Greetings r/psychedelic community!

My name is Isaac Cavazos, and I'm conducting research on psychedelic experiences and how they may influence relationships! I wish to share this project with you all because of your interest in psychedelics. Because of this interest, I believe it's feasible that some of you may also hold an interest and meet the criteria for this current study.

In this online survey, you can expect questions that ask about your substance usage, your most recent psychedelic experience, and your interpersonal relationship quality. This project aims to define the influences of classic and non-classic psychedelics and plans to forge alternative psychedelic therapy models with our conclusive data.

Criteria:

• 18 Years or older
• Had a recent psychedelic experience within the past year
  • Psychedelics limited in this study to either psilocybin (magic mushrooms), LSD/Acid, or MDMA/Ecstacy/Molly
• Had a family member, romantic partner, friend, or someone else with you during this recent psychedelic experience

Notes:

• Please review all three criteria markers to determine your participation eligibility
• Survey is entirely anonymous and conducted online through Qualtrics
• Takes ~15 minutes to complete

Thanks for taking the time to read about our study. Take a look at our flyer for a comprehensive outline of our survey and feel free to email me with any questions: icavazo1@stedwards.edu

Survey Link: https://stedwards.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8wE1mgxYYNz3P2C

Best wishes,

Isaac C.

Does anyone have any music recommendations for a Psychedelic trip? I’m interested in a calm trippy vibe that doesnt have scary noises. A good example of what I am looking for is “Earth” by Joe henderson.

On my last psychedelic journey, I experienced a profound longing to connect with the divine. At the end of my experience, I went for a walk and unexpectedly encountered Jehovah’s Witnesses at a bridge. Our discussion deeply resonated with me as they recognized my spiritual yearnings.

I then spent a year studying with them, during which I formed several meaningful relationships, particularly with an elderly gentleman who sadly passed away. I learned of his passing from his friend, which was a poignant moment for me.

Ultimately, I chose to leave the group, not due to any negative experiences, but because I sought a personal, not institutional, spiritual connection.

Traditionally, I used psychedelic trips biannually as introspective sessions to evaluate the preceding months, gaining clarity and affirming my values. This practice helped me maintain a perspective driven by morals rather than ego.

Currently, I'm in a committed relationship and caring for three cats, which has significantly increased my responsibilities. Taking a day to venture into the woods and trip as I used to now seems irresponsible. I'm concerned it could disrupt the persona I've carefully built for my professional and personal life. Moreover, I fear it could shift my focus back to deep existential questions and spiritual searches, which might derail the progress I've made in my current lifestyle.

Additionally, I'm apprehensive about the revelations such a trip could bring. The past year has brought considerable changes, including adopting new habits and phasing out hobbies that were once very important to me. While these changes have been largely positive, they've come with a sense of loss, as if I'm letting go of parts of my former self to make room for growth in new areas…

So I've been understanding LSD for the last decade. When I first started playing with LSD I was just taking it for the thrill, so trying to eat a tab every other day or couple days never really worked out well,, tolerance built beyond quickly. I've learned tho as I get older and respecting the molecule that if I eat a 12th of tab every day I feel that uplift energy lsd brings everytime. Also I've noticed that if I only stick in the 75 ugs and lower I can still feel the effects of the 12th the next day. Been doing this for a solid 7 years. Alot of people say PLACEBO PLACEBO but I garuntee that energy lsd brings is unmistakable. What are your thoughts? Also I understand dosages pretty decently. Played with many lycergic RCs between 5-600 ug range. I've been MD/moderate trip with green gels the last couple months and it's been lovely to say the least ⚡️⚡️👽

I bought off this guy and he said he had no tabs but would sort me out. He told me that it is like mdma lsd and ket. I don’t know what it actually is and was wondering if anyone else has had something like this

EDIT: Don't try to sell me stuff, it's no point.

Hello brothers, I really need some advice from you.

I have never tried psychedelics and I want to try out at least a low dose of truffles.

Right now I am microdosing truffles to help me out with my depression. It has only been 10 days and I am still trying to find the so-called sweet spot, it is pretty clear that they are powerful, I am only taking .5g of truffles.

The situation is that I've been struggling with depression and all sorts of psychosomatic symptoms for the past 6 years. I've had 5 years of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, I've done 2 10day vipassana (meditation) retreats, I've tried Wim Hof protocol for over a year, I have been in the past on antidepressants for 3 years and I am still struggling alot. I've had a severe trauma at 8 years old and I've been preoccupied to solve that issue for the past 5 years. Not that much progress I made and for the past few months I am searching for something else to try...

I was a weed and alcohool consumer for 9 years, like binge drinking every weeknd and doing weed quite often but I've quit drugs and alcohool for the past 5 years when everything took a wrong turn.

I've started to drink alcohool again 2 years ago but very rarely, in moderate quantities but my relationship to alcohool has changed and I generally don't like it, if I drink nowadays I only drink bcs I am in emotional pain .

My nervous system is quite dysregulated and I really need to do something bcs things aren't working out.

Cutting to the subject :

I want to try a low dose of truffles, shrooms are illegal here but I can order truffles.

The big problem is that I am afraid. I know what kind of deamons I have inside and I would not be surprised if they show up in a trip. The solution which is pretty nice, would be to have a sitter or somenone I trust. God, how wonderful would be to have acces to a psychedelic clinic but there are no such things in this country. Even worse, I don't really have someone I could count on to be my sitter. I am alone, I am lonely and I am afraid of people, I don't feel comfortable around most people most of the time. Paradoxically, naturally I am a very outgoing and friendly guy, deep inside I like people and many people like me but for the name of God I have been in such a terrible place for the last years battling this depression, suffering on my own, dealing with this on my own that I am pretty closed to the external world. The most calm I can feel is at home, alone, far from everything and everyone, just getting out of the house makes me anxious instantly.

Everyone always recommends for a beginner to have someone nice around them if doing a dose. But taking my situation into account my question is if I can try do it on my own. To be on the safer side I am thinking to try just a low dose of magic truffles. Maybe 5 grams.

I am not sure where to do that, home sounds like a good idea but I am scared that I might be spirraling into a bad trip. I did have bad trips on weed as well many many times, it usually would look like a prolonged panic attack. Another idea would be to go in the park bcs I love parks and then I would not be stuck in my house.

What do you think ? Is it doable ? Is it worth it ? I don't know what to do next, I keep running out of options...In january I have stopped my analysis and currently I am not able to afford any more psychotherapy, it would be nice, I would like to start with another therapist but who knows if that will help, 5 years didn't do much.

I am stuck in some patterns, my nervous system is stuck, I am far from any equilibrium , I feel anhedonic and fearful, I feel dead and scared at the same time.

So that's why when I read so many stories about psychedelics helping your mind to do a huge leap in terms of insights, changing perspective I am very tempted.

And so, will a low dose of magic truffles be generally safe to do? Especially to get a pleasent low-key trip ? Because this way I want to gain confidence with the fruit and maybe do a larger dose in the future. Would you say that a low dose has less chance of turning the experience into a bad trip?

Thank you so much if you've read this and any comments will be aprecciated it.

Hello Everyone

I will keep this as short as i can. My life has kind of been thrown into a bit of chaos. I have no idea what i want from my life, where i want to go, what i want to be. i am based in Iran, the situation is what you see on the news. some tell me to leave and apply to work in Germany or Austria, some say other countries in Asia. But i also have close relatives that need my support.

All this make me feel frozen in my spot a bit.

I dont want to leave just for the sake of leaving, It is not great but it is my home. I dont even know what the hell i want from my life thanks to many factors leading to me here.

I am pretty lost and kind of need to find a direction or even an inspiration or even a new perspective on things. I am like a boat with no sense of direction, stagnate.

I have never done any drug or psychedelic, but am very interested in them.

Has anyone been in this kind of stagnation in their own way? has shrooms or other psychedilcs helped you in that?

Do you recommend taking Psylocibin with a trip sitter? if so how do i go about it?

Appreciate the help

I’ve got a trip up to Colorado in a few days. And have arranged to meet a local grower to buy shrooms. Coming from such a conservative state (TEXAS) we really only have 2 types of mushrooms. Regular and strong lol. So when this guy gave me his menu I was blown away at all the different types he had. This isn’t my first time munching on some so not a beginner but it’s also been a couple of years. I don’t mind an introspective high but also don’t wanna ruin my trip thinking of all the BS in my life. I understand I gotta ease my way in. If anyone has any recommendations or insight on how or what I’ll feel; I’d appreciate everyone’s 2 cents. Here’s what he has to offer

Golden teacher

Star gazer

Bayou

Old dirty penis envy

Tidal wave /ape

Melmack

Mac galactic

Nut cracker

White billy

Cascadian teacher

Albino Avery

Hello, how do you take 4 ho met? Do you put it in capsules, if so how much in 1 capsule?

Weed opened my mind .... now i Quit Can my overthinking be fixed after some time ? or i'm just cursed now ?

Why is it feel like everything in this relam is right and and also wrong from different perspective and it makes me think what is right and wrong ... What's the deepest darkest secret of reality of life you know ?

thinking about ordering some of their magic mushroom chocolate online is it real psilocybin? if so how many pieces would be equivalent to a 3g dose? any information is useful

I found that even though it's quite popular with my friends who've done it in the past, it seems to be extremely rare and the only one i could find were extremely low dose pikachus...

They're also way to expensive for what they are.. did it fall out of fashion perhaps? I really wanna have a proper trip with a proper dose...

I’m a 21 year old male and I’ve been using shrooms for a while now. But a little over a year ago I had a trip that scared me away from them and the thought of ever tripping again made my heart race. I thought I was going to die and I kept having thoughts about death and going permanently insane but I came down and was okay aside from the scary memories that lasted a while after the trip. I’m not sure if it gave me mild ptsd or something but I just know that the thought of tripping scared me until a couple days ago when I decided to give them another shot.

So I was laying in my bed at around midnight playing the new MW3 multiplayer and I decided to smoke a joint and take a couple shots to chill for the night when all of a sudden a random urge to trip came across my mind and I realized I had an eighth of APE so I said fuck it. I downed them and within like 30 minutes I was like oh shit I’m feeling the effects coming on and panicked so I ran to the bathroom and stuck my finger in the back of my throat a few times but nothing happened. But all of a sudden I just felt really relaxed and giddy.

I said you know what it’ll be okay I accept whatever happens to me. So I went back to my room and layed there in the dark with only my tv on while I stared at the MW3 home screen on PlayStation where it’s just mountains in a desert and felt like everything on my tv was shifting and forming these aztec / mayan temple designs. Like I was seeing everything become more bold and formulaic and the mountains were beginning to form ancient imagery and the outline of faces appearing and disappearing. I was fascinated and just couldn’t stop looking at them until everything on my screen started swirling and shifting into each other. But for some reason it looked more real than how I viewed things sober like there was this overwhelming sense of my mind expanding and being transported somewhere else.

I got this urge to lay back and close my eyes because it was getting intense. So I layed down and before I did I looked at my ceiling and it was slowly coming up and down while it waved around like water in the ocean. I was seeing the patterns in my ceiling swirling around in the same exact motion that water does all while it was slowly lowering down and pulling back up. I closed my eyes and saw geometry and swirling patterns as well as faces everywhere and the faces would shift between smiling and looking angry. I started hearing both male and female voices in my head repeating things like “don’t worry we’re here to help” and “I’ll protect you” and “you’re here with us now”. I was constantly being reassured that I was okay and it was like I was being welcomed into this other realm.

Then I started feeling like my body was ascending. I layed there with my eyes closed and I felt like my body was being pulled towards the ceiling or like my soul was leaving my body. I felt this constant feeling of being pulled upwards all while I was completely at peace. I just felt so cozy and happy to be there and like my soul was ascending somewhere else. I realized that shrooms don’t want to hurt us and that they only want the best for us. It made me realize that I need to stop worrying so much and being scared of the shrooms because they want to heal us. I layed there and occasionally would randomly giggle for a few seconds then go silent for like 10-15 minutes then I’d giggle again and this went on for like an hour after I peaked. I felt so blissful like a full body orgasm and I was constantly out of breath just trying to regain my composure.

It felt so sensual in a way like my body was being massaged all over and I was constantly being filled with this overwhelming sensation of excitement and peace that I haven’t felt in a long time. All while my eyes were closed and I was being encompassed in geometry and faces shifting all around me. There were these weird snake designs that covered my vision and were constantly moving around like a conveyor belt. It felt like I was being absorbed in fractals and like I was being “healed” mentally in this other dimension like I was meant to be there all this time and I’m finally home. It genuinely felt like I was reconnecting with family that just wanted the best for me and wanted to make sure I felt happy.

Once the peak passed and I was past the most intense parts, I opened my eyes and felt so at peace. My head felt so quiet but everything was shifting and colors looked so vibrant. I was so proud of myself for overcoming my fear of taking shrooms again so I started a match of MW3 and played favela which is a really colorful map in this new game. I remember seeing all the details on the map shifting and twisting and the textures in the game were constantly slithering away like a snake and my vision couldn’t focus on one thing at a time. It was just like seeing everything twist around like a water color painting like that starry night painting. Things looked swirly and cartoonish but also colors looked more “real” and “bolder” in a way. For some reason I was destroying everyone on the game and I was doing better than normal. The remainder of the trip I played some COD and eventually passed out but it was such a good trip. I’m planning on doing 5g’s soon which I’ve done in the past but it’s been a minute. I’ve been after glowing for days and I feel the most at peace I have in a long time. I’ve been dealing with anxiety and depression symptoms for a while and now they’re basically nonexistent. I really feel blessed and just happy to be alive now. This stuff really is medicine when you do it correctly and this trip made me realize that all the time I wasted being scared of shrooms was pointless since the shrooms only want what’s best for you. Anyways love all you humans and I hope your future trips go as well as mine did. I do understand that I was smoking weed and drinking on top of it so that might’ve made a difference in my effects, but I still feel it benefited me and like my brain is working better than it ever has. But regardless good luck tripping everyone and stay safe out there.