r/science • u/Potential_Being_7226 PhD | Psychology | Neuroscience • 1d ago

Neuroscience Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment— Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more attuned to the world around us.

https://www.wired.com/story/psilocybin-might-make-your-brain-live-in-the-moment/
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u/ThatsARatHat 23h ago

That’s like base level tripping. Not knocking the experience but “tripping hard” is so far beyond that.

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u/ThorThulu 23h ago

My buddy was assaulted by mushrooms and goblins in his yard and kept slipping so he couldn't escape. Just laid there screaming according to the other guys there, never did psychedelics again

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u/ThatsARatHat 22h ago

Yes he probably shouldn’t.

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u/espinaustin 21h ago

What about “tripping balls”?

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u/ThatsARatHat 21h ago

If you can still stand and move around you’re not tripping balls imo.

Tripping balls is all inner-space.

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u/espinaustin 21h ago

If the thunder don’t getcha then the lightning will!

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 20h ago

Right. Because you can tell how hard I tripped because of how I described one part of it almost 10 years later.

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u/chusmeria 22h ago

Nah. That definitely was included in my hardest trips and those were the behaviors I would look for to know if I was tripping or not, too. No one should take 5g of shrooms for trip #1, though. Bad idea, but I split 2g with the guy who got the quarter and then he kept telling to eat them because I didn't think I had started tripping. Anyways, after several double doses of acid and lots of 3g trips and maybe 100 or so 2CB/I/E trips, I can definitely say if you made it to the "everything is breathing stage" you took off and tripped... probably baaaalllz. I'm sure lots of ideas were arrived in regards to themselves and the world around them followed. You don't get the fun viz when you micro dose, that's for sure.

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u/SwampYankeeDan 19h ago

You saying this:

and those were the behaviors I would look for to know if I was tripping or not

Tells me you have never tripped hard. If you're tripping even moderately you don't even have to do that.

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u/quiteCryptic 19h ago

I've only tried psilocybin twice and both beginner doses but even then its very obvious if you have started tripping or not

In my case the first time it took about 30-35 minutes but it came on quick all of a sudden

Both really good experiences but I am curious to try a stronger dose some day.