Research shows that psilocybin mushrooms have promising results for mental health support, particularly in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD.
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.
I’m legally blind and I trip on LSD like everyone else! My ex-girlfriend is pretty much completely blind and we did a mushroom trip together and she experienced tech strong differences and still pattern of thinking differences rather than shapes and colours. Although she thought she could see at one point!
Without a doubt one of the most wonderful, amazing and cleansing experiences of my life was when I took magic mushrooms. I've struggled with depression for over a decade and felt like I'd left so much baggage behind after my trip. These drugs have so much potential!
Did LSD and honestly best experience ever. First time was alone and I know that you’re suppose to do it with others but it helped me notice how much I am one with nature. We are also never alone because of it. It helps you look at the universe in a different perspective. I also am diagnosed of depression but it helped me open my eyes to see that the mind will play alot of tricks on you if you let it. 11/11 (or 10/10 lol)
I also want to try mushrooms 1st time completely alone in my room, i think being alone is the only way for me to avoid a bad trip, or control it if needed. The only thing that worries me, i plan on using my computer to listen music on youtube, maybe even play some games.. And if my pupils are dilated, how will the monitor screen affect the eyes?
hey! dosing alone is probably more powerful of an experience than tripling among others. your trip definitely is influenced by other ppl, but if you’re alone you can feel free to be yourself without being affected by social cues.
My first few trips were alone too. If having someone else there isn't what you want then don't force it. Chances are you know yourself best. I do recommend having a good friend you can text with while tripping though. Texting my (now) gf while tripping made so many good things happen.
I’ll never forget my first time mushrooms in college. We put them together in a PB&J sandwich after grinding the mushrooms into a powder, and was having the time of my life UNTIL something weird started happening. I felt cold and nauseous, so I wrapped myself into a sleeping bag and hopped over to my room and laid on my bed. I felt such dread that everything negative in my life was happening all at once. Then I stare at my wall, and a poster of Eddie Van Halen started moving. Edit turned his head toward me and stuck his hand out of the poster almost saying “come with me” and embrace the feelings. Everything was gonna be ok, and it was! After that I felt like the happiest on the planet and was just so social and in pure bliss. I realized I was internalizing so many negative aspects of my life and not letting myself resolve them. I swear mushrooms made me feel that I need to let go of the old, let go of past trauma and live in the now. Don’t let things you did in the past define your future, and it’s helped me deal with stressful situations a whole lot better. And that was over 12 years ago! The best part was seeing my friend in his underwear and ski jacket saying he was both hot and cold and didn’t know what to wear, and was running up and down the hallway trying to chase his thoughts. Truly a memorable experience I will never forget.
At age 18 I had never had a drink, smoke anything and never used any drug. On my way to freshman year of college my friends and I went to the Seattle Space Needle science Center. Handing me a small piece of paper I was told, “Eat this, you’ll like it.” Throughout the day I had a consistent hallucination. Everyone I saw whispered, “I love you.” I’ve never had a negative experience with LSD.
For the guy doing research on if it helps addiction, it personally helped me get over my weed addiction, the very first time I ever took shrooms after I felt no need to smoke anymore, and I also didn’t take shrooms again. But at the same time my mindset going into said trip was that I need to better myself, and I was using the shrooms to find answers, it showed me quitting weed is the first step, not necessarily taking away the feeling of fiening. I never have had that to begin with though only when I quit nicotine years before that, which was somehow easier even though the burning fiening sensation, that weed doesn’t bring, which is also why people say it’s not “addictive”.
Thank you for your eloquent response on Peyote. It is sacred to us and used for ceremonial purposes and not to just get "high" most of the time it's such a low dose that absolutely zero affects occur. People need to understand that peyote is not used for the hallucinations.
I was diagnosed with severe depression and mental health issues, not until a friend recommended golden teachers mushroom for spiritual and mental gratification. I’ve been well ever since for about 4 years now.
“Psychedelics shakes the snow globe in your brain, and when the snow settles, it settles in a very different pattern, allowing you to break your patterns” that’s a nice one 👏
My last experience with Psilocybin had kind of an opposite effect. I ate short of an eighth. I was to the point where I craved more. To fill the void I smoked an excessive amount of THC,(normally a bowl can last me a whole day.) And I drank way to much.(I'm not a drinker at all. Normally I cannot drink more then a couple beers/shots, before I dont want abide any more. Typically once or twice a year.) Though the cigarette thing kind of made sense. I'm normally a heavy chain smoker. Cigarettes were unfulfilling. Every time I lit a cigarette, I felt like I preferred it to be a joint. Often my cigarette use is to balance out a weed high.
Can I just say that this man is EFFORTLESSLY explaining something that has a pretty serious social stigma in a way that is approachable and informed, and is doing so in a way that is not condescending or know-it-all in any way. Simply an incredible job.
@@shadowmoon1657 He DOES care, and that's why he's already written multiple books on how psychedelics can be a powerful tool in maintaining your mental health
@@shadowmoon1657 drugs aren’t the problem, it’s the relationship people form with drugs. It’s hugely possible to use drugs and not become addicted and be fully functioning. Those who have trauma and typically personality disorders are more likely to abuse drugs and experience negative consequences. Nothing wrong with using drugs
*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*
He has a whole book on it! It's called "How to Change Your Mind." I listened to the audiobook version & he reads it himself. I would highly recommend it.
I really love how rooted into reality he is about it all even if it's still magic to him, he stays completely objective about it & yet still allows himself to be touched by the wonder
Yep, it's important to be unassuming with things you don't understand, the world is much bigger than most of us understand. Realising and accepting new possibilities allows us to become smarter.
"I've never smoked marijuana. But I ate a brownie once at a party in college. It was intense! It was kind of indescribable, actually. I felt like I was floating. Turns out there wasn't any pot in the brownie. It was just an insanely good brownie." -Leslie Knope.
@Mr. XYZ It can’t be placebo if he didn’t knew about anything related to weed in the brownie he was eating. Plus there’s no evidence for the placebo effect
@@steezydan8543 That’s not evidence, with that logic the whole existence is placebo effect. Placebo effect is a illusion created by materialist reductionists. There’s zero 100% absolute evidence for placebo effect.
Alcohol and cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I could remember several years ago after divorce with my wife which brought me into my disastrous journey on Alcohol and cigarettes. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until a friend recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
Can you help me with the reliable source. I'm 56 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 Netherland. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them
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
This is how you produce propaganda for chemicals that cause permanent irreversible brain damage. There is no way to 'reduce harm', the trip itself is the harm.
@@tonymcmayer5944 I have taken a psychedelic, this is how I know about the damage. Nobody warned me before I took it, so I am doing the favor for others.
His brain has been damaged by psychedelics. Taking psychedelics can superficially produce what looks like social intelligence. But these chemicals permanently damage the brain.
That comment on why he felt peyote should be studied via its synthetic form instead of natural form was really well said. Kudos to him for answering and researching in a way that was respectful to what the plant means to another culture.
I agree. The other side of the argument is that it's a cactus and can be grown in a controlled setting. Peyote grows very slowly, but it could be intentionally grown in large quantities. Even if native cultures are uninterested in that as a practice, it could be done for research without affecting the natural ecology. There are FACEBOOK groups devoted to respectful and responsible Lophophora williamsii cultivation. or just make it synthetically it really doesnt matter lol
Yeah the tweet acts as if there is some nefarious reason peyote isn’t in a lot of these studies versus the actual practical considerations of how many plants there are, who is using them and cultivating the cactus v recreating the chemical
I agree. I would also have liked to hear him talk about studying ceremonial vs. therapeutic use - I feel like there is a lot of room for research there. Ritual affects the mind as well and it would be worth studying them together.
@G223 It's a very small, slow growing cactus. It would take decades to get a meaningful supply. I believe the San Pedro cactus could have some promise here, but this is a bit outside my wheelhouse.
Except the part about private funding being used to fund these research projects when thats not the case at all. especially in Oregon and their new psilocybin treatment
@@youwouldntclickalinkonyout6236 i think it is important to note that he mentioned a lack of "federal grants" and that being more significant than the private funding angle, especially it being in response to the AOC, a house representative, tweet. That said I don't live in Oregon and the cursory research into the laws that were relatively recently passed in Oregon did not cite that the legislation came at the tail end of a state spending bill that was enacted to put further research into this particular field of study, but news articles miss things, and so I might be misinformed.
The difference between a kangaroo and a terrorist is imaginary. When you realise that's an imaginary difference then you can love the kangaroo 🦘 and the terrorist 💥 identically
It fits the receptor so well, it never lets go, and the receptor goes haywire until it is taken into the cell and digested away. That's why the trip lasts so long. It's also why you become confused and unable to do advanced mathematics for months and months after the trip!
@@annaclarafenyo8185 sources for your info? Using yourself as an example is anecdotal and not a scientific assessment and therefore irrelevant to me or this discussion. What proof do you have that the LSD caused your ability to decline or disappear? Were you examined by a physician? What specific abilities declined? There are several studies that suggest that focus, concentration, and complex problem-solving are enhanced as a result of LSD use.
started microdosing mushrooms in place of my prescriptions and the difference is night and day in my mental health and my anger i feel like ive become a better person best decision ive ever made wish it was more accessible to those that need
Schizophrenic here. I tried, and used lsd for years during my lowest point in life, and it helped me - my hallucinations, visual and auditory, became much more bearable. Distorted human shapes and screaming women in my ceiling turned into cats running about, and whispers telling me to hurt myself turned into nothing more than unintelligible murmurs. It helped me accept myself and it opened up much needed and new thought patterns. I quit acid when I was in a better place, when it no longer benefitted me. Even though it helped me personally, I do not recommend people try it if they don't know what they're doing - and I especially do not recommend it to people with schizophrenia. I don't think it's a miracle drug or anything, rather, I believe that there are benefits and dangers when it comes to lsd. My experience is not universal.
do you still have hallucinations and screams? if so do you still take lsd to change them? also, even if your experience is not universal isn't it worth a shot?
@@annaclarafenyo8185 Pretty sure lobotomy is a no go for most people. Electroconvulsive therapy is a relatively effective last resort, but not without downsides, risk and cost. They use ketamine for the anesthesia and i believe that is how they discovered the antidepressive effect of ketamine alone.
Shroomz have done the same for me, until I am hit again with the unending reality of my life. I guess that is why you are supposed to continue taking them so often. Some things cannot be cured or forgotten sadly.
This video is a testament to how "mainstream" and normative present-day attitudes are toward psychedelics. Even WIRED can confidently and proudly arrange and produce a video such as this one. This symbolizes a huge shift in public opinion (and de-stigmatization) of psychedelic substances. This is good news, and the hope for progress toward legalization. Marijuana is leading the charge, and has a long way to go. Psychedelics won't be far behind. The next decade is going to be interesting.
it’s definitely great to see :) but there’s still so many people (mostly religiously conditioned) who despise all drug use and probably think of psychonauts as foolish. but you’re right, psychs are making a comeback and hopefully the recent psychedelic aided psychotherapy studies will further undo the stigmatization.
Makes you kind of wonder why they were made illegal in the first place. It’s not as if we need science to prove how they can positively impact our lives. There have been plenty of anecdotal evidence of this experience and benefits within Western society for the past 60+ years, and other societies for centuries+. So strange that we are allowed to alter our consciousness with alcohol but weed is still illegal 🤷♀️
@@youtubechannel12371 the anti vietnam war hippie movement and the following war on drugs propelled an FDA ban on psychedelics. the government saw just how LSD was altering society, making them question our submissive and unwavering loyalty to them
@@youtubechannel12371 as for weed, hemp/cannabis was banned in 1970, and propaganda against the plant was definitely fueled by tobacco/alcohol/big pharma industries
but can't people get addicted? why would that be a good thing? i understand decriminalizing marijuana, because it being illegal has so many negative effects, but people getting put in jail unfairly for psychadellics isnt a problem ive heard much about? does that even happen? even so, drugs that are addictive or can even cause schizophrenia like he said in the video, shouldn't be legal
My favorite part of the "first trip" story as told by Dr. Hofmann in his book LSD: My Problem Child, is the next day: "Exhausted, I then slept, to awake next morning refreshed, with a clear head, though still somewhat tired physically. A sensation of well-being and renewed life flowed through me. Breakfast tasted delicious and gave me extraordinary pleasure. When I later walked out into the garden, in which the sun shone now after a spring rain, everything glistened and sparkled in a fresh light. The world was as if newly created. All my senses vibrated in a condition of highest sensitivity, which persisted for the entire day."
"Do we know for certain how damaging this stuff is? No, but they make us feel good for a couple of hours so WHo CARes ABoUt The PossiBLE LonG-TErm cOnSeQuEnCIEs, aMiRiTE???" 🙄🙄🙄
@@lonenexus959 Everyone should. 🙄🤦 Agreeing to possible lifelong problems for 5 minutes of feeling good is the dumbest thing you could do. But hey, it's okay 'cause drugs are """"cool"""".
I would always tell people if you're afraid of having a bad trip you'll give yourself a bad trip. Also start with a small dose and make sure your schedule is clear for the day.
Be around good friends in a friendly place. Avoiding drunk people is a good general rule for psychedelics in my opinion. Like he said, you have to be willing to ride the wave and accept that you're going wherever the trip takes you - if you can't go with the flow you create stress and that's the trigger of a bad experience. Also, if you have mental health issues, be honest with yourself and strongly consider skipping the psychedelics unless you'll be guided through the experience by a very knowledgeable person. Those who have bad experiences a lot of the time are those that should have passed altogether.
When I did pychodelics the first time I took 2 tabs of lsd because I thought the first tab wasn't hit. I got stuck in a thought loop for what felt like forever, I kept asking what time it was🤣. I've had bad trips before but never regretted taking it.
I still think most drugs should be legal, regulated and even sold like alcohol. Keep it out of the hands of dealers who cut it with dangerous stuff while making sure people are safe by having people in house to look after users. In fact having more people around to keep people safe while they have any drugs at all sounds good, even with alcohol. Safety, enjoyment and expression
I can't get past, that federal/tax money wont get thrown at this kind of drug research because it is considered too controversial, but instead will get put towards nuclear weaponry. Kind of does my head in.
Psilocybin flipped the off switch on my social anxiety like a light switch. It's effect lasted long enough that I thought it permanent. My anxiety and doubts and lack of self worth was gone. Anything that can make you love yourself should be legal.
Since I tired psychedelics for the first time, l've been trying to describe the experience to others so there can try it as well, but i couldn't find the right words to describe it.
I'm so glad this guy was honest about the microdosing data. So many of the studies include subjects that have enrolled themselves and these subjects tend to be psychedelic users anyway which may influence their perception as they have a positive attitude towards the substances already.
If I may give my example : I'm Bipolar and use microdosing (shrooms) because some part of my treatment were too strong. Did it do wonder ? No it's light. It did help combined to other treatments (for other parts of the disorder). I don't believe it does much for someone without any disorder but , at least for me, it does help for some disorders.
All LSD use causes serious irreversible permanent brain damage. If you do not do advanced mathematics on a daily basis, you will not notice the damage until it accumulates to severe levels.
@@that_guy_lem1732 there is all sorts of evidence that it causes change. I cannot necessarily say that it causes damage, but it certainly causes change.
I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking shrooms few months ago, l feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone , lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven’t yet felt the need to take any more since then.
I took shrooms back in December and despite it being a traumatizing experience that will haunt me for eternity it made me a thousand times less depressed and more focused ever since then I started microdosing and barley feel depressed anymore
I have been depressed for a long time, but after taking mushrooms few months ago, I feel much happier and highly motivated and my ADHD gone, lost a ton of anxiousness and had a few epiphanies about how I should live my life. I decided to buy an ounce for backup, but haven't yet felt the need to take any more since then.*
Psychedelic shrooms trips can be truly life - changing . It's amazing how they can bring about positive transformations and have a profound impact on our lives .
I totally agree ! Psilocybin mushrooms and psychedelics in general have shown great potential in helping people with mental health issues . It's truly remarkable how effective they can be in treating depression and anxiety .
My first time trying DMT, I had no idea what it was. I had no preconceived ideas or concepts of what to expect. My friend just told me that it was intense, and that I would have a short but interesting trip and might have some visuals. I was taken down into a world of small elf like people who were apparently already there although I couldn’t see them before, and they were very happy and excited to have me as a guest. They showed me their houses and how they lived. It felt like I was there for an hour or two, but when I “came back” it hadn’t been very long at all. I was very surprised and somewhat confused about how that happened; it was very unexpected! It wasn’t until years later through youtube and internet research that I started hearing about these little elves being a common theme with DMT trips. Very strange!
I feel like in 100 years humans are going to look back at what we were doing now and laugh at how stupid we were being about not studying psychedelics for medicinal applications
I think earthlings will always look back on previous generations with remorse and resent. Nepotism, narcissism, and nostalgic bias are all human nature. Hard for people to live in the present.
There's a theory that ergot fungus was the reason for the Salem witch trials. People were unknowingly consuming bread with the fungus in it after a particular wet season for crops. They started tripping and their reasoning was witchcraft.
Also look into the "stoned ape theory". The theory is basically: We got smarter (bigger brain) because we ate psychedelic mushrooms at some point in time. If nothing, it's a fun theory to think about.
Seems reasonable. Could it also have some connection with the Passover and the concern with avoiding (ergot contaminated / spiked?) leavened bread? i.e. so the "destroying angel" passes one by?
I personally know a girl who was addicted to heroin. The shaman gave her a full tumbler of Aya and told her to drink a little everyday for I think it was a week or 2. It completely cured her addiction and she is doing AMAZING now
I know someone who went to around 30 rehabs. Couldn't kick the heroin habit. Left the final rehab early (after 2 months -was a year program) and went to a aya retreat. Been clean since. He is the reason I believe it because if you met this guy Pat, you would think he would die an addict. Amazing really
Sounds like something that could be good for just about anyone. I think that ‘delics might be trouble for OCDs, borderlines and bipolar folks because of emotional issues. I fall into the last group and, these days, even weed is hard to handle, perhaps because it’s just so potent.
I was a addicted to several substances at the same time. I was mostly in opioids Roxy's cocaine and heroine mostly but there were several others. I decided that I was going to mix roughly 5 grams of mdma cocaine and 5 gel tabs. I don't know the strength of the LSD but what I do know is a put a face to my addiction. I looked into the tv and I looked at myself And I began to wave and morph into this evil distorted creature and I finally got a coherent thought and it was just "I don't like you". After that I cried for 3 or 4 hours with my mother just apologizing for the way I worried them with my drug problem. Now I'm 6 months clean( except for marijuana). I'm not a saint lol
Sorry brother but why do you mix coke and mdma ? Those two drugs cancels each other, do better research before absorbing huge quantities of self-cancelling product, good luck for the future
If you took 5 grams of "mdma" and lived to write this comment, you should thank your dealer for having ripped you off big time because otherwise you would be dead or permanently disabled.
@Kar3c - even 5mg would be too little, definitely just doesnt recall how much they exactly took. plenty of estimates, sometimes greatly over or under, when I try to recall dosages when telling drug experiences that had mixing going on
Peyote can, literally, take years to grow again once it's picked. A lot of people didn't realize that back in the 1960s, and a lot of, "Hippy" types went out to the desert and looked for patches of peyote to pick. Due to this, the Native Americans then had a very hard time finding peyote for their religious ceremonies. Not cool at all. Some people are very ignorant.
started smoking since my teenage. Got addicted to cocaine. Also suffered severe depression and mental illness. It's just amazing how psilocybin mushrooms treatment actually saved my life. 3 years clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without heroin, cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
Can you help me with the reliable source A. I'm 56 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 France. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
Yes he's Dr.johnsonshrooms. Shrooms to me is a natrual healer. I know a guy who has used mushrooms in the same way and they have really helped him. mah dudes have safe trips all.
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. How can I get contact with him? Is he on insta??
I took (too many tbh) mushrooms shortly after I lost my mom and it helped me sort through some of not just the trauma of losing her, but some other traumas, including trigger words. I want to be able to use them in conjunction with a therapist. I think it would be much more effective than regular therapy
Sorry about your mom. Lost my dad back in 2015 and I've recently been looking into mushrooms to see if they could help my mental state. Still can't get past it.
@@Cook2430 I appreciate that. I do recommend mushrooms, but make sure you have an experienced sitter just in case you spiral. I'm sorry to hear about your dad. Losing a parent is so difficult to cope with
I first did mushrooms about 10 years after losing my mom. I wish I'd known earlier; they have really helped me a lot and probably would have made the time immediately after her death less raw and full of despair. I agree that it would be a really effective therapy; I'd love to see that start to become a thing. I'm sorry about your mom; it's really not easy especially when you're young. I hope that your healing is continuing every day!
Clinical setting is not great by default: it’s too clinical. You need to feel cozy, not lights blazing in your eyes. I’m familiar with the clinical trials they did in the UK, and I wasn’t a fan of their setting either. For example, their playlist that they played for your trip was cliché hippy music. Some people like that, but I wouldn’t have a great trip with this. As an experienced tripster, I’d advise either to join a psychedelic retreat (they aren’t strictly legal, but people do them anyways, they usually have amazing settings and experienced trip sitters), or find a good friend you’d like to do it with and just go for it 😊
I don’t think clinical is necessary but in a good setting with enjoyable, trustworthy company you’ll have a good time. Just be sure you actually know what you’re taking and how much.
be ready to face yourself, do it with a friend or an experienced person, always in a controlled setting, I recommend the other person to be sober. It can be marvelous or it can be jarring, it depends on what you hold in yourself.
Psychedelic help a lot and they’re like a cheat sheet to life, but you could also experience the same things. Psychedelic amp tf out whilst being sober, meditation and astral projection are key.
A lot of people take shrooms and complain about bad trips but what one should understand is that one has to have a purpose for using it you can’t cheat the universe.
@@LievanosAguilarbut we see people ask isn’t it poisonous? Addictive and dangerous but what they don’t know is that psychedelics is a gift nature has given to us!!!
Its refreshing listening to an expert saying they really dont know how or why about alot of things. The worse thing about psychedelic drugs for me has been the people it brings who confidently talks about drugs and its effects like the same applies to everyone.
I would hesitate to call him an expert in this field, although his own experimentation certainly gives him knowledge not held by the rest of us. He's an author and journalist. He is an author and journalist and teaches journalism at UC Berkeley.
I have to admit I've done exactly that in the past, giving advice about a first mushroom experience and assuming that it would go well for the subject because they knew the ground rules. Which turned out not to be the case, he receded inwards, which isn't something that I do, I tend to be very emotional on shrooms, but they tend to make me more extroverted, where I'm normally an introvert. With him, he got super introverted and sank deep into himself and then kinda panicked, not a great first experience and not what I'd hoped for him. He didn't have a bad trip per se, but I was grateful he had a babysitter to help him through it. I don't recommend doing psychedelics without a sitter, especially if you're inexperienced. Milage definitely varies! Edit: The true psychonauts are people like Sasha Shulgin, may he rest in peace. His books TIHKAL and PIHKAL are an absolute treasure trove, and there's also the Erowid vaults, though some of the personal experiences probably need to be taken with a pinch of salt lol.
I think psychedelics are disruptive to society and they should be! Our way of life, our society, is a major reason why we have so many issues with mental health. Psychedelics help you see beyond all of our societal constructs and pressures.
@@MK5JETT Psychedelics are used as weapons to destroy leftist movements. That's not why they are invented or explored, it's just their effect on society. They make society conservative and stupid.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 Okay i see what you’re saying now, the IDEA and STIGMA surrounding psychedelics definitely does obscure movements conducted by those who use psychedelics; i’m not going to generalize the use psychs to only the left wing either.
As someone who has suffered with mental illness and depression the majority of my adult life. I just tried psychedelic mushrooms for the first time, I felt as if I was in the center of the universe. Totally got healed.
I hear this is supposed to be good for people who have mental health issues. I actually just started the research process of microdosing and all that. Im to the point where I want shock treatment.
I was an alcoholic for 15 years. I was on my 5th relapse when I tried DMT. Long story short, I never drank again after trip. I was cured of depression and anxiety completely for around 3 months. I’m 11 years sober now.
You can really tell that Michael himself has had lots of experiences with it. Here's to yall fellow psychonauts out there. Hope everyone's having a good time.
I wouldn't describe my psychedelic experiences as a "good time." A "worthwhile time" for sure. A "productive time." But it's usually pretty uncomfortable.
@@nickspeelman9174 im with you there but my thinking is if it wasn't uncomfortable, what effect would it really have? stepping out of ones comfort zone is a very effective step towards change, for the better, if you wish it
Every trip on LSD causes permanent irrevsible cumulative brain damage. If you do not do advanced mathematics regularly, you will not notice the damage until it accumulates to such severe levels, it starts to impact your day to day life.
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
I’ve done lsd twice, and had ego death my first time, and it’s been the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time. I’ve been more motivated, threw out a lot of harder substances, and a lot of my anxiety and underlying guilt is completely gone
If only you could reliably find acid anymore. The last time I bought something, it turned out it was 25i on blotter and I took the equivalent of 5 tabs (thinking it was acid). Needless to say, I had someone sit with me cause my heart was going nuts.
One of the uses of psychedelics is administering psilocybin to cancer patients, it allowed them to confron their mortality, remove fear and anxiety and to die with peace and equanimity. What a gift this is.
Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit
LSD abd mushrooms completely changed my whole outlook on life..I became a better version of myself. This experience gave me a lot of confidence about myself and a bunch of bad thought/behaviour pattern were broken. One of these was pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands alot..it gave me a lot of hope that things will be fine, this is the one thing that I heard throughout the trip. The main reason for the trip was my severe Depression and it definitely helped me. Before all I could do was lay in bed, now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before.
@James Dailey I've been having constant, unbearable anxiety because of university until i met Myco_sporres ,a very intelligent mycologist who helped me.
This video has inspired me to consider going into some form of pharmacology. I’m in grade 10 right now and my best friend struggles with mental health, so knowing that there’s research to be done on things that could help others like him is incredibly motivating. Thank you for making this video
Chemical pharmacology is what you want, double major if you can in Botany, if using plants to heal interests you. Focus on math and science (good reading and writing too--you will need it to get through college and write your dissertation to get your PhD). You need Intermediate Algebra/Trig, Calculus, statistics, biology, chemistry and the like. Good luck Sophia, you got this!
Do it! I wish I was your age again and could treat my own mental health issues that manifested at age 16 with psychedelics. But at the same time I'm grateful that I'm not too old to miss the full benefits.
A small dose of shrooms cured me of depression and gave me far more peace and joy for a period of about 6months after taking them. It was beautiful, right setting and intention was important though
i started taking shrooms as well. The antidepressants were just not working for my anxiety or physical anxiety symptoms im on day 4 of microdosing and haven't felt this good in months!
i love michael pollan!!!! this guy is so smart and is able to describe these psychedelic concepts in ways normal people can understand! he's doing a big part in destroying the stigma associated with psychedelic use!
@@annaclarafenyo8185 hey buddy, absolutely no one cares what you think. and it seems you already have brain damage if this is how you talk to strangers.
@@matthewreilly4311 I can assure you that every person who has not tried LSD who reads my comments will make doubly sure to avoid brain damage. The damage is serious, severe, and cumulative.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 you keep talking despite no one asking you a question. kind of interesting. i don't know what you're so worried about, as you would need a brain to actually get brain damage.
Had a similar ego death as his, was going through a rough period freshman year of college was in my dorm and me and my friends took a few mushrooms about 2.5 grams each. And we are pretty experienced in psychedelics. At the peak of my trip, i go into my room and i saw myself sleeping on my bed, I went up to myself and I was dead. I went into the living room and started crying to my roommates. They were also on mushrooms so they gave me a hug, made me feel loved, and it is still the most life changing experience. I now am on my last year of college living a great life.
@@shadowmoon1657 it's a cactus and it grows really slowly, that's why in order to not disrupt the natural population and affect native religious practices, labs and people that want to study the plant may do it using the synthetic option or just, you know, take a long time to grow them in the lab themselves. As the comment said, it's very honorable.
Shrooms were a mental reset for me always struggled with anxiety and depression I was about 17 when my buddy gave me a full quarter oz the trip lasted 8 hours and when it wore off I went outside and the world just looked and felt so much more beautiful. It just makes you realize your life has so much more meaning then we’re brainwashed to see.
I really wish I had a shroom trip at 17, it would have given a fresh reflection and saved decades of struggle and depression, delved finally at 45 and am grateful🙏🏻
For those who are intrested. Lsd/mushrooms is a very intense experience. I would highly suggest dabbling into marijuana first (if its legal) and definitely dont think of it like the movies. Dont try it at a rave or concert for your first time. Be with a friend and listen to music. Talk. watch your favorite movies. Or be out in nature where you cant hurt yourself. All the real pros will probably agree with me. The rave stuff is cool for the experienced tripper but they know they are either tightening there seatbelts or jumping out of the plane with no parachute.
Psilocybin containing mushrooms save my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit
Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here
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
I am feeling the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety levels. I am also glad to be a part of this community.
"Category one federal drug laws mean that a drug has no accepted medical use". When cigarettes, alcohol, and caffeine are legal, I find that prohibition on any other substance completely hypocritical. Particularly since (in America at least) that every citizen has the right to the pursuit of happiness. But I guess politicians are too busy giving people the illusion of freedom instead of freedom itself.
@@LoneLoaf cigarettes and alcohol can be tho since they kill tons of people, are incredibly addictive and cause severe withdrawals, and with alcohol it makes people more likely to be violent
@@aeringothyk5445 Of course, but not to the same extreme as other drugs. Rocket Launchers can kill people, so can kitchen knives, but that doesn't mean they should be treated as equal threats.
On Peyote: It takes so long for one button to mature (think like fifty years). When you add every recreation user to the already religious user and THEN add the needs of research and pharma, there literally just is not enough of the species of cactus on this earth to both sustain itself as a species and all the greedy wants of an 'experience' let alone to fill the need of science.
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Hey young adult here with ADD that went untreated for 19 years. LSD literally saved my life in the sense that I no longer had a desire to end my unbearable reality I was living. Now being 20 years old it's been a long and hard road but thankfully now I'm doing a whole lot better being treated properly by professionals and living my best life.
@@John-rk2bl ADHDer here. I've found that getting the right dose of meds makes a huge difference for me. I can't speak to 'shrooms but I recommend seeing a doctor to get meds for ADHD. In my experience coffee is counterproductive on meds. They are not magic pills but really make things a lot more manageable. Best of luck
Your brain isn't even developed yet. Stop taking psychedelics. My VERY SEVERE ADHD lessened significantly by the age of 25, and by 27 i had a solid grip in my life. It's much more related to your pre-frontal cortex development (in which you are stunted if you have ADHD) Than anything else. You should workout, meditate, and take care of your sleep schedule, and then wait until you are 25, AND THEN you can take LSD for its therapeutic benefits, but only if you have already tried therapy.
This was honestly very interesting and eye opening. I've always been against drugs since my parents are highly against them and that was the way I were raised. But now I'm starting to see more positive on it, gonna do more research.
There are some positives to occasional use of safe drugs, but LSD is NOT a safe drug, and neither are most of the psychedelics (Salvia MIGHT be safe, I don't know, it has the best chance, as it acts on completely different pathways and effects are so short, there isn't time for serious damage). Do not take LSD, this causes permanent cumulative brain damage. Do not take Ayahuasca or Psilocybin for the same reason.
Make sure if you ever do it you have a trusted friend to guide you who is familiar. Also dont have any bug plans the next day that will stress you out and be able to go outside safely if at all possible. I also recommend starting with mushrooms vs acid.
@@raeroa7982 Make sure you never do it. It makes no difference how good a friend you have with you, it doesn't matter how much fun you have, you will damage your brain.
Psilocybin containing mushroom saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. it has also helped me to survive depression
I was having this constant, unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I came across bergwilly11, a very intelligent mycologist.He saved my life honestly
I’m feeling the same way too. I put too much on my plate and it definitely affects my stress and anxiety level. I am so glad to be part of this community.
Mushrooms are THE only thing that has had any impact on my addiction, depression and anxiety, which have had horrible impacts on my life. After breaking up with my sons mother and wishing I was dead, taking mushrooms helped me to connect more with my son and establish a new friendship and cooperative bond with my ex, feel more positive and happy, reconnect with myself and my inner child and empathise with people more, to help me see what loving someone really means and be less possessive and has renewed my interest in making music and helped me understand it better as a bonus. Nothing worked so fast, so well and with so few side-effects and at one of the lowest points in my life into the bargain, now I just take a trip once a month, I stopped using heroin and methadone completely and don't have any residual cravings, I don't even drink or use other drugs any more. I think psychedelics have the potential to create a revolution in mental health!
proud to hear this. the fact that shrooms can cause people to quit HEROIN is insane. i still haven't done a big dose yet to where something that impactful happened but i am 100% looking forward to it
@@dennismoore4977 if you're worried about taking a massive dose, just increase your normal dose by a gram each time you decide to trip until you finally reach what you're looking for. Sometimes you don't end up needing a big of a dose as you might think to come to some sort of realization.
Michael Pollan is such an important figure within the psychedelic academia. He somehow manages to explain the inexplicable in an approachable way and that is an important element of the foundation of integrating psychedelics into society. They saved my life twice and have given me more than I could've ever asked for, made me a better person in every aspect imaginable. I could never express how much gratitude I have for them.
Is there any doubt as to whether Man investigates only his enemy? You know, I have a fake quote (which sometimes I say that Eric Clapton said) that I tell people, which is, "They call me a hippie because the hip is where the gun is attached". I used to "go all out", but I never had a gun, ya know ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A7zoudZMxVE.html
Taking psych classes and learning how antidepressants and other medicines that effect neurotransmitters makes you realize how little we know about the brain
I can testify to the machine elves! I had never heard of them, neither had any of my friends when we got a hold of a lot of pure DMT in 2006. I had 2 profound , extreme experiences with the elves. I’d never heard of McKenna and had 0 expectations of DMT going in other than knowing it was smokable, like LSD, quick onset, short duration, heavy. That was all. We were all so confused when we heard about Mckennas machine elves, and of the many other people who had the same visions
I find it comforting. Ive had conversations with folks that mirrored my own experiences. I know Several people that have met the Great Mantis while tripping on Salvia.
@@notasim374 Yeah, Its sad that they get such harsh push back. I guess its all about control. Ive come to appreciate then Scientific fact that We are atoms and all atoms are connected in some way. With that as a basis its not hard to imagine the possibility that some atomic arrangements could open pathways of communication if not actual transmission of consciousness to other realms. That type of thinking Although part of our very Cultural construction, is not welcomed when One is meant to toil and Persevere to Endure.
@@redneckhippiefreak It's about brain damage. LSD causes brain damage. Ayahuasca causes brain damage. Salvia MIGHT be safe, but it requires a lot of clinical studies and a mathematically trained person willing to take a dose once a month for five years.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 LSD and ayahuasca are not neurotoxic and do not cause brain damage lmao psychedelic drugs are some of the safest drugs you can do as far as physical harm risks go.
Oh. I didn't know LSD mimicked serotonin. As someone who actually responds very poorly to serotonin, that's good to know. I've never done drugs, but now if I get the urge, I know probably not a good idea to give LSD a shot.
The more you know! What kind of serotonin influencing drugs have you used before? I’ve noticed I reacted super bad to citalopram (SSRI) but just dandy to paroxetine (also an SSRI). So who knows, every brain is different and every drug is different too. We’re so far behind on understanding this stuff, science better get on it!
I have to say your logic doesn't really make sense. But I'm not trying to argue. I just wouldn't want you to miss out on somthing that can be wonderful because of a misconception. I'm not sure what you mean by not responding well to serotonin but LSD only mimics it in the sense that it has a similar shape... the molecule is made up of mainly the same atoms connected in a similar pattern. This allows it to bind to some of the same receptors in your brain (kinda like a key fits into a lock) but the small differences in pattern, witch atom is where, means that it has a completely different effect. I'm not saying you should take LSD Im just saying you shouldn't expect it to effect you in a similar to serotonin.
@@Travel_8 Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic drug, which means it primarily functions by manipulating serotonin. For all the reasons I've written in the replies... No thank you. I don't fancy myself another flying off the handle moment followed by attempted suicide again, thanks. I almost lost my kidneys last time, and I kind of like those li'l guys. You know how all those SSRIs warn about increased thoughts or risk of suicide in some patients? When I say I don't react well to serotonin, that is what I mean. Don't assume something that is great for you will be a good fit for someone else. Enjoy it if it helps you, but understand it's not an option for everyone.
Well everyone needs and has serotonin in their brain to varying levels ofc so I don't think you respond bad to serotonin but maybe you meant to SSRIs? I took a genesight test and was found to have a short allele on one of my serotonin receptors that SSRIs target so SSRIs aren't as effective for me, maybe you experience this?
