the best description of psilocybin i heard was actually from ted lasso. “imagine you have pathways in your mind that your thoughts travel down. these pathways are worn deeper and deeper the more regularly they’re used. now imagine a blanket of deep snow covering up those pathways. now your thoughts travel in new directions and are unconstrained by habit and and patterns and allow you to create new pathways with ease”
That's beautiful, and so true! This whole experience is up to you. There are tools to help you move forward, but you decide how you'll use or abuse them.
This is definitely where the therapeutic effects can be substantial. It's not that psilocybin will make you feel "better" (even though it does help with anxiety in the short term), it can let you make new pathways during the period where its active which can help overcome trauma and other downward spiral triggers. With time and effort, the newer positive pathways can become the default, or at least require less awareness and concentration. I also really like how Joe said feelings became more available. Often, the hardest part of therapy is finding the root cause of why we feel or react certain ways. The process of journaling and introspection could be helped a great deal if your brain is willing to be more open and honest about emotions. Much like meditation, journaling or talking through things with a therapist, psilocybin can be a powerful tool in the mental health toolbox but its effectiveness will be different for everyone. Mental health can be tough in that it's a personal journey finding the right ingredients and I'm happy we're slowly getting a new tool to add in.
And every person I've met who has done this has had those pathways refused into absolute madness, lower intellect, and ultimately, unrecoverable instability of thought and personhood. If you want to reconstruct your mind, do it manually, one neuropathic thread at a time, via actual meaningful therapeutic recovery. Blasting your mind and hoping you reconnect it in a healthy way is just breaking your bones to hope they grow back realigned and better. That is not likely to happen.
@honaleri Done this several times with extremely positive results. The people you know probably just became less afraid, more liberal and relaxed...which to an uptight conservative can easily be confused with insanity 😆
GOLDEN TEACHERS. I've had friends who tried the same ones I did and have had great reviews as well! Some even mentioned they tried other strains before and said they liked the teachers better!
I’ll say this: this video is the most unique Joe Scott video format I’ve seen and I’ve been watching for many many years. This shows me something changed. I don’t think psychedelics promote creativity, I think creativity is a side effect of caring less, and feeling more, which is what psychedelics tend to do. I’ve done it 2-3 times, in my late teens, very early 20s. I’m 27 now and I think those 3 experiences made my life 1000x more rich
I mean from a nueral perspective they Def do promote creativity, because more of your brain can communicate across the board. However, I do get what you mean and can agree with the analogy of caring less and feeling more
I've tripped more times than I can count on various things, and the flow state is the answer. You get to access the flow state so much easier than while sober. Caring less/feeling more is not the best description, unless you count entering a flow state as caring less about your surroundings and caring more about how awesome it feels to be in the flow state. Also, as with any mind altering substance, it grants you a different mental perspective, which allows you to come up with ideas and come to conclusions that are foreign to your sober mind. Add this to the flow state, and you get ridiculously creative when applying your energy correctly.
@chrstfer2452 plus, you can get unlucky.. Be in the wrong headspace going in, or the environment was just not quite right and can send the trip spiraling to a not great plsce
It’s really rare to see someone who is finally giving themselves the compassion they have needed their whole lives. Thank you for sharing this moment with us on the internet.
I am excited for this new chapter of Joe's life where he slowly evolves into a mildly unhinged but peaceful drug-addled wise old hermit in the style of Yoda.
First: Nice Love and Rockets shirt!!! Second: I microdosed for about a couple of months. It seems to have caused me to think about childhood trauma that I had stuffed away for a long time. I've dealt with it to an extent since and I've started microdosing to some capacity again. I actually prefer LSD, but I haven't had that for decades. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I was super depressed going to work with “ready to die” as my mantra. I asked a friend about molly and they asked why? I said depression. They said that may not be good for me and after a few weeks came to me with microdoses of LSD in pill form made for depression. All of my negative thinking ceased. I did it for five months and then quit. I no longer have those negative thoughts and have moved forward in my life. It’s been two years now. I don’t think focus, creativity are any benefits. What it did was instantly stop my negative thinking. I also became open to therapy and started seeing a therapist whom I saw for a year, telling him about the microdosing and the pursuit of understanding my anxious attachment style.
Really hope you weren’t a pilot- but seriously I’m glad you found something that worked for you- being in the dark like that is soul a crushing existence.
I tried mushrooms about a year ago, I was struggling with obesity, anxiety and a lot of depression that had been going on for about 2 years. I took my first dose and apart from hallucinations I didn’t feel too different but that’s because I took a very small dose. My second attempt I did a heroic dose, went trough the crazy hallucinations the whole experience felt like a fever dream I couldn’t remember nor feel how much time had passed. For context I was in my room laying in my bed with my eyes closed. I did a lot of crying a lot of realizations of emotions I couldn’t describe before at some point I felt like I would die that night and remember feeling an insane amount of love for all my loved ones, also remember being incredibly at peace with the fact that I was about to die. Next day I woke up feeling like I was given a second chance at life I felt at peace with who I was and forgave myself for a lot of my negative feelings about myself. I picked up the gym, started getting back on track with my life started eating healthy, I lost 50lbs and put on quite a good amount of muscle, started going to a psychologist and things started to feel like they were back on track, I realized it wasn’t life dealing me a bad hand it was me not taking it to my advantage. Ever since I religiously swear by this substance which when used correctly might do more good than harm for a few people out there. 1:28
Agree . Microdosing never seemed to work . For about 2 years every 6 months my friends and I would drop and just enjoy. Then I would be creative, wrote more music, worked on my book, and slept normal. Then 6 months go by and starts to slow down and do it again. For about 2 years. I mist say know yourself before you go crazy lol But it might help. But always be with people you trust.
@@trollmcclure1884 He mentions "negative feeling about himself." You don't need to be batshit crazy to go to a specialist, it can help be a better person and resolve some (minor or not) issues.
There's a man that lives in my apartment. He's probably in his late '50s and is for a lack of better description essentially dying. He has multiple diseases that make life extremely hard. He hasn't been able to work since 1996 when he was hurt in a farming accident. He told me that he recently took 6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and he said that he was able to find a profound sense of peace within himself despite the adversity he's facing in his life. I remember walking past him the night that he was on the mushrooms and saying hi to him and he just looked at me into my eyes and didn't say anything. I knew he was tripping so I just let him be. He's a great man. Very kind. Just thought I would provide a real life use case for psilocybin.
It's fundamentally sad and pretty ironic that humanity is incapable and unaccepting to helping make the lives easier for people going through what is effectively living hell Imagine banning a widely-found substance that is also easy to get you jailed in "the land of the free" and helps to remove pain
I really liked that you started a bit of a deep dive into this. I was diagnosed with advanced cervical spinal stenosis fourteen years ago at forty. The earliest pains in my spine from the disease showed its ugly face in 1985. by 2015 I had to have my C6 removed and C5 and C7 rebuilt to take screws. I was offically disabled and restricted to my lift chair. I have always been into tripping, weekends and concerts... So I had a solid baseline as to what these drugs can do in large doses and I knew at times it masked my pain. Flash forward... I have been microdosing now for just over nine years. I have been taking roughly 0.25 g three times a day. Other than a little light sensitivity there was no real inital effects. After a few months my mood stabilized. After a year my depression was a thing of the past. I have to take oxys throughout the day for pain and morphine to get through the night... now this is interesting... nine years in, taking a highly addictive painkiller, my prescription has not increased. My doctor and I are so suprised and pleased. As for focus and creativity, my art is still a big part of my life and my ADHD is less of a roller coaster ride. There are a lot of other great things that DMT and at times LSD have helped with when it comes to my pain migraines that are triggered by the extreme pain events in my spine. I had tried years of self medication before being diagnosed, then years of non-narcotic treatments, then I had to get nerve block injections (20-31, on going marcaine injections down my spine weekly) and actualy narcotic to manage my pain... Microdosing has been a way to get my humanity back. Dig a bit deeper and show others what this path can do to help. Thank You for all you do.
The most absurd aspect concerning the legal status of psychedelics is the fact that psilocybin mushrooms grow natively all across the United States, and in the south psilocybe cubensis in particular grows abundantly on cow patties. The mere act of picking up a fungus that grew naturally on your own property is likely enough to land you jail time due to it being classified as a schedule I drug. This is also ignoring the simple fact that adults can choose to consume what they please. There’s not a single morally sound argument that can be made in defense of locking people up for exercising their personal freedom.
It is nuts that just touching this stuff is illegal. That said, there are significant chunks of the population I don't trust to use a pencil without guidance. I may be a misanthrope, but there are some things people shouldn't have.
Its been years since i discovered you. I always found your voice very calming and a pleasure to listen to. The fact that your topics are super interesting its really a bonus. But your facial expresions and body movements also play a role in keeping me intrested in what you say. And i dont know how to say this without sounding like a perv: your are an atractive man. I watch your videos with delight both visualy and auditory. Hope this isnt too cringy but i dont know how else to say it. Keep up the good work. Happy New Year
I was put on probation for the first time when I was 14 years old. From then, until the summer I turned 20, I would regularly find myself in legal trouble, I was becoming a teenage alcoholic and I was fighting a LOT. Memorial Day weekend I went to Hookaville, a music festival in Ohio, I took mushrooms there for the first time that weekend. My biggest issue prior to that weekend was a rage that lived in me. I was mad constantly. Things of no consequence would set me off, and I had been that way since puberty. I woke up Sunday morning of the festival, having eaten the shrooms the night before, with no anger in me at all. Just vanished. It's never come back since. I emphatically recommend giving them a shot if you're struggling in a similar manner.
Yeah, I can relate. I was also (and still am to an extent) the guy with lots of rage and not fearing getting into a fight, which were sometimes real of course, but they got me high on adrenaline, and I liked that, so whatever. And I recall that night when a stupid guy trying to get in the pants of a friend of mine got into a fight with me, and he claimed to be whatever (green?) belt in karate and threw kicks to me and eventually provoked me into responding. I was mostly on cannabis, so I didn't really want to fight but eventually I had to, so I quickly wrestled the guy against the ground and was immobilizing him (I'm white-yellow in judo, which is a ridiculous lowest kid's level but guess I learned something anyhow) and then I realized that, would have I been on alcohol, I would have probably broken that idiot's head against the ground. So, yeah, even if I'm very conscious that cannabis is generally a much lower level kind of trip (and different also in whatever other nuances), these kind of psychedelics can help, they can also give you too much introspection or even too much uncontrolled awareness in general, so not perfect, very hard to dose, ultimately not controllable, but interesting anyhow for those who dare.
I've been struggling with anger myself, I get mad at things I know I shouldn't. I can always control myself but I hate the mood it puts me in, and when I try to fight the mood I just end up mad at myself for not being able to just not care :/ With the multitude of other issues I have as well I'm thinking this is something I should try but i'm not sure, if u see this a response would be nice.
I was never super angry, but there was definitely frequent frustration which sometimes bubbled over into anger. After a period of experimenting with psychedelics, those feelings disappeared and now years later they are still so foreign to me. Psychedelics were a major part of that, but later therapy and meditation also played a role.
Your comments about your past self struck me very hard. Im 26 and I struggle with this alot, I personally know no one really cares about me but im still so incredibly anxious and timid. Thank you for speaking up about that man.
There definitely are people who care about you and they don’t judge you. As for everyone else they don’t matter. Do what makes you happy and gives your life purpose and ignore those who judge you.
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather.” Also, Love & Rockets FTW!!!
Psychedelics literally make you a better person and people really don’t like to face that fact. It humbles us to realize that our brains are so easily manipulated.
Love you man, I’ve been watching for a little bit and I support your journey, it’s a very crazy platform you’re choosing to talk about the fungi in the room in a way that is not only wholesome, but brave and in almost family friendly way? Will definitely be buying Michael Pollan’s book homie
I’m relating hard to seeing an old photo and realizing your hangups weren’t “real”. Same happened to me. Aging is so weird. Thanks for sharing this, Joe truly thank you
Youre STILL a good looking guy. I hope this journey leads you on a happy path. You provide great, balenced content for those of us who hate being alone with our own thoughts. Happy new year 🎉
Well, I appreciate that. 😄 I would say that spending some time with your own thoughts is pretty important, if not fun. But glad I can be a distraction from the bad stuff.
Went back to university in my 30’s and realised I’d sort of forgotten how to learn. I just couldn’t retain so much new info, but after 6 months I was doing better than ever. Brains needs exercise to stay fit
I admire your honesty and the way you allowed yourself to be vulnerable with compassion, Joe. Even if this video gets demonitized, it is rich with shared humanity and that's Priceless ❤️
Micro dosing helped me become a better parent and partner. It helped me be more empathetic to those around me, and it put me in a much better mood. I have ADHD plus PTSD from a fairly traumatic childhood and it wasn't until I started microdosing that I realized how chaotic and over stimulated my brain is all the time. I was literally sitting there and I told my husband "I don't even have a single thought in my head at the moment" it was amazing. The best way I'm able to explain it is that normally my brain feels like it's a twenty lane traffic jam and everybody's trying to get off at the same exit even though they're coming from different directions but with micro dosing I have 1 lane with 1 exit and the cars are all moving at a good speed with no obstacles or issues.
100% can relate to the "Old Photo" section. I saw a picture from my early 20s. I was blown away by the thoughts "I" have of that person and the thoughts "he" had of himself. It really is crazy if that happens to you. Great video overall, and I appreciate the risk with the topic. From one Joe to another, thanks for sharing your perspective/experience. It might not help much, but I wanted some insurance for you in case this video makes YT angry.
I had the same experience too. The one day my mom gave me an old picture of me on a skateboard when I was like 7 and nearly cried on the spot because of the rush of thoughts and emotions. Its crazy how we look at ourselves in the moment vs looking back on those moments and the realizations that come along with it. I'm not a joe, im a Josh, but I have an uncle Joe, and I also thank you and Joe for sharing your experience ❤
I've haven't tried microdosing. I take psychedelics once or twice per year, teetotal the rest of the year. I think of it like defraging your hard-drive. It's a time to order your thoughts, forces you to confront negative thought patterns. I personally recommend it, but might not be for everyone.
*Micro dosing definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION,TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC.The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,lsd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you’re a newbie*
Joe, I’ve been with you for a while and I gotta say. I really appreciate you doing this. I really appreciate hearing you talk about the self reflection. You’re awesome. Keep it up.
Thank you for always doing the research and giving a well rounded experiential conclusion. This is so helpful for people like me, who are curious, but cautious.
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
I’m not sure what you’re battling, but I too tried psilocybin mushrooms hoping for a change (not microdosing though). It actually helped me process some things in the moment but didn’t have any lasting effects. I found out later I have drug resistant depression and C-PTSD. A nasty combo. After trying many drug combos, my psyche asked if I wanted to consider doing ketamine treatments. I went home and did as much research as I could without falling into rabbit holes. I decided I wanted to try it and, no exaggeration, it genuinely changed my life. I can’t even explain how different I feel. I usually store stress, anger, depression, anxiety, etc. in my body. I get so tensed up you can see it in my posture and I find it physically impossible to relax. With Doctor supervised ketamine treatments, I can now relax my body and let things go. During treatments (about 2 hours) I can think through things without emotions causing me to spiral into negative thoughts. It was much like mushrooms in that way. Anyway, something to consider if you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, or PTSD (I don’t want to assume) but I thought I’d mention it just in case you wanted to or needed to try something else.
Be careful with ketamine though -- it's one of the drugs they use in some surgeries to help you forget the trauma of being operated on. I'm very glad it works for you, don't get me wrong (trust me, I've been in that mindset, it's awful), but there are absolutely huge risks associated with it. Just for anyone who is wondering what kind of substance it is.
Did your treatments include a form of talk therapy as well to help guide you through your thoughts and emotions? Or was it just supervised ketamine in a safe space where you can work things out yourself?
similar story here! although anti-psychotics help keep me in place when it comes to chores and body dysmorphia, my anxiety is rooted deep from as soon as i was conscious so no medicine can stop the episodes I get into- but psilocybin gummies have really helped me understand the scope of what i'm anxious about and how much it really affects me. total life changer
@ Their setup is really interesting. They put you in a recliner, turn down the lights, turn a sound machine down, and leave you alone. If you want, you can have someone with you. But there’s nobody professional there. With the treatments I do, it’s common to disassociate but I rarely do. In fact, I often fall asleep. It’s the most relaxed I’ve ever felt in my whole life.
It's not amazing if you've ever taken the drugs. This class of drugs cause permanent brain damage, there is no safe dose. Microdosing just makes it take longer to see the damage, which always comes, like clockwork, in the same amount.
I completely agree and I'm so glad that there is more research being done. Hopefully one day I won't have to ship them to my house and I can go get some from the store.
Mushrooms are like the Rolling Stones song "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll get what you need." They are more likely to help you with what you need rather than what you want even though those are sometimes the same but not always.
Joe, I’m not sure why, but I felt a deep connection with you in this one. It felt more like chatting with a close friend than just watching a RUclips video. Even though I’ve never met you in person and I’m nearly 13,000 km away. I wish I could have a deeper conversation with you over tea while watching the sunset
Psilocybin saved me from self harm in my youth. Changed my life. Continue to take them when things feel rough. Self harm is not an option now and will never be again.
@tomfoolery7777 Risk? Maybe if someone is schizo or bipolar to begin with. If there’s no family history, they should be fine in the *proper set and setting* That last part is key. I’m a proponent of macrodoses instead of microdoses. A microdose is basically what prescription antidepressants do anyway.
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
Before I took LSD I knew nothing about politics and couldn't care for it, afterwards I became so much more interested and curious about things happening in society in general and it really was the driving factor for me to really start to take notice of and care about the things going on around me that I normally would have overlooked. Your experience sounds about right compared to my experience even though you may only be microdosing
*Micro dosing definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION,TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC.The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,lsd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you’re a newbie*
Hehe. Psychedelics help lift me out of my obsession with the rage and fear bait of the mass media news cycle. If required to act I will do so with reason and informed and in line with my values but for the most part I find a deeper, more useful, understanding by connecting with nature, including the people around me, who are also an expression of nature. What's beyond my control I set aside and work on what is
Absolutely love the video and I’m about 20mins in. This one came from the heart and I just really felt it. It was extremely unique and different from the regular videos.
There is no way to do a "control" when you are your own test subject. No matter how hard you try to be objective, your experience will be always subjective because it's all in your mind.
@@DeviRuto "that's true of anything." Physical reality can be objectively measured, without relying on our mind, by proper use of science. Our minds may have a subjective perception of heat, but water always boils at the temperature it does regardless of the human mind.
@@Blackmark52 You can't use a mind to measure a mind. The best you can do is get statistical data, but you can never be sure of how minds work the same way you can with physics. This also applies to most emergent behavior. There exists such a thing as true knowledge that is also beyond the scientific method.
This is the last video I was expecting from your channel, not sure why that is but the open and honest convo about this has made me an even bigger fan! Great work!
As someone who has always been curious on this subject, thank you. I appreciate you taking what was clearly a somewhat risky move on diving into this on your own to be able to deliver opinions from your own perspective.
🤙 10 years sober but have been on Suboxone for that entire time I wish I would have quit cold turkey but it's allowed me hold down a job and raise my kids on my own which is the whole reason I got sober is I was becoming a parent
Yeah this hippy microdosing BS is hurting a lot of young adults, just another method of warfare against us. You need to be mentally solid in life. If you need hallucinogens to feel normal you need to toughen up mentally. I know it's easier said than done, but you need to grow your confidence through training and throwing yourself into tough stressful situations.
The closest thing to a blinded randomised trial looking at micro dosing showed it to be entirely placebo. Which isn’t a bad thing if it helps people. Regular old macro dosing shows promise in various fields and microdosing has been extrapolated from this but never proven. The swimmy feeling you had is odd as by definition microdosing shouldn’t cause any intoxicating effects. DOI: haven’t finished full video on this sitting (committing the cardinal sin of commenting before watching) but thought I’d add this while I remember!
I've heard of that as well, but he did 0.2g, and mentioned feeling something. I've personally felt the effect of 0.2 as well, so this can't be considered microdosing in the strict sense.
I finally signed up for Nebula with your referral link, Joe. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I like the concept. I like that the app doesn't appear to be spyware. I like the ad-free option to support creators. I finally did it. Thanks for the content you produce. I'm glad I can finally do something to contribute back. (ads have always been blocked on my end)
I’m there with you right now with the trend of not being able to recall simple words. It got to the point where I would joke about it saying “pretty sure it’s early onset Alzheimer’s.” But I’ve recently started taking Lions Mane and who knows if it’s placebo or not, but I haven’t noticed forgetting words as frequently.
I knew there was a reason why I liked your videos. At 73, I remember psilocybin. Ah, the late 60's. It wasn't "microdosing" it was full on trips. I was never the "same" in a very good way. Thanks for the "trip" down memory lane.
There is definitely not enough research into microdosing and as a therapist I truly belueve there should be!! I recently was working on some essays surrounding current stats on the opioid crisis and honestly for how slow physicians and med teams take to implement cooperative methods for harm reduction, its been even slower for research on microdosing, so I appreciate your trial in this direction and YT for not flagging it, we need more people who are willing to give an honest perspective on its pros and cons! To your most positive and healthy mental health, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 🥂
The reason why I ask is often times when those of us who have to do research and support data, we need publishers to document the research studies to add them to our own to promote our stance. Sadly public opinion or testing isnt credible unless observed in a controlled study 🤷🏻♀️
I'd never taken any illicit drugs of any kind before I turned 36 (not even weed) but I had also been following the research being conducted with psilocybin and had to try to for myself. My wife and I have had amazing experiences with it and I even micro-dosed for a couple of months until my supply was out. I highly recommend use of it in a controlled safe environment either alone or with a partner that knows what to expect.
that makes me so happy! I love that people are finally finding out that [some] drugs can be helpful if you treat them with respect Supplemental, paradoxical advice (not for you, but for future readers): do NOT take shrooms with someone you just started dating. It tends to make things... weird. Someone you've been with for a long time and trust implicitly is a great choice tho
Nature in warm season is best, a nice private garden if you are lucky enough to have one could do, but also able to get to a cozy private place if you feel the need. Expect nothing because all expectations are sorta wrong.
NEVER ever should a first time user trip alone! I love psychedelics, they saved my life (and I guess due to my tism I have an absurd tolerance, coherent and oriented on (tested) 700yg of acid). I never had a "really" bad experience, just overwhelming. But imho you should have a person with you that you literally trust with your life. There are too many (inherent) factors that can make things really difficult when alone, but are nothing to worry about with a good tripsitter/close friend.
@@thedudecalledalan9095 for psilocybin, go foraging. AFTER YOU DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH!!! I cant stress this enough! Do your research, and I dont mean a 5 minute search. Either invest at least 200hrs into ID! Or buy pro drugs if it is legal where you live… But when you know what you’re looking for, they grow everywhere. Just make sure you are searching at the right place in the right conditions for your zone! EDIT: For me personally shrooms hit a lot harder than acid (equivalent)…
My brother used to be depressive and suffer from anxiety. He takes mushrooms once a month (depending on how he feels) and has been doing amazing since then. He's not depressed anymore and his anxiety is manageable. He has become more energetic and his outlook on life is now very positive and inspiring.
In sweden we have a cool little shroom that pops up in the fall called toppslätts-skivling aka toppisar .. its a mellow little psylocybin mushroom thsts definitly not legal . But i usually go out picking them every year with my dog and thake a long nightly walk with her and talk to the forest and it helps me to get a good view over my life ❤❤
The use of psilocybin mushrooms such as fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) in the Norse Viking culture native to Scandinavia are well documented. Warriors would take them prior to battles to induce a trance like state which enhanced their abilities and performance. So the people where you come from have likely known of the benefits of mushrooms for thousands of years!!
Psylocibin and lsd are serotonin receptor agonists. Taking them will temporarily raise your blood pressure anywhere from 10-30mmHg. This is fine if your blood pressure is usually normal, but not so much if you already have raised blood pressure. You should also avoid them if you're already taking anything that affects your serotonin levels, such as antidepressants, or even migraine medication.
Interesting that you pointed that out. With TTP you have to do a six month prep and in that time you have to be on a treadmill for at least an hour a day. The two week prep you have to take a Beta Blocker twice a day. TTP can cause massive heart attacks if you are not prepared.
such an insightful video, i had my very first trip on shrooms about 3 days ago and was close to taking a heroic dose (i didnt know at the time). I hugely underestimated the potency of the shrooms and had an insanely scary "bad" trip. I didnt know what was real, I was melting and i kept saying to myself " what is it trying to teach me". I thought that if i understood and learnt what the shrooms were trying to teach me, the bad trip would be over. It forced me to face what I had been avoiding for the past year (also smoking lots of weed to avoid thinking). After facing my fears, I felt immense emotions of self love, forgiveness and love for friends and family. It almost felt like an older version of myself was comforting and loving my present self. It feels like a new chapter of my life has started, most of my bad habits are gone and feel no urge to smoke cigs or pot anymore. what a life changing chemical...
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
Very proud of you for such a concise, detailed video. I hope it is not demonetized for your sake. But, I genuinely enjoy your content and I hope you keep it up. Take care, Joe
Brilliant video mate 👍 and the best "vlog" of someone microdosing I've ever seen. Thanks for doing this, I hope this video goes a long way, you deserve it 🙃
My first acid experience was truly transformational - to the point of my friends asking me months later "what happened to me that I chilled so much". This stayed. I've been doing this and that afterwards but nothing spectacular - just fun. This 1st trip however was really something life changing. I guess good way to describe it was... I broke the wall I built between myself and other people to protect myself. From what? From nothing. All the irrational fear was coming out of few bad experiences that actually meant nothing in a life long journey. Unfortunate chains of events - thats it. Apparently on acid I was able to explain that to myself by watching my life from 3rd person perspective. Before I was trying to keep my guard high - afterwards, I didn't care. I got comfortable with people potentially exploiting me or hurting me and I got comfortable with not always being on top of everything - allowing myself to play supporting roles not the lead. Results are... either I got emotionally bulletproof - seems noone wants to do me wrong - or it just stopped working. Additionally, by having more forcus on lifting others up in all different life scenarios I feel like people look up to me (how to efortlessly approach difficulties) sometimes, asking for my input, advice or straight up solutions both in professional and private settings. All that I can navigate to this single trip. Obviously it did not happen in a day but paradigm shift enabled all this cool things that followed. Side effect I guess is I lost some of my competetive drive, not only I don't have to win all the battles... some of them I don't even need to start. Not every argument have to be won... not all of them require my participation ;)
I wanted to be a bad ass and take a bunch of acid my very first time. I had the worst trip ever and towards the end when I leveled out a little I am pretty sure I experienced ego death. I came out of it so much more relaxed and humble. I won’t ever do it again because 90% of it was terrifying but I am grateful for how it changed me. At one point it was as if my brain was forcing me to visit things that were plaguing me and file them away for good.
@@leddmask never got that far with acid but I had something similar on DMT. I am grateful for the experience and it's impact - not looking forward to repeat it. Cheers!
Yeah! I took acid when I was 16 and from that day forward, I haven't cared if I win an argument or look smart to other people, just that I express the things that I actually believe. Something about psychs really shows you what you're doing wrong and what you're overly critical or worried about. I took acid a few times, and come to find out, everyone is full of self-worry & discontent (even the assholes) and you can enjoy life a lot more when you're willing to take an honest look inside of your own head. Ignoring your problems for years is a lot more difficult than just facing them for a day and trying to change the habits. I'd probably have lead a much worse life the past decade if I never tried psychedelics, honestly.
19:25 I think you’re still a good looking dude Joe! I’m 38 and I look at pictures of me in my 20’s with my “Army” body and I have those feelings too. But my wife reminds me I’m aging very well and she really loves the man I’m growing into. I was such a boy in my 20’s, and only now feel like a “young man”.
13:16 oh mate, if you take a FULL psychoactive dose of something like psilocybin or DMT you will find out why they call it “ego death”. It’s a bananas experience and almost impossible to explain and for legal purposes I know this from a friend.
Hey Joe, on what you said, re. needing to force yourself to get things done through pomodoro, have you ever considered whether you might meet the criterea ADHD? I used to experience similar struggles. Had dismissed the possibility of having ADHD because I’m not anything like the cliche of a person bouncing off walls and the like. Not long ago I found out that there is a ‘predominantly inattentive’ diagnostic sub-type, with more inward oriented symptoms (manifesting more as rumination, anxiety, irritability, nervous system overstimulation, etc). I have since started on stimulant medication and it has benefited me in ways I didn’t expect at all: general emotional well-being improvements, focus and concentration improvements, and in general I can just *do* things now. I only mention it because it seemed a little bit like you were looking for some of the beneficial effects through microdosing that a lot of people with ADHD seek out stimulant medications for.
@@jimskeuh No, they don't call it ADD anymore.. the above person was correct. I mean obviously people still have the symptoms of ADD, but now they just label it as a "subcategory" of ADHD.
My male partner had a similar experience. He knew I had ADHD, but he didn’t have a visible hyperactive part of it so he didn’t think he had it. He got evaluated and diagnosed and was surprised to have it, but medication and treatment changed his life drastically.
I watched a great interview with the guy who instigated this whole microdosing thing. He really demystifies the project. In the original project, the placebo group had the exact same results as the microdose group. Also, the entire premise was to take such a small amount that the psychedelic effects were not noticeable.
I think this is always a big deal when talking about mental health treatments. Not just drugs, but anything that can help. We can talk about how much the placebo effect can have an effect on medicine in general, but when you're trying to measure how good or bad you feel emotionally, then it's a huge deal. If someone expects to feel better when they do something then it's not surprising that they feel better when they do something. In fact this is important for lots of things, our society tells us how we should feel about a lot of things and I think we need to at least acknowledge that, and acknowledge that it's impossible to measure anything in the absence of these societal expectations. Point being if you tell people they should feel y when x happens, chances are good they'll feel y when x happens. That's not to say that there's no value in this sort of research and knowledge, I'm really hopeful about a number of treatments for mental health issues. We just have to be careful.
Microdosing is called microdosing for a reason. The amount of mushroom you are getting is so small, it is almost scientifically imperceptable. The studies ive seen, which are not many, suggest that the effects are no different from placebo. Our brains are way more powerful that the illusion of a drug in a drop.
Microdosing is called microdosing for a reason. The amount of mushroom you are getting is so small, it is almost scientifically imperceptable. The studies ive seen, which are not many, suggest that the effects are no different from placebo. Our brains are way more powerful that the illusion of a drug in a drop.
It does not necessarily devalue the possible effects of microdosing. It could show the power of placebo, which had been observed in many other types of studies.
i had a similar experience to the old photo story you shared, but as a young adult. i always thought of my younger self as angry, depressed, combative, manipulative... all the things people made me feel i was. a bad kid. then i went back to my oldest internet accounts like deviantart and my first twitter i had when i was 15. and i saw a funny, smart, passionate kid. i opened those accounts with squinted eyes expecting to cringe, and there was a little bit of cringe. but i also laughed so hard at my own jokes and antics. saw a post where i told my followers (all 11!) to go wish my friend happy birthday and i realized i've always been the same person, i just know more things now, and maybe i should be more gentle to myself.
Micro-dosing is certainly not for everyone, especially if you're already on certain meds. Mushrooms are not for me, but I had a ton of epiphanies on LSD. It really helped me come to terms with things that happened in my childhood. Be careful who you buy from, of course. I was also losing words that were natural to my vocabulary. 4 years after that started, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Joe! ✌️🤘🎄🎅
Your one of the only people with common sense , everyone else is just like IF YOU WANT IT GO BUY IT 😂 ITLL SAVE SOCIETY yada yada I just started researching vibes
I agree that the power of pure LSD can't be matched by any of the other psychedelics I used to take up until the mid 1970s. I'm soon to be 73yo and have been wanting to revisit acid as a refresher to again touch base after so long, so to speak, but have no idea where to even begin to connect with a reliable source.
so from personal experience, i've always done recreational doses of mushrooms when i did them once every few years. then i tried a 10 gram dose. i blew the door off my ego like a hyper aggressive swat team. confronted a lot of things i didnt like about myself in a hard way, but forced me to change
I tried mushroom last week but it didn't reach the heroic level or the ego dissolution level and I was kind of disappointed. I believe it was 4 g of transkei variety.
@@COSMEREAUDIO two things: 1. depending on what meds you take, it could weaken the effects (things like common antidepressants will do that). 2. try more! 3-4g is a fairly standard dose, assuming they aren't a crazy strong variety. 7g is usually getting up there in terms of dosage strength... anymore and it becomes very hard to not puke (thereby wasting your shrooms). So I recommend 7g :)
Thank you for making this video Joe. You and Michael Pollan both do a great job of demystifying psychedelics. You're both articulate and engaging, and you approach the topic with a deep curiosity. Your reflection on your younger self resonated with me. Experimenting with psychedelics as a young man turned out to be one of the wisest things I've done. I am not suggesting that everybody try them (many people absolutely shouldn't!), but they did change my life positively. Psychedelics were the catalyst for my decision to seriously take up Zen Buddhism, which I've practising as a layperson for the last 20 years. While my first experiences of LSD at high doses were eye-opening to say the least, I quickly realised I'd need to find a more wholesome and sustainable way of integrating that profound sense of connection into my everyday life, the reality of having to work, wash the dishes, navigate relationships. I forget who said it, but there's a quote, "altered states are not yet altered traits". Committing to a traditional meditation practice with an authentic teacher is a time-tested method for developing those altered traits. Zen Buddhism made the most sense to me with its eschewing of rigid dogma, and its emphasis on repeatedly letting go of the internal monologue, returning to the present moment, and just sitting with what is. For someone else, it might be a different path. Ultimately, any path with a heart points the same way. Even now, while I'm firmly on the Buddhist path, I still hold a fondness for mushrooms, cactus, and other "plant teachers", and I still find benefit in taking them mindfully and occasionally. Several years ago, I supplied mushrooms to an elderly family friend with terminal cancer in his last months of life (at his request). Before he died, he told me the mushrooms alleviated his anxiety about his approaching death and helped him to be more present in the life left to him. The fact that psychedelics exist at all is itself a thing of wonder. I deeply respect the indigenous cultures that figured out how to incorporate their responsible use into the fabric of their societies. It's about time we in the West did the same.
I smoked cigarettes for 13 years. I quit using only two separate 3 gram doses a couple weeks apart. I made sure to purposely think about why I do this to my body, and how much better things would be without them. After those 2 doses, I was completely done smoking.
As far as the dosage that popped up on screen when he held up the bottle: 200mg would be the weight of the psilocybin mushrooms themselves in the capsule. Taking 200mg of psilocybin at once, let’s just say would probably be unpleasant. These capsules probably contain ~1-2mg psilo. per cap, if I were to guess without testing. 😅
@@jimskeuhNo. It’s impossible to overdose on mushrooms. You can absolutely trip too hard and have a bad experience without the proper preparations though
@@jimskeuh I agree with @MnemonicHeadTrip that it would be impossible to overdose and pass away from consuming psilocybin mushrooms. With the caveat that you could very easily pass away if an enormous dose of *any* drug or medication is very rapidly and deliberately introduced into the bloodstream in a water soluble form, i.e. injected. I could try to calculate an amount of psilocybin that would harm you, but I could also look up how much air injected would harm a person. You could certainly eat enough mushrooms to have a very bad time, but unless you have an serious underlying health condition or combine it with something you really shouldn’t, i.e. MAOIs; you will vomit all over yourself and not be able to understand what a mushroom is long before you can shovel down enough to cause an arrhythmia or other cardiopulmonary complication. Just in my opinion, not trying to give medial advice. Research and planning give you a safety net, the more you work, the wider your net is. The website Erowid taught me so much before I tried anything in my journey. Best of luck, and stay safe out there folks! 😉
@@jimskeuh I agree with @MnemonicHeadTrip that it would be impossible to overdose and pass away from consuming psilocybin mushrooms. With the caveat that you could very easily pass away if an enormous dose of *any* drug or medication is very rapidly and deliberately introduced into the bloodstream in a water soluble form, i.e. injected. I could try to calculate an amount of psilocybin that would harm you, but I could also look up how much air injected would harm a person. You could certainly eat enough mushrooms to have a very bad time, but unless you have an serious underlying health condition or combine it with something you really shouldn’t, i.e. MAOIs; you will vomit all over yourself and not be able to understand what a mushroom is long before it causes an arrhythmia or other cardiopulmonary complication. Just in my opinion, not trying to give medial advice. Research and planning give you a safety net, the more you work, the wider your net is. Always research before trying anything. Best of luck, and stay safe out there folks!
@ThePenguin82 most of them are just fake telegram scammers. There are legitimate websites pit there and they have real people that you talk to. But there are way more fake ones than real ones.
I did Ketamine IV twice a week for 6 weeks. It 1000% helps you directly approach any trauma or drama that you held onto for years in a unfiltered and non emotional state. It's fascinating. So it could help with daily mood as you feel a bit lighter in the shoulders. But it didn't help me with my clinical depression (dysthymia). Or at least I went back to feeling depressed like a month or two after I stopped the sessions. There's lots of hype around positive long term effects. Like cognitive repairing or creativity. But I don't buy it. However I think microdosing should be compared to current FDA approved antidepressants. 1. Doesn't effect everyone the same way. A good portion of the time these Rx meds don't work or might make depression worse. 2. You have to continue to take them to see results We shouldn't be treating these alternative medications like they are magic. Otherwise they will never be legal
I’m going to reiterate what others are saying here - Joe this by far is one of your more entertaining and interestingly formatted videos. I’m surprised you don’t see that or perhaps you are waiting for feedback back. I’ve been a fan and sub for a very very long time and I love your content and even you as a person. But you seldom break format. I liked when you tried interviews and podcasts. I wish you’d continue that. But I think if the microdosing helps you to take risks or try new things like this it is a net positive and should be factored into your analysis. This was a fantastic video and I really love seeing you insert yourself into the story. It makes it personal and tangible. I hope you see the value in this and unlocking your creative inhibitions. I will say this one last thing as a fellow creative - I don’t think the microdosing makes you “more” creative but just helps to lower the mental guardrails that keep those ideas from being expressed. Either for fear of failure or rejection. What ever those mental blocks are I think having them lowered is a good thing.
*Micro dosing definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION,TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC.The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,lsd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you’re a newbie* ^^
I have to say, it isn’t for EVERYONE, but man, more people should. I used mushrooms and DMT for several months when I was in my early 20s, and it changed my life for the better.
@ Yes, actually. If you care to do the research, take a look at countries with laxer drug laws and an industry focused around safety surrounding it, giving people safe places to use - nowhere near the addiction, abuse, and drug related crime problem America has.
My brain suffered terribly from Covid. Neurologists and psychiatrists told me it was like I'd been in a car accident. It's been five years and while I've improved a lot, I am still not back to normal. During this time, those same doctors discovered I had ADHD, which explained an awful lot, but didn't make things any easier. I struggled horribly with depression and when I ran out of medical options and support, I turned to microdosing off the suggestions from friends. I took 0.2g every 4th day and for the first two weeks, I felt very little, however after that things began to change. After 2 weeks it felt like the weight had been taken off me, after a month I started to feel ok, after two months I was interested in things again, and after three months I had improved cognition. The course ended there, but the benefits did not, I felt like I could cope again and get back on top of things. I think for people struggling with depression, the effects are greater, it helps you crawl out of that hole. Once you're out of that hole, the effects are less noticeable, just a couple of sides effects for me.. some interesting dreams and crying during every Xmas movie. If it helps you get back on your feet and work your way out of that dark place, then I cannot understand why it is illegal. It's use in treating depression is what needs real medical trials.
I’ve used Psilocybin recreationally and it was about a 50/50 split in terms of good. Ketamine for my mental health issue was an absolute game changer. Believe it has to do with an increased neuroplasticity. Appreciate you.
that is correct that ketamine is psychoplastogen like psilocybin. for me atleast psilocybin,dmt and ketamine and its derivatives like O-PCE leave you with the most insane calm states of mind after the trip for weeks. therye the ultimate anti depressants. LSD also does the same but only milder. its different but it also does wonders.
Can you talk more about ketamine therapy. I am from India and I did one session. It was in a hospital ward with other patients and even babies crying. It was an annoying experience. Also I didn't notice any positive change after that session. It was rs 4000 (50 usd) for 1 session.
@ I’ll preface this with the obvious disclaimer this is my experience. I did 6 sessions to start and kind of built up to an amount around 1000mg. I initially took 6 sessions. Each one I had to have someone who could check on me ( I did it from home) be in complete quiet, I had an eye mask and headphones with music. set intentions ahead of time and kind of go in with a plan. If someone could guide you is probably better. It was a gradual realization but I had major depression for over 20 years and now I couldn’t be happier. Not just happy but content. I wish you the best on your journey.
@@gilbertalvarado5101 happy for you 💕 the doctor give me 3 ml and I had it orally. But this doctor was not experienced in ketamine therapy, he just knew about this when was not an expert. Now it's too late to try again because I am going to UK in January.
I believe it’s Anil Seth who’s work shows that tripping is actually closer to dreaming than wakeful states. I think he concludes that when you’re tripping you’re actually less susceptible to outside stimuli and more susceptible to internal predictions
Hi, Joe. Congrats on how successful you and your channel have been. I have been a subscriber for a very long time. I must say, based on your "walk about" video clips, you live in a SUPER NICE neighborhood. Good for you, and again, congrats.
I have been in pain for THIRTY YEARS. I have often wondered if Microdosing would work to help me control my NERVE PAIN. But alas, since I am on narcotics from my doctor, I am consistently drug tested. After 30 years of narcotics, I have found they REALLY don't make ALL the pain go away, it just mutes them a bit.
I don’t think psilocybin will help with nerve pain. If you decide to try it, the majority of it is out of your system within a few hours and is undetectable within 24 hours- via a urine test. I found that it is great for working through trauma and depression.
Narcotics infamously have tolerance. Will require higher and higher doses to receive the same pain control. Buprenorphine or significantly lengthy breaks from using opioids is the best way to continue to use the medication and get results.
Thank you Joe!! This is my favorite video! Magic mushrooms saved my life. I used to be a heroin addict and one time using mushrooms, something changed in my brain and I’ve been clean for 8-9 years now.
For me just the long hallway in that pic of a younger you gives me dread. Just the long hallway and harsh lighting says "Welcome to the rest of your corporate drone life".
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One of the issues with the studies, particularly that last one you spoke about where participants that knew they weren't on placebo (due to feeling "obvious effects" of psylocibin) had more apparent positive results -- is they give the same doses to all participants. The problem is half a gram won't be a consistently effective dose for everyone. Body weight, food consumption, unique personalities/brains, etc, will very much determine how much a specific dose effects them. To help remedy this, they should come up with a formula to dose per body weight at the least -- but also perhaps first finding the "effective" dose for each participant by initial dosage experimenting. This of course though removes the double placebo aspect. I also think they should experiment with slightly higher dosages not just micro dosing. Micro doses = subtle effects = small changes. It stands to reason, higher dosages can create much more impactful results. Definitely more in depth studies still required in any case.
I've tired LSD 5 times, shrooms 3 times, and peyote once, but never in large amounts, (but more than micro). Honestly the biggest difference I've encountered, is how long it takes to leave your system. LSD is frustratingly slow to get over with, you kinda get tired of it, and it's the only thing that has a sort of "hangover" where you spend the following day feeling a bit "off". Peyote was fast - back to normal in under 3 hours. Shrooms are somewhere in between. I don't think any of those experiences changed me permanently, but I think now that I'm an adult and more set in my ways, I could probably see how it might have a more transcendent effect on my outlook.
Yea... I took LSD at night and woke up still having "Tourettes" (uncontrollably saying random things and twitching) for almost the entire the next day. And when I went on a walk, I felt like I couldn't control whether or not I would walk into traffic. Not doing those again 🫠
I feel like so many people feel like they're emotionally blocked and it's really honorable that you're sharing your experience there because I think it will help people, also glad you're having a good experience on psilocybin
I recently bought some non-psychedelic mushroom “coffee”. It’s made from a bunch of different mushrooms with all sorts of vague listed benefits, and I haven’t used it long enough to have an opinion one way or the other. I will say that the first time I drank it, I experienced a very slight flutter like when you’re taking a trip and get that first little inkling that it’s kicking in. My mood was noticeably better throughout the day, I had more clarity and focus, and I can definitely see it having more pronounced benefits with regular use over a longer period
the best description of psilocybin i heard was actually from ted lasso. “imagine you have pathways in your mind that your thoughts travel down. these pathways are worn deeper and deeper the more regularly they’re used. now imagine a blanket of deep snow covering up those pathways. now your thoughts travel in new directions and are unconstrained by habit and and patterns and allow you to create new pathways with ease”
That's beautiful, and so true! This whole experience is up to you. There are tools to help you move forward, but you decide how you'll use or abuse them.
This is definitely where the therapeutic effects can be substantial. It's not that psilocybin will make you feel "better" (even though it does help with anxiety in the short term), it can let you make new pathways during the period where its active which can help overcome trauma and other downward spiral triggers. With time and effort, the newer positive pathways can become the default, or at least require less awareness and concentration. I also really like how Joe said feelings became more available. Often, the hardest part of therapy is finding the root cause of why we feel or react certain ways. The process of journaling and introspection could be helped a great deal if your brain is willing to be more open and honest about emotions. Much like meditation, journaling or talking through things with a therapist, psilocybin can be a powerful tool in the mental health toolbox but its effectiveness will be different for everyone. Mental health can be tough in that it's a personal journey finding the right ingredients and I'm happy we're slowly getting a new tool to add in.
Exactly what it feels like. Great analogy.
And every person I've met who has done this has had those pathways refused into absolute madness, lower intellect, and ultimately, unrecoverable instability of thought and personhood.
If you want to reconstruct your mind, do it manually, one neuropathic thread at a time, via actual meaningful therapeutic recovery. Blasting your mind and hoping you reconnect it in a healthy way is just breaking your bones to hope they grow back realigned and better.
That is not likely to happen.
@honaleri Done this several times with extremely positive results. The people you know probably just became less afraid, more liberal and relaxed...which to an uptight conservative can easily be confused with insanity 😆
"I... Might get arrested for this..."
I already like where this is going.
A friend will come bail you out of jail at 2 in the morning.
A true friend will be in jail with you.
It hooked me up immediately 😂
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He is in Texas, and that's not hard to do there.
@@nice2008c I heard it another way:
A friend will help you move.
A true friend will help you move a body.
Amazing video sir. Thanks for making this
Hey, it’s the daily dose guy! ❤
And thank you for putting a smile on many faces, including mine.
Thinking about being Daily microDose of Internet, bud?
@@daveysmith3944 keep glazing it 😂😂
hey you
I do 3.5 g of mushrooms every 6 months to reboot my brain.
After my trip yesterday, I did understand why mushrooms are praised... you can have some beautiful experiences on them..
GOLDEN TEACHERS. I've had friends who tried the same ones I did and have had great reviews as well! Some even mentioned they tried other strains before and said they liked the teachers better!
Can you help with a reliable source I would really appreciate it.
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I’ll say this: this video is the most unique Joe Scott video format I’ve seen and I’ve been watching for many many years. This shows me something changed. I don’t think psychedelics promote creativity, I think creativity is a side effect of caring less, and feeling more, which is what psychedelics tend to do. I’ve done it 2-3 times, in my late teens, very early 20s. I’m 27 now and I think those 3 experiences made my life 1000x more rich
>> I think creativity is a side effect of caring less, and feeling more, which is what psychedelics tend to do.
I mean from a nueral perspective they Def do promote creativity, because more of your brain can communicate across the board. However, I do get what you mean and can agree with the analogy of caring less and feeling more
Ive done cid over 100 times, and shrooms at least a dozen or so (im your age). It has problems if you overdo it. Dont be like me kids.
I've tripped more times than I can count on various things, and the flow state is the answer. You get to access the flow state so much easier than while sober.
Caring less/feeling more is not the best description, unless you count entering a flow state as caring less about your surroundings and caring more about how awesome it feels to be in the flow state.
Also, as with any mind altering substance, it grants you a different mental perspective, which allows you to come up with ideas and come to conclusions that are foreign to your sober mind. Add this to the flow state, and you get ridiculously creative when applying your energy correctly.
@chrstfer2452 plus, you can get unlucky.. Be in the wrong headspace going in, or the environment was just not quite right and can send the trip spiraling to a not great plsce
It’s really rare to see someone who is finally giving themselves the compassion they have needed their whole lives. Thank you for sharing this moment with us on the internet.
Not as interesting as them showing themselves the abhorrent, insidious vitriol they have needed all their lives.
I am excited for this new chapter of Joe's life where he slowly evolves into a mildly unhinged but peaceful drug-addled wise old hermit in the style of Yoda.
I’m hoping for this arc
Yes. I am here for it haha
Wook Joe
I’m ready.
he was already growing his hair and beard out lol. tunics and ponchos incoming...
First: Nice Love and Rockets shirt!!! Second: I microdosed for about a couple of months. It seems to have caused me to think about childhood trauma that I had stuffed away for a long time. I've dealt with it to an extent since and I've started microdosing to some capacity again. I actually prefer LSD, but I haven't had that for decades. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I was super depressed going to work with “ready to die” as my mantra. I asked a friend about molly and they asked why? I said depression. They said that may not be good for me and after a few weeks came to me with microdoses of LSD in pill form made for depression. All of my negative thinking ceased. I did it for five months and then quit. I no longer have those negative thoughts and have moved forward in my life. It’s been two years now. I don’t think focus, creativity are any benefits. What it did was instantly stop my negative thinking. I also became open to therapy and started seeing a therapist whom I saw for a year, telling him about the microdosing and the pursuit of understanding my anxious attachment style.
Did it reduce anxiety?
its just expectancy bias, like he said in the video
rock on bro! Proud of you for goin to therapy and workin on yourself, that's awesome :D
Really hope you weren’t a pilot- but seriously I’m glad you found something that worked for you- being in the dark like that is soul a crushing existence.
@@jimskeuh I don't think it's just expectancy bias
I tried mushrooms about a year ago, I was struggling with obesity, anxiety and a lot of depression that had been going on for about 2 years. I took my first dose and apart from hallucinations I didn’t feel too different but that’s because I took a very small dose. My second attempt I did a heroic dose, went trough the crazy hallucinations the whole experience felt like a fever dream I couldn’t remember nor feel how much time had passed. For context I was in my room laying in my bed with my eyes closed. I did a lot of crying a lot of realizations of emotions I couldn’t describe before at some point I felt like I would die that night and remember feeling an insane amount of love for all my loved ones, also remember being incredibly at peace with the fact that I was about to die. Next day I woke up feeling like I was given a second chance at life I felt at peace with who I was and forgave myself for a lot of my negative feelings about myself. I picked up the gym, started getting back on track with my life started eating healthy, I lost 50lbs and put on quite a good amount of muscle, started going to a psychologist and things started to feel like they were back on track, I realized it wasn’t life dealing me a bad hand it was me not taking it to my advantage. Ever since I religiously swear by this substance which when used correctly might do more good than harm for a few people out there. 1:28
Agree . Microdosing never seemed to work . For about 2 years every 6 months my friends and I would drop and just enjoy. Then I would be creative, wrote more music, worked on my book, and slept normal. Then 6 months go by and starts to slow down and do it again. For about 2 years. I mist say know yourself before you go crazy lol But it might help. But always be with people you trust.
That's amazing, good for you man.
Because that old photo guy is how how you feel when abnotherc you will look. Back at this Steve]]……
Why would you start going to a psychologist? That makes no sense. Or it was such a trauma that you are still not over it
@@trollmcclure1884 He mentions "negative feeling about himself." You don't need to be batshit crazy to go to a specialist, it can help be a better person and resolve some (minor or not) issues.
There's a man that lives in my apartment. He's probably in his late '50s and is for a lack of better description essentially dying. He has multiple diseases that make life extremely hard. He hasn't been able to work since 1996 when he was hurt in a farming accident. He told me that he recently took 6 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and he said that he was able to find a profound sense of peace within himself despite the adversity he's facing in his life. I remember walking past him the night that he was on the mushrooms and saying hi to him and he just looked at me into my eyes and didn't say anything. I knew he was tripping so I just let him be. He's a great man. Very kind. Just thought I would provide a real life use case for psilocybin.
It's fundamentally sad and pretty ironic that humanity is incapable and unaccepting to helping make the lives easier for people going through what is effectively living hell
Imagine banning a widely-found substance that is also easy to get you jailed in "the land of the free" and helps to remove pain
@@uuu12343 Speaking of removing pain, shrooms also prevent/stop cluster headaches.
That man is you, isn't it?
3 of the top 5 moments in my life were spent on shrooms or acid.
@@alwilsonwastheman 7 of the top 5 for me
I really liked that you started a bit of a deep dive into this. I was diagnosed with advanced cervical spinal stenosis fourteen years ago at forty. The earliest pains in my spine from the disease showed its ugly face in 1985. by 2015 I had to have my C6 removed and C5 and C7 rebuilt to take screws. I was offically disabled and restricted to my lift chair. I have always been into tripping, weekends and concerts... So I had a solid baseline as to what these drugs can do in large doses and I knew at times it masked my pain. Flash forward... I have been microdosing now for just over nine years. I have been taking roughly 0.25 g three times a day. Other than a little light sensitivity there was no real inital effects. After a few months my mood stabilized. After a year my depression was a thing of the past. I have to take oxys throughout the day for pain and morphine to get through the night... now this is interesting... nine years in, taking a highly addictive painkiller, my prescription has not increased. My doctor and I are so suprised and pleased. As for focus and creativity, my art is still a big part of my life and my ADHD is less of a roller coaster ride. There are a lot of other great things that DMT and at times LSD have helped with when it comes to my pain migraines that are triggered by the extreme pain events in my spine. I had tried years of self medication before being diagnosed, then years of non-narcotic treatments, then I had to get nerve block injections (20-31, on going marcaine injections down my spine weekly) and actualy narcotic to manage my pain... Microdosing has been a way to get my humanity back. Dig a bit deeper and show others what this path can do to help. Thank You for all you do.
"My insecurities are strong".
Yes, very relatable.
Great vid as always.
Cheers and Merry Christmas.😊❤
"I was a good lookin' dude!" There should be no "was" in that. You're still a good lookin' dude.
Agreed. Not gay but bro is good looking
i don't agree , i think he looks better now than then. he looked like a dork in that older photo
Came here to say this. You definitely still got it, Joe.
He looks like a very wise wizard ready to bestow his knowledge upon you
@jimskeuh I think he looks more comfortable as himself and that's always attractive, but he was also an adorable dork
The most absurd aspect concerning the legal status of psychedelics is the fact that psilocybin mushrooms grow natively all across the United States, and in the south psilocybe cubensis in particular grows abundantly on cow patties. The mere act of picking up a fungus that grew naturally on your own property is likely enough to land you jail time due to it being classified as a schedule I drug. This is also ignoring the simple fact that adults can choose to consume what they please. There’s not a single morally sound argument that can be made in defense of locking people up for exercising their personal freedom.
Plus they're really fun and rewarding to grow!
It is nuts that just touching this stuff is illegal. That said, there are significant chunks of the population I don't trust to use a pencil without guidance. I may be a misanthrope, but there are some things people shouldn't have.
I agree. The consequences of actions that hurt others should be the only concern.
'Land of the free...'
The punishments (here at least) are due to Christians and their holier then thou attitude
Its been years since i discovered you. I always found your voice very calming and a pleasure to listen to. The fact that your topics are super interesting its really a bonus. But your facial expresions and body movements also play a role in keeping me intrested in what you say. And i dont know how to say this without sounding like a perv: your are an atractive man. I watch your videos with delight both visualy and auditory. Hope this isnt too cringy but i dont know how else to say it. Keep up the good work. Happy New Year
I was put on probation for the first time when I was 14 years old. From then, until the summer I turned 20, I would regularly find myself in legal trouble, I was becoming a teenage alcoholic and I was fighting a LOT. Memorial Day weekend I went to Hookaville, a music festival in Ohio, I took mushrooms there for the first time that weekend. My biggest issue prior to that weekend was a rage that lived in me. I was mad constantly. Things of no consequence would set me off, and I had been that way since puberty. I woke up Sunday morning of the festival, having eaten the shrooms the night before, with no anger in me at all. Just vanished. It's never come back since.
I emphatically recommend giving them a shot if you're struggling in a similar manner.
🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂 Lovely story, so happy for you, my friend!
Yeah, I can relate. I was also (and still am to an extent) the guy with lots of rage and not fearing getting into a fight, which were sometimes real of course, but they got me high on adrenaline, and I liked that, so whatever. And I recall that night when a stupid guy trying to get in the pants of a friend of mine got into a fight with me, and he claimed to be whatever (green?) belt in karate and threw kicks to me and eventually provoked me into responding. I was mostly on cannabis, so I didn't really want to fight but eventually I had to, so I quickly wrestled the guy against the ground and was immobilizing him (I'm white-yellow in judo, which is a ridiculous lowest kid's level but guess I learned something anyhow) and then I realized that, would have I been on alcohol, I would have probably broken that idiot's head against the ground.
So, yeah, even if I'm very conscious that cannabis is generally a much lower level kind of trip (and different also in whatever other nuances), these kind of psychedelics can help, they can also give you too much introspection or even too much uncontrolled awareness in general, so not perfect, very hard to dose, ultimately not controllable, but interesting anyhow for those who dare.
I've been struggling with anger myself, I get mad at things I know I shouldn't. I can always control myself but I hate the mood it puts me in, and when I try to fight the mood I just end up mad at myself for not being able to just not care :/ With the multitude of other issues I have as well I'm thinking this is something I should try but i'm not sure, if u see this a response would be nice.
I was never super angry, but there was definitely frequent frustration which sometimes bubbled over into anger. After a period of experimenting with psychedelics, those feelings disappeared and now years later they are still so foreign to me. Psychedelics were a major part of that, but later therapy and meditation also played a role.
Your comments about your past self struck me very hard. Im 26 and I struggle with this alot, I personally know no one really cares about me but im still so incredibly anxious and timid.
Thank you for speaking up about that man.
Love you bro let your true colors shine man! I care about you, now go strut your stuff! We only get one life, LIVE IT
@marcus-hoonigan7 Thank you so much Marcus, it means alot and I will try my very best.
There definitely are people who care about you and they don’t judge you. As for everyone else they don’t matter. Do what makes you happy and gives your life purpose and ignore those who judge you.
26? Get out and do the thing, talk to the person, take the risk. Worst case scenario is likely not so bad.
I suspect that this is something most people struggle with. 🙂
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather.”
Also, Love & Rockets FTW!!!
Love Bill Hicks. Wish he were around for longer so more people could know about him.
This is the first thing I thought 🌀
An I the only one hearing a Tool song right now?
Psychedelics literally make you a better person and people really don’t like to face that fact. It humbles us to realize that our brains are so easily manipulated.
Oh yes. Yes, yes.
Love you man, I’ve been watching for a little bit and I support your journey, it’s a very crazy platform you’re choosing to talk about the fungi in the room in a way that is not only wholesome, but brave and in almost family friendly way? Will definitely be buying Michael Pollan’s book homie
I’m relating hard to seeing an old photo and realizing your hangups weren’t “real”. Same happened to me. Aging is so weird. Thanks for sharing this, Joe truly thank you
Youre STILL a good looking guy. I hope this journey leads you on a happy path. You provide great, balenced content for those of us who hate being alone with our own thoughts. Happy new year 🎉
Agreed! Also, aesthetically I am team pro beard, doesn't matter how much grey is there.
i'm not personally into men, but tbh I think he looks even better now! The grey beard works well for some people 🤷♂
Well, I appreciate that. 😄
I would say that spending some time with your own thoughts is pretty important, if not fun. But glad I can be a distraction from the bad stuff.
Went back to university in my 30’s and realised I’d sort of forgotten how to learn. I just couldn’t retain so much new info, but after 6 months I was doing better than ever. Brains needs exercise to stay fit
I admire your honesty and the way you allowed yourself to be vulnerable with compassion, Joe. Even if this video gets demonitized, it is rich with shared humanity and that's Priceless ❤️
Micro dosing helped me become a better parent and partner. It helped me be more empathetic to those around me, and it put me in a much better mood. I have ADHD plus PTSD from a fairly traumatic childhood and it wasn't until I started microdosing that I realized how chaotic and over stimulated my brain is all the time. I was literally sitting there and I told my husband "I don't even have a single thought in my head at the moment" it was amazing. The best way I'm able to explain it is that normally my brain feels like it's a twenty lane traffic jam and everybody's trying to get off at the same exit even though they're coming from different directions but with micro dosing I have 1 lane with 1 exit and the cars are all moving at a good speed with no obstacles or issues.
that's awesome! i wish you the best and continued happiness
How do you get it?
@@AngryDad. he'll send u some if you're an adequate supporter on patreon
How much were you taking daily?
Best description of adhd ever
100% can relate to the "Old Photo" section. I saw a picture from my early 20s. I was blown away by the thoughts "I" have of that person and the thoughts "he" had of himself. It really is crazy if that happens to you. Great video overall, and I appreciate the risk with the topic. From one Joe to another, thanks for sharing your perspective/experience.
It might not help much, but I wanted some insurance for you in case this video makes YT angry.
I had the same experience too. The one day my mom gave me an old picture of me on a skateboard when I was like 7 and nearly cried on the spot because of the rush of thoughts and emotions.
Its crazy how we look at ourselves in the moment vs looking back on those moments and the realizations that come along with it.
I'm not a joe, im a Josh, but I have an uncle Joe, and I also thank you and Joe for sharing your experience ❤
Can't demonetize these $10! Great video!
Just so you know bud, RUclips takes 30% off the top.
@@RickStormTnooooo, party pooper 4 sharing that rn. But I’m glad I know so Thank ya anyway 🤷🏻♀️
Joe this is possibly my most favorite episode i’ve ever watched over the years.
I want more of this kind of stuff.
One mans weird is another weirdos normal
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Hunter S. Thompson
I'm so stealing this line, I love it 🖤
Being weird is not enough.
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert....":
I've haven't tried microdosing. I take psychedelics once or twice per year, teetotal the rest of the year. I think of it like defraging your hard-drive. It's a time to order your thoughts, forces you to confront negative thought patterns. I personally recommend it, but might not be for everyone.
*Micro dosing definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION,TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC.The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,lsd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you’re a newbie*
*They’re on telegram as**
@ *PHYLCLANS*
“like defragging your hard drive”. Spoken like a true child of the spinning platter generation. 😏😂
This is the most spot-on comment I’ve seen here. Well done
Joe, I’ve been with you for a while and I gotta say. I really appreciate you doing this. I really appreciate hearing you talk about the self reflection. You’re awesome. Keep it up.
Thank you for always doing the research and giving a well rounded experiential conclusion. This is so helpful for people like me, who are curious, but cautious.
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
*They’re on telegram as**
I’m not sure what you’re battling, but I too tried psilocybin mushrooms hoping for a change (not microdosing though). It actually helped me process some things in the moment but didn’t have any lasting effects. I found out later I have drug resistant depression and C-PTSD. A nasty combo. After trying many drug combos, my psyche asked if I wanted to consider doing ketamine treatments. I went home and did as much research as I could without falling into rabbit holes. I decided I wanted to try it and, no exaggeration, it genuinely changed my life. I can’t even explain how different I feel. I usually store stress, anger, depression, anxiety, etc. in my body. I get so tensed up you can see it in my posture and I find it physically impossible to relax. With Doctor supervised ketamine treatments, I can now relax my body and let things go. During treatments (about 2 hours) I can think through things without emotions causing me to spiral into negative thoughts. It was much like mushrooms in that way. Anyway, something to consider if you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, or PTSD (I don’t want to assume) but I thought I’d mention it just in case you wanted to or needed to try something else.
Ketamine is amazing for doing work on yourself. Its like you can feel it happening. Release!
Be careful with ketamine though -- it's one of the drugs they use in some surgeries to help you forget the trauma of being operated on. I'm very glad it works for you, don't get me wrong (trust me, I've been in that mindset, it's awful), but there are absolutely huge risks associated with it. Just for anyone who is wondering what kind of substance it is.
Did your treatments include a form of talk therapy as well to help guide you through your thoughts and emotions? Or was it just supervised ketamine in a safe space where you can work things out yourself?
similar story here! although anti-psychotics help keep me in place when it comes to chores and body dysmorphia, my anxiety is rooted deep from as soon as i was conscious so no medicine can stop the episodes I get into- but psilocybin gummies have really helped me understand the scope of what i'm anxious about and how much it really affects me. total life changer
@ Their setup is really interesting. They put you in a recliner, turn down the lights, turn a sound machine down, and leave you alone. If you want, you can have someone with you. But there’s nobody professional there.
With the treatments I do, it’s common to disassociate but I rarely do. In fact, I often fall asleep. It’s the most relaxed I’ve ever felt in my whole life.
I honestly loved the direction in which you took this to. An honest and objective light on the matter and this is amazing to see.
It's not amazing if you've ever taken the drugs. This class of drugs cause permanent brain damage, there is no safe dose. Microdosing just makes it take longer to see the damage, which always comes, like clockwork, in the same amount.
I completely agree and I'm so glad that there is more research being done. Hopefully one day I won't have to ship them to my house and I can go get some from the store.
Mushrooms are like the Rolling Stones song "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll get what you need." They are more likely to help you with what you need rather than what you want even though those are sometimes the same but not always.
I love this
well said!
Joe, I’m not sure why, but I felt a deep connection with you in this one. It felt more like chatting with a close friend than just watching a RUclips video. Even though I’ve never met you in person and I’m nearly 13,000 km away.
I wish I could have a deeper conversation with you over tea while watching the sunset
I love how you decided to shake things up with this video. It’s good watching it
Psilocybin saved me from self harm in my youth. Changed my life. Continue to take them when things feel rough. Self harm is not an option now and will never be again.
The thing i felt after my trip was empathy. And that reaches into countless places in ones life
I feel like it would be beneficial to find a way to find this empathy and other changes people talk about without the risk of taking psychedelics.
@tomfoolery7777 Risk? Maybe if someone is schizo or bipolar to begin with. If there’s no family history, they should be fine in the *proper set and setting*
That last part is key. I’m a proponent of macrodoses instead of microdoses. A microdose is basically what prescription antidepressants do anyway.
That's why I think everyone should try psychedelics once -- the world needs more empathetic people!
True
right! for me it was an ego-death that allowed me to be just that more much reasonable, empathetic, and calm in life and with the people around me.
I’d like to take a moment and acknowledge the incredible job by the hanging background plant, just all around well done
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
*@PHYLCLANS* ^^^
Good shit Joe. Thanks for being vulnerable for your viewers.
Before I took LSD I knew nothing about politics and couldn't care for it, afterwards I became so much more interested and curious about things happening in society in general and it really was the driving factor for me to really start to take notice of and care about the things going on around me that I normally would have overlooked. Your experience sounds about right compared to my experience even though you may only be microdosing
*Micro dosing definitely have undeniable benefits to deal with PTSTD,ADDICTION,TRAUMA AND DEPRESSION ETC.The experience gave me freedom.I was Able to get shrooms,dmt,edibles,lsd etc from this licensed mycologist who ships to my location and also gives recommendations if you’re a newbie*
*They’re on telegram as**
@ *PHYLCLANS*
Hehe. Psychedelics help lift me out of my obsession with the rage and fear bait of the mass media news cycle. If required to act I will do so with reason and informed and in line with my values but for the most part I find a deeper, more useful, understanding by connecting with nature, including the people around me, who are also an expression of nature. What's beyond my control I set aside and work on what is
'I might get arrested for this' - Always a good video when it starts with a potential criminal offence
Tell that to Matt Gaetz. Drugs were also involved.
I have thoughts about that "criminal offense", especially considering that the US government considered marijuana in the same league as heroin.
Absolutely love the video and I’m about 20mins in. This one came from the heart and I just really felt it. It was extremely unique and different from the regular videos.
I absolutely love that you are wearing a "LOVE AND ROCKETS" T-shirt. Impressed Joe!!
There is no way to do a "control" when you are your own test subject.
No matter how hard you try to be objective, your experience will be always subjective because it's all in your mind.
that's true of anything. the mind is the filter through which we perceive reality
@@DeviRuto "that's true of anything."
Physical reality can be objectively measured, without relying on our mind, by proper use of science. Our minds may have a subjective perception of heat, but water always boils at the temperature it does regardless of the human mind.
@@Blackmark52 You can't use a mind to measure a mind. The best you can do is get statistical data, but you can never be sure of how minds work the same way you can with physics. This also applies to most emergent behavior. There exists such a thing as true knowledge that is also beyond the scientific method.
its possible, you just have to test a lot of times
@@DWM864 As I said, statistical data. But knowing something's probable behavior is not the same as knowing how it works.
This is the last video I was expecting from your channel, not sure why that is but the open and honest convo about this has made me an even bigger fan! Great work!
Hey thx for this one, I've been toying with this topic for a while! And as a subscriber I trust your content and unbiased deep dives....
As someone who has always been curious on this subject, thank you. I appreciate you taking what was clearly a somewhat risky move on diving into this on your own to be able to deliver opinions from your own perspective.
I’m eight years off of heroin and micro dosing has helped significantly
I'm proud of you 👍 keep on going.
It's the devil in powder form and I'm sure you know that very few live to beat it.
🤙 10 years sober but have been on Suboxone for that entire time I wish I would have quit cold turkey but it's allowed me hold down a job and raise my kids on my own which is the whole reason I got sober is I was becoming a parent
@@t-revstastetube8900Keep it up. Be proud of yourself!
"im eight years off drugs and drugs has helped significantly" do you have any idea how idiotic that sounds
Yeah this hippy microdosing BS is hurting a lot of young adults, just another method of warfare against us. You need to be mentally solid in life. If you need hallucinogens to feel normal you need to toughen up mentally. I know it's easier said than done, but you need to grow your confidence through training and throwing yourself into tough stressful situations.
I really appreciate the openness and honesty you brought to this video
Its really nice to hear you talk candidly about yourself, really enjoyed this.
The closest thing to a blinded randomised trial looking at micro dosing showed it to be entirely placebo. Which isn’t a bad thing if it helps people. Regular old macro dosing shows promise in various fields and microdosing has been extrapolated from this but never proven. The swimmy feeling you had is odd as by definition microdosing shouldn’t cause any intoxicating effects. DOI: haven’t finished full video on this sitting (committing the cardinal sin of commenting before watching) but thought I’d add this while I remember!
Hey look, it's Rohin.
I've heard of that as well, but he did 0.2g, and mentioned feeling something. I've personally felt the effect of 0.2 as well, so this can't be considered microdosing in the strict sense.
Happy to see an informed opinion from an actual doctor about this, even if you aren’t Joe’s GP.
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It makes me SO happy that Rohin is watching Joe Scott
Yeah 200mg of dried shrooms is rather large for a microdose. The effects should be subperceptual.
I finally signed up for Nebula with your referral link, Joe. I've been thinking about it for a long time. I like the concept. I like that the app doesn't appear to be spyware. I like the ad-free option to support creators. I finally did it.
Thanks for the content you produce. I'm glad I can finally do something to contribute back. (ads have always been blocked on my end)
I’m there with you right now with the trend of not being able to recall simple words. It got to the point where I would joke about it saying “pretty sure it’s early onset Alzheimer’s.” But I’ve recently started taking Lions Mane and who knows if it’s placebo or not, but I haven’t noticed forgetting words as frequently.
I knew there was a reason why I liked your videos. At 73, I remember psilocybin. Ah, the late 60's. It wasn't "microdosing" it was full on trips. I was never the "same" in a very good way. Thanks for the "trip" down memory lane.
And you may live to see it get legalise too! 😂
All I can remember is, it was positive. U are amazing, & I appreciate U❤
There is definitely not enough research into microdosing and as a therapist I truly belueve there should be!!
I recently was working on some essays surrounding current stats on the opioid crisis and honestly for how slow physicians and med teams take to implement cooperative methods for harm reduction, its been even slower for research on microdosing, so I appreciate your trial in this direction and YT for not flagging it, we need more people who are willing to give an honest perspective on its pros and cons! To your most positive and healthy mental health, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 🥂
There is a microdosing subreddit with many research studies. ♾️💚
@awakenyourmindbodyandspiri1011 good to know! Are these solid scientific ones that are credible or public experimentation ?
The reason why I ask is often times when those of us who have to do research and support data, we need publishers to document the research studies to add them to our own to promote our stance. Sadly public opinion or testing isnt credible unless observed in a controlled study 🤷🏻♀️
I'd never taken any illicit drugs of any kind before I turned 36 (not even weed) but I had also been following the research being conducted with psilocybin and had to try to for myself. My wife and I have had amazing experiences with it and I even micro-dosed for a couple of months until my supply was out. I highly recommend use of it in a controlled safe environment either alone or with a partner that knows what to expect.
that makes me so happy! I love that people are finally finding out that [some] drugs can be helpful if you treat them with respect
Supplemental, paradoxical advice (not for you, but for future readers): do NOT take shrooms with someone you just started dating. It tends to make things... weird. Someone you've been with for a long time and trust implicitly is a great choice tho
Nature in warm season is best, a nice private garden if you are lucky enough to have one could do, but also able to get to a cozy private place if you feel the need. Expect nothing because all expectations are sorta wrong.
NEVER ever should a first time user trip alone! I love psychedelics, they saved my life (and I guess due to my tism I have an absurd tolerance, coherent and oriented on (tested) 700yg of acid).
I never had a "really" bad experience, just overwhelming. But imho you should have a person with you that you literally trust with your life. There are too many (inherent) factors that can make things really difficult when alone, but are nothing to worry about with a good tripsitter/close friend.
how did you find a dealer did you just ask you friend group
@@thedudecalledalan9095 for psilocybin, go foraging. AFTER YOU DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH!!! I cant stress this enough! Do your research, and I dont mean a 5 minute search. Either invest at least 200hrs into ID! Or buy pro drugs if it is legal where you live…
But when you know what you’re looking for, they grow everywhere. Just make sure you are searching at the right place in the right conditions for your zone!
EDIT: For me personally shrooms hit a lot harder than acid (equivalent)…
My brother used to be depressive and suffer from anxiety. He takes mushrooms once a month (depending on how he feels) and has been doing amazing since then. He's not depressed anymore and his anxiety is manageable. He has become more energetic and his outlook on life is now very positive and inspiring.
In sweden we have a cool little shroom that pops up in the fall called toppslätts-skivling aka toppisar .. its a mellow little psylocybin mushroom thsts definitly not legal . But i usually go out picking them every year with my dog and thake a long nightly walk with her and talk to the forest and it helps me to get a good view over my life ❤❤
The use of psilocybin mushrooms such as fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) in the Norse Viking culture native to Scandinavia are well documented. Warriors would take them prior to battles to induce a trance like state which enhanced their abilities and performance. So the people where you come from have likely known of the benefits of mushrooms for thousands of years!!
Really? Vart? Snälla säg skåne haha
@@justsayjaydu har tur 😉 men jag vill inte skriva mer här. Låt säga att internet har infon du söker.
"Toppslätts-skivling" is called a "liberty cap" in English, and "spids nøgenhat" (pointed nudecap) in Danish - my language.
@@js70371 Don't eat fly agaric, find a psychoactive mushroom that isn't dangerous.
I just about died when I saw the Love and Rockets T-shirt, especially in contrast to your usual (and clearly deliberate) choices. Well-placed.
Psylocibin and lsd are serotonin receptor agonists. Taking them will temporarily raise your blood pressure anywhere from 10-30mmHg. This is fine if your blood pressure is usually normal, but not so much if you already have raised blood pressure. You should also avoid them if you're already taking anything that affects your serotonin levels, such as antidepressants, or even migraine medication.
Thank you. I am looking at this as an option if my health insurance ever denies my medications.
Its particularly unimpressive if youre on ssris. Expectedly so i guess.
@@chrstfer2452 Yeah, I tried that once. The trip is very..... muted? Idk how else to describe it.
Interesting that you pointed that out. With TTP you have to do a six month prep and in that time you have to be on a treadmill for at least an hour a day. The two week prep you have to take a Beta Blocker twice a day. TTP can cause massive heart attacks if you are not prepared.
and definitely no monoamine oxidase inhibitors!
such an insightful video, i had my very first trip on shrooms about 3 days ago and was close to taking a heroic dose (i didnt know at the time). I hugely underestimated the potency of the shrooms and had an insanely scary "bad" trip. I didnt know what was real, I was melting and i kept saying to myself " what is it trying to teach me". I thought that if i understood and learnt what the shrooms were trying to teach me, the bad trip would be over. It forced me to face what I had been avoiding for the past year (also smoking lots of weed to avoid thinking). After facing my fears, I felt immense emotions of self love, forgiveness and love for friends and family. It almost felt like an older version of myself was comforting and loving my present self. It feels like a new chapter of my life has started, most of my bad habits are gone and feel no urge to smoke cigs or pot anymore. what a life changing chemical...
*Wsg!!! I could recommend you to a reputable psych store i was able to obtain quality micro dosing,MDMA,shrooms,lsd,dmt,Ayaushca,lean and other psych.They’re well grounded & ship discreetly locally and overseas across borders*
*They’re on telegram as** ^^
*@PHYLCLANS* ^^^
That Tangent Cam short about the kidnapping was hilarious.
Yes! I laughed so hard I had to rewatch it. I’ll never look at my toiththe same way again. 😂
RIP Oderus! GWAR will never be the same without you!
Very proud of you for such a concise, detailed video. I hope it is not demonetized for your sake. But, I genuinely enjoy your content and I hope you keep it up. Take care, Joe
Thanks for takin one for Science and Knowledge.
Brilliant video mate 👍 and the best "vlog" of someone microdosing I've ever seen.
Thanks for doing this, I hope this video goes a long way, you deserve it 🙃
My first acid experience was truly transformational - to the point of my friends asking me months later "what happened to me that I chilled so much". This stayed. I've been doing this and that afterwards but nothing spectacular - just fun. This 1st trip however was really something life changing. I guess good way to describe it was... I broke the wall I built between myself and other people to protect myself. From what? From nothing. All the irrational fear was coming out of few bad experiences that actually meant nothing in a life long journey. Unfortunate chains of events - thats it. Apparently on acid I was able to explain that to myself by watching my life from 3rd person perspective. Before I was trying to keep my guard high - afterwards, I didn't care. I got comfortable with people potentially exploiting me or hurting me and I got comfortable with not always being on top of everything - allowing myself to play supporting roles not the lead. Results are... either I got emotionally bulletproof - seems noone wants to do me wrong - or it just stopped working. Additionally, by having more forcus on lifting others up in all different life scenarios I feel like people look up to me (how to efortlessly approach difficulties) sometimes, asking for my input, advice or straight up solutions both in professional and private settings. All that I can navigate to this single trip. Obviously it did not happen in a day but paradigm shift enabled all this cool things that followed. Side effect I guess is I lost some of my competetive drive, not only I don't have to win all the battles... some of them I don't even need to start. Not every argument have to be won... not all of them require my participation ;)
I wanted to be a bad ass and take a bunch of acid my very first time. I had the worst trip ever and towards the end when I leveled out a little I am pretty sure I experienced ego death. I came out of it so much more relaxed and humble. I won’t ever do it again because 90% of it was terrifying but I am grateful for how it changed me. At one point it was as if my brain was forcing me to visit things that were plaguing me and file them away for good.
@@leddmask never got that far with acid but I had something similar on DMT. I am grateful for the experience and it's impact - not looking forward to repeat it. Cheers!
Yeah! I took acid when I was 16 and from that day forward, I haven't cared if I win an argument or look smart to other people, just that I express the things that I actually believe. Something about psychs really shows you what you're doing wrong and what you're overly critical or worried about. I took acid a few times, and come to find out, everyone is full of self-worry & discontent (even the assholes) and you can enjoy life a lot more when you're willing to take an honest look inside of your own head. Ignoring your problems for years is a lot more difficult than just facing them for a day and trying to change the habits. I'd probably have lead a much worse life the past decade if I never tried psychedelics, honestly.
I wouldn't trip about shrooms and weed. For the most part as long as your responsible. No one should judge you.
Nobody SHOULD judge them, but they do.
**glares at you, judging harshly
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19:25 I think you’re still a good looking dude Joe! I’m 38 and I look at pictures of me in my 20’s with my “Army” body and I have those feelings too. But my wife reminds me I’m aging very well and she really loves the man I’m growing into. I was such a boy in my 20’s, and only now feel like a “young man”.
I’ve been watching for years on and off. This is by far the most engaging experience I’ve had on your channel. Thank you sir.
13:16 oh mate, if you take a FULL psychoactive dose of something like psilocybin or DMT you will find out why they call it “ego death”.
It’s a bananas experience and almost impossible to explain and for legal purposes I know this from a friend.
facts, it sounds dramatic because it feels dramatic
Hey Joe, on what you said, re. needing to force yourself to get things done through pomodoro, have you ever considered whether you might meet the criterea ADHD?
I used to experience similar struggles. Had dismissed the possibility of having ADHD because I’m not anything like the cliche of a person bouncing off walls and the like.
Not long ago I found out that there is a ‘predominantly inattentive’ diagnostic sub-type, with more inward oriented symptoms (manifesting more as rumination, anxiety, irritability, nervous system overstimulation, etc).
I have since started on stimulant medication and it has benefited me in ways I didn’t expect at all: general emotional well-being improvements, focus and concentration improvements, and in general I can just *do* things now.
I only mention it because it seemed a little bit like you were looking for some of the beneficial effects through microdosing that a lot of people with ADHD seek out stimulant medications for.
I think I have ADHD. I procrastinate everything until the last moment, can't focus on a work for long, always anxious..
What medicine did you take?
you are talking about ADD, so without the hyperactive part.
@@jimskeuh yes correct. It might be ADD
@@jimskeuh No, they don't call it ADD anymore.. the above person was correct. I mean obviously people still have the symptoms of ADD, but now they just label it as a "subcategory" of ADHD.
My male partner had a similar experience. He knew I had ADHD, but he didn’t have a visible hyperactive part of it so he didn’t think he had it. He got evaluated and diagnosed and was surprised to have it, but medication and treatment changed his life drastically.
I watched a great interview with the guy who instigated this whole microdosing thing. He really demystifies the project. In the original project, the placebo group had the exact same results as the microdose group. Also, the entire premise was to take such a small amount that the psychedelic effects were not noticeable.
That's really interesting!
I think this is always a big deal when talking about mental health treatments.
Not just drugs, but anything that can help. We can talk about how much the placebo effect can have an effect on medicine in general, but when you're trying to measure how good or bad you feel emotionally, then it's a huge deal. If someone expects to feel better when they do something then it's not surprising that they feel better when they do something.
In fact this is important for lots of things, our society tells us how we should feel about a lot of things and I think we need to at least acknowledge that, and acknowledge that it's impossible to measure anything in the absence of these societal expectations.
Point being if you tell people they should feel y when x happens, chances are good they'll feel y when x happens.
That's not to say that there's no value in this sort of research and knowledge, I'm really hopeful about a number of treatments for mental health issues. We just have to be careful.
Microdosing is called microdosing for a reason. The amount of mushroom you are getting is so small, it is almost scientifically imperceptable. The studies ive seen, which are not many, suggest that the effects are no different from placebo. Our brains are way more powerful that the illusion of a drug in a drop.
Microdosing is called microdosing for a reason. The amount of mushroom you are getting is so small, it is almost scientifically imperceptable. The studies ive seen, which are not many, suggest that the effects are no different from placebo. Our brains are way more powerful that the illusion of a drug in a drop.
It does not necessarily devalue the possible effects of microdosing. It could show the power of placebo, which had been observed in many other types of studies.
Super interesting. Thank you for sharing and the honesty 👍
i had a similar experience to the old photo story you shared, but as a young adult. i always thought of my younger self as angry, depressed, combative, manipulative... all the things people made me feel i was. a bad kid. then i went back to my oldest internet accounts like deviantart and my first twitter i had when i was 15. and i saw a funny, smart, passionate kid. i opened those accounts with squinted eyes expecting to cringe, and there was a little bit of cringe. but i also laughed so hard at my own jokes and antics. saw a post where i told my followers (all 11!) to go wish my friend happy birthday and i realized i've always been the same person, i just know more things now, and maybe i should be more gentle to myself.
Micro-dosing is certainly not for everyone, especially if you're already on certain meds. Mushrooms are not for me, but I had a ton of epiphanies on LSD. It really helped me come to terms with things that happened in my childhood. Be careful who you buy from, of course. I was also losing words that were natural to my vocabulary. 4 years after that started, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Joe!
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Your one of the only people with common sense , everyone else is just like IF YOU WANT IT GO BUY IT 😂 ITLL SAVE SOCIETY yada yada I just started researching vibes
@ZimaCyberia not what I meant. Just a symptom that turned into a nightmare.
I agree that the power of pure LSD can't be matched by any of the other psychedelics I used to take up until the mid 1970s. I'm soon to be 73yo and have been wanting to revisit acid as a refresher to again touch base after so long, so to speak, but have no idea where to even begin to connect with a reliable source.
@@ZimaCyberia it's all good 👍
so from personal experience, i've always done recreational doses of mushrooms when i did them once every few years. then i tried a 10 gram dose. i blew the door off my ego like a hyper aggressive swat team. confronted a lot of things i didnt like about myself in a hard way, but forced me to change
LSD was like that for me. Took a 'heroic dose' as my first and only dose. I wouldn't do it again, but I'm glad I did it.
I tried mushroom last week but it didn't reach the heroic level or the ego dissolution level and I was kind of disappointed.
I believe it was 4 g of transkei variety.
@@COSMEREAUDIO two things:
1. depending on what meds you take, it could weaken the effects (things like common antidepressants will do that).
2. try more! 3-4g is a fairly standard dose, assuming they aren't a crazy strong variety. 7g is usually getting up there in terms of dosage strength... anymore and it becomes very hard to not puke (thereby wasting your shrooms). So I recommend 7g :)
@@idontwantahandlethough thanks. I'm buying pan
10g Holy Moly 😮
Thank you for making this video Joe. You and Michael Pollan both do a great job of demystifying psychedelics. You're both articulate and engaging, and you approach the topic with a deep curiosity.
Your reflection on your younger self resonated with me. Experimenting with psychedelics as a young man turned out to be one of the wisest things I've done. I am not suggesting that everybody try them (many people absolutely shouldn't!), but they did change my life positively.
Psychedelics were the catalyst for my decision to seriously take up Zen Buddhism, which I've practising as a layperson for the last 20 years. While my first experiences of LSD at high doses were eye-opening to say the least, I quickly realised I'd need to find a more wholesome and sustainable way of integrating that profound sense of connection into my everyday life, the reality of having to work, wash the dishes, navigate relationships.
I forget who said it, but there's a quote, "altered states are not yet altered traits". Committing to a traditional meditation practice with an authentic teacher is a time-tested method for developing those altered traits. Zen Buddhism made the most sense to me with its eschewing of rigid dogma, and its emphasis on repeatedly letting go of the internal monologue, returning to the present moment, and just sitting with what is. For someone else, it might be a different path. Ultimately, any path with a heart points the same way.
Even now, while I'm firmly on the Buddhist path, I still hold a fondness for mushrooms, cactus, and other "plant teachers", and I still find benefit in taking them mindfully and occasionally. Several years ago, I supplied mushrooms to an elderly family friend with terminal cancer in his last months of life (at his request). Before he died, he told me the mushrooms alleviated his anxiety about his approaching death and helped him to be more present in the life left to him.
The fact that psychedelics exist at all is itself a thing of wonder. I deeply respect the indigenous cultures that figured out how to incorporate their responsible use into the fabric of their societies. It's about time we in the West did the same.
I smoked cigarettes for 13 years. I quit using only two separate 3 gram doses a couple weeks apart.
I made sure to purposely think about why I do this to my body, and how much better things would be without them.
After those 2 doses, I was completely done smoking.
Mushrooms or something else?
My father smoked for 50 years and quit cold turkey taking nothing. It was free and who has the better method, then?
As far as the dosage that popped up on screen when he held up the bottle: 200mg would be the weight of the psilocybin mushrooms themselves in the capsule. Taking 200mg of psilocybin at once, let’s just say would probably be unpleasant. These capsules probably contain ~1-2mg psilo. per cap, if I were to guess without testing. 😅
Yup, 0.1 to 0.2 tenths of a gram is a standard micro dose for magic mushrooms.
could you actually overdose on that stuff?
@@jimskeuhNo. It’s impossible to overdose on mushrooms. You can absolutely trip too hard and have a bad experience without the proper preparations though
@@jimskeuh I agree with @MnemonicHeadTrip that it would be impossible to overdose and pass away from consuming psilocybin mushrooms.
With the caveat that you could very easily pass away if an enormous dose of *any* drug or medication is very rapidly and deliberately introduced into the bloodstream in a water soluble form, i.e. injected.
I could try to calculate an amount of psilocybin that would harm you, but I could also look up how much air injected would harm a person.
You could certainly eat enough mushrooms to have a very bad time, but unless you have an serious underlying health condition or combine it with something you really shouldn’t, i.e. MAOIs; you will vomit all over yourself and not be able to understand what a mushroom is long before you can shovel down enough to cause an arrhythmia or other cardiopulmonary complication.
Just in my opinion, not trying to give medial advice. Research and planning give you a safety net, the more you work, the wider your net is. The website Erowid taught me so much before I tried anything in my journey.
Best of luck, and stay safe out there folks! 😉
@@jimskeuh I agree with @MnemonicHeadTrip that it would be impossible to overdose and pass away from consuming psilocybin mushrooms.
With the caveat that you could very easily pass away if an enormous dose of *any* drug or medication is very rapidly and deliberately introduced into the bloodstream in a water soluble form, i.e. injected.
I could try to calculate an amount of psilocybin that would harm you, but I could also look up how much air injected would harm a person.
You could certainly eat enough mushrooms to have a very bad time, but unless you have an serious underlying health condition or combine it with something you really shouldn’t, i.e. MAOIs; you will vomit all over yourself and not be able to understand what a mushroom is long before it causes an arrhythmia or other cardiopulmonary complication.
Just in my opinion, not trying to give medial advice. Research and planning give you a safety net, the more you work, the wider your net is. Always research before trying anything.
Best of luck, and stay safe out there folks!
This comment section will probably get spammed by online drug vendors. Can't stand those guys.
Like…if you’re holding I’d like to buy some of your drugs, please.
@@ThePenguin82 That would be stupid. lol.
@@ThePenguin82 Don't you have any friends?
@ThePenguin82 most of them are just fake telegram scammers. There are legitimate websites pit there and they have real people that you talk to. But there are way more fake ones than real ones.
Damn those tested and safe substances. Damn their reliability and quality-control.
I did Ketamine IV twice a week for 6 weeks.
It 1000% helps you directly approach any trauma or drama that you held onto for years in a unfiltered and non emotional state. It's fascinating.
So it could help with daily mood as you feel a bit lighter in the shoulders.
But it didn't help me with my clinical depression (dysthymia). Or at least I went back to feeling depressed like a month or two after I stopped the sessions.
There's lots of hype around positive long term effects. Like cognitive repairing or creativity. But I don't buy it.
However I think microdosing should be compared to current FDA approved antidepressants.
1. Doesn't effect everyone the same way. A good portion of the time these Rx meds don't work or might make depression worse.
2. You have to continue to take them to see results
We shouldn't be treating these alternative medications like they are magic. Otherwise they will never be legal
I’m going to reiterate what others are saying here - Joe this by far is one of your more entertaining and interestingly formatted videos. I’m surprised you don’t see that or perhaps you are waiting for feedback back.
I’ve been a fan and sub for a very very long time and I love your content and even you as a person. But you seldom break format. I liked when you tried interviews and podcasts. I wish you’d continue that. But I think if the microdosing helps you to take risks or try new things like this it is a net positive and should be factored into your analysis.
This was a fantastic video and I really love seeing you insert yourself into the story. It makes it personal and tangible. I hope you see the value in this and unlocking your creative inhibitions. I will say this one last thing as a fellow creative - I don’t think the microdosing makes you “more” creative but just helps to lower the mental guardrails that keep those ideas from being expressed. Either for fear of failure or rejection. What ever those mental blocks are I think having them lowered is a good thing.
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I have to say, it isn’t for EVERYONE, but man, more people should. I used mushrooms and DMT for several months when I was in my early 20s, and it changed my life for the better.
DMT is a completely different thing and experience. Most people should stay away from DMT. Just take some shrooms or truffles. Have a great time.
Microdosing or full dose ?
First time dosing you need a babysitter always imo
ah yes let's normalize illegal drugs...
@ Yes, actually. If you care to do the research, take a look at countries with laxer drug laws and an industry focused around safety surrounding it, giving people safe places to use - nowhere near the addiction, abuse, and drug related crime problem America has.
My brain suffered terribly from Covid. Neurologists and psychiatrists told me it was like I'd been in a car accident. It's been five years and while I've improved a lot, I am still not back to normal. During this time, those same doctors discovered I had ADHD, which explained an awful lot, but didn't make things any easier. I struggled horribly with depression and when I ran out of medical options and support, I turned to microdosing off the suggestions from friends. I took 0.2g every 4th day and for the first two weeks, I felt very little, however after that things began to change. After 2 weeks it felt like the weight had been taken off me, after a month I started to feel ok, after two months I was interested in things again, and after three months I had improved cognition. The course ended there, but the benefits did not, I felt like I could cope again and get back on top of things. I think for people struggling with depression, the effects are greater, it helps you crawl out of that hole. Once you're out of that hole, the effects are less noticeable, just a couple of sides effects for me.. some interesting dreams and crying during every Xmas movie. If it helps you get back on your feet and work your way out of that dark place, then I cannot understand why it is illegal. It's use in treating depression is what needs real medical trials.
I’ve used Psilocybin recreationally and it was about a 50/50 split in terms of good. Ketamine for my mental health issue was an absolute game changer. Believe it has to do with an increased neuroplasticity. Appreciate you.
that is correct that ketamine is psychoplastogen like psilocybin. for me atleast psilocybin,dmt and ketamine and its derivatives like O-PCE leave you with the most insane calm states of mind after the trip for weeks. therye the ultimate anti depressants. LSD also does the same but only milder. its different but it also does wonders.
Can you talk more about ketamine therapy. I am from India and I did one session. It was in a hospital ward with other patients and even babies crying. It was an annoying experience. Also I didn't notice any positive change after that session. It was rs 4000 (50 usd) for 1 session.
@ I’ll preface this with the obvious disclaimer this is my experience. I did 6 sessions to start and kind of built up to an amount around 1000mg. I initially took 6 sessions. Each one I had to have someone who could check on me ( I did it from home) be in complete quiet, I had an eye mask and headphones with music. set intentions ahead of time and kind of go in with a plan. If someone could guide you is probably better. It was a gradual realization but I had major depression for over 20 years and now I couldn’t be happier. Not just happy but content. I wish you the best on your journey.
@@gilbertalvarado5101 happy for you 💕 the doctor give me 3 ml and I had it orally. But this doctor was not experienced in ketamine therapy, he just knew about this when was not an expert. Now it's too late to try again because I am going to UK in January.
One of the effects LSD has on the big five is an increased openess, which is pretty much what you are describing 21 minutes in
I believe it’s Anil Seth who’s work shows that tripping is actually closer to dreaming than wakeful states. I think he concludes that when you’re tripping you’re actually less susceptible to outside stimuli and more susceptible to internal predictions
Hi, Joe. Congrats on how successful you and your channel have been. I have been a subscriber for a very long time. I must say, based on your "walk about" video clips, you live in a SUPER NICE neighborhood. Good for you, and again, congrats.
I have been in pain for THIRTY YEARS. I have often wondered if Microdosing would work to help me control my NERVE PAIN. But alas, since I am on narcotics from my doctor, I am consistently drug tested. After 30 years of narcotics, I have found they REALLY don't make ALL the pain go away, it just mutes them a bit.
I don’t think psilocybin will help with nerve pain. If you decide to try it, the majority of it is out of your system within a few hours and is undetectable within 24 hours- via a urine test. I found that it is great for working through trauma and depression.
It does not show up on drug tests! Go for it. Emotions and pain are linked, so you might benefit from it.
Narcotics infamously have tolerance. Will require higher and higher doses to receive the same pain control. Buprenorphine or significantly lengthy breaks from using opioids is the best way to continue to use the medication and get results.
@@h3m1cuda Won't help with pain but could help with the emotions associated with the pain
Thank you Joe!! This is my favorite video! Magic mushrooms saved my life. I used to be a heroin addict and one time using mushrooms, something changed in my brain and I’ve been clean for 8-9 years now.
For me just the long hallway in that pic of a younger you gives me dread. Just the long hallway and harsh lighting says "Welcome to the rest of your corporate drone life".
Gwar concert! lmao! I love this and thank you for diving into this and sharing. This is what social media is about!
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One of the issues with the studies, particularly that last one you spoke about where participants that knew they weren't on placebo (due to feeling "obvious effects" of psylocibin) had more apparent positive results -- is they give the same doses to all participants. The problem is half a gram won't be a consistently effective dose for everyone. Body weight, food consumption, unique personalities/brains, etc, will very much determine how much a specific dose effects them. To help remedy this, they should come up with a formula to dose per body weight at the least -- but also perhaps first finding the "effective" dose for each participant by initial dosage experimenting. This of course though removes the double placebo aspect. I also think they should experiment with slightly higher dosages not just micro dosing. Micro doses = subtle effects = small changes. It stands to reason, higher dosages can create much more impactful results. Definitely more in depth studies still required in any case.
I've tired LSD 5 times, shrooms 3 times, and peyote once, but never in large amounts, (but more than micro). Honestly the biggest difference I've encountered, is how long it takes to leave your system. LSD is frustratingly slow to get over with, you kinda get tired of it, and it's the only thing that has a sort of "hangover" where you spend the following day feeling a bit "off". Peyote was fast - back to normal in under 3 hours. Shrooms are somewhere in between. I don't think any of those experiences changed me permanently, but I think now that I'm an adult and more set in my ways, I could probably see how it might have a more transcendent effect on my outlook.
Yea... I took LSD at night and woke up still having "Tourettes" (uncontrollably saying random things and twitching) for almost the entire the next day. And when I went on a walk, I felt like I couldn't control whether or not I would walk into traffic. Not doing those again 🫠
Dude, your hair is majestic!
I feel like so many people feel like they're emotionally blocked and it's really honorable that you're sharing your experience there because I think it will help people, also glad you're having a good experience on psilocybin
I recently bought some non-psychedelic mushroom “coffee”. It’s made from a bunch of different mushrooms with all sorts of vague listed benefits, and I haven’t used it long enough to have an opinion one way or the other. I will say that the first time I drank it, I experienced a very slight flutter like when you’re taking a trip and get that first little inkling that it’s kicking in.
My mood was noticeably better throughout the day, I had more clarity and focus, and I can definitely see it having more pronounced benefits with regular use over a longer period