How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more

I'd like to propose the theory that being naked with your partner in a hotel room, on shrooms, might not be exactly the environment / setting most conductive to personal growth and introspection.

As you said, it's fun, so you might have just marveled at the experience. The medical setting is a controlled environment, with clear goals, setup, protocol and licensed professionals on site. Also, the integration step after the experience is crucial for therapeutic success.

High-fiving your partner after having what can potentially be amazing shroom sex doesn't count as integration / therapy. Mind you, I don't mean to be offensive in any way, what you described is amazing and fun, but probably not therapy. It's okay to do every so often though.

Also, very experienced people can attain therapeutic effects tripping on their own, but that's generally not recommended at all. Shrooms have incredible potential, but it's not a cure-all medicine that mystically solves all mental issues simply by tripping - you still have to put in the work.

I'd like to dispel the notion that shrooms replace therapy - they assist it greatly.

I perceived something like an ease of anxiety, it happened when I was already older, like over 40, and was experiencing a lot of stress at work and private life. It wasn't even my intention, to do shrooms for this reason. I just felt like it and made myself a cozy Friday evening, with shrooms. For a moment i had it all laid out, something like a mind map, with all my problems pointing to the stress agent. I felt a sense of ease, because i was never able to focus on one problem before and now i was focused not only on one, but all at the same time. It was also like i had taken a few steps back and was observing from a distance, which helped to see things clearer.

It is so difficult to explain, because i felt a complete absence of emotion towards the problems, but at the same time i was as emotional as i haven't been for a long time. It was like being able to filter all things you are sensing and abstracting emotions from things that actually don't deserve emotion, but rather cold minded rational thinking, to be able to deal with it.

It was by far not the all around healing and problem solving experience, but it changed the way i face things in life from the ground up. It's a state of mind that always helps me to connect with myself.

What i like about the experiences while on shrooms, is that you don't forget the experience and still reflect about the whole ordeal even days later.

To me, it always feels like a natural way of unintended self therapy. Unintended, because i never plan to think about something specific, when consuming and i don't have any expectations beforehand.

Also, not every experience is the same or goes as deep as the last one. Sometimes it's all just about laughing at some good comedy, enjoying a new album or taking a walk and enjoy nature.

In terms of micro dosing, it's basically just taking a virtually unnoticeable amount and going about your day. Like how they have those chocolate bars now, just eating like a half a square, and then doing your thing and seeing how it impacts your mood. Like doing a full dose, start small and gauge the effects.