dosing.me

I received a little package of LSD in the post today. It looked like a standard letter, but contained a few tabs in a plastic bag. I had some recollections of past psychedelic experiences in therapy today. Looking back at these experiences with a fresh perspective, I can notice disturbing or even frightful moments that I had previously glossed over. Taking a full psychedelic trip feels very much like "returning home", in that one's quotidian ego-defenses drop temporarily and one feels more in t...

I've taken psychedelics (mushrooms in particular) many times, and while the experiences were eye-opening, none of them had any long-lasting mental health promoting effects. Why not? I suspect because I just wasn't interested in my own mental hygiene at the time. Like anything, these things can be used for good or bad depending on how the user exercises his or her will. In my early 20's I had a very blasé attitude towards my own mental health and what I chose to put into my body and why. While I...

After some reading online, I've learned that LSD and magic mushrooms are the two most popular substances with which to microdose. They have different affects on the consciousness when microdosed, with mushrooms described as "earthy" and LSD as "crisp". From The Third Wave: Mushrooms tend to dissolve the ego by immersing the user in their surroundings, which can be real or imagined. They promote deep introspection and meditation. It’s likely you will feel a deeper connection to, and understand...

This is a public journal about my attempt to treat a lifelong depressive outlook by, among many other things, microdosing illicit psychoactive substances. I've decided to make my endeavours public since microdosing is still fairly unexplored (and even taboo) territory in the modern West. If you're interested in mental health, introspection, observations about work, social, and family life in the 21st Century Western world, and how microdosing psychoactive substances can influence one's journey...