I've become very interested in psychedelics lately. Mostly, because of lots of interesting stuff I've read on DMT. I'm drawn to alot of the spiritual philosophical effects people have said they experienced on mushrooms and I think I would like to conquer my fear and do them again and "expand my mind" so to speak. Anyways, the last time i did shrooms was probably about 9 years ago when i was 16. I had one of the worst experiences of my life. I was kinda experimenting with marijuana at the time. I had just made a new friend at school who was a huge pothead and one night I decided to try shrooms and stay over at his older brothers house. I really didn't know any of these people that well at all to be honest. I ended up taking some mushrooms and doing some huge bucket tokes as well. Then the effects started kicking in and I became extremely anxious and paranoid. I started thinking that I was a big joke to everyone and they were trying to steal my wallet, then I just went into this downward spiral of self conciousness, and depression about not liking who i am, and what others think of me etc. I started believing that I had actually lost my mind and gone insane. I eventually just curled up in a corner with a pillow and tried to ride out all the voices and hallucinations i was having of my parents being in the room and being saddened by seeing me lose my mind etc...Suffice to say it was an extremely bad trip bordering on agonizing. While I think I have grown up quite alot since then I still get very paranoid when I smoke weed sometimes. I tend to be introspective and self-concious at times and I think marijuana has brought out some insecurities I've had over the years. With all this being said, I'm wondering if i just took mushrooms without smoking weed I might have a better experience this time around. I'm a much more mature person than I was in those days and would like to use mushrooms for enlightenment rather than to get messed up or high etc. Sorry about the long first post but this is something thats been on my mind for quite a while...any opinions would be welcomed. thanks.
1 gram of white stemmed mushrooms or 2 grams of off colored stemmed mushrooms, in the right setting, would probably be alright for you.
whoa thats weird. that sounds exactly like my last trip. but yeah id say do them again but take a smaller dose. thats what i plan to do. and i wont be in my room. id go outside and see nature to get a phliosphical experience
The color of a mushroom's stem has nothing to do with its potency. 99% of mushrooms you come across on the street, through friends, etc, are Psilocybe Cubensis. These mushrooms all have very similar potency, which can vary slightly due to strain and growing parameters.
Tis true... The mushrooms I am currently getting are golden capped ones... I found that interesting because everywhere else I've got them, they've been cubes...
Cubes very often have golden caps. In fact, most of them do. http://images.google.com/images?q=p...US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
If the stems are chaulky white they are likely indoor and of higher potency. Brown stems = outdoor shrooms. (often soley because of lack of tlc when drying storing, & transporting. In the states they are generally weaker. There are some mighty strong outdoor mushrooms in the US. These stems will also appear much whiter than your average outdoor crap. I'll leave it to the reader to decide who to believe.
Didn't you learn anything from that experiance? Bad trips are almost the best trip. They show what we don't want to see and forces us to admint to fults and problems. Example from what i read in your post the shrooms were telling you that the people you were around were in fact shaddy and will take advantage of you if given the chance, also they were telling you that your reasonings for doing what you did weren't the right ones. Everytime you use mushrooms there is a reason for it, even if you don't know it, the mushrooms will. And based from that reason they will show and tell you what you need to know. These arn't realy a "fun party time" drug like E is, although they can be, in essance they are a spirtual key. Take mushrooms to learn more about your self, not as a pass time. Hope this helps some. J.C
thanks for the advice..I think the next time i will do them I will wait till i'm stress free and with a close friend or two. Maybe I'll go camping or something.
Hmm, I have to totally disagree With your supisous nature, I would advise you doing small amounts first, Just to be safe. And be with friends you know, a place that calms you, a place that you feel safe. Then you can have a great experience
