Now I know this may not seem like it pertains much to this forum, but hear me out if you will.
A few months ago, I happened to encounter an experience that would captivate me (might I say, in a somewhat negative way). A friend of mine decided to make psilocybin tea. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. He’s made it before and had wonderful experiences. He’s a very healthy man; he does yoga, attends a buddhist monastery to practice meditation, he’s an extremely well rounded person, very sincere and kindhearted, he is a vegetarian, and attends a school to be an Ayurvedic practitioner. Now he’s still considered to be a “child” to those of age and so am I. He’ll be twenty-one soon.
Alas, he made his tea, drank it, and within seconds felt the effects. I stayed with him to make sure things would go smoothly (which in any case, there should be someone to assist if needed). Within the first twenty minutes, the situation begin to get out of hand. He has Cystic Fibrosis and was convinced that the “mother” had taken him under her wing and found way to heal him. Soon after, he blacked out. He was yelling things that were absolutely absurd (pertaining to the healing process). I won’t mention those things. His words were uncomfortably vulgar. He, most certainly, underwent a temporary degree of psychosis. He was yelling vulgar things to his peers, to me, to his father. He ripped his father’s bandage off (he had a broken wrist) and told him that he was now “healed”. He was certain he’d rid himself of his Cystic Fibrosis. He was incoherent. He wasn’t responding to anything anyone was saying to him. He was shouting out random words, sentences. His eyes were wide and when he’d look at me, it’s as if he was looking through me. He wasn’t there. It’s as if his most primitive tendencies had been exposed. At some points, he’d act like a child. Most times he would expose himself sexually. Saying things, doing things in front of everyone. I considered calling the ambulance but I didn’t want to make things harder on him. I had a good strategy for holding him down, anyways.
In two hours, his dad had finally gotten him (after many failed attempts) to take a few supplements that would reduce his stress and null the trip. He gave him a B complex vitamin, melatonin, and 5HTP. I was surprised to see that these vitamins had worked significantly well! He fell asleep within minutes and we let him lay in the basement in the dark, checking on him every so often. He was naked at this point, again exposing himself to everyone (we gave him a robe).
About thirty minutes later, he came up to our bedroom and he was back! He was coherent, very quiet, kind of puzzled looking, but coherent. I asked him what had happened. He said that he’d gone into a dream state and experienced “om”. Might I say, I was profusely disturbed by this answer. I told him everything that had happened from my standpoint and of course he was embarrassed as all hell.
I’d like to mention that I had taken mushrooms as well, but remained in stable condition. He doesn’t have a background of mental disorders. He isn’t on medication and he, again, is very healthy and well rounded. I am here to inquire about what exactly may have triggered such a psychotic dysfunction? This experience has mystified me for months and I am desperately curious to know if this is a common thing among others. I know this all may sound extremely ignorant, but I’m proud to say we’ve moved on to a much more beneficial lifestyle that consists of a lot of yoga and dedication to the Ayurvedic lifestyle and principles. No drugs have been consumed since the incident and I understand that the universe was telling us that we must reconsider our ways. And surely we did.
Namaste.
I would say that they are useful but must be treated with much respect, because they can put a big hurt on your soul.