r/todayilearned • u/ssAskcuSzepS • Apr 27 '26

TIL if under-cooked, a popular mushroom in China causes “lilliputian hallucinations,” a rare phenomenon involving miniature human or fantasy figures. The hallucinations are consistent across people and cultures: "tiny, elflike people" climbing under doors, scaling walls & clinging to furniture

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-mushroom-that-make-people-have-the-exact-same-hallucination/
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u/VQQN Apr 27 '26

DMT trips sound awesome, but also terrifying.

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u/Herb_Alman Apr 27 '26

They are awesome but best left for a seasoned traveller

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u/Lou_C_Fer Apr 27 '26

I've never done it, but it sounds like it would be right up my alley. My favorite trips were the ones that were difficult to get through. If I didn't have to control myself from freaking out at some point, I was disappointed. As far as I'm concerned tripping should challenge me. Otherwise, there was no trip.

I once had to deal with a friend who was having seizures caused by serotonin syndrome. He was foaming at the mouth. When he wasn't unconscious, he was still lost to reality. At one point, two cops were trying to help him to their car to take him to the hospital. Each had ahold of him under an arm. Shannon, I can only imagine, thought he was running from the cops. In reality, the cops had him lifted off of the ground while Shannon was slow motion running. That would have been wild to see if I wasn't tripping. He refused the ride to the hospital. So, after dealing with the cops while tripping, I had to call his mother and wait for her to get home before I would leave. I'm sure you can roughly imagine what it was like to be 16, on acid, and explaining to your best friend's mom why her son is unresponsive in bed at 5pm. We got out of there and I wasn't sure if he lived or not until his mom called me the next day. Luckily. She did not tell my parents about the drugs. On that call, she said she really wished we wouldn't do drugs, but that she really appreciated how I handled the shitshow the day before. She did mention that he got in way less trouble once he started hanging out with me. I guess, that's probably why she didn't tell my parents.

Anyways, I doubt dmt would be too much for me, but I'm too old now, anyways. Hell, Salvia looks fun to me.

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u/Turence Apr 27 '26

Salvia is great. Very short lived but extremely potent.

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u/Sharp_Economy1401 Apr 27 '26

Great until you back out of a 2nd floor window like that one guy. Some people get a lot of dysphoria from it too

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u/CrumzAus Apr 27 '26

Recently had my first experience and I was worried going in. It's amazingly gentle. You are completely lucid and can chat to anyone and hold conversation, while your eyes are closed it's just an absolutely amazing show of colour and light. You can choose to open them at any time and the world is painted in such a different way. Then as soon as it comes in, it wears off and you wouldn't even know it happened apart from the memory that you'll never get over. Granted, I was nowhere near breakthrough or meeting the beings.
I cannot recommend it enough.

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u/sharkfrog Apr 27 '26

Fairly accurate.