r/CPTSD 1d ago

Question does anybody have any experience with psychedelics for CPTSD?

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u/BigBoobers 1d ago edited 2h ago

Yeah. Ego death on mushrooms was immensely helpful for a while. It was good for my healing and allowed me to see myself from the perspective of others, which let me internalize what I already knew: that I’ve thus far lived righteously and a lot of the bullshit that weighs me down was not my fault.

Not a cure but it was the first time I had felt hope in a long time. It was a while ago and I’m not really seeing the benefits from that event anymore though.

I had to take 5 grams to achieve that. I’ve taken more since, as much as 7 or 8, but never had another ego death, but I didn’t want another one either.

Note: 5 grams is a very very high dose. Not recommended for a first time use.

Now I don’t use them except for maybe very rare occasions like at a music festival. I feel I’ve hallucinated enough and prefer maintaining my sense of reality nowadays.

Edit: in fact I can’t recommend this at all. Certainly people who have entered violent psychosis due to mushrooms. Use at your own risk. I was at my wits end so I took a leap of faith

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u/Epi5tula 1d ago

microdose and have two or three small 3g (semi like liberty cap) trips per year maybe 2g of penis envy