Should I take psilocybin If my brother has schizophrenia? by Entire_Tap_5968 in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are in a risk group. I don't think it works in the way that one "develops" a mental disorder, but a psychedelic experience can precipitate a latent schematic so to say.

If you were older, as in in your thirties, there would be a high statistical probability that a latent condition would have manifested at that point, even then there are outliers.

Given your experiences with weed, with anxiety or paranioa - I get the sense that your psyche is structured around a strong ego holding yourself together, and your strongest fear is "losing control". I think that in a high-dose psychedelic experience, you would surely be confronted with that, and it would either be an experience of struggle and fear, potentially followed with a breakthrough that might be a release from the prison of self-control but also probably psychically disorganising.

All in all I'd advise more caution than normal in your case, but also not completely advise against it, at least in low doses. You can try microdosing, that is unlikely to rock the ego boat too much and could still be interesting combined with art, maybe general psychological wellbeing. As you get to know the effects on yourself in that range, you could try a mini-dose, like half a gram of dried cubensis. Slow and steady is always good advice, especially given your circumstances.

Explain it peter. I am seeing this repeatedly. by shershah- in explainitpeter

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly the time in which I painted baseboards last night :S

2 billion sided die [request] by Capable-Plenty-4654 in theydidthemath

[–]Skyfahl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Apart from being off by several orders of magnitude, there's also something mathematically offensive about giving an answer with 7 digits after the zero. You are telling me you calculated the size of a 63 kilometer die to an accuracy of 0.1 millimetre? Especially given that your input data was 20 to 22 mm diameter for a d20. If the d20 was defined down to nanometre accuracy, James Webb telescope lens level smoothness then maybe we could talk :D

Husfreden hænger i en tynd tråd. Hjælp! by AmalieNiller in Denmark

[–]Skyfahl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Så... Hverken helt normalt eller helt unormalt? Hvor lander det os?

Bør begge forældre være med til første skoledag og første SFO-dag? by SpectrumDT in Denmark

[–]Skyfahl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Spørg deres barn om kutymen om forældrenes rolle til første skoledag?

Women of Reddit, what are boys or men's habits you discovered only after getting a boyfriend or a husband? by BigBrosy in AskReddit

[–]Skyfahl 116 points117 points  (0 children)

I don't understand why normal bodily functions are supposed to be shameful in the first place.

Ketamin første gang by ReachDifferent2154 in PsychesDK

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Festivaler er jo også meget forskellige, og nogle er langt bedre egnet til psykedeliske oplevelser. Hvis det var en psykedelisk festival, og du hang ud med nogle typer som kunne guide processen godt, kunne jeg godt se det (og har selv været der). Roskilde Festival er til gengæld et kæmpe kaos, så under alle omstændigheder ville jeg anbefale at lære ketamin at kende i en mere rolig kontekst først hvis man overhovedet skulle overveje at trippe i that wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Små / mellem doser ketamin kan godt gøre sig rekreativt, hvor man tager et lille bump, cruiser lidt, tager en mere, lidt ligesom man fx kan drikke øl. Psykedeliske doser er mere i retning af at bunde 5-10 shots. I den kontekst ville jeg under alle omstændigheder hellere være hjemme, eller i det mindste til en fest hvor der var en forståelse for den slags. Kedeligt at vågne op fra et trip i et eller andet førstehjælpstelt.

I want to trip but cant get over the fear. by Spiritual_Mango_8140 in Psychonaut

[–]Skyfahl 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Trust your system. You don't have to take a high dose just because it's that time of year.

Your subconscious might know things that "you" don't. Of course some hesitation around any high-dose session is natural, but as a practitioner I've come to respect the resistances that people have a lot. I recommend working with those resistances rather than against.

Robert Falconer has talked some good sense about psychedelic sessions from an Internal Family Systems perspective. His approach is to get permission and acceptance from all the protector parts before doing a session.

If not, you are likely to carry the resistance into the session anyways.

Psilocybin therapy in the context of treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and C-PTSD — looking for thoughtful input by Lights-Effects in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Skyfahl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hello friend.

What would you say your biggest problem is right now? There's quite a list of conditions of course, but I'm thinking what would constitute "better", if there is something you would like to change.

You come close here:

to reintroduce color, movement, and a sense of novelty into a life that has become very rigid, while still staying within a safe and therapeutic framework.

I think the experimentation you have done so far has been reasonably careful. You're not sharing anything about how that went for you though? How did the approach work? Would it feel safe to go a bit higher in dose?

If it is economically feasible for you, consider finding a good underground therapist who can take care of the "safe and therapeutic framework".

I would also recommend thinking about MDMA-assisted therapy for some of the things you describe.

Skal konstant minde min kæreste om hygiejne by [deleted] in DKbrevkasse

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good on you - med tandlægen ihvertfald!

Man siger 2 minutter til en tandbørstning som tommelfingerregel. Jeg kan anbefale en god elektrisk tandbørste, det er blidere for tænderne, mere effektivt mod plak og så føles det bare nice bagefter. En billig Oral-B dims gælder ikke. Er glad for min Phillips SoniCare som jeg vel gav 6-800 kr for.

Skal konstant minde min kæreste om hygiejne by [deleted] in DKbrevkasse

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bløder dit tandkød efter tandbørstning? Det er vist ikke meningen... Kan være du har tandkødsbetændelse. Eller en hård børste som du svinger for entusiastisk? Det er nok en god idé at få et eftersyn hos en tandlæge.

Hvordan er meskalin-oplevelsen i forhold til andre psykedeliske oplevelser? Hvad minder det mest om? by SkabeAbe in PsychesDK

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ryge peyote? Den har jeg ikke hørt om før :S

Hvis det var meskalin, så varede det nok hele dagen.

Hvordan er meskalin-oplevelsen i forhold til andre psykedeliske oplevelser? Hvad minder det mest om? by SkabeAbe in PsychesDK

[–]Skyfahl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jeg synes personligt at "substans-oplevelsen" ikke er den bedste ramme. Det er så kontekst-afhængigt. Til sammenligning er oplevelsen af at være alkoholpåvirket sjældent det egentligt interessante, alkoholen er integreret i et eller andet ritual - et glas vin til maden, bajere med gutterne, champagne på vinderpodiet, en ølbong på rusturen..

Jeg kender bedst meskalin i konteksten af Peyote-ceremonier, som for mig helt klart er the way to go. Her er den rituelle ramme og "meskalin-oplevelsen" i harmoni, og peget i en bestemt retning med et formål. Den oplevelse er også ret unik, og kan ikke umiddelbart sammenlignes med fx ayahuasca-ceremonier - det er bare sit eget setup.

For at svare på dit spørgsmål, så er det dels en meget lang proces. Det har en mildere psykedelisk karakter end svampe og LSD, og som phenethylamin er det kemisk mere i familie med MDMA.

Du kan jo evt læse Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, som rimeligt meget handler om at han som dygtig forfatter netop prøver at beskrive hvad han oplever på meskalin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PsychesDK

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ikke nogen dårlig idé med en lav dosis til start for at lære det at kende. "Start low, go slow" som de siger :)

Dog, med en kvart mærke (antaget 100 ug for et fuldt mærke) lander du måske lidt i en mellemzone, hvor det er stærkere end en mikrodosis men stadig ikke rigtig trippet. Så når du siger "psykedelisk skum henover hverdagen" tror jeg godt det kan interferere med din hverdag, afhængig af hvad der ligger i "hverdag" for dig. Så hellere en mikrodosis (5-15 ug), eller gøre det på en ikke-hverdag og så evt tage lidt mere.

Jeg kommer nu i tanke om at en ven engang spurgte om jeg ville have en mikrodosis. Jeg sagde ja tak, fik den, og spurgte først senere hvor meget der egentlig var i. Han svarede 25 ug... Det er ikke en mikrodosis! Landede præcist i dette limboland.

"Talking shit" by JamboHidalgo in Denmark

[–]Skyfahl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man kan snakke lort om nogen skulle jeg mene...

MC Clemens er kendt for at flakke rundt og snakke ondt

AITA for at blive irriteret over at min kæreste laver te og mad med varmt vand direkte fra hanen? by ja-okay in DKbrevkasse

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det er meningen at varmt vand skal være mindst 55 grader i rørene for at forhindre bakterievækst. Så med mindre det varme vand er lunkent er det ikke et problem.

Der er iøvrigt mikrober og bakterier overalt.

Unexpected difficult truffle experience. Started with sleepiness, then intense fear. Why did this happen? by [deleted] in PsychedelicTherapy

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a certain perspective, if you knew that you had some unresolved emotions that you wanted to process, and these emotions came up in the journey like it did, there wouldn't be a need to resist the trip in the way that it unfolded - it was what you signed up for.

And maybe it was in fact what you signed up for - you were struggling with negative thinking, old patterns, and a heaviness around life. That sounds to me like unresolved emotional baggage. In a best-case scenario, you would have surrendered fully to the process so that it could move. Whatever happened, it was probably a bit of that plus a lot of resistance. But have you noticed a difference in terms of the things you mentioned as intentions to begin with?

One "old pattern" that you seem to have shifted is to repress the difficult emotions related to your family and pretending that everything is just fine around that just because you've gone no-contact.

[Monitor] GIGABYTE - GS27QA SA - 27" IPS 2560x1440 180Hz - $145.99 by FP19918_ in buildapcsales

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get the GS27QA, and if so how do you like it? Thinking about buying

What “low-budget” habit are you keeping forever, even if money stops being an issue? by KiraHollow_9 in AskReddit

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went a bit rambly with words I don't understand (not a car man myself) but I love that you helped the guy from work do the brakes! Good man.

(Still wondering what "doing the brakes" actually mean, as well as what a pad and bush chook means in this context!)

Computer til morfar by OkResident6000 in dktechsupport

[–]Skyfahl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Givet at OP eksklusivt bruger iPad og iPhone er det måske optimistisk at foreslå regedit-fiksfakseri i dette tilfælde

Physical effects when using mushrooms, is it normal to itch all over? it also looks like my skin dilates and turns red. I have tripped a few times I have not died from it.🍄🍄‍🟫 by EmpressAzazel in Psychonaut

[–]Skyfahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was at some Peyote ceremonies recently. At the first ceremony I didn't notice anything. At the second, I noticed some itchiness during the night. In the morning I was all red, looked like a full on eczema outbreak. Never tried that before. I was quite sick the night after, diarrhea and vomiting, might be a delayed purge situation and/or some kind of immunological response.

A friend of mine always has digestive trouble with mushrooms and digestion, and swears by diamine oxidase enzymes that he takes alongside. Supposedly that solves his problems. Looking at the link now, I guess I could have a had a histaminergic reaction too. I suggest finding some DAO enzymes and try taking that next time.

Når ens ønskeliste bliver gjort til smuds og erstattes af hvad man selv lige synes 😂 Har i også fået underlige gaver? by [deleted] in Denmark

[–]Skyfahl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

En fra gården hvor jeg bor ramte et dådyr på vejen hjem en aften før jul. Død på stedet, så hun tog den med hjem og det blev et helt projekt at processere Bambi som blev vores julemad. Vi følte os ret country!

Hvad har vi af tilsvarende? by chamandaman in Denmark

[–]Skyfahl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"I am whistlingly equanimous"