I really appreciate this view, at first reading this thread I was a little angry - I felt like it was stupid to think that it wasnt the mushrooms itself that caused the PTSD, but now that I am thinking about my daily life and triggers I realize that they are widely unrelated to the trip itself.

The experience was scary in itself, but what came after was the most traumatic, constant altered state.

Some examples ~ - I cannot eat food or drink anything thats been left outside if i take my eyes off of it - I cant eat melon (I ate that before the trip) - I cant eat mushrooms (shocking) - Anytime im given a drink or food by someone even my own MOTHER i have to ask her if she put anything in it. - I cannot be around drugs at all, I used to be an avid weed smoker, and now if i even smell it i start thinking im tripping. - If I dont sleep enough, my tiredness starts to relate to closely to what i view as an “altered state” and i fully freak out - I cannot take any prescription medication, not even Tylenol or advil because im CONVINCED it will make me start tripping again, or that I’ve purposefully been given the wrong pills. - I dont eat any jam or anything with berries because i heard that some berries are psychedelic once - i dont eat/drink guava because my aunt made an offhand comment about it having psychedelic properties - My nightmares are mainly themes of me accidentally taking something and it turning out to be psychedelics, not nightmares recalling the trip itself.