I could see it being either, because "the dose makes the poison", but some people are almost certainly biologically more sensitive to some compounds.
I cannot imagine doing this substance without someone else there. There were multiple times I simply needed a hand to hold as I was… descending, and my second trip was a “bad” one. The therapist was absolutely critical for helping me frame what happened in a positive light.
Oh here we go again."
No sense of irony?
Oh here we go again. Give me three comments below (in direct links) that "brush away" the obvious risks. I think you just made stuff up. Of course there are risks.
Maybe the reason a whole lot of people are not complaining about bad experiences is that they are maybe, maybe, not as common as you want them to be.
If you want rational drug discussion then you should probably start with yourself – not everyone suffers from significant harm in drug use.
> I wish someone had warned me.
A little bit of reading around would have shown you there are risks. Either you didn't do your due diligence or you ignored them.
Edit: start here https://www.google.com/search?q=psilocybin+risks
He claims things get brushed away by a certain subculture but can't or won't give examples.
He provides his bad experience but seems to believe that must overshadow any good experiences of others' like mine. It doesn't because my experience with drugs has been generally positive and MDMA actually turned my life around. Without it my life would not be worth living now (and I assure you it's not much fun even now) after a childhood you could not imagine.
He laments that nobody told him the risks but clearly didn't make sufficient effort to determine them. Two words and one click on the web and he would have found plenty.
Respond to what I said, not what you want me to have said.
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Psychedelics seem to somehow have simply amazing PR: plentiful testimonies of their life-changing abilities, encouraging us to try them, but very little acknowledgement of their dark side. The subculture is very quick to brush away anything that goes against the narrative of the "mind-opening wonder drugs that big pharma doesn't want you to know about."
My experiences with psilocybin over a few months started with awe and wonder and spiritual awakening (or what seemed to be at the time), and ended with horrifying lasting harm. Insomnia, constant vivid nightmares, sleep paralysis, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, tics, and all kinds of weirdness at the periphery of conscious experience that I can't really explain.
It feels like I flashed my brain's firmware with no way to undo it. I took all the precautions I thought I was supposed to. I wish someone had warned me.