Revealing the Mind: The Promise of Psychedelics

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.

Acid saved my sons life he was a heroin addict for 14 years tripped with some of his friends that only took phsycadelics and the next day he flushed two bundles down the toilet totally reset his mind he’s been clean 3 years

Mushrooms stopped all my suicidal thoughts and helped me understand that many things are yet to come and that I needed to learn to “Just Be”. When you learn this you’ll find inner peace

Mushroom was good to me

At 7:01 the most telling quote from Dr Timothy O'leary "The kids who take LSD aren't gonna fight in your wars and they aren't going to join your corporations"

LSD helped me recover my eating disorder, it made me realize how beautiful our bodies are and how BLESSED we are to have what we have.

I was very depressed and angry at the world before I tried mushrooms. I cried while eating fruit, just seeing how beautiful it was and how it was nourishing me was amazing. I took acid and mushrooms at a festival that I went to by myself, I started to trip BAD and somehow made it back to my hotel safe and sound and I cried harder than I ever have. Something released in me that night. I was connected to myself. I needed that trip so badly. Since then, I haven’t been angry and I love so much deeper. I’m finally happy. I’m now growing my own mushrooms. Fuck the government, this shit is healing.

Lsd has helped with my social anxiety, I’ve been more open to strangers and less tense in social situations

Reduce ego and see things from a wider perspective; maybe world leaders should try some.

Psychedelics tend to fix problems at their core, unlike modern medicine which tries to fix the symptoms. This is why psychedelics work great for depression, addiction etc..

18 months ago, two DMT sessions took all my anxieties away. I see beauty in things everyone takes for granted. We're surrounded by beauty and love, but 95% of the world is turned off.

The sound of the forest touched me deeply. I couldn't stop crying.

Damn its beautiful to see World Science Festival releasing this talk.

I took it when it was legal, the real thing, not street junk. It changed me and at 70, I still remember every second of my trip. It was amazing.

Mushrooms reignited my passion for film and creating weird worlds

I entered college in a major I grew to hate, tip-toed on the borderline of expulsion/academic probation, and rapidly developed an unhealthy lifestyle filled with drugs (and the dealing of them), alcohol, and careless behavior. Naturally I soon found myself in a deep state of depression. Decided to take 2 tabs of LSD and hike a nearby mountainous trail in the Appalachia. I sat up on the mountain while peaking and watched an entire thunderstorm pass through the valley while I sat in the sun. Tears burst out of my eyes and I remained staring out contemplating my entire life and who I truly was. I realized how much time I had wasted looking at the world through other's expectations and feeling forced to fit a cookie-cutter template of a human-being. Realized how many facets of my life I had sacrificed all for the sake of "what It might look like" or "how cool with these people think I am?". The next day I quit cigarettes, quit my involvement with drugs, switched majors to something I found remotely interesting (biology apparently). Fast-forward 6 years. I'll be graduating medical school in <9 months and entering a residency program for surgery. I found something I loved, something that allows me to use abilities I didn't even know I possessed because I lacked the competency to recognize who I was and love myself for being exactly who I am. If I close my eyes I can sometimes still feel the sun on my skin and see the rainstorm pass me like that day on that mountain. LSD changed my entire life and I can say with complete honesty I owe my life to that experience and have never looked back. It provided me the ability to love myself and see everyone around me as an extension of my own love and energy. I can only hope the stigma behind it will continue to shift with more research and proper coverage in hopes of helping as many people as possible feeling lost or hopeless. Forever Grateful. ✌

Terence McKenna smiling down on earth right now.

This drug can literally end wars

I have been helped tremendously with the use of psychedelic mushroom, it helped me get over negativity and focus on a positive attitude and good sense of reasoning to my surprise this helped me go through the most difficult part of my life and to be sincere I’m glad I gave it a trial

Being almost 30 iv been around a bit I have never seen such unfettered love in a community before as I do in the fungi community. The love and support for all around I haven't really even seen any toxicity everyone wants to help one another share these amazing stories guide one another to a better life not dog down people to attempt to make themselves feel better. We as human beings should study this more and grow as people New to fungi and growing