can mushrooms, as God's creation, do permament brain damage?

[Gunter S]

well?

[anewlife]

of course.

[G3N3R4L]

can a snake.. gods creation.. bite you and kill you..


yes..


just cuz its "god's" creation .. doesnt mean its neccessarily good for you

[Carrie]

LOL to the question

[esoter1c]

Clearly.

[tiedye]

How so? I've ingested ridiculous amounts of psilocybin and to this day, I've yet to notice any negative effect from it. They've been used for their healing properties for centuries by numerous cultures.

The only possibly negative effect I've come across is a bad trip, and in my opinion, that's just the mushrooms telling you that something's wrong in your life.

[ja_raul]

judging by this thread, yes.

[-evil-duerr-]

yup.
hallucinogenic drugs will turn people into introverted wankers trying to find symbolic meaning in their bowl of fruit loops and then calling up their burnout buddy to let him know " I think i've finally stumbled apon the fundamental truth about existance, and its in a bowl of kellogs cereall dduuuude!!!"

not to mention exhausting use of run on sentences.....

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by tiedye

How so?

That's a toxin you're putting in your body, boy. All that crazy stuff your brain is going through is similar to what your brain does when you're poisoned.

That being said, the most common danger with mushrooms is misidentification, getting a poisenous mushroom instead of its similar looking psilocybin-filled cousin.

On the third hand, escapism in and of itself can be very damaging psychologically and can alienate you from family and friends.

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

That's a toxin you're putting in your body, boy. All that crazy stuff your brain is going through is similar to what your brain does when you're poisoned.

I guess I just see things a different way.

Originally Posted by ebbomega

On the third hand, escapism in and of itself can be very damaging psychologically and can alienate you from family and friends.

Some folks use mushrooms for reasons other than escape, sir.

[ebbomega]

Frankly, in my experience, if it's not medicinal it's escapism in some form or another. Especially psychedelics.

[Revolver]

of course it can cuase brain damage. just like anything can cause damage if you take too much of it.

but overall mushrooms(infact all entheogens) are a million times healthier for you then alchohol or caffine.

infact many studies have concluded that entheogenic use is extremely benificial. im at work right now so i cant dig up the studies and link them but i will when i get home.

[-evil-duerr-]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Frankly, in my experience, if it's not medicinal it's escapism in some form or another. Especially psychedelics.

I think tiedye's point is that these can be enriching experiences for some.
Take artists and musicians for example.

The craziest drawings I ever came up with were when I was doing psychedelics every weekend back in grd.11 . I showed up to my art classes 50% of the time and got straight A's all year because I aced every project.
So in that respect they can be beneficial.

I found that it did effect my social skills negatively tho. I became a little to wrapped up in what was going on inside myself and focusing on my artwork to really care about socializing. I found that after I quit doing that stuff that I had some serious work to do on the way I interacted with people.

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

I think tiedye's point is that these can be enriching experiences for some.
Take artists and musicians for example.

Exactly my point

I found that it did effect my social skills negatively tho. I became a little to wrapped up in what was going on inside myself and focusing on my artwork to really care about socializing. I found that after I quit doing that stuff that I had some serious work to do on the way I interacted with people.

Perhaps it's because I've never been great at socializing that I've never noticed any adverse effects.

[MC Hammered]

What's worse?

Chowing down on some magic mushrooms or eating a Big Mac and washing that back with a Coke?

[-evil-duerr-]

i cant remember the last time a big mac threw my very being into a nightmarish journey into the depths of my psyche.

oh there was that one time... damn those double big macs. theyre a whole nother trip

[FireWire]

I will never forget that one time I did 10+ grams of bottom-bag mushrooms...

I made a fool of myself on multiple occasions that night and almost got arrested, twice, and run over by a car. My self-esteem was hurt for weeks after.

(This thread should be in the Drugs forum)

[decypher]

So far the only adverse effects listed in this thread have to do with improper or frequent use of entheogens. If used properly and in the right setting it can be beneficial for the mind.

[ppcock]

i remember doing 22 caps of e, 8 grams of mushrooms and 6 hits of acid.. plus pot in one setting.

and look how i turned out.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

What's worse?

Chowing down on some magic mushrooms or eating a Big Mac and washing that back with a Coke?

I'll say the latter. Mushrooms don't clog your cardiac vessels.

[FireWire]

In some clinical trials, small amounts of psilocybin given to patients with chronic headaches has helped reduce the frequency of those headaches by at least half...

[nabs]

Originally Posted by MC Hammered

What's worse?

Chowing down on some magic mushrooms or eating a Big Mac and washing that back with a Coke?

just reading that made me gag.

[Carrie]

mmm big mac

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by decypher

So far the only adverse effects listed in this thread have to do with improper or frequent use of entheogens. If used properly and in the right setting it can be beneficial for the mind.

Exactly what I was getting at. Thanks bro.

Originally Posted by ppcock

i remember doing 22 caps of e, 8 grams of mushrooms and 6 hits of acid.. plus pot in one setting.

and look how i turned out.

My second rave, which was a house rave, was pretty much that, minus the acid. Man... to be young again . . .

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by FireWire

I will never forget that one time I did 10+ grams of bottom-bag mushrooms...

I made a fool of myself on multiple occasions that night and almost got arrested, twice, and run over by a car. My self-esteem was hurt for weeks after.

(This thread should be in the Drugs forum)

Mushrooms only give you the trip you need to have. They tell you what you need to know about your life, be it good or bad. If you have a bad mushroom trip, it's the Earth telling you that there's something in your life you need to fix.

That or you just can't handle your shroomies.