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hattmall on July 18, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Psilocybin decreases depression and anxiety in can...

The interesting thing with mushrooms is that you could eat a handful, realize you are already dead, and then maybe not need the other meds at all.

quesera on July 18, 2025 [–]

This could be interpreted as psychedelic ego death from psilocin, backdooring into some kind of personal revelation.

Or as clinical death from Amanita toxicity, with some meta commentary on religion.

+1. :)

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