HOW SHROOMS AFFECT THE BRAIN #SHORTS

HOW SHROOMS AFFECT THE BRAIN #SHORTS

How does magic mushrooms affect the human brain?

Some people say they make you go crazy, others say they give us more access to the unconscious.

But what does current neuroscience say?

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Psilocybin works by activating serotonin receptors, most often in the prefrontal cortex. This part of the brain affects mood, cognition, and perception.

Professor David Nutt, from the Imperial College London, said: "Psychedelics are thought of as 'mind-expanding' drugs so it has been assumed that they work by increasing brain activity, but surprisingly, we found that psilocybin actually decreased certain brain activity, particularly the default mode network, which is commonly associated with the “ego” that keeps our world orderly.’

This could explain the commonly reported experience of “ego dissolution”.

Imperial’s Centre for Psychedelic Research analysed fMRI scans of 2 groups.
One group was given psilocybin; the other, a SSRI antidepressants.

"The effect seen with psilocybin is consistent across two studies, related to people getting better, and was not seen with a conventional antidepressant."
Professor Robin Carhart-Harris

Studies showed increased brain connectivity not just during their treatment, but up to three weeks afterwards.

The intensity of the effects reported by the participants, including visions of geometric patterns, unusual bodily sensations and altered sense of space and time, correlated with a decrease in oxygenation and blood flow in certain parts of the brain.

Johns Hopkins psychologists reported that participants who received psilocybin said they felt more open, more imaginative, and more appreciative of beauty.

[valentinxz]

Psychedelic mushrooms give you the chance to change. A lot of us live in loops and don’t even know it

[Grateful_Acres]

legal or not.... it all but cured my anxiety and depression. It saved my life really.

[crystalgreco]

Every time I've ever took mushrooms, they always show me what I need to be doing more in life, like love and generosity.

[Rpg]

If you do shooms the right way it will definitely change you. I don't think it can help everyone but in my personal experience it has helped me allot. The mind is a dam powerful thing.

[jdubs]

I’ve noticed it massively increases your feelings of empathy. Which, in a sense, makes you feel more connected to others.

[charlottelily]

Psilocybin containing mushrooms saved my life. The drastically reduced my benzodiazepine withdrawal allowing me to quite illicit pill addiction after three years of heavy daily use before it would had became medically dangerous to quit. It has also helped me survive depression.

[jesusalberto]

I stopped a fucked up alcohol addiction that lasted almost 20 years with a one time 3.5 gram dose over 2 years ago

[msshaffer]

They allow you to see the vibrations of everything. Everything is alive.

[TS-bgcn]

Psylocibin lets you know that another reality is exists and is possible. The sense of egolessness is an unbelievable feeling where you literally feel one with everyone. Anger fear judgement dissolves.

[ladonna]

I am no longer on depression, anxiety, or adhd meds. This has healed my soul and brain. Nothing compares 🙌

[colegarrick]

Psilocobin made me question reality and everything in it, including limiting self beliefs, past traumas and grief and helped with my anxiety and depression. When used in the right set and setting it can be extremely impactful on one’s mental health and how they view the world, it can be a conduit to change, but personally when I haven’t followed the changes that I knew I needed to make after tripping, feelings of anxiety and depression came back, so In a way it forces you to commit to change if your intention of the trip was to change!

[georgewilliams]

Psychedelic’s definitely have potential to deal with mental health symptoms like anxiety and depression, I would like to try them again but it’s just so hard to source here

[balanced-shez]

Should be mandatory for our leaders to take a dose before getting into office

[lmadman]

Back in high school in 2015 I tripped on 2 tabs of acid and tapped into my unconscious mind and told myself a lot of negative things due to the place I was in my life. 8 years later which was about 2 weeks ago I asked a friend for some mushrooms and he had some 4g chocolate bars and I ate the whole bar. 30 minutes in and I got so uncomfortable like my chest was caving in I started doing push-ups until it stopped which was like a whole ak the savior album and when I stood up I wasn’t in my room anymore I felt myself lift out of my body and go through a wormhole to a place I had been on the 2 tab trip in high school. I was at a place of pure bliss it was so bright I could make out what it was just a bright figure and the I went back through the wormhole into my body and I started crying a hard cry saying I missed you Gabe and all of my memory’s from a child steered flooding my brain and I was in my unconscious mind like the trip in high school but this time I told myself only positive and creative thoughts and I felt a piece of myself that was lost that night in high school get re-ignited 2 weeks ago everyday I wake up since, I am glad I get to wake up and don’t have to. Off topic but God is real just not how you imagine but the almighty will save us. Keep faith and do what is good not good for you I love you, every one of you human beings we are all the same species fighting over skin color and opinions that have no meaning instead of being worried about our species and forming something worth saving other than the slaves with slave mindsets that we pass to our children

[reneepowers-walsh]

Funny my husband and I are shrooming right now and just before we saw this video we just had a very deep conversation and resolved some deeply rooted marital issues we were struggling with so take that as you will...

[hyperqprime]

I took 3 ounces of mushrooms in 5 days about 5 years ago and I haven't been depressed since. No joke

[nictibbetts]

Personally. Microdosing turns a very bad day into a bad day, a bad day into a normal day, a normal day into a good day, and so on and so forth.

[DruzyFairy]

Im an experienced mushroom gal and i had smoked cigarettes throughout my entire experiences with them. Until my last trip, which was barley more than a microdose, completely knocked the urge to smoke out of my body. I didnt even set that as an intention, the mushrooms simply said its time to stop. Its been 6 months and i havent even so much as craved a cigarette. I smoked from age 18-23. This same trip also allowed me to drink alcohol responsibly (less than twice a week) after being a full blown alcoholic from 21 to 23. My first trip cured my social anxiety at 19 and im still free to this day. Funky lil fungi

[brockfrreminz]

I believe now, after all my abuse and neglect and abandonment, that ego death, is essential to life

[jorgparker]

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings.
This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.