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Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by electromagnetic on Friday July 04, 2014 @09:23PM (#7990755)
Agreed. I've yet to have ego death, or the overwhelming feeling of solipsism when sleeping. The only time I've had even a remotely similar experience when sleeping was the time I had a fever that caused me to hallucinate. That's once in my life, you know of entering a dream state every day of my existence.

I've also yet to have a dream that can overwhelmingly shift my perspective and motivation. An LSD trip made me "take the risk" and move continent with no support to be with my girlfriend. I say "take the risk", because I can just walk into any police station and get my ass deported and land right back at my parents house. Everyone thought I was crazy, but LSD made me see the real probability of risk in that it was negligible.

Mushrooms made me motivated to lose weight. I remember standing in my bathroom naked looking at myself and I came to the conclusion I wanted to be in shape for my son.

Another mushroom trip made me reevaluate risk and see that I have to start my own business. In fact, I just registered a business name and got insurance so I can get licensed.

Funny that dreaming did none of this for me.

Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by max-a on Saturday July 05, 2014 @12:56AM (#7991078)
In debates about what is considered soft drugs I often see opinions of people claiming
Re:Psychedelic mushrooms put your brain in a “waking dream,”... by kissickas on Saturday July 05, 2014 @06:12AM (#7991493)
that persistent use shortens your attention span?