I’m not sure I’ve experienced a real ego death. I took three drops of LSD and 100 mg of MDMA. The first part of the trip was absolutely euphoria. It was honestly more euphoria than a human can process. A song came on that was just too intense, and I started to have anxiety which turned to pure fear. I was scared I was going to lose my mind and do something crazy so I took a trazodone to kill the trip. Trazodone takes about 10 minutes to kick in. As soon as I took it, I felt this connection that I fell on mushroom sometimes and instantly calmed down. Then out of nowhere I thought I opened a “portal” and realized I was dead and stuck in purgatory. I could see my friends in the room. But they were just shells of their self. I was stuck in this reality that I interpreted as purgatory or hell. And thought I would be there forever. My apartment was going to be my eternity with these Shell people, I just laid on the ground prepared to spend my entire existence here. Finally, the trazodone kicked in and I came back to reality. I don’t think this was an ego death, but it felt more than just a panic attack. Anyone experience anything like this? Any feedback? I’ve done a fair amount of psychedelics over the last 2 1/2 years. All done with intention and for healing. I’ve used plenty of LSD, psilocybin, DMT, 2cb, and low doses of 5meo. The journey before this one I was on psilocybin and low-dose of nn-dmt. The first 95% it was the most beautiful journey and just this higher connection. The last 5% I died and was cast into eternal darkness. Then I came out of it and the trip was over. My most recent trip was on 60ug of lsd and 25mg of 2cb. That was fine and very clear headspace. A few hours in I decided to boost it with 18mg 2cb nasally. That sent me to a place that was uncomfortable as I was very disoriented visually. Way too high of a booster. I got to point where I could not walk and thought I was having a heart attack. I realized I was having anxiety and was able to ground with breath and then took a trazodone to end it because the visuals were just too disorienting (like black lines and purple everywhere) I know this is part of the psychedelic territory, but I’m not sure why I’m having so many negative experiences. The first one was in February, second March and the last was yesterday. I’m going to take more time for integration, but the world of psychedelics has been so healing and beautiful for me. I know it can’t always be unicorns and rainbows, but there’s a difference between a challenging trip and pure terror. Any thoughts or feedback? am I approaching ego death and fighting it and anxiety is kicking in or am I having panic attacks? Experienced Psychonauts please give me your thoughts and advice.

I haven't indulged in the magic mushroom in about 8 months. I had an incident where i mixed solid HANDFUL of PEs with some other substances, had a blackout episode and went completely bonkers. I am thinking about trying again, this time with a clear mind, a scale, and absolutely nothing else to mix it with. Im still a little paranoid. Any tips? Thanks.

I’ve done shrooms before but haven’t used in over a year. Last I used was penis envy which was the shroom man’s suggestion for “wanting to talk to god”, which he definitely delivered on. I took about 2g and it was the perfect trip, until I smoked weed and god got mad at me and gave me ego death, so I will be avoiding that this time.

The place im ordering from doesn’t have PE but does have a crossbreed of golden teachers and PE, so given that I haven’t done shrooms in over a year, what would be your guys’ suggestions for that strain? I want to get close to ego death but not quite and have a pleasant experience like was the case before I smoked the evil joint on PE.

So I’ve read a lot of these Reddit posts but unfortunately have no answer so asking once again, what do I do when I take shrooms to not make me sleepy? Do I microdose? Or macrodose? Any particular strain that helped anyone fight off the sleep🫨

Hello, I found out that my son was growing psychedelic mushrooms in his room. He told me that he has developed an addiction to marijuana and thinks that these will help him stop smoking weed. Im not sure how doing another drug correlates to quitting an addiction, but I took them away from him. I'm worried about his addiction, and I've caught him countless times coughing loudly in his room but didn't think anything of it. Now that I know whats been going on this entire time, I'm not entirely sure what to do about his addiction.

I wanna grow some shrooms and I can get a grow kit online but what about the spores? Also if I can buy spores what should I grow

1. Jack Frost
2. Penis Envy
3. Golden teachers

okay so recently when ive smoked weed alone, it has sent me into a deep state of temporary depression i like to call it. nothing but horrible thoughts, anxiety, weird scenarios; pretty much just a mental breakdown. when i smoke with friends im fine.

so what im wondering is, if i take mushrooms with some close friends (some will be sober, drunk or high on other stuff) whilst camping, will it have similar effects that the weed has been having on me? ive taken a break from weed but planning on smoking whilst im camping in july and definitely considering doing mushrooms for a night.

18 year old guy, never done shrooms before, done acid a handful of times and its been great, but my last acid trip was almost a year ago.

edit: i generally have a positive mental health, shit just gets real when i smoke

my mushrooms are just now fruiting in an all in one grow bag however the sides are filled with small pinhead sized mushrooms as well. should i transfer to some type of monotube now if so how any tips?

So I know it’s generally considered legal to purchase syringe spores but I’m not quite sure where to start in regards to obtaining them? Is there any helpful advice that can point me in the right direction ?

Spending the weekend in the forests of Colorado. Keeping it safe and fun, stay groovy Shroomers 🥰

First-timer here. I have been following the Broke Boi Tek, but I have a small InstaPot for sterilization (constrains my grain jar size), so I need to re-evaluate to ensure I have the right spawn-to-tub ratio:

I have one half-quart (16 oz.) jar of spawn.

I also have one 32-quart bin. I think this is too big for the amount of spawn I have.

Now, I think I have two choices here:

a. Multiply my one jar across another 12-or so (high risk of contamination?)

b. Downsize my bin to something smaller (3-quart perhaps, but what are the risks with this approach?)

What do you suggest I do to minimize my risk of contamination, maximize my chances of pinning, and mitigate my expense?

Hey guys,

So recently I had my first experience with shrooms. We took 1g each with my friend, and we also took some Kratom in order to take the edge off - hopefully minimalizing the chances of a bad trip experience.

The thing is that we barely felt anything after taking, even though we both have zero built-up resistance to psychedelics. I can certainly say that the environment was more beautiful than I would've recognized sober, but the effect was very very subtle (we were in a natural environment).

I know that the dose was quite low, but we were expecting a bit more trippyness. Is it possible that the kratom acted as a "trip killer"? What are your experiences with kratom and shrooms together?

Thank you for your responses, and safe trips✌️

yesterday, i took mushrooms for the second time ever, and had an incredibly powerful, awful, and confusing trip.

i was with five of my friends, but only two were taking shrooms with me. the other two took two grams each, but i took just over an eighth. we were driving around and i just remember looking outside and seeing the visuals begin. we ended up outside by some hills, and my visuals began to intensify. it was nothing like the last time i did shrooms. light refracted in confusing ways, plants turned in on each other, the patterns were complicated and intricate. i began to feel awful, negative energy coming from people. my anxiety was through the roof, but nonetheless, i still enjoyed the visuals. it felt like i was reliving every traumatic thing that happened to me at once, and no matter how hard i tried to shift my mindset, i was stuck in a feeling of emotional pain and distress. i accidentally stepped in a river as well, and my shoes and socks were sopping wet which didn’t help. i had two parallel thought processes, one being that this was awful and there was nothing i can do to get out of this, and the other was enjoying the visuals and felt relatively happy. i sobbed for a while, and eventually felt better. it was the feeling of experiencing a fever dream. it’s the next morning now, and i feel better somehow. better than i did when i woke up the day before. i feel like a weight has been lifted off my chest yet i still feel like myself. was my trip actually bad or was it just a good trip disguised as a hard experience?

Has the potency decreased a lot due to me picking them too late? They are golden teachers from a grow kit.

Planning on dosing since I grew about 18 grams dry from my tubs and it’s a boring day and I plan on going outside and seeing beautiful visuals and connect with nature and to make sure I take enough to see but not trip out. Any advice on a dose?

I have struggled with addiction and mental health issues for my whole life. I did research for a few years on shrooms and their effect on mental health and I decided to do them. The first trip I had was horrible because I did them at the beach and it was just overwhelming for my first time and I ended up having a bad trip. A couple weeks later i decided to do them again and it made me realize how amazing life is and how much like potential I have and it just absolutely made me feel amazing. I trip every few weeks and it always brings me right out of my funk and I feel so great. Once the trip is over life just feels so amazing and great and just I wanna be out and around people and I love the world and nature and music and just everything is so enjoyable. Shrooms have worked better than any therapy or meds I have been on. I am honestly so thankful for shrooms they really saved my life and I am just so much better than I was. Shrooms are a life saving tool and I really think people should do more research on them and they should be looked at as more than just a drug, they are an amazing medicine and I love them. By far one of the best things I have done for myself and it really saved my life!