🍄Fungi have inhabited the earth for more than 400 million years, and early ritualistic use of the magic mush date as far back as 9,000 years ago.
👀This guy was created by the Mayans during the preclassic period.
📝How do you ritualize your mushroom intake?
How Your DNA Can Impact #Psychedelic Experiences
New research shows that certain #DNA sequences and genetic mutations can make an individual predisposed to stronger trips, no trips, or feeling the effects of some psychedelic drugs and not others.
https://t.co/5z9gyEyJmj
In this psilocybin study, improvements in measures of wellbeing, depression severity, suicidal ideation, and trait anxiety occurred via reductions in experiential avoidance. Reductions in experiential avoidance were positively associated with ego dissolution and psychological insight but not mystical-type experience or emotional breakthrough.
Reduction in experiential avoidance makes intuitive sense to me as a general transdiagnostic mechanism and as an explanation for the effect sizes for certain psychedelics that don't cause ego dissolution.
from @RickZeifman@WagnerAnne@CandiceMonson@RCarhartHarris
https://t.co/c8xGJBmuBC
New Huberman Lab Podcast out now: HOW PSILOCYBIN CAN REWIRE THE BRAIN: THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS & THE RISKS•
•How it Triggers Neuroplasticity
•Dosages & Journey/Trip Structure
•Creativity & Pleasure Post-Journey
•Legal, Safety Issues
•Clinical Studies
https://t.co/STdSXpfZ0k
#EarthDay A study in 2022 found that the use of #psychedelics (mostly 🍄) is associated with increases in nature-relatedness and objective knowledge about #ClimateChange— prior research identified as strong predictors of pro-environmental behavior. https://t.co/x9jFisJyKN