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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (12 children)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (5 children)

You can easily grow mushrooms that contain psilocybin at home. It's an easy process, the internet has plenty of communities.

If you are not very experienced with psychedelics, please inform yourself about best practices / harm reduction. Look into set and setting. Have people around who you trust.

For most people, psychedelics are not a substitute for therapy. The healing happens in between trips, but you have to put in the work - don't skip integration. The average Joe will need professional help for that.

If you have serious issues or if you are repressing a lot of stuff, it will most likely come up during a trip and you will have to process it - psychedelics show you what you need, not what you want. That being said, most people that have a lot of experience with psychedelics will tell you even difficult trips will lead to positive gains.

Overall, it's mostly a marvelous and wonderful experience that can be life changing, but please treat it with the respect it deserves.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

the internet has plenty of communities.

as much as I don't like linking there, the /r/unclebens community is great. It's based on a very easy guide to grow your own, and get advise if there are still questions.

I don't think there's a lemmy community about it. yet.

100% agree with the post. The chances that you will just get cured from your depression with some shrooms are greater than 0, but getting an assistent trip with a professional will greatly increase your chances. Getting a professional who is willing to do it, even off the record, is the hard part

[–] SplashJackson 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are clebens and why do we want to un- them???

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just in case, for the non-Americans from regions that do not have the specific brand, the sub name is in reference to prepackaged "Uncle Ben's Ready Rice" which is used in this specific mushroom growing tek.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

And for everyone out there diving into the insane amount of “documentation” out there

“Tek” is simply shorthand for “technique”.

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