• Psychedelic Drugs Welcome Guest
    View threads about
    Posting RulesBluelight Rules
    PD's Best Threads Index
    Social ThreadSupport Bluelight
    Psychedelic Beginner's FAQ
  • PD Moderators: Esperighanto | JackARoe |

Psilocybin mushrooms - relationship therapy

A

acim

Greenlighter
Joined
Jan 24, 2011
Messages
42
Location
Massachusetts
Hi all,

In years past, I have taken MDMA with my partner and had a fantastic time. We were more open to each other and sorted out all the problems in our relationship, without years of therapy. This weekend, my boyfriend and I may be doing it again. However, we have no MDMA, but I have managed to acquire mushrooms. Would a low dose be beneficial in this type of communicative relationship therapy? I'm not talking doing 5 grams and trying to talk about my problems -- frankly, that would turn into a horrible trip for me. However, a low dose causes me less anxiety. Would it be a substitute for MDMA in therapy? Thanks a lot! (I know that no drug can "heal" me, but I'm asking if mushrooms can open my mind and break down barriers like MDMA once did for me).
 
I prefer low doses of mushrooms to MDMA or ecstasy pills. Yes, I actually wrote an experience report where I took some shrooms with 2 friends and an ex girlfriend of mine. She was a raging alcoholic and on her trip declared she wasn't going to drink anymore with no mention of her drinking from me, that didn't last long and she ended up cheating on me whilst drunk. I felt we communicated better on that day than any other in the relationship. I actually called the trip report "Uninhibited Communication", so yes I think it is appropriate for this kind of thing.

That said, this bitch was fake as fuck to me and any positive tones I comment on her person are to be considered ramblings of my drunken penis. That is all.
 
In my experience, mushrooms are great at bringing people together.
When I tried them with my girlfriend, it felt like I had known her FOREVER and would know her forever, I couldn't remember any moment in time when I hadn't been with her. Sort of like a time bubble usable for 2 persons.
I hate low doses though, I find them to not be worth it at all.
 
What doses do you prefer, Mitixz? And QuasiModo, do you remember an approximation of what dose you used? I did look at your report, seems promising! Thanks for the insight to both of you. I was planning on using a barely psychedelic dose, maybe in the realm of 1.5g, but I'm not quite sure yet. This will be my partner's first mushroom trip, so we're not going all out. Thanks for the input!
 
acim said:
Hi all,

In years past, I have taken MDMA with my partner and had a fantastic time. We were more open to each other and sorted out all the problems in our relationship, without years of therapy. This weekend, my boyfriend and I may be doing it again. However, we have no MDMA, but I have managed to acquire mushrooms. Would a low dose be beneficial in this type of communicative relationship therapy? I'm not talking doing 5 grams and trying to talk about my problems -- frankly, that would turn into a horrible trip for me. However, a low dose causes me less anxiety. Would it be a substitute for MDMA in therapy? Thanks a lot! (I know that no drug can "heal" me, but I'm asking if mushrooms can open my mind and break down barriers like MDMA once did for me).
Click to expand...

I recently got back together with an ex girlfriend who ended up cheating on me, call me crazy, anyway when we first got back together a small mushroom trip allowed us to more clearly discuss the issues of the past and move through them.
I highly recommend this, just go easy on the dose.
 
I prefer to go heavy as low doses don't seem to be doing much at all.
Just annoying blurry vision and loss of concentration, not enough to be fun.
That's my personal experience though. Concentration can heavily fluctuate but for a small trip I'd take 1-1.5g, wait 20 minutes and see if you like it, take more if not, otherwise enjoy your experience.
 
I think a safe dosage would be 2-2.5gs, we bought a quarter and divided it up unevenly (more to both guys who had tripped before, less to the noob females). It was an eye opening experience, sadly the progress was superficial for me. LSD is a far superior bonding experience; strengthening to the relationship.. Euphoric glazey rollercoaster ride.. Just fuckin thinking about it, damn.
 
Magic mushrooms are hallucinogenic fungi primarily of the genus Psilocybe. There are five primary substances found in these mushrooms which make them famous for their effects on the mind, including euphoria, lethargy, increased appreciation of music and colour, amplified emotions and visual and aural distortion. These substances are tryptamines, related to the neurotransmitter serotonin.

In a study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, so-called magic mushrooms were recognized as a potentially healing drug. The research found that patients who were given a controlled dose of psilocybin were more open about their feelings and self-reported better life satisfaction over one year later. Controlled magic mushroom doses could have psychotherapeutic uses. In just a single high dose, psilocybin — a hallucinogen and active ingredient in magic mushrooms — produced notable changes for at least one year in the personalities of almost 60 percent of 51 volunteers in a new Johns Hopkins study. It was believed that psilocybin may have therapeutic uses and is currently studying whether it can help cancer patients handle the depression and anxiety that comes with diagnosis, and whether it can help longtime cigarette smokers quit.
 
vermaB - You give a more controlled but equally valuable quanta of information that adds to the previous personal experiences. In addition to the more up-to-date work you mention, Stanislav Grof's "LSD Therapy" might be a nice read around the subject. Although it is written about LSD, I'm sure there will be similarities to be seen in the processes of insight, awareness and healing. Sounds like you are thinking of what the old psychotherapists called the "psycholytic" approach (small, repeated doses) as opposed to the psychedelic approach (lovely big infrequent or one-off doses. yum!). I've done a lot of work with both (and I'm a psychotherapist as well) and I think you can go anywhere you might want with both.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top