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Shrooms had the opposite effect on me, where I suddenly became much more cognizant of the damaging aspects of our society, to an almost unbearable level. It mad

Shrooms had the opposite effect on me, where I suddenly became much more cognizant of the damaging aspects of our society, to an almost unbearable level. It made me overall less capable of operating in society, not more. Can't say I was really a fan of its effects on me. Psilocybin seems to induce a highly plastic state of mind, and so the results can be somewhat unpredictable.

colpabar 5y ago
Did you take them alone? Did you go outside at all? I think your environment really affects your experience. I always tell people to go outside as much as possible, ideally on a nice sunny day. Walk around in a park or the woods and I bet you'd have a different experience. If you're alone and indoors, you'll most likely end up going deep inside your own head, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but things can definitely start getting dark.
- Trasmatta 5y ago
  I took them alone, but did go outside. Going outside was the best part of the trip. It wasn't a "bad trip" (had those on DXM before, this was much different). It was more that it opened my mind more fully to the amount of suffering in the world, and how much of it is caused by humans. Something we usually have to suppress in order to function from day to day. It was probably overall a good thing to have those realizations, but it was highly challenging, and it was detrimental to my mental health over the following months. But the lessons were probably just as important as a trip filled with just love and joy (never had one of those).
pmoriarty 5y ago
"Shrooms had the opposite effect on me, where I suddenly became much more cognizant of the damaging aspects of our society, to an almost unbearable level. It made me overall less capable of operating in society, not more." It's important to connect with others who've had similar realizations of the dysfunction of our society. Together we are stronger, can support each other, and work together for positive change. Don't go it alone.

colpabar 5y ago

Did you take them alone? Did you go outside at all? I think your environment really affects your experience. I always tell people to go outside as much as possible, ideally on a nice sunny day. Walk around in a park or the woods and I bet you'd have a different experience. If you're alone and indoors, you'll most likely end up going deep inside your own head, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but things can definitely start getting dark.

Trasmatta 5y ago
I took them alone, but did go outside. Going outside was the best part of the trip. It wasn't a "bad trip" (had those on DXM before, this was much different). It was more that it opened my mind more fully to the amount of suffering in the world, and how much of it is caused by humans. Something we usually have to suppress in order to function from day to day. It was probably overall a good thing to have those realizations, but it was highly challenging, and it was detrimental to my mental health over the following months. But the lessons were probably just as important as a trip filled with just love and joy (never had one of those).

pmoriarty 5y ago

"Shrooms had the opposite effect on me, where I suddenly became much more cognizant of the damaging aspects of our society, to an almost unbearable level. It made me overall less capable of operating in society, not more." It's important to connect with others who've had similar realizations of the dysfunction of our society. Together we are stronger, can support each other, and work together for positive change. Don't go it alone.