a way to understand this experience we call life and existence that doesn't leave me traumatized when I see the world on the way to hell in a hand basket carried by society itself. That understanding is an essential part in my understanding of the spiritual side of things. From my point of view it was a blessing.

[@iTzMattz]

My experience with DMT changed my life forever; no more deep depression. My experiences with psilocybin and LSD always take me back to some element of my DMT trip that reminds me I'm loved, we're all gonna be OK, life is a trip and we're just here. Being.

[@droidboyjake14]

Wish i could find some, how old were you when you took it btw?

[@MekaGhost]

Much respect, well said.

[@greenbud8946]

@@droidboyjake14 dude it is INSANELY EASY to make.

[@DJCrimeSkeleton]

It really is like that. Well said

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

They don't want people waking up to the reality 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👀

[@rae1467]

I absolutely give psychedelics credit for how my entire personality turned out. I was going a completely different way before my first solo mushroom trip, and afterwards I never looked back. I'm still unfolding that experience every day and it was almost 10 years ago.

[@Imitatechrist]

Rae (of sunshine), could you further describe to me, what you mean? As in - how did your path concretise and turn into one much more fitting. Blessings. David.

[@Huhgundai399]

Best thing to say to someone who is getting anxious while tripping: “we are not going to let anything bad happen to you” works like a charm

[@amirpakdin7563]

What about vomiting & GI upset?

[@cocabila]

Yes brother,what my mentor told long time ago is ,, this is a nature it won’t kill you, let it work, dont be affraid of that trust the nature !

[@kaierickson3424]

Almost came to tears watching this, remembering how my first trips affected me. I’ve felt so connected to nature and the universe ever since. I’m deeply grateful.

[@py_a_thon]

In some ways, the effect is perhaps similar to what astronauts report when they orbit the Earth. The Overview Effect. The ego dissolves heavily, the Id is distorted, and one's shadow is layed bare before their eyes. And one's mind takes control of that process in millions or perhaps an infinity of ways. (A common conclusion of those individuals experiencing the effect feel interconnectedness with humanity and the planet, and individuality is modulated somehow.) The potential pitfalls are that not everyone reacts to drugs in the same form, and the specificity of an experience is often incredibly consequential. (Where, when, how, etc) I personally would not take a so called "heroic dose" of psilocin fungi or derived products. And I would never get them from questionable individuals or internet delivery. The moderate dose and low dose mode was more than enough. One does not simply walk into the psychedelic landscape in this modern world. Tread carefully. Stay safe. Be smart.

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

@@py_a_thon i am one who wasnt careful enough and did a heroic dose(400ug of Lsd)as a first time, basically i got psychosis from the intensity and ended up experiencing death itself, what psychedelics do is trick your mind into death so you experience the death experience, during the psychosis i assaulted strangers as i though i was in some dream world and i can do whatever i want, i felt like i was neither my body nor my mind but i was just observing this human shell doing stuff. At the end when i finally felt like its time to die, and surrendered and accepted my death, i connected into a universal superintelligence, the source consciousness, infinitely intelligent and eternal, it was brief and i came back to my body , when i say i connected its like i merged to it, and became one with it, it was paradoxical

[@xtensionxward3659]

oh really ? do you have a decent job and life now ? do you have a family that is happy with your life style ? and do you live a happy life free of chemical mind altering substance ? tell us your current state so we can believe your story even more ..

[@py_a_thon]

@@xtensionxward3659 I just smoked a crack rock. Don't smoke crack. (sarcasm/example). Same idea dude. This world is quite random and everyone is unique in some ways. If you expect people to give you their entire life story when they tell you some random bit of life experience, then you are going to be disappointed very often. Meaning is often derivated via subjective experience AND knowledge AND fiction AND data. Where you go from there is your prerogative.

[@py_a_thon]

@@xtensionxward3659 So you are now providing a warning and your personal experience instead of only a metaphysics based subjective opinion? I mean, that is how things should be. Some people travel to lands within their own minds that they perhaps can discourage others from travelling.

[@thenousvideo]

What people must remember is that it's not what happens during the trip, but what happens after. It's possible that without support and a positive environment surrounding us, we can slip back in old patterns of thought and rigid states of consciousness. I have experienced trauma directly after a trip that I felt had healed me, and I slipped straight back into the deep dark hole I had been stuck in prior. The trip is just the beginning. We owe it to our minds and bodies to dive deeper and develop habits that ultimately decide our journey. Breathwork, meditation, journaling. The relationship you have with your mind must be nurtured always. Psychedelics don't heal - they simply show you how. When you are lost, they will show you the way. When you are lonely, they will connect you. They will show you love and often that is enough to guide a person in the right direction.

[@tomeryaha6151]

I think using psychedelics is like having new lungs. It is great but worth nothing if you keep smoke.

[@Bokuverruckt]

This needs all of the upvotes.

[@thevsis-]

Most truest comment. I don't agree they show us anything they just affect our councioussness and free it from all the poise.

[@kellychuba]

There is a help desk in our brain and we have been denying our researchers access to that.

[@tanned06]

People here too gullible to think a hallucinogen can do wonder and a quick fix to a complex socio-neuro-psychological problem.

[@i.beelzebub5074]

I took my first "heroic dose" the other night and it was the most profound experience of my entire life. I never knew what "discovering the secrets of the universe" meant until the other night. I felt like my soul became tethered to the universe and I was able to see that everything in this universe is interconnected and everything happens for a reason. I am far from religious, but I had a legitimate spiritual awakening and I'm having a hard time processing it. The death of Ego was real and I've never felt more humbled. I feel like I've been reset. Truly a life changing experience

[@DereliqueMahBAWLS]

This such an incredible video. I can relate to everything he said. My first time taking a “heroic” dose was my second time trying them. I was young and my friends and I had only seen stoner movies and thought you ate them and saw little gnomes and everything was funny on them. They messed with me so much when I started to feel them that I ran and hid inside a dark room. That’s when I was transformed into a different and better person. I left my body, traveled through space and then hit a moment of pure clarity. I asked myself the questions to all my suffering and the answers resonated with me down to my very core. It cured my severe depression and gave me a positive outlook on life. Helped me overcome the sorrow and self pity I felt for growing up in an abusive home. I’ll never forget it as long as I live

[@SarahU310]

Down to get some good psychedelics? (lsd,dmt , shrooms,salvia,mdma……..)

[@SarahU310]

psychstore_001

[@SarahU310]

on insta

[@RaeRaesRaveReviews]

I took a large recreational dose of psylocibin mushrooms in 2015 and set an intention to rewire my brain to no longer be depressed. I was at the beach with a friend. The experience was incredible. We walked along the beach, spent some time in a fort some kids had spent, playing music, and seeing bald eagles flying in the honeycomb structure in the sky, did tai chi in the waves, watched the sun set from an incredible bluff overlooking the water and walked back along the beach looking at the stars, which I could all see in 3D. When I came down the darkness was gone. I could feel it sometimes for the next year behind me, this big hulking figure pressing on the outside of my consciousness, trying to find its way back in. I have experienced incredible loss and sadness since then, but the darkness never got back in. It finally stopped trying after a while.

[@THEREALJBOOM]

This is so true

[@Youhatekira]

This is exactly how I’m feeling ,the hardest part is trying to keep that darkness from re entering your life

[@EnlightenedBro105]

@@YouhatekiraCould you try and explain it?

[@ioogy]

Accurate. I tried shrooms as personal therapy for depression; and one of the first thoughts that i had after my trip was that everyone in the world- especially politicians- NEEDS to do this... the deep emotions and empathy you experience really cannot be described.

[@alexscarborough6263]

​@@charitysimon1166Xanax is trash, trash for the body and mind

[@rexmonarch2]

Back in the day a guy nick named Captain Trips flew around the world dosing celebrities, politicians and bankers, etc with lsd. He ended having to hide away in Canada because 'the powers that be' wanted to lock him up and throw away the key.

[@GuavaJuiced]

Maybe give the politicians 6 months off, where they are required to trip at least once a month. Then 3 months of evaluation by a peer group of long term micro dosers to see if they have indeed expanded their minds! If not, they are no longer fit to be politicians.

[@CQuick30]

The first time I tried LSD I had a similar thought. To this day I firmly believe that the world would be a better place if everyone took psychedelics twice. First time to get a grasp on what happens and the second time to be able to fully embrace that experience.

[@bloodredskiesx]

I used to think the same way until I started taking them too often. There needs to be a middle ground

[@kevengagner8362]

I love this man fighting for the psychadelics we need more like him.

[@metadelic6338]

Absolutely life changing for me. Speaking as a former psych nurse, I can see one of the possible challenges to successful treatments is that although these experiences seem very “spiritual”, the medical community doesn’t really acknowledge that aspect of psychedelic assisted therapy. Some religious patients might struggle a bit if the specific types of experiences goes against their belief systems. The mindset prior to going in is the biggest part of it. Btw Ketamine is also another great tool. It’s my favorite because I don’t experience stomach discomfort as I do with Psilocybin. All of the classic psychedelics, including Ketamine, and even the right dose MJ edibles have all a place in psychedelic assisted therapy in my opinion.

[@AlexEliotte]

Psychedelic therapy is just one of those great leaps in the mental health space. It’s wonderful and the fact they serve recreational use and health as well. Can’t say I don’t trip once in a while

[@user-ch3yz8yb5j]

Psychedelics is a tool in which the universe uses to connect with us, we understand without words We listen without distractions,we agree without arguments.

[@LievanosAguilar]

Psychedelics and consciousness are both amazing individualities, and even far more fascinating combined. I've also been experimenting with mapping DMT experiences thru auditory manipulation. I always seem to go back to some sort of Egyptian hyperspace, possible anuaki origin or ultimately human big bang or the bringing or becoming of words ultimately primal birth of human kind. Consciousness from the ether as a physical matter or substance....

[@user-zn6kx9ez6k]

I’ve been tryna get my hands on them but haven’t gotten lucky you know, where can I get them?

[@LievanosAguilar]

[dr_xzavier].

[@user-zn6kx9ez6k]

Kinda know how I can get thru to him is he on insta?

[@moodiblues2]

I credit a psychedelic experience when I was a college dropout of twenty in 1970 for immediately changing the course of a losing life into one of terrific accomplishments. I had an epiphany that showed me that when I was a child I wanted to become someone important like my father, who was a physician. I saw why I had become a loser and I saw the path to accomplishments. I immediately reenrolled in college, excelled and entered law school then becoming a Prosecutor of some repute and six years later, a Judge.

[@moodiblues2]

@@metanumia I’ve reached an age where I am nearly immune from those who would be outraged that a twenty year old dropout took stupid risks with his mind and health. So it didn’t require me to be brave in telling my truths, I hope😎

[@iversonmorgan]

@@moodiblues2 That dude is highly recommended like he got the best psychedelic products and he's prescription are just so wonderful 👍

[@warhammerfaction]

Don’t fall for the bot accounts on here great story did you take shrooms?

[@moodiblues2]

@@warhammerfaction Who knows, we were buying whatever they were selling in college at that time. I think it was DMT because it started quickly, was very intense, and over quickly. I guess I was lucky that I wasn’t taking something poisonous. I only tripped a few times and never again after that experience. I became a good boy went back to school and got excellent grades. I eventually became a Judge. Before that experience I was headed no where good😎

[@twatmunro]

No "turn on, tune in and drop out" for the judge then? Yet pretty well everyone I knew (including myself) took the exact opposite direction. I'm guessing your trajectory had far more to do with having a doctor for a father than it did your brief psychedelic experience.

[@michaeljohnson5853]

Psilocybin mushrooms saved my life honestly. They helped me see the pure beauty in life, and made me realize how dumb it would be to take myself out.

[@ColemanTaylor-ho7du]

I've been looking to try some recently, but I can't find anywhere to get them, anyone?

[@loganallen2225]

doc.jeanne_ is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience

[@geraldjoseph4427]

Is on Instgram?

[@loganallen2225]

Yess.

[@Christian-lz5bu]

I just had my first experience with golden teachers, it was really great! I loved it.

[@Harmonywithin808]

I love talk of this because if you took the fact that its psychedelics out of the sentences, it sounds as if how we should perceive life. With grace, patience, & being gentle with what outcome is present

[@waynedavis2022]

Psychedelic is the answer to most severe anxiety and depression. The use of magic mushrooms completely helps one get over depression and makes you feel like yourself.

[@garysanders9261]

I’ve been thinking to use psychedelics for my anxiety and depression. Anyone know where I can source them?

[@alanbaker6311]

@@garysanders9261Yes, dr_derekk

[@seanwood9463]

I made researches and found out that shrooms are very helpful, it has really helped to reduce anxiety and depression and some other mental health issues.

[@alberthall6687]

I just had my first experience with penis envy, it was really great! I loved it.

[@jefferywalker4834]

Is he on instgrm?

[@PaceVali]

Took a 10g trip. Loss of ego, loss of one self. Coming back to the singularity and realizing what you and everyone and everything is all at once. So much information pouring in. Amazing experience.

[@desertweasel6965]

Don't you kinda hit a ceiling effect with mushrooms and maybe the others as well? So, taking 10 grams is the same as taking 6 grams? Perhaps it just lasts longer with higher doses, but I think it tops out at some point and doesn't get any stronger. Is this true in your experience?

[@PaceVali]

@@desertweasel6965 I would say yes. It's pretty close to 6gs. Not much ceiling after that. I just wanted to make sure I got the experience everyone was talking about lol

[@BrandonDs2011]

I just had a similar experience myself with a high amount. I felt like everything in existence was one being and was just having a different experience all at once. So everything we see is just made up by our minds until we “die”. Is that kinda the same thing you’re saying?

[@PaceVali]

@@BrandonDs2011 exactly what I experienced. Lol trippy

[@philosphorus]

@@BrandonDs2011 Very similar to what ive experienced on a very high dose of an unnamed psychedelic. I saw it as a web of infinite existence, and we're all a part of it, connected to each other in a way we can't process

[@tgchan]

You guys have done a great job describing it. I couldn't have said it better for general public. Thank you, John for sharing your knowledge and everyone involved in creating this video. I like to think we as humannity evolve in a good direction despite what's going on. I think everone should go at least on one such mind-holiday to look at the life from another perpsective. What I have found will stay with me forever. I don't even want/need to make another journey... One was enough to explain me everything I needed to know. What I have learnt is that we are but one big "organism/mind/brain" creating this physical life to/for ourselves. This is why love and respect is so important to each one of us. We are literally treating other parts of ourselves so why not do it with love, respect and empathy? Wouldn't we all be treated like this? I am also aware that yin can only coexist with yang but I think we can shift so much more towards love and good round the world minimalizing evil and all that's bad for longer. I am forever grateful that nature (people involved spreading the word and means, etc.) and this life has let me experience it. Let us level up life on our planet one day at a time. Let's enjoy it more/ Let us make others enjoy it more along the way as well/ One more thing: This is not a quick fix. It is not even a fix per se. It's a lesson as any other. But the quality, magnitude, power is of the highest level I have ever experienced. You still go back to your old you, your old life but you have this lesson with you and you can use it to grow up as a better person and make everything and everyone round you better as well and as I have mentioned... At least for me personally... I don't feel like I want to even go back... I have seen everything and had all answers no I can focus on my improving my life and lives of others. I will probably revisit after a few years to see what has changed and if I will see/experience (it is more of a feel I haven't seen anything out of ordinary) more or less similar thing. Addictive? lol just like a cucumber but with spines and some bitter taste to it ;)

[@JohnChristopher-jq1ef]

I suffered the borderline disorder for over 23 years. With so much anxiety Not until I came across psilocybin mushrooms treatmentPsilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms 0:04

[@Anna-yk2pv]

Microdosing helped me get out of the pit of my worst depressive episode, a three year long episodeenough to start working on my mental health 0:02

[@AndrewRobertson-iq4hf]

​@@Anna-yk2pvCan you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate itMany people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need

[@HummersCatherina]

​@@AndrewRobertson-iq4hfdr.johnsonshroom is your guy. Best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know. 0:03

[@marshalpeters]

they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here. and mushrooms are one of the most amazing things on this planet i wish people would all realize. they could solve a lot of problems, more than just mental treatments, environmental clean up; the possibilities are endless with fungus

[@TracyJake-wt5zn]

​@@HummersCatherinaHow do I reach out to him? Is he on insta?

[@davidnicolas8019]

If nothing else, I appreciate your attempt to give people an opportunity to see it. It scares me to think my 8 year old daughter would eventually try it, like I did, but on the other hand I would not be who I am without that profound experience.

[@skater101202303]

Getting yourself out of the depression hole is the biggest challenge I’ve ever faced, and I thank shrooms for how much they’ve helped me understand myself and my mind ❤

[@brucehansen7949]

Shrooms will help ya see what matters in life and what doesnt

[@ChrisG1392]

Some people end up killing themselves on mushrooms. Literally ending their own lives. It's not for everyone most people use them in the improper setting.

[@Mortum_Rex]

How did you begin taking them, micro or big dose? Alone or supervised?

[@NightRogue77]

I started everything recreationally of course lol. I looked up this very study in overseas publications, a few years back. I acquired 2 playlists, one for Psilocybin and one for LSD, and I did the LSD since it’s easier for me to get. Followed all instructions, and even as someone that’s tripped near 100 times I’m sure, it was transformative. I’ve been microdosing ever since and have been not just recovering from a massive depression, but I have begun to repair my spirit, learned who I was and how I could get to who I wanted to be, and have literally become an entirely different human being ever since - at age 43 no less. Don’t believe the BS - we never stop learning; it just takes a bit more repetition as you age to get things down.

[@noahclifford3160]

@@ChrisG1392 wait til u hear about alcohol

[@neoshenlong]

One of my most important take aways from my first lsd trip (I'd done shrooms before) was that, if this was a state of mind where I could be under the influence of this drug, it had to be accessible to me during my regular sober life, too. It specially came to me when I realized that fear and anxiety have similar effects to what psychedelics do: they make you introspective, they make you focus on yourself, and suddenly your mind is having a bunch of crazy thoughts that come out of nowhere and you imagine countless situations where the worst could happen. And it's like... that's tied to creativity in a way. Close your eyes and try to walk through a room you already know. Even if you know that room perfectly, closing your eyes will trigger fear and suddenly you imagine a bunch of stuff that isn't really there in that room. It's... creating. And I think the state induced by psychedelics, creativity and fear itself are all related through that simple fact of letting the mind go to places that "make no sense". It's a matter of the path it takes (which is also why bad trips exist, and they have similar effects to what panic and anxiety do to you but amplified). So, I realized, if my sober mind can trigger all of that "creativity" while experiencing anxiety, I should be able to refocus that energy to trigger it in other areas of my life. Trying to make art, thinking about the big picture, understanding different perspectives, seeing new things where I was always seeing the same. I think the end goal of psychedelics used in a therapeutic or artistic way should be to reach that state without the use of the drug itself, and I think it is 100% possible, or at least that trying to get there is one of the healthiest things we could do after experiencing an eye opening possitive experience with drugs.

[@CrazyEightyEights]

I have not had a Therapeutic psychadelic experience, yet believe I might benefit. Meditation does bring you to different states of being. Brain Sync offers a good selection of audio recordings.

[@elijaharellano7041]

Wow I never really thought about it like this. Thanks for This

[@jussisyrenius4679]

This is an interesting view! I had similar experiences, YEARS ago like WAY before the whole thing legally expired... Anyway, I noticed that I couldn´t get out of the loop of fear and panic but that was actually due to the circumstances. I was homeless and broke, also in a city with extremely conservative values and zero-tolerance policy, so it was not the best of places to be in. And I did notice that I´d get these very, very abstract thoughts from heightened fear, and that made me find creative ways to make myself feel safe. Now, if you take things like religion and symbols, you get in to the space of fear and safety on a whole different level. This is such a huge topic. What was interesting that the only _solid_ way I could think of to get out of that situation was to go and study physics and engineering. Like, you literally feel a lot more safe if you know precisely how EM radiation works, how the human nervous system works etc. and I´m thinking that both art and science probably have their origins in things like fear and beliefs. Only science offers something that actually works against thunderbolts and lightning. It´s called a faraday cage. It´s really interesting. So all things considered, fear lead to the need of safety, which lead to science, which lead to research and that lead to engineering. So next time you see someone with a tin-foil hat... seriously, it´s not going to work like that. What you NEED is a tin-foil overall, like you literally have to cover your entire body and especially they eyes. The least protective part of your body in terms of radiation is where there´s no skin or the skin is very thin. Such as the eyes. So, if you happen to experience a shitload of fear and anxiety under extreme amounts of psilocybin or LSD, BE SURE to wrap yourself like a tortilla in tin foil but : YOU GOTTA PUT ON THE GOGGLES FIRST!!!!!

[@sweetmfLou]

Micro dosing in ever lessening doses can train the brain to do this naturally. Shows you the road so you can travel unassisted later

[@bernardtubera7104]

@Adams message me

[@MeditateandMedicate]

I am sad to see the full video is down. I had watched almost 1.5 hours of it and was looking forward to finishing it. I hope it becomes available to watch again soon.

[@amelieggarnnet7982]

@ARABICASTOREZ IS where I got my psychedelics product from very reliable source ship’s discreetly

[@ScubbaSteve-np5un]

Just watching this makes me reflect on my past trips and how they effected me good or bad.

[@ninjawang9571]

I can never forget my first psychedelic experience. Part of me died, and I was reborn.

[@Aztecatl7]

I as well

[@ronniethepope]

i lost track of time kinda like a black out and came back after i beat up my brother

[@Te-Rebel]

Psilocybin has been the most profound thing to ever happen to me. I suffered from childhood trauma, PTSD, PMDD and last year was diagnosed as severly depressed after being intoduced to psylocybin I have buried all my traumatic demons etc. I am so hopeful and positive and overall a happier, more focused, self-aware and intune individual. I can safely say that it saved my life.

[@Joe_Blo]

Burying problems is not a good thing. Closure is. Perhaps you gained perspective & the things that once bothered you no longer do?

[@Te-Rebel]

@Joe_Blo you are right. I should retract that line and said not bury, but I have dealt addressed those issues and still addressing issues I didn't even knew existed. I am finally in a really good place, and have had one my best years thus far. Sense of purpose and a change of perspective.

[@christiansanchez982]

Happy for you

[@cr-nd8qh]

They help but can be terrifying in a good way I guess

[@gregc3831]

how did you do it in a clinical setting? i have severe ocd and ptsd but am scared to try the psilocybin

[@matthewsecord7641]

I had a psychedelic experience that absolutely changed my life. Accidently took WAY too many mushrooms, and experienced different hallucinations in each eye, where each eye seemed to be having strobe light different dreams at the same time. It was an absolutely panicking experience. And I wouldn't care to do it again, it was like every thought I ever had randomly strobed through my eyes. Oddly, my ears were working in stereo as normal, and my sense of smell seemed perfectly intact, which came in handy, because that's what got me through it. I could rationalize the smell of soap, and I could hear normal sounds. After several hours, the fear started to settle down. I used an old Radio Shack device called a Stringray that was a modular device for visual frequency. Later, it helped me calm down others that were similarly freaking out. But I was alone at the peak, and it was incredibly intense.

[@TattooedGranny]

Thank you for making this. I hope more people can have this experience in a safe and legal way.

[@Olimar675]

All the best Psylocibin trips are done in and with nature. Out on the water by a slowly moving river, deep in the woods. Experiencing the world as it is on shrooms is insane. staring at the stars on a clear night and watching the world turn is insane.

[@lightpropulsionguy]

Careful who you link up with to get that, cartels are lacing everything with fentanyl, time to cut them out of our business! You get caught buying from the cartels you should be charged with treason! I mean you wouldn't want to fund Isis in that manner so Maybe you shouldn't fund these terrorists either!

[@ianobrien3248]

In college we had a trip to take on our 'trip'. We'd start at the "Good" tree on the coast of Lake Ontario where the shrooms would kick in nicely under the stars while we watched the water and climbed a big beautiful tree with lots of low boughs to lay on and rest at. We would then walk the marina to the riverwalk all the way up to the Dam past the lit area where the path got overgrown then off the path and down on the riverside and directly next to the dam we would go to the "Bad" tree. There we would toss glowsticks is overflow and watch the currents, generally freak out in the dark and scary area. Then we would work our way back out and generally the morning sunrise would find us back at the "Good" tree then we would work our way back to the house and watch those 90's trippy videos or Pink Floyd live until we crashed. Good times...

[@gravitywaves2796]

Although nature is a great way to go there are other options. Complete and total darkness can also make for an insanely profound experience. The spaces in ones own mind can be every bit as beautiful and life altering as any "real" setting.

[@FEV369]

What problems did you solve? What profound change happened that changed the world? Or, were you just high out in nature?

[@MysticCaravan]

Please don't generalize. Your perfect set and setting could be very dangerous for others. (Oh, let's just climb that tall tree while I'm tripping).

[@TWIMC_Tarsyo]

The chills that I got, exactly at 7:20 mark, I just felt like that, was one of the most profound experience I ever had, I could feel the sadness of the world, we are all connected, all the suffering, all the pain.... and I felt that for all of those that was never heard and was never be able to found comfort in this life, and all of Sunden..... Peace.....like all my tears have washed away all the sadness I had experienced, and I was floating, gently, in the middle of nowhere, I was lighter, clean.... just in Peace with everything else, and after that I could not get angry with plp anymore, because I could see how broken we all are. Nothing is real..... ..........Love is everything,....... .............................................. and I know nothing.

[@kingty6221]

Beautiful ❤️

[@VFL0519]

Yeah man he used the phrase universal empathy and my everything got a chill

[@robertjsmith]

i know nothing and i didn't do psychedelics

[@TWIMC_Tarsyo]

@@robertjsmith Wait until xD

[@TWIMC_Tarsyo]

@@VFL0519 Yeah there is so much more out there and we are so worried about ourself and our needs only

[@BarbieCastroConcordFilms]

It was a life changer for me. It's like removing blindfolds and suddenly I can see... I feel more connected and enlightened to different frequencies that surround me. It's like what he said in the video, I would hear the words but not really embody the meaning, like there was a shield that came off when I was under the influence of the medicine... The medicine (sassafras & psilocybin) helped me understand things in a deeper way. A simple thing like when we hold our hands to pray... I never realized that it's like an antenna... or the phrase "we are souls having a human experience." Now I crave traveling to sacred places around the world, to connect with nature. Things I took for granted. I always heard the word "chakra" but never really knew what it was, nor did I care to find out. Now I do chakra clearing meditations a few times a week. I pray before I eat the food that is nourishing my body and giving me life. I take care of my body (my vessel), much better than before. I practice non judgement, forgiveness and compassion for others more now because I realize how much healing we all truly need. I also meditate more, hug trees, listen to different music, eat better... it helps us understand the bigger picture and gives us power to change patterns that no longer serve us. BUT I do believe the person administering the medicine is very important. I think it has to be the proper setting, location and intentions for healing. It was the right timing and the right set of circumstances for me to try this healing modality. All in divine alignment. They say it can't be forced and that it calls you so I guess it was my turn to be called. I think I will stop here. Have a blessed day 🙏

[@a1d3nh0]

Alcoholic for 15 years. DMT one time and I never drank again. It changed where that addiction hit me. Instead of “have a drink have a drink” in my brain it was “how could you do that to yourself” in the pit of my stomach. I could never drink again. After booze, about 5-6 months later, my depression and anxiety came back. I’d suffered my whole life. Medicated with alcohol. I did mushrooms 4 times, each time, a different lesson. The last one, I ‘lost my mind’ and it was the negative mind I never wanted. The mind that was always “you can’t do it, you’re not good enough” etc. since mushrooms, I’m physically unable to feel depression or anxiety. I can’t even look back at my trauma. It’s like a kindness exists inside me that doesn’t want me to waste time even thinking that way. I have never been so happy or so free.

[@HueboMoment]

Done it myself. It changed my life in every way. Was lazy and mentally ill sad well as an alcoholic. After one heroic dose something clicked. I stopped drinking the next day, 4 years sober. I found a career path after quitting every job I tried. Seeing yourself as yourself can help, I can’t say it’ll help everyone because it won’t. But for me, it blessed my life and changed it for the better.

[@ReetLaz]

Interesting to hear that. Psychedelics has been of high relevance to the human society. Mushrooms helped me heal from anxiety and depression

[@ReetLaz]

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[@ReetLaz]

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[@ReetLaz]

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[@dustinmyers5559]

I love how they touch on the "Duh" moment. The beauty in psychedelics is the ability to peel the layers back to everyday life, and to truly comprehend each part of it bit by bit and understand what the meaning is in each piece, and how they together create our experience. it is the total simplicities of life that we don't think about, take for granted, or don't take the time to understand. By doing that, your life is immediately so much fuller forever, and that is so hard to explain to someone, you can only experience it.

[@furiousapplesack]

Yeah the recognition of taking things for granted is what I assumed he was referring to right away because that's the part of this video that applied best, in my experience. Because the other side of that is also recognizing what you care too much about. On shrooms, I've had to stop and ask myself out loud, "Why the HELL was I so angry about that?" and it wasn't even rhetorical. I really did need to work through the reason, and firmly decide that it would no longer occupy any more space in my mind or emotions.

[@evan3272]

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[@evan3272]

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[@evan3272]

Rollandbruce01.🍄

[@evan3272]

He's on lπstagram.

[@marioaguilar1028]

Such a well put together, informative,and engaging video. From the music, to the transitions, this video is Art. Matt’s ability to find the correct words, paired with his knowledge on psychedelics, is captivating to me. Exceptional work.

[@mitchellmiguel7847]

*dmt saved me from depression and Anxiety, I'll recommended you to this mycologist who guided me through on my experience, he's got all kinds of psychedelics stuffs such as microdosing mushrooms Ayahuasca LSD Adderall Xanax chocolate bars and lot more and he delivers to all countries locally and overseas*

[@mitchellmiguel7847]

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[@mitchellmiguel7847]

@Coldtrips

[@imthemoeron]

Psychedelics used properly with care, AKA set and setting, (and no prior mental disabilities like scitzophrenia) are life changing for the better. I can honestly say of the many thousands of people I've heard from, ive never once heard a single person say that their experiences weren't some of the most important of their entire lives. Only rivaled by having a child or near death experiences.

[@tos100returns]

It is very important to remember that anecdotal evidence is anecdotal. I took a heroic dose of LSD during my second year of college in 1984. It was my first time, and it was accidental, as I didn't know what "double pane" meant. Basically, it was like taking 4 tabs. It ended up helping me with socializing, which I'd struggled with my entire life. The illusions and thoughts still stick with me today in 2022. It also inspired me to quit college, because I realized that I had not been truly learning, and didn't know why. There were LOTS of things where I didn't know why. Got tested and diagnosed with Autism in late 2017, at age 53, as well as Major Depressive Disorder. Autistic adults like me typically live to age 53, and when adding MDD to the mix, we typically don't make it to double digits in age. To this day, I view this experience as the most important experience of my life. Without it, I may not have lived long enough to have a life. Today, I'm enrolled to participate in clinical trials for psilocybin, with full support of my therapist. I couldn't ever ethically recommending doing what I did. I actually had no idea it would help me at the time, and nobody talked about it then like they do now. I'm definitely looking forward to participating in this relatively new area of study.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Anecdotal evidence is also reality reported. It helps convince me that cannabis is healthful instead of harmful.

[@survivinutah]

Psychedelics helped my autism also. I wish I had taken them sooner so I could have had fewer awkward experiences.

[@psilobom]

My dad told me he once took 5 hits of "Mr Natural Sunshine Acid", which was actually "4-way blotter" meaning 1 tab was actually worth about 4 hits. So he accidentally did 20 hits of the strongest acid of the time.

[@yepz_]

@@psilobom did he share what the trip was like?

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@psilobomha I know that name, that stuff and micro dot are not talked about enough anyone who thinks all L is the same don’t realize the depths of complexity they are overgeneralizing . This is coming from a guy who’d make a sheet with no gloves on the weekend way back in the day. I don’t Recomended doing what I did regardless of anything lol.

[@jerm_]

I remember my first heroic dose, ego dissolution, feeling one with everything in the universe. completely life changing experience

[@MrSchweppes]

Amazing!

[@mmamultiverse75]

I think psychedelics initiates the union of all thoughts and experiences one has had. I noticed with myself lately that there are different realms of thoughts/perspectives that one lives or plays out in our everyday lives. We subconsciously avoid the ones that makes us feel uncomfortable, but the more in tune we are with ourselves....

[@ElysetheEevee]

I lived in a mental health institution a few times for a few months at a time as a teen and then as an adult once. I remember trying to explain to staff there when I was 14 that it was like I was addicted to the anger and depression that my Bipolar and other illnesses allowed me to give into more. It was a comfort blanket, of the most twisted composition, really. It's hard to break that. I'm speaking a substance-dependant person in the future after all of that, who needed pain medication after a work injury I couldn't get help for, just to survive. We all have our own incredible journeys. Some of ours are consistently painful, where it's nearly impossible to stay positive. It's interesting how these ideas are finally seeing the general population. I'm 34 now, almost 35, so all of this was 20 years ago. I look forward to this research. There is endless testimony from humans of other beings stating, more or less, the same things about how humanity needs to heighten themselves spiritually, psychologically, or some other meaningful way. This could possibly be one of those ways.

[@nakshatrarana3457]

Hey even i was diagnosed with bipolar and im also struggling with anger issues and mania … did you try shrooms and find it helpful?

[@JasonSmith-we5ls]

Very encouraging. It’s so sad, and frustrating that those of us that know first hand what mushrooms can do, have to sit on the sidelines and watch knowing full well that if everyone could/would experience them, the world truly would begin to heal. They really are a gift from the universe and we MUST learn from them, because human beings will never reach their full potential otherwise. “Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.”

[@mikepotter4109]

I agree with you, not sure about full potential though, its a mushroom

[@KillerCuddles-fc6kg]

@@mikepotter4109 full potential is gained incrementally

[@JasonSmith-we5ls]

@@mikepotter4109 I meant for us to maybe one day realize it wasn’t meant to be work sleep work sleep die.

[@PeterPan-vt6sy]

@@mikepotter4109 yet it makes people see things they have never seen. experience things they have never experienced. the world is larger then anyone knows

[@barneyboyle6933]

The world won’t heal because people are broken and broken things don’t heal. They can only be fixed. Yet when anyone tries to help fix the broken, they get attacked by them. The same forces that break people in the first place brainwash them into rejecting and even attacking anyone or anything that might fix them. Even as every metropolis dominated by political utopians decays into cesspools of crime, pollution, poverty, violence, depression, and more the utopians still won’t admit that they’re living a lie and everything they’ve been forcefed about what is right and what is wrong is completely backwards. They’ll roll their eyes at the happy, healthy, independent folk who live outside the big cities. They’ll mock them and deride them and call them every awful name in the book for not being a part of their death cult. But at the end of the day after they’ve exhausted themselves from acting smug online they inevitably retreat into wallowing about how miserable and meaningless their lives are and they just. Won’t. Connect. The dots. They just can’t admit they’re wrong and they’ve been successfully conned by corporate propaganda. They’d rather die miserable than admit they’ve been wrong

[@kierlak]

Psychedelics are like windows: they showed me my childhood trauma, the pain that has been sitting in my soul: the heartbreak 💔, core belief of being unlovable 😓 . Did they cure me ? No. I had to find a way out of emotional prison. I had to find a door. Through therapy/reading/journalling I found one: and that's a very difficult one I am still working on. That door is forgiveness ❤️😔 Here in the UK I tried pretty much everything: dozens of meds, ECT and Ketamine (all on NHS). No improvement whatsoever. I got to the point where I didn't want to live anymore. Psychedelics (psilocybin) ? They saved my life...

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

They don't want people waking up to the reality 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👀

[@aleksandrkorobeinikov6700]

Zaebiste, my friend! Another history of success and personal victory. God bless!

[@iche9373]

How about keto?

[@noneofyourbizness]

i can vouch for forgiveness being the key to freedom. stumbled across it as a late teen when i thought i might feel sorry for the perpetrators of the abuse i suffered. i got it into my head that , even if they didn't know it now, they would one day realise what they had done to an innocent child and it would destroy them. Anyway, that led to the forgiveness... and freedom .

[@GordanZelnicki]

You nailed it. Reading and music make my life colorful ...i dont take anything besides coffee ...despite that living in the Balkans is a big chalenge. Maybe the togh environment helps you focus on the things that mater in life...

[@rezokar]

I have anxiety where even the thought of someone being mad at me caused my blood pressure to skyrocket. I decided to take psychedelics, namely psilocybin, but not a huge dose. A little under the heroic dose. I never felt so free, no stress, no anxiety. I truly felt free. Afterwards I can say my anxiety has lessened. Not gone, but certainly better.

[@user-ou4vv2ts2w]

Love how he mentioned and stressed the safeguards. I believe in the right setting with professional safeguards this would change therapy forever.

[@mvswank]

Just to add my two cents, I tried to educate myself based on other people's experiences and information I could find online when I first tried mushrooms, and I had a truly perfect first experience. I was 20 when I finally tried them, and felt like I gained true self consciousness after eating 5 grams. It was like seeing the world and people through a whole new set of eyes and mindset. It has forever changed my life. And I continue to consume once or twice a year to keep my mind in balance. It feels like a reset every time I consume them.

[@evan3272]

He's got great stuff and he's a trusted mycologist/therapist

[@evan3272]

He's on Instagram.🌈

[@skymise]

Wow, 5 grams twice a year? Or just that first dose

[@evan3272]

@@skymise first dose I suppose cause my plug made me understand I should take 3 grams of golden teacher for a start and I had a great trip so I'm certain it's 5 grams unless he says otherwise

[@N54.S6]

@@evan3272 Cool scam bro

[@dondrap513]

I've taken psychedelics in strong doses many times. I've always returned to my usual low mood/semi depressed baseline within days. However, I am having success with micro dosing on a regular basis.

[@survivinutah]

It is good practice to microdose in-between trips, but if microdosing is making your life better, you can just do that too. 😊

[@aliasofanalias7448]

Not integrating your lessons bro, I'm the same. Practice integrity

[@Your__fit__realtor]

1.Integrate your lessons 👆🏼 2. Dial in your daily nutrition (macronutrients + micronutrients) 3. Get on a regimented exercise regimen 2¢ from a guy that used to be like you.

[@b1nary_f1nary]

Do you do internal work on yourself while in a decent or strong experience? Because I'm learning more and more that the key with real change and healing coming from a mushroom trip is the conscious therapy part. To be strongly introspective and analyse yourself and your problems. By conscious I mean being vocal about it in your mind or even speaking aloud rather than just letting yourself heal. Facing the negative and traumatic thoughts in your head, and talk through them like you are at a psychiatrist but by yourself. In my opinion, during an experience on mushrooms is the only time you will actually be ready to face some negative parts of your mind that need addressing. I used to be under the impression that just having the trip will be healing your mind, which it does, but I'm convinced now that the most important part is having the therapy with yourself at the time and addressing the problematic thoughts, and of course the good thoughts as well. This is coming from a sufferer of sever depression for the last 3 years. Some people (not saying you) tend to paint psychedelics as a magic medicine when in reality I think it's the ability it gives you to work on yourself, and use yourself to your full potential, which is the magic part.

[@thwizzik]

I’ve had many very low periods in my life but the last four years have been terrible beyond anything before. For multiple reasons, I’ve been convinced that I will be dead soon. It consumed and reshaped everything about me including my physical appearance. I gave up in every way and waited for what felt like the inevitable. A few days ago, I started taking a high-quality magnesium supplement a friend sent me. She said it had helped others she knows. Every morning since the first dose, I’ve felt very different. I’m shocked that something so simple as a vitamin can have this much effect. I’ve dealt with depression for over 40 years and have taken about 15 different anti-depression medications. Some made things worse, some did nothing and the rest worked but with so many side effects that it wasn’t worth it. This is completely different. It feels more effective than the best antidepressant with no side effects. I can’t say you will have the same results but it’s a fairly simple thing to try.

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

A way of thinkign about yourself can be viewd as an addiction. That revelation changed me today.

[@blessingpaul5484]

Building wealth involves developing good habits like regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. Instead of trying to predict and prognosticate the stability of the market and precisely when the change is going to happen, a better strategy is simply having a portfolio that’s well prepared for any eventually, that’s how some folks' been averaging 150K every 7week these past 4months according to Bloomberg.

[@Jessicatorres_768]

That’s crazy, I’m just doing everything wrong with my portfolio.

[@philipcollen482]

The US-Stock Mrkt had been on it’s longest bull-run in history, so the mass hysteria and panic is relatable considering we’re not accustomed to such troubled mrkts, but there are avenues lurking around if you know where to look. My wife and I are retiring this year with over $7,000,000 in tax deferred investments. up until 3 years ago we were 100% in the S&P. During bear markets we had a perfect plan. We got an investment manager in our corner and didn’t look at our portfolio for nearly a year.

[@brittanynicolette9473]

Same here, 75% of my portfolio is in the red and I really don’t know how long I can stomach the losses. I’m beginning to reach a breaking point.

[@PhilSommer2]

Patience patience patience. It's a cycle.... a sucky point in the cycle, but a cycle nonetheless.

[@SophiaBint-wj8wn]

Hello, I am new when it comes to investing and i would really appreciate if I could get some tips about where it is worth to invest in (ETFs, Stocks, Growth stocks, Dividend stock etc.)

[@timcroshaw]

all my life i’ve been on an insane dose of zoloft for depression and anxiety , it made everything worse , i stopped anti depressants a few months ago and i tried shrooms i woke up the next day, i feel as though it genuinely treated me , no way to explain it unless you try it BUT it genuinely opened my mind so much to understand why i was sad and what i needed to do to help that

[@r0b0bert]

This is awesome

[@SalvadorRodriguez-ek2sm]

I'm happy you got off them crazy ass pills, they tried to push on me when I was a kid...

[@pathat9284]

I was mis-prescribed SSRIs and anti psychotic as a kid. I believe hundreds of thousands of kids are on medication they do not need. After some psychedelic trips I realized I needed to treat my body and mind better.(healthy diet and exercise) I lost 100 pounds in a year and learned how to deal with my emotions in a healthy way. I truly believe that doctors don't always know what's right for their patients and that our society is on the verge of a breakthrough in mental health. Big pharma and all the junk food corporations are creating a feedback loop where they profit off of the junk food and the sickness caused by that sedentary lifestyle. This needs to stop and it starts with the individual. We can do this!

[@timcroshaw]

@@r0b0bert thank you

[@timcroshaw]

@@pathat9284 i completely believe that for at least half of the patients, anti depressants aren’t needed

[@SM2005_]

I recently took them after 3 years of trauma therapy and sever PSTD as a veteran. I was about to give up and these drugs helped me more than I can ever explain. I’ve only taken them 2 times. It was very profound.

[@polarraising]

Could I ask what dose you took?

[@tashpinteryoga]

This year I had the life changing experience of doing psilocybin with a therapist. I went straight in and made peace with my relationship to my dad who was violent to my mother and myself, suffering in his own pain. At 37 it all accumulated , I was experiencing panic attacks, anxiety & insomnia and was sad all the time.Since doing this I've had no anxiety, my sleep is the best it has ever been and even my back pain has gone. I have such a vigorous for life and managing the pitfalls with grace. It's beyond words what this therapy can do & ill never look to any other source if I need it again.

[@EtukEsther]

I'll refer you to and online store where I got my own psychedelics and microdosing stuff very good reliable vendor

[@EtukEsther]

He's on Instagrams also on Telegram with the below handle as...

[@EtukEsther]

Mycopete..,,,,,,,???

[@erikamelby4737]

I wish these documentaries would talk more about the risks of a bad trip, some people are able to recover quickly from a bad trip and others take a long time to recover. My friend had a bad trip, and it worsened their anxiety tenfold. It took two years for them to get it under control, and while they ultimately say they were built back up better than before, it was two years of a lot of pain.

[@cleangoblin2021]

4 months ago, i was dying of depression. Shrooms showed me that i should take the fight for my life. Got myself back up at 31 to training school. Met new friends in years. Facing the painful truth about myself. Now, im a faithful Christian. I truly believe that shrooms was sent to me by God. My intentions were to only get high, not change my life.

[@thetoenailking9708]

lol a christian hey? sure they might show you 'god' but think about what that really means, be vegan not christian, christians used to burn psychonauts at the stake.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

They don't want people waking up to the reality 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 👀

[@SahilP2648]

Did you feel like you were dying? And did you just "let go" and "didn't try to control it"

[@Andrew-sj9tr]

Amazing!

[@paragozar]

On shrooms I went from Atheist to devout Christian overnight. It led to decades of yoga and zen practice, but I still believe in Jesus.

[@jessehoeper2674]

My first trip was 1/4oz and 8 hours later after it wore off I walked outside and felt such a strong appreciation and joy to be alive and on this beautiful planet. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone for roughly nearly a year off of one dose if that isn’t a amazing result I don’t know what is. Anything that can make you love yourself and all others with no bounds that effectively should be legal.

[@evan3272]

Name is Rollandbruce01🕊️🍄..

[@topdarts6015]

I’ve had a few goes . First two goes went perfectly. Last one was going lovely until I started freaking out . Was a good 3 hours of completely shitting myself 😅 when I was coming out the other side though I felt completely recharged. I was still seeing mad long fingers but I felt brand new . The only thing that’s annoying is you can’t take pictures of the mad stuff going on when tripping

[@johnsmitty]

Psilocybin saved my relationship and caused me to admit my lies to my self and others. It was a very hard experiment but I'm a better person for it.

[@Nturner822]

That last thought really hit home. The narrowing of reality and addiction to destructive thoughts is a really elegant description of general depression

[@Kdramahotgist]

☝️☝️ Check out the page on my name description, he got psych products and ships discreetly

[@Kdramahotgist]

👆👆🍄🍄💯 I recommend microdosing mushrooms, it has really helped me on anxiety , panic attack, bipolar disorder, insomnia , depression PTSD and ADHD schizophrenia.......

[@Nathan-eq3zs]

I'm addicted to reality lol

[@XxEpIcFrOzEnzZxxx]

I've heard it described as a well-trod path in the snow. The experience can be like a whole layer of fresh snow falling on the terrain again, resetting the preference for the path your mind usually goes down and allowing you to go another route

[@cjcarver6290]

True

[@seanbrazell7095]

Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. Because of that time lapsed non-association, years later, when that anxiety returned unexpectedly and catastrophically, I just didn't connect the dots. Had Psilocybin and other psychedelics been given their due and been rigorously examined and therapeutically evaluated instead of banned, suppressed, criminalized and ignored, so many people - including, to my great sorrow at the DECADES of my life unnecessarily spent in a state of anxiousness and depression, myself, so many lives would have been indescribably improved AND even preserved from the direct and indirect devastation of suicide, violence, and self harm. How many Einsteins, Beethovens, or Obamas would be alive, and/or functional today had Psilocybin, psychedelics in general, and MDMA in particular not been knee-jerked tough-on-crimed for political and institutional gain? It's INCALCULABLE and - ironically enough - CRIMINAL.

[@phelan8385]

You can't monopolize something anyone can grow. Blame big pharma.

[@CrzYbaDmF2245]

I took 3 grams at 16. It was the most amazing experience. Words could not describe the body high, and the pure enjoyment. However, I started suffering from relapsing episodes of psychosis. Visual hallucinations were part of my daily life. Repeatedly hospitalized in psychiatric institutions for weeks from 2013-2019. Paranoid delusions of people trying to harm me. Hearing other people's voices in my head, and having persecutory delusions.

[@CrzYbaDmF2245]

@@meekmanhushkain7917 my brain can't handle it anymore.

[@Targato_san]

I've done the heroic dose of psilocybin about a month ago. I've been sober since then, and I was never happier nor more in peace with myself. If you do it respecting the "high" and on the proper environment, it's a truly life-changing experience. 10/10 would recommend.

[@rhysreid9302]

Psychedelics definitely has potential to deal with health issues like anxiety and depression , I would like to try them but it's hard to source them here

[@heatherldutrow1204]

Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery , it's quite fascinating how effective they're for depression and stress disorders . Saved my life

[@juttaclemons5002]

​@@heatherldutrow1204 My first shroom trip was really awesome , it felt like I was deep into the sea

[@michaellesniak1310]

​@@juttaclemons5002Shroom microdosing help me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol

[@peterestrada8542]

​@@michaellesniak1310please where can I locate him ? Is he on insta?

[@janeb.burrow2418]

​@@peterestrada8542 Taking two grams was a wonderful experience for me

[@DouchMonkey431]

The most meaningful experience I've had was also the scariest. I always say, "You don't get the trip you want. You get the trip you need." Basically, I took about 3.5 grams of some of the strongest mushrooms I've ever done and I went to go to the bathroom and shut off the light to trip in the darkness, with all the patterns and colours, I couldn't find the light after. I ended up falling in the tub and just kinda laying there. I remember feeling like there was an omnipotent presence with me that was showing me the secrets of the universe. I remember wanting the shapes and patterns to stop because I could feel the anxiety building. Eventually, I realized if this is some sort of extradimensional being, I can't just say "stop" in English and hope they'll understand. So I went from saying stop in French and Spanish to just making noises, hoping that the configuration of sounds would end up as me saying "stop" in whatever language they speak. I remember I felt a connection to every single religion and language that I've never felt before. I remember feeling like I could understand the way our 3d universe is woven through a 4d spacetime, and I was looking in on it through an outside view, as if I was in the 5th dimension. I can honestly say I've never had a more profound experience than that.

[@Ivan_1986]

Good one :-)

[@brightrrs1740]

All people talking about set and setting and my boy here takes a bucket of shrooms and closes himself in a dark bathroom. 😂

[@momtenjillian987]

5 1/2 here = clean slate no depression no anxiety just a calm never enjoyed b4. Clarity and focus restored. The Godzilla dose worked 4 me

[@aaronmicalowe]

Lol, I had a similar experience after accidently taking a whole months supply of LSD because I thought it was dud. Ended up taking 1400ug or 14 tabs. Had only done one trip before of 100ug. I had got on a motorbike and was travelling through Kampala, Uganda, not a good place to lose grip, when the trip started and I realised what I'd done. It took me 20 minutes to get home but that felt like 8 years. I didn't sleep for 3 days and couldn't get my full memories back for 3 weeks then even after 2 months didn't quite feel normal. It has made some permanent changes. Like you I was looking down on 3D reality from the 5th dimension and I could see echoes of all events going back 60,000 years in the past. Everything was written in mathematical formula and archaic Egyptian runes, like my brain was a simulation and not human. I completely lost the ability to do anything for a while. When my phone went off I didn't know how to answer it, because I was trying to reach it from 60,000 years in the past. 🤦‍♂😂 And the other weird thing was I could understand and speak languages of the people around me that I have no clue about to this day. There was a madman on the street that nobody understood but I saw him wearing a traffic warden uniform and understood that he still thought he was directing traffic. I asked him if he was ok and he said he was fine. He had no idea that he was mad, still stuck in his world. To everyone else he looked like a mad man wandering the streets wearing ragged clothes waving his hands at cars on the road. Afterwards I asked people what I had said to him and they said, you spoke the same language he did. We have no idea what you said but he seemed to understand you. It was very weird to them - they had no explanation for what they saw, and they were 100% sober. 😂

[@iRunKids]

This guys description of the immense vulnerability such a state induces is commendable, but it barely scratched the surface.

[@bigtee6037]

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Dude operates on TELEG or Instagram .

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@Coldtrips.

[@FosterScott]

I'm getting ready to embark on trying it. I'm 54 yrs old and have so much childhood trauma that I'm unsure if it's ever been resolved. Kinda nervous but also positive at the same time. There are so many positive reviews it's encouraging. Thanks.

[@StellaMcPhe]

My experience Psychedelics and Psilocybin Mushroom has been a great benefit while breaking through, one ought to take the right dosage, below is where I usually obtain mine..

[@StellaMcPhe]

*Pharmstain* is the handle?

[@StellaMcPhe]

(They're on Telegrams & Instagrams?..

[@void1618]

After multiple experiences with acid and a month of microdosing.. I think I can safely say i have not been depressed since.. maybe 5 years have passed by and I can say with confidence that psychedelics completely saved my life and even turned it around for the best.

[@vickypeterson]

(Haff_pych) Got great psychedelic products..¿?

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[@neilkazmerski40]

Amazing, I love to hear these stories!

[@vickypeterson]

@@neilkazmerski40 you really need to try psychedelics its really help save my life a years back when i was depressed and its even helps cure my anxiety

[@michaelgonzalez993]

I took a heroic dose and it made me very emotional.. i also had bad anxiety and existential dread. I did learn a lot about myself and can say I’m in a way better place now than before taking it. So even though it was a bad trip it was still a valuable one and not for nothing.

[@tadleblanc3761]

Thank you for your honesty.

[@Christophtov]

What exactly is a heroic dose?!

[@Commonchaffinch2]

U gotta prep with cannabis, it helps. Going from sober to tripping balls without a buffer would be hard for anyone. Don’t worry hahah god bless man

[@EdwardSnortin]

@@Christophtov Like 4.5+ grams of magic misheooms

[@-in-the-meantime...]

Try a lil smaller dose. Find some blue/purple lil ones (not the stringy brown ones) and the BIGGEST part: involve nature if at all possible. Warm sunlight, lots of anything nature. Put a big blanket in the dryer warm up and eat some fruit. edit: hydrate!!

[@quintessenca]

Psilocybin is unbelievablely healing and counciousness widening experience. It's absolutely incredible. I've taken them probably half a dozen or so times and every time it's a magical experience. I feel clear, hyper creative and content for like 6-8 months after it as well. Do your own research, that has always been my experience.

[@robertcerins]

I took LDS once at 15 and loved what it feklt like and still helps me live freely. I was blind for 40 days and my experience of sightless life was enhanced by my trip.

[@notimetowaste6012]

I'm a huge proponent of psychedelic therapy and I had several profound experiences with lsd. But to anyone reading this, please don't take a large dose without a trusted sober friend around. It might go great, or it might end up with you in an extremely embarrassing and potentially dangerous situation. I thought I was smart and calm and rational and psychologically stable enough to be able to handle tripping alone. And I was... most of the time. On 4 different occasions - despite my best efforts to prepare a good and safe enough set and setting - I ended up either begging for help from a random passerby, calling an ambulance because I thought I might be dying (I had trouble breathing for a long while, probably because I was panicking), or having the cops called on me for acting like a crazy weirdo leaving some of my possession in the middle of the street. One time I even wrote down words like "planet", "time", "space", "sex", "moment" and "consciousness" with a sharpie all over the walls, the floor and the furniture of my apartment!!! Never in a million years did I think I was the sort of person who could do something like that.

[@aliasofanalias7448]

That's where you needed someone tripping with you, seems like you had half realisations, needed a friend to read the walls with and complete the thought process and maybe they would have also said "mate, shall we do this on paper?" 😂. I've been in that place just saying single words but feeling like Newton discovering gravity

[@jeffjeff7348]

A true pilgrim. Salute brother 🫡 (but pls bring a surfboard with you next time 🌊)

[@AzngameFreak03]

TAKE IT ALONE. DON'T TRUST ANYONE. Dosage is key your first time. Just take half of a half dose, or just 1 small mushroom and wait 30 minutes. If you don't feel anything take the 2/4th's, or another mushroom. Rinse repeat til you feel something. Dosage is key. Think like a doctor. You won't ever overdose if you take HALF OF A HALF DOSAGE OR JUST 1 MUSHROOM.

[@tac6044]

You realize you're prone to making bad decisions right?

[@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel489]

This is why it's not sold at the gas station. On the shelf anyway. It is useful. For you. If you manage it. You are objectively not, until you learn the lessons or come down. Writing on the wall does not a Michelangelo make

[@GoldenMermaid]

9:30 i really relate to that, everyone told me not to do shrooms if i wasnt going to make it a big life changing event but honestly i only did it bc i was drinking with my friends and we were all doing it while smoking weed. i had never done it before so i had no goals and was just taking it for fun, but it effected me so deeply anyways bc just like u described it enhanced everything i already was telling myself. My life completely changed afterwards, i quit every one of my addictions and focused on my work and studies. all my my self belief i was trying to force for years became reality. a true blessed feeling that no matter the circumstance i will always be able to hold my own. i am my own innocence and my own protector. I am not limited by how other people are able to help me bc i can truly rely on myself. its always been true but i never really believed it until i did shrooms. when i started tripping i actually left my group of friends and was on my own for a while to really reflect. ive always known what was right in my head but shrooms spoke the words into my heart and thats when i became able to truly live as i am meant to

[@blablablabla1111111]

It looks like you connected with your spirit :D

[@Dowlphin]

Next step: Realizing how psychodelics are a tool that can also drive deeper into delusion, or arrest development. We are never truly independent on others unless we cease the will to survive. We are part of a system. There is nothing you can do that doesn't rely on someone else's work. There is beauty in that, and I see a necessity for healthy balance to not use those substances to boost an individualism belief system but also understand the other half of the duality. It might be, though, that you needed a push towards individualism in order to find towards balance. - But you need to see the full range in order to be able to judge where you are, so that you can catch yourself from rushing into an imbalance again. (pig cycle risk)

[@hannahautry468]

when i took shrooms i did something similar but it wasn’t out of fear it was because i knew the people i was surrounding myself were not good for me… and i had this awakening that we are all one and i don’t need to be afraid of anyone and i can become friends with anyone that i want to if i just am vulnerable with them (no more social anxiety)

[@MomHunterOnline]

after a big trip, the day after and many more i feel much more level headed, reset, relaxed, and able to handle stress better.

[@MomHunterOnline]

im not buying anything from someone named nutbrowntrip XD @@godstimeOsai

[@chereiberry07]

Yes, I would be open to try this.

[@bobrandom5545]

I want to start this by saying that I am still struggling daily with psychological issues and self-hate. Psychedelics are not a cure all and shouldn't be seen as that. Having said that, I've definitely had life-changing experiences on psy's, particularly LSD. One particular trip I will never forget was me physically walking in circles, while mentally walking around a truth that I had to see eye to eye. I was ~30 years old at the time and had accomplished nothing of substance that would be viewed as successes in today's society. I kind of knew what it was that I was evading. But at some point I broke through and had the guts to face it; I had the constant nagging belief that my life wasn't worth anything and that probably, I just wanted to die. I was literally circling around a decision point; Life or Death. It felt so real and HUGE and so, so scary. Once I reached the center of the spiral I finally realized, truly realized, that I did not want to die. That I wanted to keep on fighting. An immense strange mix of relief, hope, but also grief and intense sadness, for all the missed chances I already had in life, filled me up. I can never overstate how intense and overwhelming all these emotions were. I had always been a person with a fairly flat affect; emotions were very fleeting and most of the time the only real feeling I knew was just emptiness, probably just chronic depression. This was the most emotion I had ever felt and it was so freeing, but so uncomfortable at the same time. After this realization, probably 4-5 hours into the trip, I just started crying uncontrollably. I've always had problems crying. I can probably count the number of cries in all my adult life up to then on one hand. I must've stood in my bathroom, looking myself in the eye in the mirror, crying, for at least 30 minutes (maybe an hour even), profusely apologizing to everyone I knew, and especially to myself, for treating myself so badly over the years with self-hate and self-criticism after setting myself unobtainable goals and requirements. All out loud I was apologizing to myself and starting to forgive myself for everything. After this trip, nothing has been the same. I've developed an, although subtle, empathy for myself and others. I have learned to be more truthful to people about my competences and my shortcomings. And about the real reasons behind my actions. And through that I've learned that people are much more empathetic when you're just honest about all these things. The hard part is the integration, which for me, a couple of trips and 7 years later, is still ongoing. I still have difficulties trusting people, and trusting myself. I still find it hard to get up in the morning to actually do stuff and fight through the lack of motivation. But, I started a job that might give me good opportunities the coming years to develop myself and live up to my potential. I feel a little bit less shame for who I am and actively observe my shame and realize that it's unfounded. So, to conclude, the trip was an AMAZING experience and has had effects that I feel no other experience could've triggered. The lingering results are subtle, but noticable. It maybe saved my life. It was the catalyst for quite rapid growth over the years. Once in a while I still do an LSD trip for evaluation and I doubt I will ever stop doing this. EDIT: I feel it's responsible to add that psychedelics are no child's play. Please don't take psychedelics thinking you're gonna cure your mental issues. Educate yourself, also read about the bad experiences (there are tons of them), take precautions, prepare. Heck, go talk to your MD if you're set on doing it.

[@BobHatesYoutube]

I had to scroll really far to find a single person acknowledging the risks... people be fucking stupid these days.

[@avaspielberg3144]

Proud of you Brian. Keep on keeping on💪

[@brianct7801]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I've had a handful of very powerful, transformative experiences on LSD as an adult that were paradigm-shifting in terms personal growth. One of the realizations I've internalized is how absurd "self-hate" or "self-aggrandizement" are; that "you" that you hate or love is a semi-persistent illusion - it doesn't exist... it's just your imagination. :) The corollary of this realization is that you stop taking praise or criticism so personally...

[@TooDaft]

Curious to know if you've ever tried mushrooms (psilocybin) instead of LSD. I feel they provide a more impactful trip, specifically the ability to cure traumas that often cause some of the difficulties mentioned. I know everyone's experience is different, but curious if you've tried.

[@XxUndeadXTacoXx]

I had a similar experience with mushrooms. They helped me to realize and accept truths about myself that I didn’t want to admit, and set me on a path to improving myself by trying to be more empathetic towards other people.

[@seifsghaier3764]

Since I tried psychedelics for the first time, I've been trying to describe the experience to others so they can try it as well, but I couldn't find the right words to describe it. This guy does it sooo well and so accurately !

[@robertbeekman3480]

It's been a really hard 10 years the last 5 a handful. The fact that I've been able to locate some shrooms lately, has been a blessing for the depression I've been in for some time now. I've started to find myself again after letting some things go. I have only one thing that explains the reversal.😊

[@Raphaelscout72]

Psychedelics really helped me years back. These are great healing compounds when used in proper context

[@Raphaelscout72]

I got my stuffs delivered discreetly by this mycologist whose got MDMA, chocolate bars, lsd, dmt, Mushrooms, cannabis etc

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