This Is Your Brain On Shrooms

Psychedelics like magic mushrooms have huge effects on the brain. But what are they doing up there? More than 180 species of "magic mushrooms" produce the psychoactive compound psilocybin. And ingesting it triggers some pretty trippy changes in the brain. Shrooms and many of these other psychedelic drugs show real promise for treating mental health issues and may result in breakthrough medications for psychiatric disorders.

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Chapters:
0:00 An introduction
1:54 Psychedelics and their effects
3:21 The promise of psychedelics
4:28 A brief history of shroooms
7:00 The neuroscience of psychedelics
12:15 What makes them trippy
14:30 How dangerous are they
17:36 What the future looks like
18:25 Buy our book

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[luwadee]

When I’m on shrooms I get so overwhelmed with happiness I just can’t stop smiling. It feels amazing, I didn’t know it was possible to even be that happy

[ParkBills]

Psilocybin, LSD, shrooms and ketamine are absolutely life changing substances that have so much potential to help people with mental health issues

[Jennifer-bwku]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[jxck_exorcist]

As someone who suffers from depression and anxiety shrooms really help me by giving me that “nothing matters just move on, just do what you want” mindset and made it a little easier to love myself and express myself through my style

[KandeeKush]

In my experience, most bad trips happen when you fight the effects. Ideally you want to give in to the effects and allow yourself to feel everything the experience presents to you, even if it is uncomfortable. It's usually trying to teach you something.

[fefe]

The way everyone describes the feeling it sounds like being a child again 🥺, you’re just happy, everything is beautiful, and you get all this positive energy and you learn to love yourself and u see the real you.

[DaveTorres]

Psychedelics dissolved 10years of my depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in 10 minutes for me.
When I opened my eyes I came back as a different me.
All trauma has been dissolved before my very eyes.
I understood what love and understanding truly meant and 9 months on, I've never experienced any of the depression and anxiety that plagued my existence beforehand.
I saw every path that everyone had ever taken and why.
It is the most profound experience of my life. Just my experience.

[supermariasunshine]

yesterday was my 20th birthday, so my partner and i decided to trip on shrooms for the first time. i spent lots of time with her just giggling uncontrollably and drowning in the joy of her presence. i later found myself recollecting all of the traumatic memories of my childhood, feeling proud of how far i've come despite the incredible obstacles i'd faced as a kid. for so long i believed i'd kill myself before i turned 18, but here i am, two years later, with a beautiful partner and a house to call my own. with friends who love and support me. it was a beautiful feeling, and it helped me realize a lot.

[IsaiahBerlanga]

story: I did 2 tabs SUPER strong n I was making music and I was stuttering while making the song i was working on. Then i literally slapped myself told myself to stop stuttering n haven't stuttered since October 2020

[avayamm]

Just had my first trip at home, came out a changed person and all it took was crying over killing a pig in minecraft, crying over stabbing a microwavable pot pie, having an indepth 30 minute conversation with my dog discussing animal cruelty and other general sins of mankind-- all while barely being able to stand up. 10/10

[KC-vswp]

I have PTSD and spent a lot of my life downplaying my trauma and trying to be as strong as possible for those around me I needed to protect. I tripped for the first (and probably only) time a few weeks ago, and during the experience it felt like the weight of my past was finally lifted off of me. The light from the large window in my living room seemed so clean and pure and grew to cast over everything. I felt genuine peace for the first time. I cried a lot, but I wasn’t sad exactly, it was more this feeling of release. I made peace with everything that happened, and realized I didn’t need to live my life being anxious and hyper-alert all of the time anymore. It felt like this presence was assuring me that everything was going to be okay, that I had been strong for so long but that it was all okay now. I felt that this presence was God, and that I wasn’t alone. It changed me and was the most healing thing I’ve ever experienced.

[nicolecortez]

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 out here

[GeenaPoldnev]

funny how shrooms are the most harmless drugs yet illegal however alcohol, the deadliest drug and a very addictive drug is legal and socialized smh

[EricYoungArt]

I'm happy to see this becoming mainstream. Psilocybin as a tool, not just for healing, but for exploring the deeper and hidden parts of our imagination is beyond valuable. The effect these things are about to have on our society is going to be monumental if it isn't stopped (again) by the powers that be. Thank you for helping to spread the message.

[chang]

The experience I got from taking shrooms as a whole was spectacular, I felt completely supported.

[em_is_rosie]

I’ve had my second ever trip last week and I felt a sudden change within myself mid-trip. I’ve had problems with eating disorders for years, binge eating being the most prominent. I felt like I didn’t need to do it anymore, and it was so surreal. This is the longest I’ve gone without binging or purging in years. I think it honestly helped me overcome it for good.

[acapellascience]

This is a great video!

also, i find it hilarious how hard the industry works to NOT get you high. As someone once pointed out to me, we don't ban substances based on whether they're harmful, we ban them based on whether they're fun

[psychsteeves]

I can say personally shrooms have made me realize that life is short and i gotta enjoy it, helped me gain motivation to keep working out, helped me figure out what I wanted to strive to be when i grow up, made me realize how grateful i should be and much more stuff

I strongly recommend taking them if you are in a mentally stable place and/or in a safe setting

[claudettechayer]

I am 73 and I have done mushroom twice in a very spiritual environment and I loved it. I don't feel addicted but I want to do it again. I take also microdoses of mushrooms it helps with mood and I believe it works on my brain to function better.
You made a great video continue the good work. I believe that all humans would benefit from taking mushrooms.

[BreukelenDawn]

Last year I took an 1/8 of shrooms and experienced genuine happiness for the first time in my life. I had a pretty shitty childhood and have been dealing with clinical depression for 12 years. And within the span of about 30mins - all of the weight I've felt my entire life was lifted from my shoulders and I felt like I could breathe clearly for the first time. I've smoked weed for so long and have never felt that way before. Weed distracts me from my depression and let's me repress it - with shrooms, I felt no depression. I don't know a whole lot about what euphoria is and how it works but I know I wish I could feel like that 1000% percent of the time. I can completely understand how things like microdosing could be used to treat depression.