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Thank you so much for the feedback, u/largePenisLover ! We do give a bit more of a thorough treatment to this in the consent, but you're absolutely right that the language used here should be fully ac…
Helping my partner — I (40f) looove my partner (36m). We've been together almost 9 months. When he isn't triggered, he presents as very secure. Loving, consistent, communicative, vulnerable, empathetic, self-reflective. …
Media fear-mongering or truth? — Back when my dad was around 17 he did shrooms 5 or 6 times. Just picked them and ate them with his mates. Had no knowledge of psychedelics and didn’t weigh any particular dose. Said it was great every…
freezing very hard — Hey guys! I've been taking psychedelics for several years now (mainly ayahuasca and mushrooms, occasionally bufo), and in most sessions (especially during the colder months) I always get these short-…
Times where you introduced a friend to psychedelics for the first time? — Hi I’m just curious if anyone has any stories of introducing psychedelics to a curious friend and what they thought after their first trip. I have plenty of friends and family who have never done them…
First Acid Trip (2 tabs) — This happened like a month ago and sorry if it comes off corny: At first, I was just lying in my bed, nervous. My roommate wasn’t back yet, and the walls slowly started to breathe and layer with col…
What is the best starter psychedelic? — Probably sounds stupid, i know. But i want to know wich type of psychedelic can give me the most neutral hallucinogenic effect without getting into a journey/giving me mental effects like with shroom…
Hairy Crabgrass (Digitaria Sanguinalis) -- Is it a potential 5-MeO-DMT source? [In a wider Ayahuasca narrative] — I can't say for sure if it was the grass because I also have a lot of existential stuff going on. I read a report on an old message board that someone's cats like eating crabgrass. They tried ferment…
Personal journey with psychedelics — Hi peeps :) So, I wouldn’t say I’m a seasoned veteran in traversing the inner workings of my mind, but I’m no armature either, I’ve personally done shrooms around 30-40 times, each time around 2.5-3 g…
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(trip report) Telepathic communication through high doses of psilocybin — Dose: 8g (Myself), 5g (Brayden, first time), others 3–4g Setting: Friend’s house, nearby park, neighborhood walk Time: 3:00 PM – 9:00 PM Participants: 5 friends So a couple years ago me and my …
First “bad” trip taught me a lot - sharing my experience to help others — I’m 28m, good job, good relationships, physically fit, happy overall. Experienced tripper with several high-dose mushroom trips under my belt. Always had positive experiences. Took 4g mushrooms today…
Can psychedelics cause feelings of divine feminine if yes why could that be? — I heard people had experiences like that i wonder how wide spread is it?
What is the potential of Hallucinogenics fixing ptsd from your experience, taking in to a count the risks? — Or potential of other psychedelics fixing ptsd, from your experience?
I honestly don't know what's going on with me: feeling oddly good after so many days without using any substances — Hello there and friendly greetings! As per title. I had my last trip on 7 Feb of this year with LSD and ever since then, I feel as though I’ve been living off my "psychedelic savings". I am not rea…
1 month to go for Bicycle Day, the date when Albert Hofmann tripped on LSD after discovering it by accident, or was it...? — The world of psychedelics has a lot of unsolved mysteries to find out, one of them is an ongoing discussion on whether Albert Hofmann discovered LSD by mistake, or if it was logically discovered by wh…
The Key to Being — The most potent drug is (within) you. It is your previous experiences, your memories! **What memories of yours contain the greatest love, joy, gratitude, etc. ?** Memories of a certain person (or p…
Does anyone have experience with Mexican dream herb? Trip report. — I met with 2g of tea brewed in 2 cups of boiling water, steeped for 7 minutes. I wasn’t able to fall asleep, not really, but I didn’t dream, either. What the tea showed me was a lucid, waking dream. …
Have any of you ever done psychedelics at work or went to work a day after tripping? — This topic amuses me for some reason cause I'd imagine most (or many) of us are working jobs that arent exactly changing the world or we have some deep attachment to. Anyone here have any work/tripp…
Processing my NDE and the paranormal experiences that followed — I can’t sleep and i’m feeling the need to document a sequence of experiences I had from February 2019 through 2020 that forever changed my life. I’ll try my best to keep each section somewhat brief, b…
Women's Experiences After Mushrooms — Tl;dr: Have other women had changes in their period or changes in their libido following a mushroom trip? Hello everyone, I had my first mushroom trip about a month ago and wanted to share some phys…
Took one too many shrooms. Bad “trip.” What does it mean? Why does it happen? — I’m 27 F For context, I don’t think it was a full on “trip” I think I took x2 micro doses. (I don’t really know how to measure, I just take some bites of the mushroom and usually a small piece I cons…
My experience with Iboga — After 10 years of struggling with an autoimmune condition, I made a decision that completely changed my life. My iboga experience was one of the most profound and life-changing events of my life, and…
Shrooms vs. LSD Explained by Experienced Tripper — **WARNING:** All information provided is based off of my subjective experience from my use of psychedelics over the years. Experiences will vary greatly, do not take this as factual or gospel. This is…
I’m always scared — Hey all. Don’t know that this is the right place for this but here we go. I did some psychedelics through the years. Experienced a bad(der) trip once where i fainted and i got to admit that I’m al…
Had my first breakthrough tonight — Demo: 42 year old Caucasian male from the U.S. Living situation: alone Medical diagnosis: AuDHD? Avoidant Personalty Disorder, Depression Educational/Career: Two Associate's degrees and currently…
breakthrough trip & the bigger picture — Hello, it's me again. I know that there are people here who enjoy reading my experiences so thus my posting. Obviously a disclaimer is this experience is under the influence of a psychadelic, but it t…
Exploration and separation — Holy FUCKING shit I started the tapes for the first time yesterday starting on wave 1, think I got up to the fourth or fifth in order by today called exploration and separation, did my energy box stuf…
What I have learned through psychedelic mushroom usage + yoga — With the mushroom trips I have done throughout my life with lots of intention there were some good and bad trips. The good trips left me with a very grateful and happy attitude for life and the people…
NEW STUDY — Folks planning a psychedelic experience this year sought for a $250 entirely online Yale research study! — The Powers Lab at Yale University is recruiting people who are planning to use a psychedelic this year for a fully online study that measures how psychedelics affect basic perception and learning usin…
Was I tripping? — A couple of days ago, I took a low dose of magic truffles in Amsterdam (10gr) but didnt feel much, aside from a little nausea in the first hour. Bummed, I decide to fast and increase the dose the nex…
Trying LSD for the first time. — So ill be trying LSD for the first time. I'll say im a semi-experienced tripper as I have done DMT and shrooms alone. I do psychedelics as a mean of therapy so I was just wondering how LSD is differen…
I don’t know which subreddit to post this in, but I need answers — Sometimes I do something, where when I go to sleep, I’ll lay on my back, because it works best that way, and then I lay completely still. No movement whatsoever, and sometimes it works better than oth…
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Is this claim about psychedelics and psychosis accurate? (From How to Change Your Mind) — Hi all, I’m reading *How to Change Your Mind* by Michael Pollan and came across this line early in the book: “It is true that the terrifying experiences some people have on psychedelics can risk flip…
800-1000ug+ FIRST acid trip complete ego loss most terrifying thing ive ever had — Before I get into this, I want to make something clear right away. I am not encouraging anyone to do this, and I am definitely not presenting this as some cool or impressive story. This was not enjoya…
Study on psychedelic experiences without (immediate) prior use of psychedelics — **We are a group of researchers from Humboldt University of Berlin and we look forward to your participation in our study!** **Have you ever taken a psychedelic substance?** **Share your opinion an…
Loss of "visuals" — The long version is this, semi regular usage of LSD some years back, pretty regular mushroom use (twice a week or more) for around a year or two, within the last 3 years, and eventually graduating on …
Bryan Johnson becomes a better person through shrooms! — https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/bryan-johnson-takes-psychedelics
I’ve done near every regular psychedelic except dmt. Should I tick it off the list? — I’m terrified to try it cause I have a lot of trauma I guess I’m scared of finding out what the deal is and I’m scared I’m gonna have a bad trip which I don’t normally have on any psych. I’ve done mes…
Ramblings of a lunatic (me) — This is gonna be extremely long so I don’t blame you if you don’t want to read it but I’ve been writing about it for a while and struggled with meaning and found this Reddit and thought I’d seek out s…
Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once — This would be a cool plant for psychonauts
3g Mushroom Trip on Good Friday / Full Moon: Seeking Chaos Magick perspectives and "Self-Remembrance" techniques. — Hi everyone, Tomorrow (Good Friday / Full Moon), I’ll be taking 3g of dried mushrooms in a rural setting (Tarija, Bolivia). This will be my first full experience with psilocybin, though I have a back…
Mind is too rigid. — Even a small edible helps to step outside of the general thinking and it seems to help. The more I try to fix the general patten of thinking the less I see the need to step out. Its an incredible thin…
Psychedelic treatments for veterans get early approval in Missouri House
Has anyone tried astral projecting on psychedelics? — Does it make it easier? I'm thinking of trying it on mad honey.
Doctor didn't Believe that Psychedelics Cured my Depression. — In 2024 I had a trip that felt like turned my brain right-side up. It took away my self hatred, ruminating thoughts, and deep depression literally overnight. But I still struggle with executive dysfun…
Are there any psychedelics that produce strong visuals but without the losing your sanity part? — so i love high dose lsd cause of the visual effects but i dont necessarily like forgetting who i am lol or going insane
To those who are part of a major religion or became so, how have psychedelics impacted your spirituality? — Something I’ve been curious about, I’ve found that psychedelics have impacted my religious and spiritual worldview. Specifically I’m curious to know those who have explored psychedelics who either al…
I reallllyyyyyyy want to experience this. Sounds very very similar to my psychedelic trips but this is super cool that it can be done without help! But my question is like…how? Is it a mediation sess…
I feel this! The stakes are higher when I truly love/like someone (idk about you OP but for me this even extends to platonic friendships/ coworker relationships) and so my fear of messing up and pushi…
What kind of psychedelics? I started ketamine therapy and want to do mushrooms therapy too soon.
Really well said! My path to acceptance and love for my attachment issues is a trail that runs from mindfulness (Tara Brach) to neuroscience (Dan Siegel), IFS (Schwartz) to psychedelic therapies.
You need to heal, not just “tame” your inner self. Read Nicole LePera and similar books. Psychedelics also help, but listen to your inner voice.
Had a six year relationship that messed with my head a lot. Without going into the details of the relationship, it really left me shook. Even though I broke up with her, it took me a year to feel read…
I identify as a fearful-avoidant. I’m still on a healing journey and still have strong avoidant tendencies when it comes to romantic intimacy that I am working on, and I have a tendency to abandon mys…
It sounds like you're on the right track if you're aware and in therapy! I feel like attachment reconditioning work and trauma healing work overlap significantly. Lots of reading books about atta…
I tried this with my Virgo Venus. It’s conjunct Jupiter in Virgo and in the 9th house, I was hoping if I read enough about Sagittarius Venus I bc puls placebo my brain, but everytime I did psychedelic…
Honestly fair question. Ever since I "discovered" psychedelics I realize I want someone who can go there with me. It signals to me a certain level of depth, open-mindedness and courage I want from a p…
Immediately I thought of the album cover of space song on a shirt for some reason 😂 But real shit I think that a lot of those symbols have to be personalized because the way tripping works, for exam…
I'll tell you this: it gets exponentially harder to find a partner if you want to share common ground in something that's rare. It's already hard to find someone you're genuinely attracted to out of…
It might be difficult to maintain Long-term relationships around rituals that heavily induce neuroflexibility. But loverships (short term) of course, and you will share many peak experiences - Then …
I always thought this but idk... my boyfriend is just terrified of psychedelics and I just worry he's never going to be able to have a good trip in his life so I don't push it.
You're friend sounds like a typical story of someone who recoiled from a bad trip. If you are of stable mind going into it then common psychedelics by themselves should not cause you to do anything to…
If it's used in your country, try the "Turn Up" app. Mostly "alt" people on it, so your chances of finding someone who uses psychedelics is higher.
Not all from ACIM, I have read over 100 books on the subjects of manifestation, high magick, spirituality, and other esoteric topics. I also binged psychedelics for a year and have been meditating fo…
Pretty sure you're tapping into the same kind of sense that abused kids tap in when they become hyper-vigilant. It's a state where some part of your brain is always extra aware of body language and mi…
Man it’s crazy I saw this post. I’ve been struggling with a situation where I’m seeing a girl who’s very kind and sweet, but doesn’t seem to have any interest at all in trying psychedelics or explori…
My wife is completely disinterested is using psychedelics, but is very open to me trying and using different things in search of personal discovery and recreationally. She has been with me for every t…
This is the one thing I know that fits what you’re asking… https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/7605321573129669901 Aside from that though, I’ve never heard anything else overly bad with psychedeli…
Of course there will be occasional incidents related to psychedelics, nothing is 100% safe. The statistics on the personal and societal harms of alcohol make for interesting reading for anyone wanti…
It’s a fast acting, short duration psychedelic notable for causing consistent out of body experiences and contact with entities. 15-20 min trip and then youre sucked back to earth sober as a judge. A…
I don't think it's anything to do with fear as I have had encounters with grey alien faces before in the past before I used the tapes, I saw alien faces in a psychedelic place with rainbow colors ever…
Thank you so much for the reply, and I apologize that mine is so late! This is very insightful, and it resonated a lot with me. I don’t think this is related to attachment theory, but I really strug…
honestly what might help are vasodilators like CBD. some psychedelics can cause your blood vessels to constrict thus making you feel colder (LSA is the worst offender in this regard).
yeah this is pretty common. vasoconstriction (blood vessels tightening) happens with a lot of psychedelics, especially during the come-up. that's why your hands and nose get cold. things that help: …
I’ve been to many psychedelic substances and things are getting just more clearer
I introduced my partner to psychedelics, we've been together for years and he's the love of my life. I was nervous about how different our substance use was when we first met (he only drank and smoked…
I highly recommend joining your local mycology club (mushroom hunting). I guarantee there is one, even if you havent heard of it. The one near me has monthly meetings with experts and expert lead fora…
I've smoked weed for 5 years. Was addicted to coke for 4 and overdosed and died. I've done mushrooms a good 10 times and acid a good 30. Dmt around 5. Weed is all I do nowadays unless I can get my han…
Well its rare but some people react very badly/may get into psychosis etc. This one guy only managed to win his court case because someone else had done a study on it. Interesting interview here https…
it's a fucking meme at this point i don't even care, i'm getting banned from subs where i always help people out with my comments to make sure they have safe and positive psychedelic experiences, the…
maybe to add, I am generally not a fan of the word ‘bad trip’ - I have the impression its usually brought up in recreational usage by people who were just looking for a fun time, but the psychedelic t…
I guess I have a very hyperactive and planner mind. At the peak of the trip I couldn't achieve anything but keeping rolling in the mental loop. I guess that I wanted to much and I didn't let anything …
What are your dreams like? I'm yet to find a dose of psychedelics that results in anything more than the world wobbling slightly. My brain just isn't wired for visuals.
It's not proven in any way, but through my experiences and through my own hybrid approach, it would seem psychedelics force vital energy up the Chong Mai, central meridians, or Shushumna Nadi (pick yo…
interesting fact with the heart rate.. I read that psychedelics can significantly lower blood pressure. Coffee also makes me feel cold...
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Therapy for sure and also in general putting a lot of time into "self help" kind of stuff and spiritual work (and imo spiritual doesn't have to be religious, just something that helps you tap into emp…
What was his view on them before trying them? My fiancé has a negative connotation with psychedelics in general, but I’ve been experimenting a lot with psilocybin lately. I would love for her to try t…
Ive been into psychedelics for a couple years now, also use them myself for healing purposes. My freind and I have decided to grow a batch of mushrooms intended to do alone (we are both experienced u…
I’ve thought about microdosing psychedelics. If you’re open to it I’d love to hear more about your experience, how it’s benefitted you and/or changed things for you. There’s a program where I live tha…
For attachment stuff I found MDMA to be the most impactful; it was probably the first time I felt like a real felt-sense of safety in a connection with someone. Very emotionally powerful and pulls you…
We both used cannabis fairly often for many years, but until I started on about them I don't think they were ever something he gave much thought to. In the years previous he had the general idea of dr…
Trust me be careful with psychedelics. Some of the cliches are just that but if you go too far there is a chance you wont come back. Speaking from experience
I'm been journeying for 30yrs now I've only ever had one CEV and that was on salvia. The only thing left for me is 5MEO. Psychedelics specifically I take higher doses than most as I like to feel it p…
I have a theory about how astrology, palmistry, tarot, and all the predictive occult sciences REALLY work, but it is very controversial, and many persons, including astrologers, may not like it ! M…
A buddy of mine was always curious about psychedelics but said he'd probably never try because "well, drugs. I don't want to be a person who's done drugs" (he has serious self-image issues). But it …
I can relate to nearly every comment posted. I believe that I actually realized my life would never be “normal“ after having read “the body keeps the score“ by Dr. Van der Kolk. That concept actually…