Nope, you’re not tripping — do not adjust your TV set — everything todella on pink.

Jep, se on Ystävänpäivä again. The most divisive of all holidays — to some folks it represents blissful love, while to others it represents the worst kind of mawkish commercialisation.

Moderni tapa ystävänpäivään

Like it or not however, Valentine’s Day seems to get bigger and bigger every year; with heart-shaped candies turning up in the store before you’ve even gotten rid of your Christmas tree. But, even if you aren’t into the ooey-gooey romance of it all, the holiday can be a useful opportunity to check in with all the different sources of love in our lives, be it romantic, familial, or friendly. It can be a time to remember who, and what, are important to us.

And wouldn’t you know it — if you need a little help getting to that place of love — magic mushrooms are actually famed for their ability to reinvigorate your passions for life, the universe, and everything!

Valentine’s Heartbreak: It Happens!

However, despite our best intentions, sometimes we find ourselves on the wrong side of the bouquet of roses — munching on the sharp thorns. ???? ????

Eroamiset ja parisuhteen päättyminen ovat aina vaikeita, olitpa sitten jätetty tai jätettävä, tai even if the end was mutual. A break-up is usually the end of someone’s presence in your life. (A friendship with an ex is a nice idea — but it’s not always possible!) Depending on how significant the relationship, its ending can throw up all kinds of questions: who are you without that person? Who do you want to be? Will you find someone new? Do you haluavat to find someone new? It can certainly be hard on both your self esteem ja identiteettiäsi. 

Miten korjaat särkyneen sydämen?

Miten siis parannat särkyneen sydämen? 

Well, there’s no simple answer. The only thing that will definitely help is time (unfortunately!) However there are things you can do to speed along the process. A good support network of friends and family, self care, and a therapy or meditation regime is essential. Another thing you could add to this mix is taikasienet.  

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Now, hear us out. We’re not suggesting that immediately after a tearful break-up you take a huge dose of shrooms. When you are feeling emotionally vulnerable or unstable, psychedelics are not a sensible idea. To be honest, neither is drinking heavily or going wild on your social media account. As a magic mushroom trip can be an intense experience, it is key to ensure that you are in a strong and secure mindset — that you are not using it as a means of ‘escape’.

Kuitenkin sienet voi auttaa joihinkin oireisiin, joita voi esiintyä eron seurauksena. Masennus, ahdistusta tai jopa PTSD voi ilmetä erityisen rasittavan jakautumisen jälkeen. Viimeaikainen tieteellinen tutkimus psilosybiinin vaikutuksesta... (taikasienien ja tryffeleiden vaikuttava yhdiste). on these conditions has found that it can both alleviate and treat them. This suggests that psilocybin could indeed, help a person deal with the effects of heartbreak.

Microdosing As A Tool For Healing Heartbreak

If you are still feeling quite fragile, microdosing psilocybin could be an essential tool to get you back on track. Sometimes after a break-up it is hard to motivate yourself to get out of bed, focus, or even just olla hetkessä - varsinkin jos se Joku tietty henkilö is still looming large in your mind.

These are the beneficial effects of microdosing:

  • Parempi mielenterveys (e.g. a reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms — which can appear or be exacerbated due to heartbreak)
  • Sosiaalisen vuorovaikutuksen parantaminen ja helpottaminen (loistava keino päästä takaisin sinne ???? )
  • Luovuuden vapauttaminen
  • Energian lisääntyminen
  • Suurempi keskittyminen
  • Parempi keskittyminen

Heartbreak & a Higher Dose: Tripping For Transcendence

If you are feeling like making a larger spiritual splash — a full shake-up of your psyche post break up — you could take a full, higher-dose, magic mushroom trip. It is important that you only do this if you feel henkisesti vahva enough, however. It also helps if you have aiempi kokemus psykedeelien kanssa. 

Tripping to transcendence certainly beats getting a crazy post-split haircut or an outlandish new wardrobe! 

Hienoa taikasienireissussa on se, että se on täysin - sinun experience. After a break up, we can get caught in a loop of only thinking about ourselves in relation to our former partner, as opposed to thinking about ourselves as a complete person who existed before we met them, and continues to exist niiden jälkeen. Itsetutkiskelu, jonka voit saavuttaa psilosybiinillä trippaamisen aikana, antaa sinulle selkeyttä ja auttaa sinua käsittelemään kokemuksiasi. 

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It may seem an extreme comparison, but this is why psilocybin is so effective as a tool for end-of-life care. It helps the user gain acceptance and assuage the anxiety of the unknown — hence why it’s being rolled out across countries like Kanada as a groundbreaking therapeutic treatment. In many ways a break-up requires a similar form of acceptance — a letting go of what cannot be changed. 

Eroaminen egosi kanssa

Psilocybin is also a hero when it comes to grappling with the ego. The ego, it is true, often sustains the worst injuries in a break-up. Our ego is our sense of self — and if we feel like we have been rejected it sattuu. Itse asiassa tutkimukset show that rejection actually fires up the same areas of the brain that physical pain does. Heartbreak is not just an emotional ouchie! 

So, when our ego suffers this feeling of rejection it can make us question who we are. We end up running round and round in circles of self doubt, which can manifest in unhealthy psychological and behavioural patterns.

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Psilosybiini voi löysätä egon kynsiä hiljentämällä tilapäisesti DMN, (tai oletustilan verkko). This is the part of your brain that controls your sense of self and self-image, which, if it becomes yliaktiivinen can cause excessive anxiety and negative thoughts. This quieting can give you the time and space to see past your hurt, and assess things clearly, with a view to move on.  

Liity rakkautta täynnä olevaan maailmankaikkeuteen

Suurina annoksina psilosybiini voi antaa sinulle kaikkein hämmästyttävimmän lahjan - egon kuolema (or ego dissolution). This is when you are completely freed from your constructed self. It is comparative to the concept of spiritual Enlightenment. By freeing yourself from the ego’s cage you can separate yourself from your heartbreak and see the bigger picture. A break-up becomes less painful when you realize you are connected a universe full of love.

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At the very least, temporarily shushing your ego helps you to take things less henkilökohtaisesti. All relationships are different, and sometimes they just don’t work — it’s no one’s fault. A magic mushroom trip can help you to see that. 

So, Happy Valentine’s folks! Especially to those out there nursing heartache. We’re sending warm and fuzzy vibes. ❤️

Kuitenkin juhlitaan (tai sitten ei!) tämä 14. helmikuuta on sinusta kiinni!