orchidist
Rising Star
Since childhood, I've been fascinated with science and mathematics. As soon as I became aware of psychedelics, I was fascinated. At eighteen, I knew a fair bit about them, and had my first encounter with LSD. It had a noticeable impact on issues I had been having due to a long history of trauma from growing up as a clumsy, gay kid on the autism spectrum. This led to a period of enthusiastic experimentation, including a number of extractions carried out after building confidence studying organic chemistry informally on my own, and then formally in the laboratory, with the works of Alexander Shulgin as supplementary material, which I used to review the contents of my textbooks.
These experiences changed me in an overwhelmingly positive way. Body image issues were addressed, my academic passions increased, and a love for horticulture emerged. I've devoted most of the last decade of my free time growing orchids and various plant oddities. I don't think I'd have reached the kind of understanding of these plants as quickly without the lessons I took from psychedelics.
As the years went by, psychedelics and I grew distant, not for any particular reason besides the fact that it became more and more difficult to make the time for them. But with those years came new stresses, and, as I'm sure many here can relate to, fear about the future of the planet, grief from friendships cut short, and new wounds from watching this pandemic unfold.
My mental health deteriorated to an alarming degree, I wanted to revisit the psychedelics that helped so much in the past, but for a long time, I was paralyzed by fear.
With the support and encouragement of my partner, we drove ourselves and our dogs to a secluded cabin and spent the Christmas holiday there. We each prepared a mushroom tea and took turns sitting for each other. Since that day, my darkest thoughts receded and I feel far less disabled by my mental state. I can't believe I delayed this for such a long time.
Since then, I took the time to extract some very nice DMT, and experimented (very successfully!) in preparing it as vape juice. Now, I'm looking to the nexus for advice in extracting from cacti for an experience I've always wanted, but never had before. CIELO Tek is the plan for this weekend!
These experiences changed me in an overwhelmingly positive way. Body image issues were addressed, my academic passions increased, and a love for horticulture emerged. I've devoted most of the last decade of my free time growing orchids and various plant oddities. I don't think I'd have reached the kind of understanding of these plants as quickly without the lessons I took from psychedelics.
As the years went by, psychedelics and I grew distant, not for any particular reason besides the fact that it became more and more difficult to make the time for them. But with those years came new stresses, and, as I'm sure many here can relate to, fear about the future of the planet, grief from friendships cut short, and new wounds from watching this pandemic unfold.
My mental health deteriorated to an alarming degree, I wanted to revisit the psychedelics that helped so much in the past, but for a long time, I was paralyzed by fear.
With the support and encouragement of my partner, we drove ourselves and our dogs to a secluded cabin and spent the Christmas holiday there. We each prepared a mushroom tea and took turns sitting for each other. Since that day, my darkest thoughts receded and I feel far less disabled by my mental state. I can't believe I delayed this for such a long time.
Since then, I took the time to extract some very nice DMT, and experimented (very successfully!) in preparing it as vape juice. Now, I'm looking to the nexus for advice in extracting from cacti for an experience I've always wanted, but never had before. CIELO Tek is the plan for this weekend!
