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Thank you for the kind words, though I don't think that strength or courage are things I have in abundance ; rather I feel it's just perseverance and a strong will to survive. I agree that community is perhaps the MOST valuable tool in the box. No man is an island. Peninsula, maybe , but...
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I have not. I've played with it quite a but in my days of youthful hedonism but performing self-work with it is something I've yet to do. I do know of some practitioners working with it locally, and accessing it would be fairly simple, along with an experienced guide/sitter. When my finances are a little bit better, that's a step I would like to take.

Agreed.
However, at this point in time I'm looking for something gentle and therapeutic. I just finished performing an extraction several weeks ago and have several grams of DMT laying around, I've never sat here and looked at it this long without actually using it, LOL it just isn't calling me though. I have been working with a Psilocybin micro dosing regimen (.5gram dry cubensis, 3-4X/week with 24-hr "spacers" between.) and it has been particularly effective. Mood stabilization and even elevation, as well as heightened productivity and creativity have been reliably observed.

On the days I do it, I just feel "dialed in"; that is, effective in areas I am sometimes lacking in. I feel little to no anxiety in social interaction, can connect words to thoughts and feelings easily, and have a sort of 'dispassionate' position, observing emotions like ripples in a pond-rising and falling away. So I have found it to be a very effective tool which I would recommend to anybody.

From what I have found effective in ameliorating the symptoms of clinical depression I could recommend the following – in no particular order, and not carved into stone:

• Community-other than this one, which I've said many many times before has been an invaluable aid, maintaining a presence and organizational role in a local group of practical psychedelic helps gives me a sense of purpose beyond the benefits of being part of the community.

• an animal/pet (something outside of myself). If I'm having a shite day or moment I can't go home and start cussing at the walls, there is someone else there who is very sensitive to that kind of thing and I don't want to make her fear me but rather know that I'm her stability. She keeps me in check.

• keeping notes that I can refer to, a simple gratitude list.

• staying busy – keeping out of my head through work. Creative efforts are another way of staying busy, but when depression hits that's the last thing that I do. So, I clean the trucks on the lot if there's nothing else to do. Rust never sleeps.

• and finally, the psychedelic aspect. Like I mentioned, the microdoseing has been particularly effective. I also regularly work with cannabis and occasionally will take an entheogenic dose of 'shrooms. I was just gifted with 40 pounds San Pedro cactus, and while I've never worked with mescaline, I'm excited that it came to me and for what is going to be a special, edifying and hopefully rewarding project.

From what I understand of mescaline, it's therapeutic potential can be similar to that of MDMA. I don't know if I'm just lumping it together in my head because they're both phens, or if that is an actual piece of information I gleaned from somewhere.

As always, much much love to all of you. I'm so happy and grateful to be a part of this community, and I hope that other people can be helped similarly to the way I have through these posts and the community as a whole.

Thank you

<blockquote data-quote="null24" data-source="post: 3773251" data-attributes="member: 7">Thank you for the kind words, though I don&#039;t think that strength or courage are things I have in abundance ; rather I feel it&#039;s just perseverance and a strong will to survive.&nbsp; I agree that community is perhaps the MOST valuable tool in the box. No man is an island. Peninsula, maybe , but...:| I have not. I&#039;ve played with it quite a but in my days of youthful hedonism but performing self-work with it is something I&#039;ve yet to do. I do know of some practitioners working with it locally, and accessing it would be fairly simple, along with an experienced guide/sitter. When my finances are a little bit better, that&#039;s a step I would like to take.Agreed. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😉" title="Winking face&nbsp; &nbsp; :wink:" src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/nexus/unicode/64/1f609.png" data-shortname=":wink:" /> However, at this point in time I&#039;m looking for something gentle and therapeutic. I just finished performing an extraction several weeks ago and have several grams of DMT laying around, I&#039;ve never sat here and looked at it this long without actually using it, LOL it just isn&#039;t calling me though. I have been working with a Psilocybin micro dosing regimen (.5gram dry cubensis, 3-4X/week with 24-hr &quot;spacers&quot; between.) and it has been particularly effective. Mood stabilization and even elevation, as well as heightened productivity and creativity have been reliably observed. On the days I do it, I just feel &quot;dialed in&quot;; that is, effective in areas I am sometimes lacking in. I feel little to no anxiety in social interaction, can connect words to thoughts and feelings easily, and have a sort of &#039;dispassionate&#039; position, observing emotions like ripples in a pond-rising and falling away. So I have found it to be a very effective tool which I would recommend to anybody.From what I have found effective in ameliorating the symptoms of clinical depression I could recommend the following – in no particular order, and not carved into stone:• Community-other than this one, which I&#039;ve said many many times before has been an invaluable aid, maintaining a presence and organizational role in a local group of practical psychedelic helps gives me a sense of purpose beyond the benefits of being part of the community. • an animal/pet (something outside of myself). If I&#039;m having a shite day or moment I can&#039;t go home and start cussing at the walls, there is someone else there who is very sensitive to that kind of thing and I don&#039;t want to make her fear me but rather know that I&#039;m her stability. She keeps me in check. • keeping notes that I can refer to,&nbsp; a simple gratitude list.• staying busy – keeping out of my head through work. Creative efforts are another way of staying busy, but when depression hits that&#039;s the last thing that I do. So, I clean the trucks on the lot if there&#039;s nothing else to do. Rust never sleeps. • and finally, the psychedelic aspect. Like I mentioned, the microdoseing has been particularly effective. I also regularly work with cannabis and occasionally will take an entheogenic dose of &#039;shrooms. I was just gifted with 40 pounds San Pedro cactus, and while I&#039;ve never worked with mescaline, I&#039;m excited that it came to me and for what is going to be a special, edifying and hopefully rewarding project. From what I understand of mescaline, it&#039;s therapeutic potential can be similar to that of MDMA.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if I&#039;m just lumping it together in my head because they&#039;re both phens, or if that is an actual piece of information I gleaned from somewhere.As always, much much love to all of you. I&#039;m so happy and grateful to be a part of this community, and I hope that other people can be helped similarly to the way I have through these posts and the community as a whole. Thank you<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":love:" title="Love&nbsp; &nbsp; :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite16" alt=":love:" title="Love&nbsp; &nbsp; :love:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":love:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="null24, post: 3773251, member: 7"] Thank you for the kind words, though I don't think that strength or courage are things I have in abundance ; rather I feel it's just perseverance and a strong will to survive. I agree that community is perhaps the MOST valuable tool in the box. No man is an island. Peninsula, maybe , but... :| I have not. I've played with it quite a but in my days of youthful hedonism but performing self-work with it is something I've yet to do. I do know of some practitioners working with it locally, and accessing it would be fairly simple, along with an experienced guide/sitter. When my finances are a little bit better, that's a step I would like to take. Agreed. 😉 However, at this point in time I'm looking for something gentle and therapeutic. I just finished performing an extraction several weeks ago and have several grams of DMT laying around, I've never sat here and looked at it this long without actually using it, LOL it just isn't calling me though. I have been working with a Psilocybin micro dosing regimen (.5gram dry cubensis, 3-4X/week with 24-hr "spacers" between.) and it has been particularly effective. Mood stabilization and even elevation, as well as heightened productivity and creativity have been reliably observed. On the days I do it, I just feel "dialed in"; that is, effective in areas I am sometimes lacking in. I feel little to no anxiety in social interaction, can connect words to thoughts and feelings easily, and have a sort of 'dispassionate' position, observing emotions like ripples in a pond-rising and falling away. So I have found it to be a very effective tool which I would recommend to anybody. From what I have found effective in ameliorating the symptoms of clinical depression I could recommend the following – in no particular order, and not carved into stone: • Community-other than this one, which I've said many many times before has been an invaluable aid, maintaining a presence and organizational role in a local group of practical psychedelic helps gives me a sense of purpose beyond the benefits of being part of the community. • an animal/pet (something outside of myself). If I'm having a shite day or moment I can't go home and start cussing at the walls, there is someone else there who is very sensitive to that kind of thing and I don't want to make her fear me but rather know that I'm her stability. She keeps me in check. • keeping notes that I can refer to, a simple gratitude list. • staying busy – keeping out of my head through work. Creative efforts are another way of staying busy, but when depression hits that's the last thing that I do. So, I clean the trucks on the lot if there's nothing else to do. Rust never sleeps. • and finally, the psychedelic aspect. Like I mentioned, the microdoseing has been particularly effective. I also regularly work with cannabis and occasionally will take an entheogenic dose of 'shrooms. I was just gifted with 40 pounds San Pedro cactus, and while I've never worked with mescaline, I'm excited that it came to me and for what is going to be a special, edifying and hopefully rewarding project. From what I understand of mescaline, it's therapeutic potential can be similar to that of MDMA. I don't know if I'm just lumping it together in my head because they're both phens, or if that is an actual piece of information I gleaned from somewhere. As always, much much love to all of you. I'm so happy and grateful to be a part of this community, and I hope that other people can be helped similarly to the way I have through these posts and the community as a whole. Thank you :love: :) :love: [/QUOTE]