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1.5g cubensis afterglow - childhood trauma

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#29645442 - 08/11/26 04:42 PM (11 days, 8 hours ago)

I’ve had multiple trips before, experimenting with all kinds of doses—though I’ve never gone above 4g, which would already be a heroic dose for my body weight.
After a longer break, I tripped again about a week ago on a mini-dose. The afterglow felt great. I was calm, grounded, and in an "everything is fine just as it is" mindset.

That lasted until I opened up to a new acquaintance about my interests—manga, music albums, tech, art and so on. Nothing out of the ordinary, but living in an isolated area these things sound odd to people. Out here, the norm leans heavily toward superficial personality-less types who blend in easily and thrive on mindless drama.

And that was my trigger.

I know where this comes from. Between the ages of 7 and 10, I was beaten daily. I learned to suppress my true self, carefully curating how I behaved and presented myself just to be accepted and loved. Years later, I tried to break this childhood pattern with my first love. But when I made myself vulnerable, she judged me instead, layering a new trauma on top of the old one and deeply ingraining that learned instinct to hide.

Even though this recent interaction was small, the mushrooms magnified it, bringing that underlying pattern back to the surface. It showed me that even if I understand my trauma intellectually, I still have deep work to do. Consciously, I can separate the past from the present, but my body still remembers the trauma and relives it.

When the trigger hit, I felt intense frustration for about an hour. My body felt unbearable, overwhelmed by a heavy surge of nervous energy that I desperately wanted to stop. But then it clicked: the mushrooms weren't giving me a bad trip; they were trying to point something out. Once I realized that, clarity and calm washed over me. Maybe I just needed a clear answer so my brain could organize what happened, but either way, it worked.

For years now, I’ve felt a strong urge to express myself—to give physical, tangible form to my thoughts. But because my art and ideas are truly authentic to who I am, putting them out there leaves me completely vulnerable. I know I tend to magnify these fears, and that's something I need to keep working through. Sharing my personal story here is actually part of that work—a way for me to practice being vulnerable and authentic.

If you have any tips or insights as an outside observer, I’d love to hear them:)

Thanks for reading it.

Edited by airach (08/11/26 04:44 PM)

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Re: 1.5g cubensis afterglow - childhood trauma

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#29645962 - 08/12/26 11:30 AM (10 days, 13 hours ago)

There are lots of ways to approach these things. I had some intense trauma that lasted almost a decade, and all sorts of things have helped. One of the most helpful things has been just looking around and asking myself if there are any threats, and then i learned to bring this question online in other circumstances like telling someone i like manga, so learning to trust my judgement in a real way has been a big thing

I also meditatted a ton and that undid someone of the avoidance coping strategies and so I suddenly had a ton of flashbacks to deal with, I found I had to focus very carefuly and figure out what was the flashback and what was my genuine assessment of the present moment and then do something that allowed those two parts to communicate

there was a ton of stuff, tons and tons, and when I look back it was that question of how and the yearning to be happy and be free of the tortures of my mind that guided the way, I don't think anyone can tell another how to walk this kind of path, but there are many many aproaches people have worked out, I'd recommend the body keeps the score for a theoretical perspective and then start trying things out, a therapist can help but its helpful to check out different ones to find something that feels like a fit