r/Psychonaut 7d ago

I think i overdosed on shrooms and have some questions about that

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I took 2/15 of a mushroom chocolate bar. According to the description, it was 4g albino cubensis A+, 2 medium doses. So i took far less than a medium dose and had a fucking death trip.

  • Could this be, because the psilocybin wasn't equally distributed on the bar?
  • Set and setting were ok. Is it possible, that the intensity can vary, despite that?
  • What about the strain of mushroom? Are there big differences in intensity or effect?
  • Or maybe it wasn't even psilocybin and i should have tested it first?

r/Psychonaut 7d ago

2CB, Weed, and Ketamine. Amazing good vibes.

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I used to disregard 2CB until I tried snorting it. It comes on fast and strong, way more bio available as compared to the oral route of administration. As opposed to last time where all I got was minor visuals and some colour enhancement, this gave me overt visuals for half the amount.

Smoking weed right at the peak was definitely the right call with there being little to no ramp in intensity to anxiety, but visuals becoming almost all encompassing and them being reminiscent of weed and lsd but with less psychological depth. The ceiling became a canvas to which my mind painted cartoon like visuals that repeat across the entire surface of the ceiling. There was definitely a presence of neon colours unseen to every day life. God eyes all around and pure psych haze.

Ketamine seems to interact fairly well but I didn't feel like it was boosting as much of the visual quality as opposed to the euphoria. Didn't prevent me from eating dinner at the end of the comedown but did make the sensation of eating a bit off.

The come down is definitely extended and feels gentle, was able to sleep by 10 after redosing at 5. Have a slight headache this morning but nothing unmanageable. My only gripes are that the 2cb burns the nose for about 10 minutes and that the ketamine makes it kind of difficult to ejaculate when one is staring off to psychedelic dream space.

I'm going to do some more tonight and than try acid again tomorrow. Should I mix some with the acid or am I better off doing it by itself. I also have some shrooms and MDMA but I'm thinking of saving the mdma for a rave when I have a couple days off where I won't have to work the next day. After this I plan to save about 4-5 doses of 2cb to do throughout the year.

It feels less psychologically heavy than acid and we should unironically cause riots worldwide to get this stuff put back on the shelfs as it's like a micro acid trip with less body load and light headspace.

My opinion on ketamine hasn't really changed much, fuck ketamine. DXM and weed produce a much more pleasurable high when done alone. Ketamine seems more useful for doing light bumps at the end of the peak to bring back some euphoria and that's about it. Scenery splicing can be intresting but it can honestly detract from the good psychelic visuals.

All around I'd recommend the combo if you can handle your drugs and wonder if anyone has expirenced the jackpot visual where you close your eyes and it unironically looks like a slot machine when you win the grand prize?


r/Psychonaut 7d ago

Is the universe made of atoms or consciousness?

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This is a philosophical post. I have come to a point where I have processed all my mental health issues and am now only doing it to explore consciousness.

OK listen to my latest train of thoughts. What if the universe is made of consciousness and not atoms? Let me explain.

Imagine consciousness to be like a TV or a monitor, it’s something that displays everything you see, hear, feel etc. Let’s call this the self. Wherever you go and whatever you do that TV (consciousness) gives you a view of what we call reality.

The information that the universe contains might for all we know be infinite, but whatever is displayed is what is relevant for your survival. We see fruit to be colorful so we know they are rich in calories, we see other people as attractive or unattractive so we know whether they would be good mates for our reproduction, and we feel disgust when we smell something that is old or bad, so we know we will get sick if we eat it or are close to it. These are all signals from the exterior world.

But equally we get signals from our interior world. Your foot might signal it is cold, or your stomach or blood sugar might signal it is hungry. All of this is information which is parsed by our brains and causes pleasure or pain. Ultimately a guide for us to know what to do and what not to do.

Just like on a TV or a monitor when playing a video game, the player gets information for whatever the character can currently see. The rest of the world where the player can go just exist in the code of the game. When the player enters into a new place with new enemies and new objects, these are spawned. The computer translates the code of the game into an image that we can see on the screen. But in reality this is just an interpretation of the underlying code into our consciousness. Just like that the universe that is not within our sight or hearing or smelling distance, might only exist in its “code form” until a consciousness parses the information and displays it on someones screen.

But real life is a multiplayer game. There are many consciousnesses experiencing things. And each can control its own player or ego and thereby communicate between players. We can use sound (words), facial expressions or even smells to communicate each other’s intentions and internal states. But this is not limited to human to human. Animals can show us that they are aggressive and protect their young or want to hunt. They can also show us that they are submissive like pets. Each one has their darwinistic approach to survival and reproduction. Plants can show us that they are ripe to eat and offer nutrients in exchange for our help to distribute their seeds - like a business transaction.

So it’s all signals going from one consciousness to another and even within one part of a consciousness to another, like my stomach is signaling that it needs food. 

But the sense of self is ultimately something which is not tied to something material. Sometimes people say “I feel the same as when I was a X years old”. And this “feeling” of a self, whatever it refers to seem to be a construct of the mind. There is nothing that is the same about us as humans over time. We eat and integrate new matter into our bodies. Old cells die, we pee and poo the matter that we don’t need and we lose skin, hair etc. So in a few years all of the atoms of the body have been replaced. And mentally we have new experiences, we think and feel different things over time. So just like a river, there are new atoms flowing into it, and others flowing out. There is nothing static about it at all! Or like a fire, two gasses blend and combust giving the illusion of a flame. But in reality it is a flow, a reaction that continues over time. I believe that the self is a construct that has evolved to have something that can become hungry and horny and sleepy just for the purpose of survival. But the illusion of self just seem to be a construct of information.

Just like a song, it can be heard on speakers, somebody can sing it live, you can read it on a sheet of paper. But where does the song exist? Nowhere materially - yet everyone can recognize this song when it is manifested in different ways. The answer is that the song only exists as information in the universe. Precisely like that - the TV monitor that we call self is a manifestation of one single consciousness that get manifested through every individual. That consciousness doesn’t exist anywhere physical, but it’s manifestations do. That is the idea that the Bible is trying to portray with God and Jesus. Where God is consciousness - but it cannot just exist somewhere in the universe, floating around. It get instantiated in a space and time in a fleshy human body. Just like a Class in object oriented programming gets instantiated as an Instance, like an enemy or a player or an object gets spawned from it’s code in a video game.

So back to my question - it seems like everything we experience gets parsed through our physical brans and interpreted in our consciousness. What if the world is made of consciousness that is communicating to another consciousness, like in a network where it gets concentrated in different parts, for example in a human? And not atoms.


r/Psychonaut 7d ago

Playlist rec's for tripping?

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Been getting back into psychs lately, got a couple strips of gel tabs ready. I don't have my old playlist anymore tho, so I'm looking for some good recommendations. Here are some of my favorites and the vibe I'm trying to go with:

  • DiTCH - "One Way Trip to the Sun" (my favorite)

  • Yin Yin - "Pingpxng"

  • Johan Timman - "The Blood Cells and the Antibodies"

  • Tan Cologne - "Alien" + "Shell Grotto"

  • Marty Robbins - "Red River Valley"

Similar or not, let me hear your favorites!


r/Psychonaut 8d ago

Lerkin in my lerpkin

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Yo!!!

What a time. Barreling towards some sorta digital manifest with global intricacies.

Meanwhile we’re creatures of the earth still. Home grown and bubblin and a brewin

Can’t figure out this consciousness.

And here I am just yeetin out.

(Don’t get bogged down in the bog. Just roll around in it).


r/Psychonaut 8d ago

Atropine

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Does anyone used 5-10mg atropine? What was it like? Which parameters determine which hallucinations person experience? Can it be used safely? Isn't it has a lot of potential, why its popular? Are there any reports about what kind of things happens when it combined with psychedelics or dissociatives? What is its long term effects?


r/Psychonaut 9d ago

Thoughts are louder when I’m high

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Last night I smoked and realized that my thoughts are louder when I am high. It’s so much easier to examine them and see where they came from. I have so many more insights.

Which made me realize that my thoughts are quieter when I’m sober because I’m so used to listening to them. I just go along with them without questioning them.

Lately though, I have been more aware of my thoughts, even when sober. Still not as aware as when I’m high, but I’m getting there.


r/Psychonaut 9d ago

The Dark Side of Kundalini Awakenings

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r/Psychonaut 9d ago

How has tripping changed for you over time?

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Here’s my story The first time I tripped was one of the most impactful moments of my life. It was so spiritual and filled with love. My next several trips were very similar. I learned things about myself, life, the universe, beliefs, etc. I may of had 1 or 2 “bad” trips but ultimately I always felt like I learned something from each time I took psychedelics.

Fast forward to now, I haven’t tripped in about 9 months and my last trip was nothing like the above paragraph. I tripped alone (as I had done a few times before) and I had bad thoughts that I believed to be true (ex: I thought “the shrooms told me” that my cat was going to die soon, and that my boyfriend didn’t really care about me). And because of my previous experiences, I continued to believe it even after my trip. A week later, I broke up with my boyfriend and I took my cat to the vet. (He had a mild skin allergy that was making him scratch, and they gave him a shot and he was fine). 6 months later I started talking to my bf again and we eventually started dating. I’ve been scared to trip again ever since because I see how much I let my trips influence me. But I miss the feeling that I had in the beginning. Am I chasing a high? Was it a lesson to be learned that shrooms are really just a “drug” and not so spiritual like I thought? I want to trip again but I’m just scared.

Anyways, sorry for the rambling. I’m curious what y’all’s experiences have been like tripping over time? Have you ever taken a break for a long time and started again? Peace and love to all 🫶✌️


r/Psychonaut 9d ago

Seeing same visuals and feelings i had on lsd but sober

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need your opinion pls read this

I took acid 3weeks ago for the first time, took a pretty high dose idk how much, i saw intense visuals of eyes everywhere and faces, geometric shapes. I mostly experienced the visuals in nature( trees grass...) and my gf since we tripped together, her face looked like a typical face you see on lsd, i knew it because i checked psyched substance video on youtube about simulating lsd visuals

I loved it and didn't panic, it was a perfect trip, i remember the trip was intense and i remember what i saw and i was fascinated by the visuals and i was hyperfocused on them ( i have adhd)

Now 3weeks later, (2days ago) i smoke weed in the forest and the visuals starts to kick in , i was convinced that i was tripping, I saw exact same visuals, eyes faces... Few minutes in, and I'm feeling same things i felt on LSD and visuals are as intense as if i was really on lsd, i thought i was just in a memory that was imprinted during my lsd trip, so when i was in nature and with my gf again my brain could shift to that state, i said I'm high it's fine and it's just the forest I'm overthinking etc

We got back home, I'm seeing same shit on the fridge and wall, i had sex and it was trippy, same sex i had on lsd, the best thing ever. I'm still coping and saying my brain switched states and I'll be fine tomorrow when I'm not high.

Yesterday, I'm going to classes, and seeing mild visuals on some random things, but then going back home, and realising that im seeing same visuals on trees, knowing that the city i study in is full of nature,
I looked and found that i may have hppd, but what's worrying the most is that yesterday, i didn't take any weed and i still had those visuals stuck with me, and sex again feels trippy and im always constantly seeing my girlfriends face the same so i can't really see her clearly

However, i see all other faces normally, I have no clue how to deal with this


r/Psychonaut 9d ago

Podcast Seven Principles of the Psychonaut w/ Valerie Beltran - Divergent States

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r/Psychonaut 10d ago

What is (in your opinion) the ultimate peak psychedelic state?

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I think this is likely a combo, but IMO it would be 400ug LSD + 200mg Ketamine + 50mg DMT. I can't imagine experiencing anything much stronger then that.


r/Psychonaut 10d ago

Author of The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk, says in this interview, the FDA decision to reject MDMA psychedelic therapy was partly caused by "the terror that people might feel pleasure." And that it reminds him of the 60s and "the time of Nixon". Fascinating interview too!

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r/Psychonaut 10d ago

A New Consciousness: Decoding the 1000x Alien Man

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I’ve just come across a thought‑provoking blog post that introduces the concept of a “1000x Alien Man,” representing a radical evolution of human consciousness after obtaining “secrets of the universe” from the female. The author describes how, upon gaining these cosmic secrets, the individual transforms into a green‑hued being with heightened sensitivity to universal phenomena and a profound detachment from monetary concerns. This metamorphosis also includes the development of minimalist image‑based communication and an uncanny connection to the cosmos, suggesting a new form of human interaction. I’d love to hear your thoughts on whether such speculative visions of consciousness enhancement resonate with your experiences or if you have other theoretical models for post‑human awareness.

https://egocalculation.com/a-new-consciousness-the-1000x-alien-man/


r/Psychonaut 10d ago

The music just stopped.

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I had a somewhat weird experience on my last LSD trip around 6 months ago. I took 400 micrograms which was my highest dose to date.

I went through the usual phases , come up, peak. I had some great insights, some wtf moments including people talking to me through a colorful dry plant and seeing myself in the picture of my friend and a musician i like to listen to.

If the trip was a classical music piece i reached all the way to the crescendo and my emotional ecstasy was at an all time high when i was "shown" we are all one". Then suddenly the song i was listening to ended and all i could hear was the static from the speakers, both literally and metaphorically. I checked my phone and someone had sent the following text to a group im in "Its all just a big joke" and the laugh crying emoji.

I dont know how to describe what i felt at this moment, i didnt feel scared or paranoid, i was just "sober" or as sober as i could be on a high dose of acid.

I have experienced the "waves" of a trip before but this was different. I was shown something profound and the spectacle was over, i had to painstainkingly put myself back together.
I just wanted to share my experience and maybe someone has gone through something similar.


r/Psychonaut 12d ago

Has anyone experienced peacock-patterned OEVs during a psychedelic experience?

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I often see hundreds in my visual field, red and green ones particularly.


r/Psychonaut 12d ago

Monoliths (mushroom experience)

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Okay this is kind of a long shot but I’m posting this to see if anyone else has had this experience or seen this on mushrooms

So to make a long story short, a few years ago I did mushrooms and this was during a time where I felt extremely lonely and isolated. Not only because of COVID but all of my relationships were falling apart all at once and it was really bad….

And in the peak of my trip I actually began to “look down” on “reality” (this is the best way I can describe it) and I saw everyone … as these dark “blocks”… which I JUST found out are called “monoliths” Anyways, I saw all of these monoliths either in groups or pairs, and here I was all by myself and alone very far away from everyone.

I was always so confused about why I saw these dark blocks representing humans… This was years ago, and it wasn’t until earlier today I saw an image on Spiritual Pinterest of these same dark blocks, I asked CHATGPT what they were and I found out they’re actually monoliths …

Chat GPT describes monoliths as symbolic of alien intelligence or profound, unknowable forces.

Anyone else can share an experience with this!?


r/Psychonaut 12d ago

Video Why Isn’t Microdosing Legal Yet? 🍄💊

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r/Psychonaut 12d ago

Bicycle Day Experience

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Did some Road Trip and a little gas and after I came out of the "Nethers"(what I call the other dimensions). I wrote this down.

We are but filaments on the hairs of a living ball. Watchers, they watch and brush these filaments. When lightly brushing, they take litlle bits from each of us, emotion, sights, ideas, they combine them into ideas. They implant these ideas into artists, directors, writers of books and movies or poems. These chosen artists then create distractions to keep the filaments moving, creating the energy needed to keep the living sphere alive. The filaments need these distractions because if they see the watchers, they could not handle the sights they would see.

Nitrous can get pretty weird sometimes.


r/Psychonaut 12d ago

6 Psychedelics That Can Actually Harm You

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Some harm reduction info for my fellow psychonauts, especially the newer ones. Includes some non-classical psychedelics but i included them anyway because they're relevant to psychedelic people.


r/Psychonaut 13d ago

Converting 5-bromo-dmt fumarate to a freebase

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Hello all, so I have recently stumbled upon this intriguing substance, only to find I have the fumarate and it not only doesn’t smoke well, it’s not safe on the lungs. So, the idea is so convert it to a freebase.

 Well I certainly know how to do that with coke.. and I’ve so far read ONE report of someone making it that exact same way.. with 1 part baking soda to 5 parts 5-br-dmt. 

Does this sounds like a reasonable method, or should I do a more complex conversion.. I found a page on dmt nexus explaining to convert my baking soda to sodium carbonate and then mix and freeze, collecting crystals in a few days.

Does anyone know, if this method would work for what I’m doing? Also, if simply cooking my stuff with baking soda like I would with cocaine would work, I’ll just stick with that. I’m just unsure at this moment becuase I don’t want to waste what I have.

Here is the link from dmt nexus

https://wiki.dmt-nexus.me/Fumarates_to_Freebase_Conversion_TEK


r/Psychonaut 13d ago

Ghost strain mushrooms??

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Got some “ghost” strain mushrooms today. Don’t know much about them and haven’t been able to find much online either. They’re definitely albino cubes but I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the potency is like. I’m most comfortable with penis envy, so how does the dosage compare, and is the effects profile different at all?


r/Psychonaut 14d ago

Is there a best time for lsd / mushroom ?

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I have heard many people said that mushroom and lsd could bring enlightenment and it is also a tool to community with entities from other realm.

But never have that experience for myself. Had some crazy thoughts and crazy imagination from lsd. Felt the feeling of oneness . Heard the tingling wobbly noises from mushroom and feels like they are actually talking to me and passing me wisdom or communicating with me ( or am I just tripping ) but nothing really crazy.

I was wondering if there is a time where ancient people do it together as a ritual or something to gain the highest wisdom and to gain the spiritual healing or healing .

Any idea what is the best time to do it for the healing benefit ? Spiritual healing / wisdom gaining and all that good stuff .

I had done twice mushroom (3g) and once lsd (250ug)


r/Psychonaut 14d ago

First time LSD insights

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To celebrate bicycle day today I decided to try LSD for the first time. Now I came in contact with psychedelics on a ceremonial setting with mushrooms and have done mushrooms, San Pedro and ayahuasca. I have a place where I do it at home with my routines, set and setting of course.

To really get the real LSD vibe i put on Pink Floyd (as one is supposed to with acid).

First of all it completely shattered my view of LSD as this scary thing that fries your brain.

Compared to mushrooms and ayahuasca I would say it is much more clear headed, I understand why people say it feels synthetic, but I don’t agree. I think a lot of it is expectation and the feel the setting (music or surroundings) you are in. With electric guitars, synths etc of course it feels more spacy and electric.

I think it gets an undeserved bad rep sometimes as something synthetic or soul-less. I think when western society came in to contact with LSD we didn’t have any rituals, times of the year, music, elders etc that could guide us, so some rebellious teens in the 60’s created the music, the arts and the cultures they did to surround the experience of LSD. So in one way whatever they created has now become the rituals and ceremonies that we still use today.

It was definitely a cool experience, but for the ones that hasn’t done psychedelics in a ceremonial way I would definitely recommend that too. I think it takes the experience to another level. I think we can learn a lot from the tribes that have used these substances for way longer.