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Re:Bill Atkinson: Reflections on the 40th anniversary of my ... by saiya-jin on Friday December 13, 2019 @09:53AM (#21782064)
This so much. Broken people shouldn't do psychedelics, or they might end up more broken. You really can't hide your flaws and issues from it. How to define who is broken and who is not is not for this post, or this site, more for good experienced psychologists. I've been disassembled down into atoms of my personality, 'saw' them dance and swirl on gentle shamanic music I played in the background and when coming down from the trip, assembled back again, piece by piece, sense by sense. Only then I realized that my mental state was perfectly OK and no hidden cracks looming beneath the surface. I would never recommend such a leap of faith to random people I don't know deeply.

Doing this with anybody else wouldn't achieve any of this insight, I presume a lot fo energy would be spent managing communication with other person or attempt to stay more grounded rather than let it go.

For rest of us, it is often a life changing experience and defining moment of our lives. It was for me (mushrooms grown from spores from Netherland, never did acid but should be +-similar). One trick with shrooms - raw lemon juice makes it way more intense and shorter experience, which is combination I prefer for introspection.

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