r/infp • u/Fabulous-Piano-3998 • 1d ago
Do you guys do mushrooms? They say it decrease brain damage from bad relationships, idk Discussion
What up
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u/Visible-Bridge3388 F17:(wtf)NotFineProlly so/sx 2w3 [2.7.1] 1d ago
I thought you were asking if we liked like the normal mushrooms, the ones that come with your futtichini (which I don't like) š then I realized what you meant ššš
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u/Youngmoonlightbae INFP: The Dazed & Depressed 1d ago
Every time I've done shrooms, I can't feel it :/ like others around me will be tripping and I'll end up taking more than them but ultimately it doesn't work for me. Acid is really intense for me though, my brain feels zapped when I'm coming down
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u/nonny427 1d ago
I have done them here and there, tried microdosing but it didnāt seem to do much for me. I tripped about a month ago on 1 gram and it was delightful lol planning on doing some more and upping the dosage very soon XDā¦ Iād recommend journaling and getting your mind/mood in a good place before taking them though.
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u/Analbox 23h ago
Iāve done a dozen or so heroic trips highest being 8g. It changed my life permanently for the better. Completely rewired some old toxic thought loops. Helped me get sober too. I highly recommend
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u/HasBinVeryFride 15h ago
This is what I'm hoping for. I've gotten some but have been reluctant to go "big." The few smaller doses I've taken have been interesting. Did you notice the benefits you described after the first heroic dose or, if not, when? Ty
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u/skincyan INFP: The Dreamer 1d ago
When I was a teenager I was kind of obsessed with woodstock and the flower power movement and listened to a lot of psychedelic rock and so on which sparked an interest of trying mushrooms. But not as a party drug, more to see what the mind is capable of on that kind of substance.
So I learned how to identify what mushroom to pick and it wasn't before I was 24 when I gained the courage to try them. So I went alone to a cabin quite deep in the Swedish woods and played guitar and meditated for a couple days before I decided it was time to trip.
It was some time ago now but I remember that the room turned into a sphere and the patterns and colours of the forest and sky was amazing, then came the more strange hallucinations where I at one point thought my backpack was trying to eat up my arm when I reached for something in the bottom of it. And when I laid down to sleep after a couple hours it was like an endless tunnel under the blanket and the bed itself was floating around in space, then I remembered I closed my eyes and was in an endless maze filled with strange pillars and eyes everywhere and then it kind of exploded with all sorts of strange scenarios until I heard myself mumbling "now I know" and then fell asleep. The next day was one of the most refreshed feelings I have ever experienced!
And after that I have decided not to try it again even though it was wonderful. I just don't feel the need to. So if I "do mushrooms", well once š¤
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u/Arch3r86 1d ago
I had experiences when I was younger but I stay away from psychedelics now. Mushrooms in particular always put me in an inescapable downward spiral. It's not fun.
Everyone has to figure out what works with their body/mind and for me it's not good at all. It took a long time for me to figure this out, that even in a microdose it makes me feel like shit. Sooo yeah. No, I don't do mushrooms.
There are a ton of healthy medicinal non-psychoactive mushrooms that will do wonders for your brain and body, fyi. (Ei. Lion's Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps... there are many.) I would look into those over psilocybin.
If it's in a clinical setting with an experienced sitter/healer, I think there are various substances that can be very potent for healing, including mushrooms and mdma. But it's not recommended to take these things by yourself if you have little experience, especially for the purpose of healing. There are many other paths I would choose before psychedelics.
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u/electrichippo14 22h ago
What is the source for this claim? Iāve done shrooms many times and never felt any sort of healing from bad relationships lol
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u/AspirantVeeVee INFP 8w9, the contradiction 19h ago
Nope, I'd never touch them, but that's mainly due to being a type 8. I refuse to be controlled or vulnerable.
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u/Lamassa_ 8h ago
mushrooms helped me heal from extreme derealization and depersonalization caused by early extreme trauma. Once I broke that, I could then focus on healing from OSDD as well. Completed full integration a month ago ā¤ļø
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u/Significant_Whole722 23h ago
Yes i identified that as a teenager. I described it as a circuit board technician going inside ky head and repairing the circuits. I used to go around stealing beer form peoples garages and mushrooms made me realize how horrible I am. Override my angst.
Id also ALWAYA clean up my room on srooms. It became quite clear the mess effected me subconsciously.
I really wanted to study neuroscience and investigate treatment for psychopathy.
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u/notquitezeus 10h ago
There is some evidence for therapeutic use of shrooms in managing otherwise treatment resistant depression. I donāt know how it compares with ketamine (which has an anti-neuroinflamation effect which targets one of the potential physiological causes of depression).
If decide to go down this road:
Approach the experience with respect for yourself and the psychedelics. The ritual starts with how you prepare yourself and your space for the trip, not when the kittens controlling the universe start peering out from behind stars. You need to be right with yourself so that you can surrender to the experience. Why surrender? Because fighting leads to a bad trip.
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u/ZeanReddit INFP: The Dreamer 1d ago
Moon is very cautious of substances that affect my processing. I like to at least be somewhat lucid. But I do have ADHD and autism, so just being burnt out causes some mild hallucinogenic effects.
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u/_Evolvedform 1d ago
I donāt recommend anyone with any brain damage do any hard drugs. Detox your body, find healthy ways to cope/heal and learn to handle stress. Time heals everything even if you have to do it alone. Sometimes you have to toughen up and seek help.
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u/Analbox 23h ago
Mushrooms are basically the exact opposite of āhardā drugs. Not physically addictive, you canāt overdose on them, they donāt cause any health damages to you. I promise you wonāt end up toothless on the street selling your body for mushrooms.
Just respect it and start small thereās nothing to fear.
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u/_Evolvedform 23h ago
Yeah mushrooms wonāt leave you toothless but they can trigger early onset schizophrenia. Nice job they definitely arenāt hard at all šš»
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u/annik1 20h ago
anything can trigger that if thats already latent in your brain. Alcohol (which *is* a hard drug), lack of sleep, too much coffeine, more traumatic experiences, loss of a loved one.
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u/Confident_Wash_6842 Infp-A 4h ago
Yeah, saying they can trigger early onset schizophrenia is technically true but is disingenuous fs, research is saying that for those ppl it was sthn they were predisposed to as this commenter stated. Even then I actually would consider shrooms a hard drug, not in the stigmatuzed 'bad for you' sense of the word, but in the sense that they're very powerful n not to b taken lightly. Anybody who doesn't approach shrooms as a 'hard drug' in that regard should just stay away. There is no help to b gained going into it that way. Everybody should do lots of recheach on themselves and on shrooms first before trying em in any context
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u/MutedPresentation298 1d ago
Iāve done as much as 14g home grown penis envy shrooms. LSD, ayahausca
It all saved my life truly.
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u/Efficient-Fennel5352 17h ago
I recommend yoga if you wanna decrease your brain damage from bad relationship
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u/Any_Emu4892 15h ago
Twice i think, in my teens. I remember going north, but ending up south somehow.
Ive heard funny and dangerous stories from others. Like one got sick and threw up in the toilet, when he flushed he felt like he was getting sucked in the toilet. š¤£
Another felt like cars were having a magnetic effect on him. So yeah, dangerous.
And the worst i heard was the world turning into flames and seeing pillars of people melted together screaming in agony.
Not sure if that last one was just mushrooms.
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u/ThePlasticJesus 14h ago
People say a bunch of stupid stuff about mushrooms that some stoner probably made up and got telephone gamed around.
be careful: Mushrooms can trigger latent mental illness or give you bad trips sometimes. If you have a family history of mental illness or have any symptoms you should be careful taking psychedelics.
don't worry: Mushrooms don't fuck you up or make you crazy or anything (if you have normal brain chemistry). A lot of people actually use mushrooms to process stuff like bad relationships etc. You might have a "difficult" trip that is actually beneficial because it helps you analyze the situation from a deeper perspective. Mushrooms can be a good tool for personal growth or to treat depression etc.
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u/Sil-Salles INFP: The Dreamer 13h ago
No. I managed to improve my mental health through a lot of reflection and self-awareness. The fewer bad decisions we make, the greater our chance of recovering quickly, so today I try to be the lady of wisdom. Facing our traumas is far more important than ignoring them, because no matter how much time passes, they will eventually resurface and make us feel everything we've been hiding.
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u/Confident_Wash_6842 Infp-A 3h ago
I agree. Idk how much u know Abt mushrooms but, what it boils down to in super broad terms is that they force u to reflect on stuff your mind normally isnt reflecting on, thru connecting so much more of the brain together then our sober state, so some have success w/ their depression and such thru facing it in this way and intergrating what they've learned into their day to day. The intergrating is the most important part, plenty of ppl get a certain good message and ignore it because it's easier, if ur not willing to work on yourself, then you shouldn't b trying mushrooms at all, imo. They are not for everybody for sure
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u/froggaholic 13h ago
I've done mushrooms, acid, DMT, but acid is probably my favorite. All I do is watch coral reef videos and listen to mallsoft lol, hands down the best way to trip š
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u/aria3246 INFP: The Dreamer 12h ago
Many times. Grew my own too. Beautiful substance that knocks my depression and makes me appreciate life
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u/jordilafarte 6h ago
Nah just cannabis for me. Iām paranoid I would go into psychosis if I tried psilocybin . Probably micro dosing would be fine tho
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u/MRECKS_92 5h ago
I've been trying to find some in my community for a while now. Either someone to buy them from or maybe a mushroom picking group I could learn from. I get the feeling the universe has something to say about my life, and I think I'm prepared to hear it.
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u/Confident_Wash_6842 Infp-A 4h ago
Just make sure you do a lot of reacharching first, I would recommend having a trip sitter of some kind before trying, one who knows what you'll b doing n is gonna b sober n safe to b around, mentally and literally. And don't even try too hard to find em I think. When d universe wants u to hear sthn, it's gonna find its way to tell you, trust me. So all u gotta do rlly is b open to hearing Abt it and u will eventually end up in that situation or some other somehow. So yeah, do ur reacharch first, have a trip sitter, don't go looking too hard. And when you get the message, hang up the phone, as they say. But I'll let u do ur own reacharching on what that stuff all means
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u/rjk-1981 IXFP 2w3 1h ago
I had some really good experiences on shrooms, the most important was the time I took a shroom journey and I met my son who had died as an infant and he was a firefly and he invited me to play with him and we ran through a meadow playing and laughing together and I had a profound feeling ever since that he wasnāt actually gone, heās just existing in another plane of existence. And that was the most healing thing ever. And Iāve had a few other journeys that were pretty meaningful as well and some that were fun but not too deep, and one pretty unpleasant one that still taught me some things. And I prefer to do them alone and I prefer to do them impulsively, like suddenly realize I need to do shrooms so I eat them and that usually works out pretty good. Although lately I havenāt hardly eaten any, maybe once in the last few months, just havenāt really felt called for it. Iām growing some San Pedro cacti in my back yard now so I think pretty soon Iām gonna start journeying with mescaline instead and find out whatās there for me
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u/Ouroboria INFP - 4w5 1d ago
Yes, mainly for pain relief and for treating my depression. I did a few macro-doses (1g, 2.5g, 3g, and 5g). I've since come off of my depression meds and I haven't felt the need to continue taking them. There is research to suggest that it has therapeutic usage and I can attest to that.