some quick thoughts on tripping, five years later

I am not an expert and this is not medical advice

Elsa Beskow, Queen Water Lily

• Psilocybin has changed my life and I think it’s directly responsible for many of the positive changes I’ve seen in my work life, friendships and general happiness over the past few years.

  • That being said, I think I’m an outlier responder. I think *most people* would benefit from psychedelics, it’s just very possible they’d get like, a 2% or 5% boost in wellbeing instead of a 50% boost. Context and where you’re starting from and who you’re doing it with really matters

  • Hilariously, what I thought was my first ever psilocybin trip was actually a 4-AcO-DMT trip. Would highly recommend it—it’s very similar to psilocybin but I find it slightly more euphoric.

• I’ve experimented with LSD, ketamine and 2-CB, but the only psychedelics I’ve done repeatedly and would personally recommend are psilocybin and MDMA.

• If you would describe yourself as currently quite unhappy and searching for more joy and self-love, I would start with MDMA. If you’re generally pretty stable but in some kind of rut or contemplating a big life change, I would start with shrooms.

• To illustrate, my friend said last weekend: Yeah, this guy was asking me how he should decide on the job he does next, and I said, you should take some time off, talk to a lot of people, and do shrooms.