Taking silly selfies with a beloved friend, laughing as we posed for the camera, my eyes sparkling, my smile bright, I felt a jolt of recognition.
There you are, I thought; I’ve missed you. Because prior to that, during a very long year, I had been suffering from a terrible depression , one in which I didn’t recognise myself at all.
It had lifted, without my even realising, thanks to a fortuitous meeting with a new neighbour who is a big fan of two things: The Grateful Dead, and magic mushrooms.
My neighbour was not a recreational drug user. Far from it. She suffered anxiety and depression for years, both of which had been alleviated by taking mushrooms.
In fact, she said her depression had gone. She offered to do a ‘journey’ with me to see if it might do something for me. Taken like this, magic mushrooms aren’t offering a party buzz, but are instead treated as ‘plant medicine’, to change the neurophysiology of your brain. Jane Green suffered from a terrible depression which she says was lifted by a meeting with a new neighbour who was a fan of magic mushrooms
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The active ingredient in mushrooms that cause hallucinations — psilocybin — has now been proven to rewire your brain, improving connections and getting rid of depression.
That’s the main difference between psychedelic mushrooms and regular mushrooms. According to experts, psychedelic mushrooms evolved to contain psilocybin as a way to fend off insects. Famously, in his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry says taking magic mushrooms helped him deal with the trauma of his mother’s death.It was during my own ‘annus horribilis’ that I experienced the blackest of depressions. It was a year that held a series of unfortunate events, including losing my best friend, and enduring two house moves. Oh, and I was suddenly an empty nester.Those that know me know I am the very antithesis […]
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