Good documentary about psyches?

[sheepie]

My mom found my stash recently with 500 grams of dried Peruvian torch. I had to explain to her about psychedelics and how they're beneficial with introspection and expanding the mind. Obviously she's very skeptical. Mushrooms and Mescaline especially. She thinks they're simply recreational drugs. She let me keep them, but she's still super uncomfortable letting me do them.

So my question is, what's a good documentary I can show her to help her understand?

Thanks!

 

[readthenewsohboy]

If she doesn't mind doing a bit of reading, I found Timothy Leary's Flashbacks to be one of the most approachable and informative books on the subject.

Lots of luck, I know it can be hard.

 

[Roger&Me]

If you really want to put your mom's mind at ease, give her the peruvian torch and say something like "if you're worried about me, I won't do it-- you can throw this away if you want to".

That will do more to set her mind at ease than anything; hell, she might even let you keep it. But even if she doesn't, your mother's trust is worth more than 500g of dried torch.

Psychedelia is such an expansive realm, its nearly impossible to explain it to somebody who's never experienced it. I don't think she'll sit down and watch some half-assed documentary and suddenly "get it", ya know?

You need to use tact in this situation, for your mom's sake at least. She doesn't need to be worrying herself sick about you because she found some dried cactus, just give your stash to her and say it doesn't matter to you because its not an addictive drug but a tool for exploration. That's the winning ticket in this situation, IMO.

 

[t.ska]

Psychedelia is such an expansive realm, its nearly impossible to explain it to somebody who's never experienced it. I don't think she'll sit down and watch some half-assed documentary and suddenly "get it", ya know?

exactly.

 

[Delsyd]

My mom found my stash recently with 500 grams of dried Peruvian torch. I had to explain to her about psychedelics and how they're beneficial with introspection and expanding the mind. Obviously she's very skeptical. Mushrooms and Mescaline especially. She thinks they're simply recreational drugs. She let me keep them, but she's still super uncomfortable letting me do them.

So my question is, what's a good documentary I can show her to help her understand?

Thanks!

sounds like when my mom found my vial with a gram of 2c-i.

i dont know how, but i convinced her to let me keep it after explaining psychedelics and their benefits to my life.

That was like 7 years ago.
thanks for the flashback.

and roger had it right as far as trust and your mom.

 

[sheepie]

Thanks for the advice

I don't think she's up for reading an entire book - especially because she believes Timothy Leary is schizophrenic. She's definitely not closed minded though, she just learned that through her psychological practices so it's kind of engrained in her.

And yeah, she's not "worried sick" about me. She's just uncomfortable with the idea. I just want to show her that it can be good for you.

Good point on the expansive realm thing, but you have to start somewhere right? Even if the documentary is only half-assed, it's better than nothing.

i dont know how, but i convinced her to let me keep it after explaining psychedelics their benefits to my life.

Same here, but I still feel like it's not enough. She barely knows anything about psychedelics.

 

[Delsyd]

I was 18 when i got caught. And the way i figured it was that she let me keep it because she believed i would be responsible with it.

My mom didnt know anything about psychedelics either, other than what i had told her.

 

[Psychonautical]

American Drug War The Last White Hope
LSD: The Beyond Within.
Is Ecstasy Worse than Alcohol?

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