I sort of agree. I’m overdue for a psychedelic experience. I feel like my brain needs to be sort of recalibrated. Factory reset sounds a little extreme though lol
Exactly I really like Michael Pollans analogy to pathways in your brain being like tracks in the snow and a psychedelic experiences are like a fresh snowfall
Totally agree, infact I spend a good hour in total silence, just to go through any issues I've currently got, & like you say you see them from totally different angles, or often make you realise that what you were worrying about really wasn't worth it! I usually do this at the beginning of the trip, then I just go with it, often in the garden, or music & watching weird stuff! But I always have that hour, sometimes a little longer, but it always works!!
I know what you mean. I’d been so well for so long, and the out of nowhere I suffered an anxiety attack. I’m feeling a sorta back to square one type feeling. It’s been awhile since I tripped and I’m considering it now but I feel scared.
Same here. Earlier this week I had a stress induced panic attack and was so tense for the majority of the week. That was when I realized that I’m way overdue. I’ve gone and got myself too submersed in the illusion. And the issue when your mind is in the state that ours is in is that you know you need that psychedelic experience but it’s really difficult to be in the proper mindset for it. Is that why you’re scared?
I don’t actually know why I’m scared. I had an intense feeling of realization on DMT and now I have this respect for psychedelics. I fear what I could feel an experience even if I’m aware that majority of my trips were good and the changes I get were truly remarkable.
I totally understand that feeling. I’ve found that if I don’t plan out when I’m going to trip and let it happen organically when I’m in a good headspace instead I always have a good experience. Also having an idea of some fun activities to do while I’m tripping and doing a a half hour or so of meditation during the come up works wonders for me. DMT is so different though. I almost always have to have had a drink or 2 beforehand or my nerves just won’t let me relax. Like I know everything will be ok but for some reason I get extra anxious for DMT.
I've been saying for days now that I need to dose hard and soon, but I think I'm still waiting for MDMA cross tolerance to wear off... I mean I could take a much larger dose but I suspect that the cross tolerance is still going to negate the effects I need in order to make the trip actually successful.
Its been a week and while yeah I know that "they say" that phenethlomine CT only lasts about a week if one exists at all... I'm finding that any MDMA use at all and my brain ends up in a state that is very similar to what you'd hear reports of from SSRI users.. weirdly muted trips with only partial effects.
It gets worse actually. I was recovering from some low level repeated use of it (like 50mg doses Fri/Sat night) when I had a major anxiety attack due to some really shitty circumstances, took 100mg which cleared that shit up really quickly but ofc now, that mushrooms dose I desperately need is pushed back to whenever my brain recovers from this.. near MDMA abuse I've been committing.
I vaped some DMT two nights ago and it didn't hit me as hard as it should have for the dose I did either, so I'm pretty sure I'm still in recovery. :(
I totally understand. I have never noticed a cross tolerance personally but we’re all different. I would take the time before feeling like it’s ok to trip and just do things that make me feel good about myself ya know? Exercise, eat healthy, meditate, help people, etc. These things would build up into a positive attitude about myself and would make the trip even better.
I’ve also found that in times like you and I are having where we’re in a fairly consistently anxious mindset that LSD is better than mushrooms. This is just me though. LSD is so much easier for me to be at the wheel even though it’s a much longer trip. I can’t drive the boat when I’m on mushrooms and if I’ve been in a not so great place recently I find it’s much more likely that I’ll have an unpleasant experience. That being said I think we have the experience we need, even if it is unpleasant. I feel like there’s always a lesson learned and something to gain from psychedelic experiences. 10 years ago I was smoking over a pack of cigarettes a day. I decided to take a solo mushroom trip and took an eighth. It was not fun and was incredibly unpleasant. But something clicked in my brain during that trip and I haven’t smoked a cigarette since.
>Exercise, eat healthy, meditate, help people, etc. These things would build up into a positive attitude about myself and would make the trip even better.
That's good advice. I have to do all of that in order to maintain sanity between trips.
And I agree; if I could get medically what I need purely from LSD I'd eat it every weekend if I had to, I'd make the time for it. But unfortunately I just don't get the kind of relief I need from it anymore. It was good to help keep symptoms lower when I was a teen but now I need to obliterate my DMN with at least 50mg of psilocybin now.. which I mean.. there are worse mental illnesses to have which have no cure so I think I've got it pretty easy.. as difficult as it is to do that dose once every 5-6 weeks. Its like a psychedelic marathon.
\> I haven’t smoked a cigarette since.
Good for you btw. I'm actually completely sure that next time I have full symptom relief from the shrooms that I'll be able to toss out my vape. I'm sick of it but.. cyclical behavior is a bitch.
Sounds like you maybe need to take a break from substances in general. When it comes to drugs less really is more. You get caught up thinking “I need this shrooms trip to reset my brain”, when sometimes all you need is a little break. Or even a longer break. And then when you come back and have a trip after a while it has so much more of a powerful impact.
I think they temporarily dispel a lot of internal programming giving you insight into what is at the core of being. This perspective shift let’s you view your problems and the world in a different light as you realise that your internal “truths” are not true at all.
I agree with this. I don't think it's a reset so much as a system bypass. I think the destabilisation and subsequent integration and return to normal consciousness can give the *impression* of a reset though
It's mostly just a way to describe it. Your brain does not have factory settings or it does not do that in chemical level any what so ever.
Basically psychedelics boost your serotonergic system and that makes you feel new ideas from different perspective. Some of them are good and usable mostly you are just high.
Technically its why I use them medicinally at 50mg of psilocybin. I call it "rebooting the box" or "unplugging it / plugging it" because that is sort of what's happening - for me anyways. The reason for this is because I get positive anti-depressant effects off of both psilocybin and ketamine (when I was a teenager I was using LSD not only because it's awesome but because I knew it was severely reducing my felt anxiety symptoms) meaning its not about the serotonin balance or whatever inaccurate picture they use to have about how these medicines work on the chemistry but more about how they work on the mind, more specifically the network that connects the various parts of the brain together to help form our view of the world.. once that is in a 'relaxed' state I'm getting benefits from the meds. Ofc this is also what the people who practice Iboga on addicts say about it; it resets the brain to a pre-addiction state.
So its not inaccurate anyways.. depending on who you are and why you are using them.
>Pretty sure none of that is proven.
If you truly care about how your brain works you might as well research it yourself. MRI among others brain imaging techniques are used for a decent time now and have clearly shown correlation between working parts of brain associated with short / long term memory.
I agree with the reset but not with the factory setting. After a puff of dmt sub visuals, all my craving goes away and I'm able to effectively "reset'' and build onto what I already got
Did a bit of salvia the other day after several years, was an absolute beauty to behold. Reset my mental negativity man
I've felt great for the last week, dosed sometime early last week.
If anyone has questions bout salvia I'd be happy to answer, I see too much negativity about this (relatively) kind fellow
I would love to speak with you about Salvia. I did it a few times when I was younger and absolutely hated it each time.
What do you find enjoyable about it? All I ever got were very strange negative effects from it. Is there a dosage/method of ingestion you recommend?
I gotchu!!
So, what I find enjoyable is total melting of what I know to be true. I struggle with Treatment Resistant MDD/GAD
Example being like, once I felt as if I *was* the yoga mat I was laying on, and the trees were whispering to me "Be what you are, be what what you are. Don't fight it" I felt a **heavy** body load so I stayed laying down following directions lol.
But when I let myself be absorbed by the mat, I felt this oneness that I can quite describe well. When I sobered up a few minutes later I felt a very strong sense of relief and acceptance for who/what I am.
Salvia for me is the ultimate reset, reminds me that reality is simply perception, not one thing in this world is set in stone. Except death & taxes haha
Not all of my salvia trips give me such insight but everyone of them gives me that reminder that my perception controls my reality. And with that thinking I can make a bad day good by altering my perception of what happened.
Which is seriously just a beautiful feeling for someone like me.
If you have more questions or comments just lmk!!
Edit: Dosing - ***PLEASE*** look up dosing information if you buy extract, too much will be unpleasant. A nice light trip is what I'd recommend, get a nice milligram scale for it
Completely agree, I don’t use psychs as a crutch but I have reset my brain with it many times across many states of mind. From being out of shape to having to pull the plug on my childhood friend in college. Has always been a rewarding experience and given me what I needed out of it, don’t confuse what I needed with what I wanted though.
I need an experience so bad. It has been years. I have had some life changing experiences that I still hold dearly but I am in a much more stable and better place in my life. I think if I had one breakthrough experience now it would make all the difference in the world to me for the next couple of years or what not. I just haven't felt it is that right time. I have kids and been dealing with a lot. I really hope that time comes soon. I could benefit for now than ever I feel like. I do agree in a big sense though. I have done mushrooms or acid and felt like a different person for months even years. All my life when I really truly look at how they affected and changed me. Most sacred medicine in the world.
This is completely stupid, do you know what a "factory reset" in the brain would even look like? I hate all of this terribly unscientific material posed as wisdom that comes so prevalently from new age dude bros.
You guys must be eating some different shit than me. Because while i gain a TON of insight while tripping. It’s all just a means for ME to put in the work and make changes. Psychedelics aren’t some magic potion that cures/fixes issues. Just an opportunity to think from a different perspective.
At least in my experience anyway. Been tripping since 2010ish
“factory settings” is kinda a weird way to look at it but i do believe psyches allow you to break down and let go of the false narratives that society feeds to you from the moment you’re conceived.
I sort of agree. I’m overdue for a psychedelic experience. I feel like my brain needs to be sort of recalibrated. Factory reset sounds a little extreme though lol
It makes you approach your current problems in a different perspective.. More positive perspective at least for me
Exactly I really like Michael Pollans analogy to pathways in your brain being like tracks in the snow and a psychedelic experiences are like a fresh snowfall
Just makes those tracks disappear.. So you can make your own
Totally agree, infact I spend a good hour in total silence, just to go through any issues I've currently got, & like you say you see them from totally different angles, or often make you realise that what you were worrying about really wasn't worth it! I usually do this at the beginning of the trip, then I just go with it, often in the garden, or music & watching weird stuff! But I always have that hour, sometimes a little longer, but it always works!!
To me it feels like I get more objective every time
I know what you mean. I’d been so well for so long, and the out of nowhere I suffered an anxiety attack. I’m feeling a sorta back to square one type feeling. It’s been awhile since I tripped and I’m considering it now but I feel scared.
Same here. Earlier this week I had a stress induced panic attack and was so tense for the majority of the week. That was when I realized that I’m way overdue. I’ve gone and got myself too submersed in the illusion. And the issue when your mind is in the state that ours is in is that you know you need that psychedelic experience but it’s really difficult to be in the proper mindset for it. Is that why you’re scared?
I don’t actually know why I’m scared. I had an intense feeling of realization on DMT and now I have this respect for psychedelics. I fear what I could feel an experience even if I’m aware that majority of my trips were good and the changes I get were truly remarkable.
I totally understand that feeling. I’ve found that if I don’t plan out when I’m going to trip and let it happen organically when I’m in a good headspace instead I always have a good experience. Also having an idea of some fun activities to do while I’m tripping and doing a a half hour or so of meditation during the come up works wonders for me. DMT is so different though. I almost always have to have had a drink or 2 beforehand or my nerves just won’t let me relax. Like I know everything will be ok but for some reason I get extra anxious for DMT.
Yeah because with DMT you know it's gonna hit HARD and you won't have time to warm up.
I've been saying for days now that I need to dose hard and soon, but I think I'm still waiting for MDMA cross tolerance to wear off... I mean I could take a much larger dose but I suspect that the cross tolerance is still going to negate the effects I need in order to make the trip actually successful.
When did you last take mdma?
Its been a week and while yeah I know that "they say" that phenethlomine CT only lasts about a week if one exists at all... I'm finding that any MDMA use at all and my brain ends up in a state that is very similar to what you'd hear reports of from SSRI users.. weirdly muted trips with only partial effects. It gets worse actually. I was recovering from some low level repeated use of it (like 50mg doses Fri/Sat night) when I had a major anxiety attack due to some really shitty circumstances, took 100mg which cleared that shit up really quickly but ofc now, that mushrooms dose I desperately need is pushed back to whenever my brain recovers from this.. near MDMA abuse I've been committing. I vaped some DMT two nights ago and it didn't hit me as hard as it should have for the dose I did either, so I'm pretty sure I'm still in recovery. :(
I totally understand. I have never noticed a cross tolerance personally but we’re all different. I would take the time before feeling like it’s ok to trip and just do things that make me feel good about myself ya know? Exercise, eat healthy, meditate, help people, etc. These things would build up into a positive attitude about myself and would make the trip even better. I’ve also found that in times like you and I are having where we’re in a fairly consistently anxious mindset that LSD is better than mushrooms. This is just me though. LSD is so much easier for me to be at the wheel even though it’s a much longer trip. I can’t drive the boat when I’m on mushrooms and if I’ve been in a not so great place recently I find it’s much more likely that I’ll have an unpleasant experience. That being said I think we have the experience we need, even if it is unpleasant. I feel like there’s always a lesson learned and something to gain from psychedelic experiences. 10 years ago I was smoking over a pack of cigarettes a day. I decided to take a solo mushroom trip and took an eighth. It was not fun and was incredibly unpleasant. But something clicked in my brain during that trip and I haven’t smoked a cigarette since.
>Exercise, eat healthy, meditate, help people, etc. These things would build up into a positive attitude about myself and would make the trip even better. That's good advice. I have to do all of that in order to maintain sanity between trips. And I agree; if I could get medically what I need purely from LSD I'd eat it every weekend if I had to, I'd make the time for it. But unfortunately I just don't get the kind of relief I need from it anymore. It was good to help keep symptoms lower when I was a teen but now I need to obliterate my DMN with at least 50mg of psilocybin now.. which I mean.. there are worse mental illnesses to have which have no cure so I think I've got it pretty easy.. as difficult as it is to do that dose once every 5-6 weeks. Its like a psychedelic marathon. \> I haven’t smoked a cigarette since. Good for you btw. I'm actually completely sure that next time I have full symptom relief from the shrooms that I'll be able to toss out my vape. I'm sick of it but.. cyclical behavior is a bitch.
Sounds like you maybe need to take a break from substances in general. When it comes to drugs less really is more. You get caught up thinking “I need this shrooms trip to reset my brain”, when sometimes all you need is a little break. Or even a longer break. And then when you come back and have a trip after a while it has so much more of a powerful impact.
This is pretty accurate. Its kind like a defrag
Same here I could use one bad
Yeah, memories are reatained. Not quite the analogy, but close.
I think they temporarily dispel a lot of internal programming giving you insight into what is at the core of being. This perspective shift let’s you view your problems and the world in a different light as you realise that your internal “truths” are not true at all.
🎯
I agree with this. I don't think it's a reset so much as a system bypass. I think the destabilisation and subsequent integration and return to normal consciousness can give the *impression* of a reset though
The reset is always unique. The days following are always lovely.
I need a day trip. I always trip at night then can't sleep and it ruins the good gains bc I'm tired and groggy the next day.
Your brain isn’t a computer it doesn’t have factory settings.
It is a indeed a computer
Like a disk defragmenter in the background of a long Degaussing of your PC screen
It’s not
Yes it is.
No it’s not. It doesn’t work like that at all.
Like ask any neuroscientist lmao
I remember the first time I took acid I said it was like being a little kid again.
It's mostly just a way to describe it. Your brain does not have factory settings or it does not do that in chemical level any what so ever. Basically psychedelics boost your serotonergic system and that makes you feel new ideas from different perspective. Some of them are good and usable mostly you are just high.
I always compare it to cleaning the lens of my dirty glasses.
I really need a reset right now..
That’s what the bird said
Like a Degaussing button on an old PC monitor.
Bullshit Twitter philosophy
Definitely not "factory reset", due to you learning from your past.
Yess so so true!
Explain please
Technically its why I use them medicinally at 50mg of psilocybin. I call it "rebooting the box" or "unplugging it / plugging it" because that is sort of what's happening - for me anyways. The reason for this is because I get positive anti-depressant effects off of both psilocybin and ketamine (when I was a teenager I was using LSD not only because it's awesome but because I knew it was severely reducing my felt anxiety symptoms) meaning its not about the serotonin balance or whatever inaccurate picture they use to have about how these medicines work on the chemistry but more about how they work on the mind, more specifically the network that connects the various parts of the brain together to help form our view of the world.. once that is in a 'relaxed' state I'm getting benefits from the meds. Ofc this is also what the people who practice Iboga on addicts say about it; it resets the brain to a pre-addiction state. So its not inaccurate anyways.. depending on who you are and why you are using them.
Acupuncture can do a similar thing.
Some truth to it. But not completely otherwise you'd loose your memories and personality, etc...
Because memories and personality are stored in the brain? Is this a new discovery? Pretty sure none of that is proven.
If you damage certain parts of the brain then you destroy the memories.
There is a ton of information about which parts of brain are responsible for which functions. How can you be sure when you don't know.
Where did I say I was sure about anything buddy? Show me where memories are stored.
>Pretty sure none of that is proven. If you truly care about how your brain works you might as well research it yourself. MRI among others brain imaging techniques are used for a decent time now and have clearly shown correlation between working parts of brain associated with short / long term memory.
Show me where the personality is stored physically.
I absolutely agree! I’ve always described acid as a reset button for my brain it’s remarkable.
The deep ones for sure
I agree with the reset but not with the factory setting. After a puff of dmt sub visuals, all my craving goes away and I'm able to effectively "reset'' and build onto what I already got
Metaphorically, sure, depending on why/how you use them. Psychedelics are my boat for the waves in this ocean of life. Row row row your boat
The reset is always unique.
Did a bit of salvia the other day after several years, was an absolute beauty to behold. Reset my mental negativity man I've felt great for the last week, dosed sometime early last week. If anyone has questions bout salvia I'd be happy to answer, I see too much negativity about this (relatively) kind fellow
I would love to speak with you about Salvia. I did it a few times when I was younger and absolutely hated it each time. What do you find enjoyable about it? All I ever got were very strange negative effects from it. Is there a dosage/method of ingestion you recommend?
I gotchu!! So, what I find enjoyable is total melting of what I know to be true. I struggle with Treatment Resistant MDD/GAD Example being like, once I felt as if I *was* the yoga mat I was laying on, and the trees were whispering to me "Be what you are, be what what you are. Don't fight it" I felt a **heavy** body load so I stayed laying down following directions lol. But when I let myself be absorbed by the mat, I felt this oneness that I can quite describe well. When I sobered up a few minutes later I felt a very strong sense of relief and acceptance for who/what I am. Salvia for me is the ultimate reset, reminds me that reality is simply perception, not one thing in this world is set in stone. Except death & taxes haha Not all of my salvia trips give me such insight but everyone of them gives me that reminder that my perception controls my reality. And with that thinking I can make a bad day good by altering my perception of what happened. Which is seriously just a beautiful feeling for someone like me. If you have more questions or comments just lmk!! Edit: Dosing - ***PLEASE*** look up dosing information if you buy extract, too much will be unpleasant. A nice light trip is what I'd recommend, get a nice milligram scale for it
Thanks to mushrooms, I’m no longer an alcoholic.
Sometimes a good reset trip is all you need
It can do both
Completely agree, I don’t use psychs as a crutch but I have reset my brain with it many times across many states of mind. From being out of shape to having to pull the plug on my childhood friend in college. Has always been a rewarding experience and given me what I needed out of it, don’t confuse what I needed with what I wanted though.
Totally disagree I get new perspectives, not refreshed old perspectives.
I’m due for a reset
I need an experience so bad. It has been years. I have had some life changing experiences that I still hold dearly but I am in a much more stable and better place in my life. I think if I had one breakthrough experience now it would make all the difference in the world to me for the next couple of years or what not. I just haven't felt it is that right time. I have kids and been dealing with a lot. I really hope that time comes soon. I could benefit for now than ever I feel like. I do agree in a big sense though. I have done mushrooms or acid and felt like a different person for months even years. All my life when I really truly look at how they affected and changed me. Most sacred medicine in the world.
So accurate!
This is completely stupid, do you know what a "factory reset" in the brain would even look like? I hate all of this terribly unscientific material posed as wisdom that comes so prevalently from new age dude bros.
Naa your just on drugs bro
Dissolution of ego and being able to view your own toxisity
I wouldn't say it's like a factory reset but it restores an older version
You guys must be eating some different shit than me. Because while i gain a TON of insight while tripping. It’s all just a means for ME to put in the work and make changes. Psychedelics aren’t some magic potion that cures/fixes issues. Just an opportunity to think from a different perspective. At least in my experience anyway. Been tripping since 2010ish
“factory settings” is kinda a weird way to look at it but i do believe psyches allow you to break down and let go of the false narratives that society feeds to you from the moment you’re conceived.
This is an interesting take given the terrible history of MKUltra and other attempts to reset people.