My boyfriend wants to do shrooms together because he “think it’d be fun” but I am really scared, I already do not like the way weed makes me feel and something like shrooms makes me anxious as well. Thank you for your answers.
My boyfriend wants to do shrooms together because he “think it’d be fun” but I am really scared, I already do not like the way weed makes me feel and something like shrooms makes me anxious as well. Thank you for your answers.
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Regardless of how I’d answer your first question, I’d respond to this by saying don’t do mushrooms if weed makes you anxious.
Shrooms is a much longer, different experience than weed. I’m an avid weed user and have done shrooms thrice.
The high lasts a long time, typically 4-6 hours. But to you, it’ll feel way LONGER, if you’re having a bad trip, it’ll feel like an eternity of chaos and confusion. But if you’re having a good trip, this is a positive probably.
I’m assuming you’re a girl and lighter than your boyfriend, so try not to take the same amount if you want to play it safe. Also if it’s your first time, make sure to do it someplace you feel completely safe. Surrounded by trustworthy friends, in your house, someplace to minimize panic.
I would also recommend against if you have serious anxieties currently that are stressing you out. Things like family problems, or anything that might leave you in a strongly negative headspace.
Make sure you feel safe, make sure you have lots of water, no plans, and don’t take too much
But yeah as the other guy said, if you get anxiety often from weed. Shrooms might be a terrible time for you, and I’d only recommend it when your headspace is the best it could be.
I get weed anxiety bad, but did not get any anxiety on shrooms. It actually made my anxiety almost completely vanish for like a month afterwards and I take them regularly because of this lol it makes your soul feel like it had been given a deep massage.
But being on it, you physically feel very comfy like youre floating on clouds. Mentally it shares one effect with weed: it can make you very introspective about literally anything in life. Ive never felt any negative feelings on it, and never felt like my brain was stuck in mud like how weed makes me feel.
But I will say I take shrooms differently than just straight up wolfing them down. I drink a few beers and microdose at first, then slowly microdose more and more as the night goes on until I’ve basically had a normal dose.
Don’t do what you aren’t eager to do. A friend would NEVER pressure you after a “no”.
I wouldn’t be too anxious about it, honestly doing shrooms was one of the best times of my life. I felt so free to be me, so comfortable in my own skin (and I’m a person with extreme anxiety) – I can’t smoke weed for this reason. and tbh I felt like a queen my entire high after I did shrooms. I think you should go for it and have fun, just try a little bit at first.
I hate pot, it’s always made me anxious.
I’ve only microdosed shrooms but I’ve really enjoyed them. The first time was a bit unfortunate because I had an injury and it made me hyper focused on the pain so it hurt worse but every other time has been just a relaxing thing.
Don’t do them if you are anxious, lol. You have to be comfortable with the really weird shit you’re about to deal with, like forgetting what everything means.
Only do shrooms if you are looking forward to it. It will not be fun unless you are literally like “oh yay! Shrooms!”
I have only ever had good trips, I have friends who had bad trips and it literally just kills it for a long time after, and you can have to have profound discussions with your sober self about how to come to terms with what you felt.
So if you feel pressured don’t do it. It will amplify that, if you are at a quiet beach, or up at the lake, the weather is gorgeous and you got nothing to do & nowhere to go for a long while, pop a cap and wait at least 30 minutes, and see how you are feeling, if you are enjoying it wait around another 15 and see how you feel then, if you still like how it is going, eat another ^(small one} and see.
I would recommend just keeping the dosage really low and eating actual mushrooms. I recommend chocolate, strong deli meats, or cheese to cut the taste. Don’t get good cheese or meat or chocolate. It will not taste good no matter how high the quality is.
Last time I did mushrooms, my friend was coming over to help me fill and build a planter bed, and she just showed up with them “I got shrooms.” Sun was shining! I was outside playing in the dirt, using my hands to create stuff, and it was a lovely time. I only had like 2 or 3 mushrooms and it lasted me like 4 hours before it started to wear off.
it’s like having all your nightmares come true, and then waking up and finding out that you are in another country but you don’t know how you got there or why. don’t do this stuff
My personal experience is that it gave me a shit ton of energy. But not like caffeine energy, more like my bones and body had to move. Mentally I felt sober. It wasn’t that paranoid weed mentality, it was sobriety with a little bit of extra. I was walking down a hill and hearing a click like a metronome. I had to stop and figure out what it was, but when I stopped it went away. So I started walking again and noticed I only heard the click inside my head with my right foot. Turns out one of the treads on my right shoe was catching the ground and making a click sound when it snapped back into place. Once I figured it out I didn’t hear it again at all for the entirety of my 2 hour hike through town and the woods. I perceived things differently than normal. I never really paid much attention to people’s lawns, but I noticed how much work it must have taken for some houses to get lawns looking the way they did. It started raining toward the end and it didn’t bother me at all. Once I got back home and I wasn’t moving anymore I had way too much energy and felt uncomfortable and like my house was closing in on me. I couldn’t eat or drink anything even though I tried. It was just weird chewing on stuff and trying to put things in my stomach. Honestly, if it didn’t give my body that high energy feeling it would’ve been amazing. I’d definitely do it more. But that high energy feeling is enough for me to not want to do it again. I only did a small amount, not enough to hallucinate, so idk if it feels any different, physically, if you take a higher dose. Just my experience.
It’s a lot like doing LSD only less intense.
Don’t take them if you’re scared. Also I would suggest being very comfortable around who you do take them with. Also, stay away from crowded/bright and loud environments. I would highly recommend being outdoors in a mountain environment if possible. If you do decide, remember what you are experiencing good or bad is essentially not real.
Check out the /r/shrooms subreddit for a better glimpse into the realm of psychedelics. The community is far better suited to answer your questions than /r/NoStupidQuestions is
I hated it. Couldn’t wait till it was over. Done once by choice and twice by people thinking it’s what I wanted (hidden in chocolate and in tea). Have done plenty of other and harder drugs including lsd; shrooms to me are terrible.
They are like LSD..things can do either way.
If you’re curious at all, and willing you can always start with a tiny tiny amount. Or do none. The choice is up to you, and no matter what you choose, your choice is valid.
For me it was like drowning… not necessarily a bad thing but it started to become overwhelming and i had to calm down to control it
I have ptsd so I remember thinking about quite a lot of things that i had long forgotten
These comments are terrible. Weed is nothing like it and when it hits you won’t even be thinking about negative things. Enjoy the ride, try a small amount. It’s life changing
If in doubt – don’t!
It’s like biting the electric tiger’s tail and riding it to the end of the unicorn rainbow
Set and setting is key. So ya if you aren’t feeling safe, don’t do it because the way you feel will ruin the entire experience then. I tried to explain this ahead of time to someone I know and she ended up doing the shrooms anyways despite being afraid and it didn’t go well for her at all.
Depends on which kinds and how much you eat. Just my two cents but I recommend you don’t do anything you don’t want to do no matter what.
Weed makes me anxious and I love mushrooms.
Just take a very very small amount and don’t take more the first time.
So you know it’s ok.
Next time take a little more.
There is no need to take a bunch and go balls to the wall trippin.
I did shrooms once with my best friend, and it was probably the best “unimportant” day of my life. We just hung out and talked and vibed. We flipped through comic books, for I don’t know how long, and marveled at every little pen stroke and how amazing stories as a concept are. We took a swing at theorizing world peace(couldn’t get it to come together), and we watched Citizen Kane. It felt so easy to convey little things about something to each other that I think would’ve been impossible otherwise, and mundane concepts seemed truly awesome and engrossing.
For me, everything was super interesting, and I got kinda giggly. The walls melted some, but not as much as LSD. It was fun
Hey if you haven’t been with this person for 4 years or maybe 5 is the better marker just don’t.
I knew someone that i thought would be my end all we were together for 6months, and he offered me acid and then over time he tried offering me coke more than once.
I said no to all of them and he did not end up being my end all. I just think if your partner offers the most likely don’t care about you. Now imagine if you guys break up ? Now you’re hooked on something that made you feel real when you were with them. Just don’t. Ive gotten offered so many times by a “partner” its not worth it.
Super fun! Just make sure you are in a safe environment and an environment where you feel comfortable. I’ve only had one bad trip, but the rest I have had an absolute blast. The bad trip was because I was uncomfortable in my environment, it was at a music festival and I was scared. The other times were when I was at my apartment with my friends, and I felt safe and knew that there was no potential danger or anything scary happening.
For me it’s just…great. you get that feeling in your stomach, not like an anxious feeling, but like going downhill on a roller coaster. But more relaxed. You get that feeling in your cheeks and can’t stop smiling or laughing. Literally my face hurts the next day from smiling so much. And colors are so vivid, like cartoon-ish. Depending on how much you take you can see patterns and shadows. Just good, good stuff.
Looking up at the stars was amazing touching water was amazing touching grass was amazing. It was just so much fun. So many sensory feelings and just happiness
Do not do it. If you are uncomfortable DO NOT. I urge you.
If it’s your first time, start low, like 1 gram.
Here’s the thing with shrooms. You can do a little bit. You don’t have to do a lot
It was basically a worse weed high, made me cry uncontrollably for like a half hour, then laugh uncontrollably the other, the rest of the night I just felt foggy
If you have any doubt at all DONT DO IT. the experience is ENTIRELY guided by your mindset. I also don’t enjoy doing it with one other person. Either be alone or with 3-4 trusted friends in case the vibe gets weird.
Don’t do something just because someone is proposing it. If you’re legitimately interested, that’s fine, and others can provide tips on being safe and comfortable, but don’t be pressured into doing anything, ever. Every interaction, whether it’s conversation or sex or drugs, should be consensual. Hard stop. You seem reluctant to do drugs, so don’t do them! Your body, your choice, all day long!
I try to avoid looking in mirrors on shrooms. Scares the hell out of me. Like my face starts changing shape and I see mushrooms growing out of my face. So anytime I go to the bathroom I avoid looking at the damn mirror.
FIRST – Don’t do anything you don’t want to do.
If you do want to, start very very very small. Micro dosing can be euphoric without any craziness. Overdoing it even by a smidge can be miserable. If you decide to do it (DONT IF YOU ARENT COMFORTABLE) do a small amount and wait. If you think, it’s been awhile and don’t feel anything- wait another hour. Trust me. The “I don’t feel anything, I’ll take more” is a death trap. Also, only take any in a place where you feel 100% safe, have your own designated bed to go to sleep/lay in, know everyone there and have people you 💯trust there. Any type of uncertainties can ruin your experience. If you feel safe it can be an awesome time.
for me shrooms often goes lkke this, first 30-45 minutes, nothing, then it’s exciting as i start to feel high and giggly. About 1.5 to 2 hours in, I often feel sick to my stomach, get anxious. then i puke a few times and feel a lot better. I don’t want to to talk to ANOYONE that wasn’t in my original group of people I am tripping with. I feel vsry vulnerable the time. The next couple hoirs are pretty fun, and then i come down and feel refreshed and new.
This is after taking a couple grams. If you take a full eighth or more, you are in for a ride.
Hallucinations are like things swirling around visually, but your imagination goes wild.
If you do try it, just take really small amounts until you know how it’s going to affect you and make sure you know what kijd of mushrooms you are eating, like really know because some animatas, for example, are very poisonous.
Depends on how much you take and how strong the shrooms are. Take a little and you feel pretty good, you get kinda introspective, and things look kinda funny. Start taking more than that and you start tripping, which is not really easy to explain and varies depending on the person, setting, and what you are bringing into it.
Taking a little probably won’t hurt, but you might get overconfident and then take too much. Just ease yourself into it if you want to try it, and don’t let anybody pressure you, including yourself, into taking a bunch at once if it’s your first time.
That’s my advice anyway.
LSD
I can tell you this much.. If you get anxiety over weed, DO NOT TAKE SHROOMS. You sound like the perfect candidate for a bad trip. If you can handle it mentally, they’re great and you will laugh your ass off. But if you can handle weed, I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST the shrooms
Well. It depends how you are.
Set and setting are very important. Meaning where are you and what is your mental state like at the time.
Being nervous to take them is normal but if your mom just died or something then probably don’t, or do.
Measuring your dose is essential. Only take like 2 grams your first time and google how to make mushroom tea, that’s the easiest way to stomach it at first.
If you’re under 25 just steer clear. Your brain is still underdeveloped and while it’s rare, you can cause permanent changes in your personality.
You’ll get the trip you need, not the one you want. So it may just be a good chill time, or you may hyperfixate on something you haven’t actively dealt with in your life.
They’re a wonderful tool that changed me for the better and helped me through some mental health issues. However if you don’t respect them they’ll kick your ass.
A bad trip is rarely bad, it’s something I think most people should experience. In the moment it’s horrible.
And no matter what your thinking or feeling just remember, “it’s just the drugs, this will end”. That has gotten me through many a difficult trip
Don’t do anything you don’t want to do. Tell your boyfriend to find someone else to trip with. If you want to say no but feel like you can’t or that your bf won’t drop it, ask a friend you trust to back you up. If someone is pressuring you to do psychedelics that you don’t want to do, you probably won’t have fun.
They work on very different chemicals in your brain so your experience with marijuana has no impact on your experience with psilocybin. Also as a side note: the strain, form, and THC percentage in your marijuana will definitely affect your experience, so hopefully you’re taking that into consideration.
I work in addictions and there is a ton of really promising evidence coming through about psilocybin. Many of us in my line of work are advocating to get it further de-criminalized/legalized, but it is still important to know a few things.
First off, make sure you (or your boyfriend it seems) trust the person you are getting them from so you know what you are getting is actually psilocybin. I have patients who’ve been getting all kinds of weird shit from gas stations lately that is labeled as “mushrooms” and is not psilocybin (gas station drugs could be a whole different convo).
Second, make sure you are somewhere you feel safe and comfortable with people who help you feel safe and comfortable. Do not let people pressure you.
You can always take a bit and then take some more if you aren’t feeling anything, but any experience I’ve had has been very fun and silly and beautiful.
Every brain is different, but I would consider psilocybin to be the least concerning of pretty much any substance out there right now.
Nah dont do it. And if yall do make sure you have a guide.
Shrooms affects everyone differently, my gf gets euphoric and i cry for six hours lmao
Literally the worst experience of my life that has left me in over a year of therapy and I still find myself questioning the point of life.
I took 1.5 grams, but a stomach surgery apparently multiplied the effect like I took 20 to 50 times more than I actually did. For a long time I thought I was dying and every scenario I could imagine for why I might die played out like a lifetime and then started again. By the time it ended I barely believed in reality any longer. Some times I still think I am hallucinating and could snap to another reality any second.
My experience is rare, but not unheard of. If you go on the dpdr subreddit, a lot of people claim their conditions started after doing hallucinogenics. You may have a better experience, but I would recommend caution.
I heard that bad trips are good for you.
You should not do them if you’re going into the experience being anxious, it will only get worse because your mind will drag you and you can’t reverse the trip. If you ever get to a place where you think you can handle it, make sure you are with someone that is like your bestie that won’t trigger any sort of petty fight or make you feel self conscious. Do it somewhere familiar where you feel safe. Every trip on shrooms I’ve had was a roller coaster of “I’m having fun! IM FREAKING OUT I HATE THIS. Oh it’s fun right now! Oh my god I’m not ok.” So just gotta be mentally prepared to have a long trip of maybe ups and maybe downs haha regardless it’s always bonding and something I talk about with that person decades later.
My experience with them sucked. Lots of solid advice here; bottom line, don’t do them if you don’t think it’s a good idea.
If you’re going to try them for the first time, I recommend being in a place that is very comfortable to you. Avoid large groups of people. Always remember that you can always more. You have to crawl before you run.
Did shrooms once and it was horrible. I do not like not being in control of myself. Felt like it would never end.
I met a guy who did them once. He said it made him and his family a better Christian.
If you are really scared don’t do it. Anxiety can be a recipe for disaster with psychedelics. Also, it’s your body and your boyfriend needs to respect that you don’t feel comfortable taking mushrooms. Mushrooms aren’t something anyone should push on you.