Nope, you’re not tripping — do not adjust your TV set — everything verkligen är pink.
Japp, det är Alla hjärtans dag 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.
Ett modernt sätt att fira Alla hjärtans dag
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. ???? ????
Det är alltid svårt att bryta upp och avsluta relationer, oavsett om du är den dumpade eller den dumpade, eller . 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 vill to find someone new? It can certainly be hard on both your self esteem och din identitetskänsla.
Hur lagar man ett brustet hjärta?
Så hur lagar man ett brustet hjärta?
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 magiska svampar.
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’.
Men svampar kan hjälpa till med några av de symtom som kan uppstå till följd av ett uppbrott. Depression, ångest eller till och med PTSD kan inträffa efter en särskilt tung splittring. Nyligen genomförda vetenskapliga studier om effekten av psilocybin (den aktiva substansen i magiska svampar och tryffel) 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 vara i ögonblicket - särskilt om det en viss person is still looming large in your mind.
These are the beneficial effects of microdosing:
- Förbättrad psykisk hälsa (e.g. a reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms — which can appear or be exacerbated due to heartbreak)
- Förbättrat och underlättat socialt samspel (bra för att komma ut igen) ???? )
- En frigörelse av kreativitet
- Ökad energi
- Högre fokus
- Bättre koncentration
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 mentalt stark enough, however. It also helps if you have tidigare erfarenhet med psykedeliska läkemedel.
Tripping to transcendence certainly beats getting a crazy post-split haircut or an outlandish new wardrobe!
Det fina med en resa med magiska svampar är att den är helt och hållet din 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 efter dem. Den introspektion du kan uppnå när du trippar på psilocybin ger dig klarhet och hjälper dig att bearbeta det du har gått igenom.
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.
Att bryta upp med ditt ego
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 gör ont. I själva verket Studier 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.
Vad psilocybin kan göra är att lossa egots klor genom att tillfälligt lugna ner DMN, (eller Standardläge nätverk). This is the part of your brain that controls your sense of self and self-image, which, if it becomes överaktiv 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.
Anslut till ett universum fullt av kärlek
I höga doser kan psilocybin ge dig den mest fantastiska gåvan av alla - egots död (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.
At the very least, temporarily shushing your ego helps you to take things less personligen. 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. ❤️
Men du firar (eller inte!) den 14 februari är upp till dig!
