Tryptamines Spiritual Benefits of Wood Lovers Paralysis

[Frog Dreams]

(I love that the art above is pulsing. Took me a moment to confirm that I wasn't hallucinating more than normal.)

Just ate three quarters of a gram of mushrooms (p subs) that - for whatever reason - have very strong WLP attached to them. I ate 12 grams from this batch and became completely paralysed from the waste down. I was in a supermarket.

I was in the back when it kicked in. There was pre-warning. I ignored it because I wanted to see if I could overcome the WLP in a non-dual state.

Turns out there is no way to overcome it.

So, my legs gave out at the back of the supermarket. I was near the cheese section.

I fell onto the ground. A staff member asked me if I need help. I politely and calmly told them no. I'm fine. This happens sometimes.

I work in disability, so I'm not concerned about public image. There is nothing to be ashamed about.

Previously (even with my foundation in disability) this would have concerned me. I would have struggled internally.

I didn't struggle. I worked myself slowly towards the front of the store, managing to move only 10 or 20 metres at a time at best. Then I would collapse.

There was zero fear.

Finally, when I got outside to the parking lot, it kicked in fully. I couldn't sustain any weight on my legs at all. They were completely dead for maybe 10 minutes.

A middle-aged Asian man was watching me. He seemed conflicted. Halfway between being compelled to offer help and fear for himself. I told him (so he didn't need to ask, or worry), "Don't worry mate. I'm fine."

He made sure to tie up his bicycle extra tight. I honestly think he was worried that I might have been faking paralysis so I could steal a bicycle?

People are strange.

To get to my car, I had to cross a single lane of (empty) traffic... but if I collapsed in the middle of that lane I would need help.

I kept trying to lift myself, then I would give up and sit down on the concrete. Then I would try and lift myself again.

Eventually I got myself to my feet and managed to reach my car. Opening the door and getting inside took some time. Then, once inside, I waited for my daughter and my wife.

My wife wasn't super happy about the whole situation but my daughter adores me and I can do nothing wrong.

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WLP is what it is and I don't know what it is.

The paralysis is temporary.

I am not afraid.

The paralysis lends itself to submission in numerous ways. You have to overcome fear, but - also - it physically forces you to submit.

WLP puts me on my knees. At the height of it, I cannot function physically so I just go into my mind and there are no distractions.

 

[G_Chem]

I’ve been so curious to experience WLP, but haven’t enough experience with wood lovers period. Do you get it every time off a batch that has given it to you before? Is there a dosage or cut off point or will you feel it even on low doses? Shit sounds scary but could be cool if one is prepared for it.

-GC

 

[JackARoe]

Fascinating, I have heard of Psilocybe Azurescens causing paralysis in some people and when I had been gifted some freshly dried ones I got nervous about taking them. Nothing of the such happened to me but I have read the accounts. .5 grams of Azurescens felt like 3 grams of cubensis but with a more colder, Salvia like effect. I got the impression that like Salvia, the Azurescens need to decide if they like you. (or something like that)

And as I believe all life situations are for analyzing, you even through in psychological ways to overcome it. And it does seem like the mental is tied into the physical. Nice post.

I wonder how much paralysis effects people with the wood loving fungus and by what mechanism it happens. Seems it could be physical with a mental added component.

I really loved Psilocybe Azurescens and would love to see it more often. A friend of mine got them from a beach in Oregaon.

 

[Frog Dreams]

Do you get it every time off a batch that has given it to you before?

It's been somewhat hit and miss, so not altogether sure, but then my batches all get mixed together sometimes. Like I'll pick a small patch from here and another patch from there.

I suspect that it comes from the bark of particular trees rather than being specific to specific species of mushrooms (in this case, Psilocybe subaeruginosa).

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The paralysis is very strong. I'm not sure if it has a mental component. I have tried many times to push through it but I think it's impossible.

It is also specific to certain parts of the body. Hands and face are the most common. With extreme cases, you become paraplegic.

I've heard a theory that it could be unknown alkaloids (that exist in specific strains of mushrooms) that don't cross the blood-brain barrier and end up binding to serotonin receptors throughout the body, but that is well beyond my scientific understanding. I am sceptical, however, because it definitely doesn't happen with every batch. I have had many Herculean doses of p subs throughout my life and not experienced WLP.

Somebody told me that mushrooms have a unique ability to "eat" a drug and then internally produce something else. From what I was told, somebody injected a drug (I think it was DMT) into a substrate. The mushrooms that grew from that substrate contained a different drug to both DMT and 4-HO-DMT... so - if that's not total bullshit - perhaps there is an unknown drug in the bark of a tree that the mushrooms eat and produce into a yet to be identified psychedelic that (again) doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier and ends up binding to other receptors causing paralysis.

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The dose I described above was 12 grams of subs, which is a hell of a lot more than 12 grams of cubensis.

I had 0.75 grams today and barely detected WLP but sometimes I get a pretty strong reaction from small amounts.

To get to the paraplegic point usually requires many, many grams. I'm not 100% sure what is causing it and whether or not it has long term negative effects, so I try to avoid extreme paralysis. If I felt safer in my understanding of what is happening inside my body, I would experiment more.