Butcher Bob
Lone Wolf
Have you met the Mushroon Man? (hero dosing)
(originally posted April 12, 2020)
I first became interested in hero dosing after hearing aboot it's use to treat PTSD and concussive force brain trauma. These things change the 'wiring' of the brain, affecting how it operates. Hero dosing is thought to 'reset' the brain's functioning back to normal. When I was 18 I had a nasty accident where I bit the steering wheel (knocking out 3 teeth) and head butted the windshield. So I thought maybe it was something I should look into.
My first concern was...can you OD on mushrooms? From everything I've seen on the subject, it is virtually impossible to OD. My next concern was...would I be tripping for days? Everything I looked at indicated a 6 hour time frame from ingestion to completion no matter how much you take. In my experiences since then, I find that to be pretty accurate.
So 13 months ago I did my first hero dose. I had heard aboot folks on DMT seeing metal mechanical elves, and likewise I saw folks describe meeting the Mushroom Man on hero doses of mushrooms. I was curious, so here is my recollection of that dose, written shortly after I came back to reality...
March 9, 2019
So I was a bit tentative aboot it...7 grams seemed like a lot.
Ten minutes, eh...twenty, was that a tingle?...thirty, whoa, here we gooooo! :flyguy:
For the first hour I tried to maintain a semblance of reality, then I let go.
It's best if you close your eyes.
The visuals are spectacular...fantastical...vibrant. They don't stop, constantly changing, like a ride through the fun-house at the amusement park. Only this is no ordinary fun-house. THIS fun-house is completely animated, the very best CGI. I'm sitting on the ride, but I can interact with the visions, simply by looking at them and thinking. I can change the theme and style of the ride at will. I never realized my mind was so much fun. Now a pirate, I see him...it's the Mushroom man! My sloop pursues, but his brig is faster. I load myself into the cannon...lead the shot...FIRE!! I'm gaining on him, as I fly through the air. It's disorienting when I hit the water. Keep swimming. Which way is up? Keep swimming. The bubbles clear. I see the hull of his ship slicing through the water above me. Keep swimming. It's going to be close... NOOOO! The brig slips by, just out of reach. I envision the Mushroom man's smile, like the Cheshire cat's grin, and he projects a whispered thought to me...
Not enough. :teeth:
Yes, it is definitely best with your eyes closed. :)
I will try again...maybe double that. ;)
Since then I've done two other hero doses that I wrote aboot, but first I wanted to see if anyone else in the group had any experiences to relay or thoughts on the subject of hero dosing in general. :)
(originally posted April 12, 2020)
I first became interested in hero dosing after hearing aboot it's use to treat PTSD and concussive force brain trauma. These things change the 'wiring' of the brain, affecting how it operates. Hero dosing is thought to 'reset' the brain's functioning back to normal. When I was 18 I had a nasty accident where I bit the steering wheel (knocking out 3 teeth) and head butted the windshield. So I thought maybe it was something I should look into.
My first concern was...can you OD on mushrooms? From everything I've seen on the subject, it is virtually impossible to OD. My next concern was...would I be tripping for days? Everything I looked at indicated a 6 hour time frame from ingestion to completion no matter how much you take. In my experiences since then, I find that to be pretty accurate.
So 13 months ago I did my first hero dose. I had heard aboot folks on DMT seeing metal mechanical elves, and likewise I saw folks describe meeting the Mushroom Man on hero doses of mushrooms. I was curious, so here is my recollection of that dose, written shortly after I came back to reality...
March 9, 2019
So I was a bit tentative aboot it...7 grams seemed like a lot.
Ten minutes, eh...twenty, was that a tingle?...thirty, whoa, here we gooooo! :flyguy:
For the first hour I tried to maintain a semblance of reality, then I let go.
It's best if you close your eyes.
The visuals are spectacular...fantastical...vibrant. They don't stop, constantly changing, like a ride through the fun-house at the amusement park. Only this is no ordinary fun-house. THIS fun-house is completely animated, the very best CGI. I'm sitting on the ride, but I can interact with the visions, simply by looking at them and thinking. I can change the theme and style of the ride at will. I never realized my mind was so much fun. Now a pirate, I see him...it's the Mushroom man! My sloop pursues, but his brig is faster. I load myself into the cannon...lead the shot...FIRE!! I'm gaining on him, as I fly through the air. It's disorienting when I hit the water. Keep swimming. Which way is up? Keep swimming. The bubbles clear. I see the hull of his ship slicing through the water above me. Keep swimming. It's going to be close... NOOOO! The brig slips by, just out of reach. I envision the Mushroom man's smile, like the Cheshire cat's grin, and he projects a whispered thought to me...
Not enough. :teeth:
Yes, it is definitely best with your eyes closed. :)
I will try again...maybe double that. ;)
Since then I've done two other hero doses that I wrote aboot, but first I wanted to see if anyone else in the group had any experiences to relay or thoughts on the subject of hero dosing in general. :)