Shrooms

[Ska]

OK, who here has done shrooms, and did you or did you not discover the meaning of life, only to forget it after it was all over?

 

[Adymus]

Yes, and yes.

Based on Timothy Leary's psychedelic experience scale of 1 to 5, I'd say I was at about 4.5. Not quite a full on level 5, but definitely more than 4.

Basically, I was god, I was the only being that exists and had ever existed, my entire life had just been an illusion and I had finally woken up from it.

Are you familiar with Dr. Manhattan from the watchman? That is basically what I turned into, my thinking and logic was exactly like his was. To the point where it was just so detached and so abstract that I was completely indifferent about whether I lived our died.

 

[Alice?]

Yes, and yes.

Based on Timothy Leary's psychedelic experience scale of 1 to 5, I'd say I was at about 4.5. Not quite a full on level 5, but definitely more than 4.

Basically, I was god, I was the only being that exists and had ever existed, my entire life had just been an illusion and I had finally woken up from it.

Are you familiar with Dr. Manhattan from the watchman? That is basically what I turned into, my thinking and logic was exactly like his was. To the point where it was just so detached and so abstract that I was completely indifferent about whether I lived our died.

I need to try this before I die.

 

[Ska]

Yes, and yes.

Based on Timothy Leary's psychedelic experience scale of 1 to 5, I'd say I was at about 4.5. Not quite a full on level 5, but definitely more than 4.

Basically, I was god, I was the only being that exists and had ever existed, my entire life had just been an illusion and I had finally woken up from it.

Are you familiar with Dr. Manhattan from the watchman? That is basically what I turned into, my thinking and logic was exactly like his was. To the point where it was just so detached and so abstract that I was completely indifferent about whether I lived our died.

I don't think I've ever been that far gone before. They do definitely put you in a whole different mindset, though. Somehow you can look at things in a way you never could before. Everything just seems to make sense. I tried driving on shrooms once, and it was a terrible idea because I had no regard for my safety, or the safety of others for that matter. I wasn't bound to the rules of society, and my current state was not thinking about normal state consequnces.

All in all, shrooms make for an amazing experince. I think any INTP would enjoy it, as it just increases your thoughts tenfold. But the downside is that I do think we are very prone to bad trips...I know I always drive myself crazy. It definitely helps to have someone there who's not doing them just to have a stable link to reality for everyone else. I've tried shrooms by myself once...never again. One other person on shrooms is a lot better than no one for sure.

 

[Ska]

I need to try this before I die.

EVERYONE does. It is an eye opening experience.

On a side note, do you guys think drugs can turn a person P? I know marijuana opened my eyes to a lot of things and made me think about things in a different way than I did before.

 

[Adymus]

I've done it twice so far, the first time was pretty smooth, and the second time (The experience a mentioned above) I freaked out (I ate waaay more then I thought I could handle.)

What is interesting though, is that the first time I kind of wanted to be alone. I kept looking off into the distance thinking "I wish I could just wander away from these people." My girlfriend at the time was kind of being annoying, she kept asking me to tell her what I was seeing, but it was ineffable, the experience is beyond words.

But yeah, psychedelics are definitely INxx drugs. A sensor on shrooms sees colors and shapes, an IN on shroom lives for 10,000 years in the span of 5 hours.
Wow, there is no way I would even consider driving on shrooms, I almost walked out of a moving car once while shrooming because I didn't think it would matter. "I was never really alive to begin with, I am no different than the stones on the ground, I will be no different to the universe dead as I am alive."

I intend to do it again in the near future, I made a new friend that wants to try it, so I'll probably end up shrooming with her and maybe some other.

 

[Adymus]

EVERYONE does. It is an eye opening experience.

On a side note, do you guys think drugs can turn a person P? I know marijuana opened my eyes to a lot of things and made me think about things in a different way than I did before.

Yeah but you were already a P to begin with...


So yeah, no I don't think it will turn you into a P, but I do think it can be very beneficial to your development and mental growth.

 

[ashitaria]

No wonder the Mayans worshiped the shrooms. 0.O

 

[onthewindowstand]

Hearing stories like this is why I have always wanted to do acid or mushrooms

 

[shoeless]

hot damn.
definitely a project for before i have a family. if that ever happens.
(or at least after my family is all grown up and out of my face.)

 

[Ska]

I'm glad I could be such an inspiration

 

[Moocow]

I've done shrooms twice and LSD 3 times.

On both, the magic really happens when I start becoming aware of all of the possibilities beyond the limits of human perception. On LSD I'm capable of more rationally making insights that can be carried on long after the trip has ended. On shrooms, I can't put the experience into words adequately enough to take much away from a trip.

Both have an effect of making me very aware of the subjectivity of my experience and the boundaries between what's processed inside my mind and what I automatically infer to be real. It temporarily makes me perceive life for exactly what it is... an inexplicable slideshow of information.

By the way, if anything, I believe a decently developed INTP is well prepared for psychedelic experiences. The reason is that we already live in our heads, and while we may think a lot, psychedelics only support that. They're EXCELLENT for thinking. However, I see people have problems when they don't like to think, or are somehow worried about the direction of their thought processes. If you let it happen, let your mind race, and go with the flow, there's nothing to worry about.

 

[unhinged]

I really need to try this... I've only tried marijuana before, that was a pretty good experience...

 

[Ska]

By the way, if anything, I believe a decently developed INTP is well prepared for psychedelic experiences. The reason is that we already live in our heads, and while we may think a lot, psychedelics only support that. They're EXCELLENT for thinking. However, I see people have problems when they don't like to think, or are somehow worried about the direction of their thought processes. If you let it happen, let your mind race, and go with the flow, there's nothing to worry about.

I'm always worried about getting caught. If I'm not somewhere I feel safe it can really freak me out. Sometimes I will take the shrooms and then start second-guessing myself, and that is never good. As long as I have something stable and real and can keep a grip on reality I'm usually fine, though.

 

[warryer]

Ah yes, my good friend mushrooms. Ska your OP is a perfect description. I've done shrooms three times. Each time I knew what the reason for this existence was. I had a complete understanding of why the universe existed. Words will never describe it completely but, I can say it's about love.

I would fully recommend anybody try it but, only when you feel confident enough that you can handle it. I started off small with about 2g dry weight. That was plenty to feel the effects without having any of the over the top, uncontrollable visuals.

Those that are looking to try for the first time or again or if you are having trouble finding any. Let me be the first to say that they aren't hard to cultivate. If you look around a few minutes on the internet you will find all you need to know.

 

[Moocow]

I'm always worried about getting caught. If I'm not somewhere I feel safe it can really freak me out. Sometimes I will take the shrooms and then start second-guessing myself, and that is never good. As long as I have something stable and real and can keep a grip on reality I'm usually fine, though.

No way, all you need to know before hand is that you'll be fine, you won't die or get hurt, and you WILL come down. Sometimes people forget that when tripping.

When you trip though, don't grip onto reality. Just let go and let it sweep you away.

 

[RedLoki]

I haven't tried shrooms and I've always wanted to but I'm worried about having a bad trip. I stopped smoking pot for a while and detoxed, I've only had really bad trips on pot since then.

I've tried salvia once before, but I think I had too much and it was nothing like what others described to me. I used my wooden pipe vaporizer with 40x salvia. I couldn't get it to vape properly, then I held the torch flame too close and dragged too slow. It burned instead of vaporizing and before I could exhale I dropped like a brick. The usual physical feelings; heavy limbs, dizziness, etc happened. I was disappointed I didn't have any visual hallucinations, but with every ounce of strength I looked around and associated objects with different feelings. The experience lasted about 5-10 seconds to me, but my friend assured me with video footage that I was gone for 4mins. When I came to I wanted to puke from the taste in my mouth, I HATED the wetness because I felt so cold from it.

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

When I took shrooms I discovered I could cry in 4 different languages. When trying to portray this to my friends they said I lacked the ability because it was impossible for me to do so in the first place. It was really a sad occasion. As for the meaning pf life I figured that when out when smoking a fat joint and drinking a bottle of vodka.

I remember on one such instance I earned the nick name 'Dorothy Deep Thought' and hence, thats what a few of my friends called me for 2 years. Stupid shrooms.

Good times.

Those days are behind me now. I have too much work to do.