“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
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
My recovery journey was greatly enhanced by the therapeutic benefits of mushrooms. Other psychedelics like DMT and LSD have also proven to be remarkable.
His brain has been damaged by psychedelics. Taking psychedelics can superficially produce what looks like social intelligence. But these chemicals permanently damage the brain.
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.
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?
Research shows that psilocybin mushrooms have promising results for mental health support, particularly in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD.
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!
"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
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.
@@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.
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."
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.
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’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.
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 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
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.
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
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.
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 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!
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 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.
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 ! ruclips.net/video/A7zoudZMxVE/видео.html
*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*
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..
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 recently had a breakthrough psychedelic experience that changed me for life...for the better. I was a heavy drinker and I've seen the truth and understand life is too precious to just blow it on booze..and my lifelong depression is gone.
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🙏🏻
Thr value of "i dont know" is immeasurable, I love how when hes not sure of something he prettyu much tells it straight up. the people yall have on here are always amazing.
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 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.*
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.
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.
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.
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 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
"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"""".
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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?
Went through ego death and it completely changed my life and healed me in ways I never thought I could be. Accepting it was quite beautiful and transformative.
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This guy is who we need more of, he doesn't look like the kind of guy who's gonna tell you about the potential medical uses for psychedelics, he appears very professional, and I believe that can allow him to slip into the thoughts of those very stubborn on the topic and plant a seed of doubt, a seed of "he might be right", and I believe that that is what we need if we wish to see change regarding psychedelics
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 .
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
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.
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.
I had an ego death when I was new to tripping and didn’t know that that could even happen . I was SO young and dropped a heftyy lil tab . I’m not going to describe it but after it happened I did a dive in the web and discovered “ego death” and it was amazing and relieving to see that other people went through it too and that it’s a real experience
LSD and 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.
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!
I lived for six months in an Ayahuasca retreat house and never heard anyone mention elves. I think that proves your point. Ob the other hand, I went in fully expecting jungle imagery and instead got sci-fi cityscapes. Also Narnia, Disneyland and abbatoirs. My experience of changa (DMT infused into smoking herbs) was highly colourful and geometric and I took it with no foreknowledge at all.
The most important thing I learned was to practice non attachment before and during the session. Don't let negative things take power over you. Allow positive things but don't grasp them either. Just because it hurts or is scary doesn't make it important. Just watch them pass.
Yeah, this was a great one. I loved how he kept mentioning that he didn't know and encouraging that more research needed to be done. Unedited version would be awesome.
He is saying he doesn't know because he is a propagandist for psychedlic abuse. He DOES know, or else he SHOULD know. LSD causes permanent cumulative brain damage. This has been known since the earliest trials on soldiers in the 1960s.
@@MnemonicHeadTrip Pretty sure 5-meo-dmt is a dmt analogue so at least they're studying versions of it. I'm aware of how different they are but at least they're studying something that's closely related. With mescaline though, I'm not aware of anything related to it being studied.
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
Psychedelics have potential to deal with mental health issues like anxiety and depression. I would like to try them again but it's just so hard to source out here
I was having this constant unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I can across dr_william_tripsz a very intelligent mycologist, he saves my life
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I saw one theory that DMT is affecting the part of the brain that has to do with facial recognition, or specifically recognition of friends. so it basically just kicks that part of the brain really hard until you hallucinate "friend shapes" devoid of context. The elves are just a distilled form of what you would identify as a fellow friendly conscious entity, halfway between a person and a friendly animal and perhaps some of our more cherished mechanical devices.
Brilliant man. And I love that he never says « don’t do it » as mum and dad would. He’s all about « Go on, but beware. Acccept what may happen if you do».
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
"someone I know" did DMT several times years and years ago and had never heard the machine elves thing. They never saw them once. Also before using it, it was described as something that the brain creates while we dream. They never saw geometric figures and everything was swirly and 'drippy.' So set and setting were definitely in play there
it's a fascinating topic but it's hard to believe there isn't a decent amount of data at this point that would clarify somewhat whether that's just a suggestive meme (in the classical sense) that's perpetuated through trip reports or if there's something more to it. most people have never even heard of DMT, surely it wouldn't be too difficult to get groups together to test this.
@@himalayantongue Well the Venn diagram between people who are 'adventurous' enough to participate in such a study and people who are already immersed in 'psychedelics culture' is significant.
@@deus_ex_machina_ You're totally right. Also, it doesn't sound like there are very many clinical trials being done with powerful psychedelics in general. I highly doubt anyone's going to approve funding to test something so silly when much more important questions remain unanswered.
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!
@@annaclarafenyo8185 Do feel free to link a single peer-reviewed study with findings demonstrating even a *correlation* between psychedelic drugs and "brain damage". I'll wait. Will probably be waiting for a while, huh?
I agree about the therapeutic use and I like that people have a therapist to talk it out with afterwards. They're looking at psilocybin as a experimental treatment for lupus; I have memory problems and low serotonin (chronic pain). I hope the NIH gets the funding they need for more research.
As I never tried them (I only smoke pot), I really didn’t think psychedelics could do so much on the self’s mental health and only thought of them as recreationals drug as all the others, just more powerful. Instead watching this video was kind of mind blowing, remembers how little we can know about something and still think we know enough.
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@@screamingsixties True true, unsure if its technically classifed as one (know its considered psychoactive at least) my personal experience with it reminds me of how some may describe their shroom microdoses. I've came to some interesting conclusions, made important decisions... just need to actually remember these things and DO them when I sober up. 😅
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.
This guy is precise and eloquent and a fantastic spokesperson for the topic. About blind people tripping, they undoubtedly do, but you'll have to ask a blind person to know what it's like.
Without a shadow of doubt, the most profoundly eye opening, beautiful, terrifying & epiphanous moments I’ve ever had, where when I was on LSD or Mushrooms when I was younger.
people talk about ego death and wonder what it is and to me its being able to analyze yourself and your flaws without judgement and either accept them or give you the courage to realize you can change them and they dont define you. its a beautiful thing. as someone who used to have anxiety its one of the best things ever to happen to me because it changed my life and provided motivation i should have already had and did not.
I absolutely love how inquisitive Michael Pollan's mind is, and what a fantastic critical thinker he is too. This is such a great example of just explaining what we know and don't know in a down-to-earth way. It's exciting to see psychedelics being explored in more mainstream channels.
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.
I've been medicating on LSD since the start of the year. It has been an absolutely amazing experience and I've dedicated myself to creating content all about my experience on my TikTok! Thank you so much for this video Wired and for your support Michael. This kind of representation and discussion matters so much right now!
LSD literally gave me the best feeling I've ever had. Was just smiling laughing and had butterflies for hours. Didn't hallucinate or have a bad trip while doing it
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I felt like I was floating for hours, my legs were like a cloud and I felt so happy and alive! Then on the come down I felt like I wanted to cry lol that huge drop in serotonin was not the best feeling.
Taking psych classes and learning how antidepressants and other medicines that effect neurotransmitters makes you realize how little we know about the brain
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“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 👏
I was just scrollimg and saw this comment when he started saying this
i had to pause the video to really process that
he did a joe rogan podcast a while ago. That'd probably scratch this itch.
It was indeed. That'll cost ya ThreeFiddy :P
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.
Been sending this video to just about everyone I know because of that.
Bc he is a drugged freak who doesn’t care
If you liked this you should check out the book Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks
@@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
THIS is how you reduce harm. This kind of education should be seen throughout ALL schools.
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.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 explain
@@annaclarafenyo8185 I’d like to see your sources on that one chief
@@annaclarafenyo8185 Sounds like you need some psychedelics
@@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.
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've been wanting to give it a go, but I'm struggling to find a reliable source.
doctorcyruss is your guy. The best shrooms and psychedelics guy I know.
He's on Telegram?
Yes, and TikTok
I tried golden teachers for the first time, and it was an amazing experience.
I appreciate how unbiased he is for someone who probably really loves psychadelics
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
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That one case doesn't change the general
@@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.
Yes dude, totally
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I’d like another, longer, version on this topic with this guy please
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.
Watch the Joe Rogan episode with him on it it’s like 2-3 hours
Read his books on the topic they are great
Buy his book
He’s on a really good nearly 2 hour episode of “Armchair Expert” it’s a really good listen !
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
yeah i really liked that
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.
My recovery journey was greatly enhanced by the therapeutic benefits of mushrooms. Other psychedelics like DMT and LSD have also proven to be remarkable.
Hey mate, where can i source one?
doctorcyruss is your guy, got all kinds of psychedelics.
Is he on telgram?
Yes and tiktok, highly recommended.
Does he deliver worldwide? i need mine sent to Germany.
I would love to have this man as a teacher. He's just so effortlessly engaging.
Should read his books
Read his books on audiobook; he reads them himself. Just as engaging as in this video.
@@bloodsimple94 On this particular subject, How To Change Your Mind was fantastic. His book Caffeine was also good, albeit really short.
His brain has been damaged by psychedelics. Taking psychedelics can superficially produce what looks like social intelligence. But these chemicals permanently damage the brain.
he teaches at berkeley
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
because the world is magic :)
anything science hasn't been able to explain in relative terms is considered magic.
@@nickgagnon1132 so they say
@Nick Gagnon yep
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.
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 make art?
@@meditationman4208 I do :)
@@HulluRichie Where can I find it?
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?
@@sluggie1018 Yes I do have hallucinations, no I don't take acid anymore. And I sorta agree.
Research shows that psilocybin mushrooms have promising results for mental health support, particularly in reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD.
I’ve had a truly positive and amazing results with mushrooms. It was incredible!
Where to get em?
doctormaxshrooms is your guy, got all kinds of psychedelics.
Will he be on telgrm or TikTok?
Yes, that’s his name.
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!
Howd u type this comment
@@tobytowns1 Speech to text. How do people not know this by now?
@@sleepyote for the most part I was joking lmao
I am blinded in one eye and when I trip I can swear that my blind eye can see!
@@sladeniz9766 next time blindfold yourself snd have a friend hold some fingers up for you to count
I'm blind, and although I haven't taken LSD, I have taken mushrooms and ayahuasca. I didn't get visuals, I did hear strange sounds though.
Wow now that is interesting.
Neat! What about other senses? Did you smell or feel weird things? Was your balance off?
Did you notice anything different with your inner thoughts
Howd you type my man
@@jacobbooth9263 try searching “how do blind people type” ;)
"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.
Placebo effect
Or it was laced with acid.
@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
@@justaguywithaturban6773 Evidence for the placebo effect is a placebo effect, reinforcing the legitimacy of 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
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I didn’t know about the LSD molecule fitting the receptor better than the serotonin itself. Fascinating! Great vid. Thank you Mr. Pollan and Wired!
It’s true. Other psychedelic compounds fit the receptor differently
Google that ish if you really want to find the answers
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 i think that last part is just you 😳
@@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.
1 shroom trip has cured me thus far of my clinical suicidal depression. I literally owe my life to it.
Lobotomy and electroshock are also effective on depression.
@@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.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 I am considering both
@@annaclarafenyo8185 LOL what a goofball
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."
Sounds like euphoric mania to me, or at least how my euphoric mania tends to present itself.
I lovvve this, thank you for sharing! ^_^
That's a wonderful quote
Best Mushroom(psychedelic) testimony ever^^^^
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Yeah … then gotta wonder how many more times he had to take it again for same feelings to occur lol … life is extremely beautiful on its own
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.
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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.
Did you listen to what he said? He is a user.
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.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 genuinely curious, are there any sources available that support this claim?
@@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’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
How much μg did you do?
@@helloitsme8884 250 ug and I smoked a LOT
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.
@@baronvonbeandipwhat’s 25i
Awesome! And certainly not microdosing
*What do you call an expert in psychedelics?*
*A trip advisor. 🤭*
Good one😂
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It's what it is though which makes it sick af
oof.. the dad joke energy is stong with this one :D
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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.
dr.perryshroom is your guy. Got all kinds of psychedelics stuff. Guided me through my first ever experience
YES, he is dr.perryshroom. There's a lot of potential in psychedelics
Never done shrooms but have done DMT and KET, lot's of patterns and hallucinations being displayed
hm. Can dr.perryshroom dispatch to me in Tx?
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
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Yeah, the war on drugs worked out great, didn't it? This is, logically, the best option.
The entire existence of cartels DEPENDS on illegality. Anyone who keeps drugs illegal is responsible for actions by cartels.
True, Portugal is the perfect example!
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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.
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
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
@@somethingginterestingg4275 30 rehabs?? Je$$u$$$$$$
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.
Indigenous medicine is powerful
@@bleachedbrownsugarbabe3673 no it isn’t lol
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.
He’s not an expert. He’s a newbie.
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.
100%
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
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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!
So sorry for you loss, hope you are doing okay
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.
That's saddening ngl.
Wow
This is why we neef large scale agriculture
Snooze you loose shoulda grown their own hippie’s were entitled to it as much as the natives
@@connordubroy that’s so false but go off I guess
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??
@@ConfusedAlbatross-kw9kmYES of course he's dr.johnsonshroom
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.
Congratulations on your sobriety!! So fantastic that it helped.
Dude, I hope that one day I’ll be able to achieve that as well….
@@emilianohermosilla3996 its possible if you want it enough. the best of strength to you
Congrats! That’s awesome!
Well done! Psychedelics are incredibly powerful medicine.
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 !
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*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*
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..
*Myco_kings.* He's the most knowledgeable about psychedelics that I know.
Thank you
I love Michael Pollan's writing. The Botany of Desire and How to Change Your Mind are amazing
thank you for saying this!!! i feel like most people don't know what I mean when I say I like his writing style, will deff check these books out
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_The Botany of Desire_ is a fantastic book.
Omnivore’s Dilemma is also great!
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.
I had a bad trip when I didn't know bad trips are a thing. Spiked stuff.
Schedule clear for 2-3 days would be best, first time around~
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.
It makes no difference if the trip is bad or good. All trips damage the brain equally.
I recently had a breakthrough psychedelic experience that changed me for life...for the better. I was a heavy drinker and I've seen the truth and understand life is too precious to just blow it on booze..and my lifelong depression is gone.
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.
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did it make you nauseous at all?
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🙏🏻
I love that psychedelics are becoming increasingly more popular and being researched more. They have INCREDIBLE potential
Truly one of the most remarkable phenomenons on the planet
Thr value of "i dont know" is immeasurable, I love how when hes not sure of something he prettyu much tells it straight up. the people yall have on here are always amazing.
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!
That's really interesting, thank you for sharing!
That's really strange!!
yes, his reply to the Ayahuasca question about visuals etc., was inadequate. Set and setting is not the answer.
Sounds way more like DMT than LSD, especially mentioning the "short trip"
Did you ‘see’ this with your eyes open and aware of it, or do you go into a trance with your eyes closed?
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.*
I have autism, I was diagnosed with it when I was 15. I tried shrooms and it made me function so much better. 0:01
I'm autistic too and might wanna try
mushrooms. How do I go about it? 0:02
Yeah dr.johnsonshroom is your guide. Man is
exceptional with anything psychedelics.
0:01 Hey Can he be reached on IG?
@@bermen577 of course Yes dr.johnsonshroom 0:01
This guy is really awesome. Never done psychedelics, but in a controlled, clinical setting I'd be interested.
Yeah it'd be interesting.
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 😊
If I would had mushrooms I would go in nature
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.
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.
Best we can do is score some LSD and conduct our own experiments with friends.
WDYM the C1A did plenty of experiments with LSD look it up ;)
I totally hear you. I don't get it either. Welcome to the American Propaganda Machine. It's all about power and control.
Cope
We live in a mad world
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.
Glad to hear! I have untreated autism, adhd, i wonder If mushrooms will help me
Who treated you for ADHD at a year old?
Getting out of adolescence helps "fix" so many problems. It gets better.
@@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.
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.
Eek I’m autistic too and might wanna try mushrooms. How do I go about it?
Hello Can he be reached on IG?
Psychedelics really has a-lot of potential medical benefits. So cool
A lot of people have testified on this. I’m looking to have a go, on shrooms and psychedelics.
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 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
5g mdma? Must have been trash mdma
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
When you take 5 grams of mdma, you become able to talk at ten times the speed and then you die.
I love how he follows up every question with “we pretty much don’t know” because we pretty much don’t.
because not much research has been done so yeah, we wouldnt know what could happen.
"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???"
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@@MusicLoverInTheSky I mean who DOES care?
@@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"""".
@@MusicLoverInTheSky more like 5 hours 🙄
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
Best of luck sophia!
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!
Please do. We need more people like this
best of luck to u and hope ur best friend gets better 💗
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.
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.
I’d say dr_xzavier, one of the best mycologist, everything connecting to psychedelics and what psychedelics is all about is there as a guide.
Yes, dr_xzavier.
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!!!
Definitely yes and anonymously as well.
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.
Capitalism leads to more mental illness than any physical substance
Psychedelics are not disruptive, they are simply a method of destroying left wing movements by damaging the brains of people in the movement.
@@annaclarafenyo8185 psychedelics are definitely not made for that. If society never existed, psychedelics would still be here
@@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.
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!
It's not a 'stigma', it's avoiding brain damage.
@@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.
I dont think any of these concepts are particularly advanced or creative....
@@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.
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.
Ergot is needed to make lsd
It’s a possible reason
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?
@@jimthejellyfish2 I really think you guys are reading WAY into it
Someone asked do blind people trip when they take LSD, I am totally blind and have been since birth and the answer is 100% yes
that’s actually kinda crazy to think about, I’ve never taken psychedelics but are you able to see colors, what is the high like
Is that how you were able to write this comment on RUclips if you have been blind since birth?
@@313_mob4 Bless your heart, you think blind people can't browse the internet?
@@313_mob4 not sure if they can read your comments lol
What was it like ??
Went through ego death and it completely changed my life and healed me in ways I never thought I could be. Accepting it was quite beautiful and transformative.
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This guy is who we need more of, he doesn't look like the kind of guy who's gonna tell you about the potential medical uses for psychedelics, he appears very professional, and I believe that can allow him to slip into the thoughts of those very stubborn on the topic and plant a seed of doubt, a seed of "he might be right", and I believe that that is what we need if we wish to see change regarding psychedelics
Nope. No seed planted here.
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 .
Any good dealer? I seriously want to try out
I can say dr.bradshrooms is the man for you
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Research has shown psilocybin to have potential to treat a range of psychiatric and behavioral disorders.
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
Taking shrooms was 100% one of the most important experiences in my life. Everything has changed since my trip - I perceive - things differently.
Been looking to try shrooms
how do you get yours ?
Doc.felchshrooms
How do I connect with him ?
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.
Theres a demon behind me
You're right! And, he actually has! He talks about them in details on his books.
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.
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.
So, when do we get to see him review hallucination/trip scenes in movies?
half of them are dookie, some good ones are midsommar, fear and loathing, the men who stare at goats and uhhh idk
@@jamesq5831 the necessary death of charlie countryman too! i heard shia labeouf really used drugs for that particular scene where he's tripping
Yesssssss
Yup
I had an ego death when I was new to tripping and didn’t know that that could even happen . I was SO young and dropped a heftyy lil tab . I’m not going to describe it but after it happened I did a dive in the web and discovered “ego death” and it was amazing and relieving to see that other people went through it too and that it’s a real experience
"but if it happens once...." only laughter can describe what's next. he's so good!
Pollan’s book How to Change Your Mind is one of the most interesting nonfiction books to come out in recent years.
Confronting own traumas on lsd has been awesome for me, I’ve never had a bad trip
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LSD and 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.
Breaking through on DMT was the craziest experience that I've have ever had. Truly an astonishing 15minutes.
Can you describe it??
@@yesyeahyes1 i dont think thats possible
@@vuks-fj7fl ^^ This. lol
I’ve always wanted to try DMT
@@yesyeahyes1 Ever see one of those boards thats liquid inside with a lot of cool colors and they mix back and forth very fluid?
Like that
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!
I lived for six months in an Ayahuasca retreat house and never heard anyone mention elves. I think that proves your point.
Ob the other hand, I went in fully expecting jungle imagery and instead got sci-fi cityscapes. Also Narnia, Disneyland and abbatoirs.
My experience of changa (DMT infused into smoking herbs) was highly colourful and geometric and I took it with no foreknowledge at all.
The most important thing I learned was to practice non attachment before and during the session. Don't let negative things take power over you. Allow positive things but don't grasp them either. Just because it hurts or is scary doesn't make it important. Just watch them pass.
I had ego death on 5gs of shrooms, I was by myself & was fighting it the whole time. Very SCARY but mind changing experience
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You are supposed to surrender and not fight/resist it.
Yeah, this was a great one. I loved how he kept mentioning that he didn't know and encouraging that more research needed to be done.
Unedited version would be awesome.
He is saying he doesn't know because he is a propagandist for psychedlic abuse. He DOES know, or else he SHOULD know. LSD causes permanent cumulative brain damage. This has been known since the earliest trials on soldiers in the 1960s.
That question about mescaline not being researched as much as the other common psychedelics was actually really good!
I would extend the same view to 5-meo-dmt as well
@@MnemonicHeadTrip Pretty sure 5-meo-dmt is a dmt analogue so at least they're studying versions of it. I'm aware of how different they are but at least they're studying something that's closely related. With mescaline though, I'm not aware of anything related to it being studied.
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
Psychedelics have potential to deal with mental health issues like anxiety and depression. I would like to try them again but it's just so hard to source out here
@@stephanie290 yeah dr_williams_tripsz
Tripping is not really bad but find a good mycologist Who will teach you the right things you need to know
I was having this constant unbearable anxiety because of university stress. Not until I can across dr_william_tripsz a very intelligent mycologist, he saves my life
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When I did acid it was amazing confronted child hood trauma I didn't even know I had first time I had cried in years it was truly amazing
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I saw one theory that DMT is affecting the part of the brain that has to do with facial recognition, or specifically recognition of friends. so it basically just kicks that part of the brain really hard until you hallucinate "friend shapes" devoid of context. The elves are just a distilled form of what you would identify as a fellow friendly conscious entity, halfway between a person and a friendly animal and perhaps some of our more cherished mechanical devices.
That's kind of sweet in a way
Pareidolia effect?
I've had How to Change Your Mind on my shelf for YEARS and I'm finally starting it this afternoon. This was an awesome and informative video.
Brilliant man. And I love that he never says « don’t do it » as mum and dad would. He’s all about « Go on, but beware. Acccept what may happen if you do».
My parents have never told me not to try psychedelics. They’ve pretty much always trusted me to know what’s right for me.
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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
Psychedelics are just an amazing discovery , it's quite fascinating how effective they're for depression and stress disorders . Saved my life
@@michaellesniak1310My first shroom trip was really awesome , it felt like I was deep into the sea
@@heatherldutrow1204microdosing help me overcome my life long addiction to cigarettes and alcohol
@@kathleenmcclenahan5701I've been thinking to use shrooms for my anxiety and depression . Anyone know where I can source them ?
@@rhysreid9302yes he's dr jeffshroom
"someone I know" did DMT several times years and years ago and had never heard the machine elves thing. They never saw them once. Also before using it, it was described as something that the brain creates while we dream. They never saw geometric figures and everything was swirly and 'drippy.' So set and setting were definitely in play there
it's a fascinating topic but it's hard to believe there isn't a decent amount of data at this point that would clarify somewhat whether that's just a suggestive meme (in the classical sense) that's perpetuated through trip reports or if there's something more to it. most people have never even heard of DMT, surely it wouldn't be too difficult to get groups together to test this.
@@himalayantongue Well the Venn diagram between people who are 'adventurous' enough to participate in such a study and people who are already immersed in 'psychedelics culture' is significant.
@@deus_ex_machina_ You're totally right. Also, it doesn't sound like there are very many clinical trials being done with powerful psychedelics in general. I highly doubt anyone's going to approve funding to test something so silly when much more important questions remain unanswered.
@@oliviakrca If a major study were approved it would be all over the news and the pool of potential candidates would shrink.
@@oliviakrca there are so many tests with psychedelics tf you saying
Enjoyed listening to this guy, well spoken and thoughtful.
This great. The fact that we are having this conversation is even better!! Thank you!!! BTW your books are mind blowing!!!!!!!
“ our experiences are shaped by what we expect to see.” - that basically just sums up life
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
what was your setting like?
@@jackbanyai7933 I am not OP but, being in nature helps. Go camping, be in nature.
What was your dose?
Same here
You feel so clean
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 am loving this new spike in psychedelic acceptance, research and content! amazing to see.
This is a recurring fad, every 25 years or so, as people stop seeing the brain damaged zombies produced by psychedelics all around them.
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Do feel free to link a single peer-reviewed study with findings demonstrating even a *correlation* between psychedelic drugs and "brain damage". I'll wait. Will probably be waiting for a while, huh?
@@seth5143 hahaha so true!!!!
I agree about the therapeutic use and I like that people have a therapist to talk it out with afterwards. They're looking at psilocybin as a experimental treatment for lupus; I have memory problems and low serotonin (chronic pain). I hope the NIH gets the funding they need for more research.
These drugs cause permanent brain damage. They will never be approved, or even studied in clinical trials, as the trials would be unethical.
Michael Pollan is an excellent speaker. I hope to see more of him.
As I never tried them (I only smoke pot), I really didn’t think psychedelics could do so much on the self’s mental health and only thought of them as recreationals drug as all the others, just more powerful. Instead watching this video was kind of mind blowing, remembers how little we can know about something and still think we know enough.
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Marijuana is a reasonably potent psychedelic on its own.
@@screamingsixties True true, unsure if its technically classifed as one (know its considered psychoactive at least) my personal experience with it reminds me of how some may describe their shroom microdoses. I've came to some interesting conclusions, made important decisions... just need to actually remember these things and DO them when I sober up. 😅
5:54 thank you so much for discussing entropic brain. Definitely the leading edge of clinical research right now and the most valid point to be made
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
@@brawnjefferson8807 I've been having constant, unbearable anxiety because of university. dr.sporess is a life saver.
He’s on Insta
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.
This guy is precise and eloquent and a fantastic spokesperson for the topic. About blind people tripping, they undoubtedly do, but you'll have to ask a blind person to know what it's like.
Without a shadow of doubt, the most profoundly eye opening, beautiful, terrifying & epiphanous moments I’ve ever had, where when I was on LSD or Mushrooms when I was younger.
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people talk about ego death and wonder what it is and to me its being able to analyze yourself and your flaws without judgement and either accept them or give you the courage to realize you can change them and they dont define you. its a beautiful thing. as someone who used to have anxiety its one of the best things ever to happen to me because it changed my life and provided motivation i should have already had and did not.
I absolutely love how inquisitive Michael Pollan's mind is, and what a fantastic critical thinker he is too. This is such a great example of just explaining what we know and don't know in a down-to-earth way. It's exciting to see psychedelics being explored in more mainstream channels.
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!
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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.
That's fascinating, did it actually help with your withdrawal or rather the psychological aspect of your habits?
michael pollan is a gift, love his book and what hes done for the psychedelic community !!
I've been medicating on LSD since the start of the year. It has been an absolutely amazing experience and I've dedicated myself to creating content all about my experience on my TikTok! Thank you so much for this video Wired and for your support Michael. This kind of representation and discussion matters so much right now!
LSD literally gave me the best feeling I've ever had. Was just smiling laughing and had butterflies for hours. Didn't hallucinate or have a bad trip while doing it
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I felt like I was floating for hours, my legs were like a cloud and I felt so happy and alive! Then on the come down I felt like I wanted to cry lol that huge drop in serotonin was not the best feeling.
Taking psych classes and learning how antidepressants and other medicines that effect neurotransmitters makes you realize how little we know about the brain