I am new to the nexus and feel the desire to post. I want to touch on the last three months. Within these last three months I started exploring , first with a gram of spice which I unfortunately wasted much of, due to bad smaolking method. I then made a changa at 30 percent spice using one gram spice. Administered often through a bubbler.

It started with a fear of dmt, I'd clean my room and clean my house. I'd go running or exercise, eat better than usual. I set up my day to be as productive as possible to avoid a bad trip. I wanted ceremony to an extent . I'm trying to respect the spice.

Everytime I'd have an experience I'd feel afterwords the desire to have better living habbits. I've recently come out of drug addiction and a bit of trama, rough upbringing. It's been years since I've had enough of a head on my shoulders to improve my quality of living and maintain discipline enough to live as healthy as I am now. I really do attribute it to this sort of healing of my depression and maybe ptsd. It's placed me in a position mentally that i haven't been in in years. since before drug addiction.

I have been depression free for 3 months. For me this in new. I started eating more whole foods, living more hygienic and I picked up a mmaui Thai class. I don't fantasize of drugs that are in my opinion pointless and unhealthy for me. I started doing yoga, and meditating more. I'm on a roll right now.

I smoke changa on days I feel unmotivated for life. And it flips my mentality to a fresh slate. But also a healthy happy leaning fresh slate. It puts me in the mind state to continue on the path I'm on. I am greatly appreciative of the work spice has helped me achieve over the last few months.

reading this!
I also get this positive mind flip after a session, there is no match to it.
There's not much burdening heavy in my life right now, but one does not have to be in a rut to find out about this positive flip. It would be 'wrong' to think one must have trouble to heal. Evolution is always there for us no matter the starting point.

I feel you so much brother!

The same is happening to me. I'm amazed there has still some benefits, large ones, and waves of integrations, months after the experience. The meditation, yoga and (martial) art are furthering and helping that state of mind to be maintained and furthered. I also eat very well, so healthy!

The spice is just calling us to mindfulness. There's this sensation you can reach, this move of conscious awareness toward the back of the head, it feels so familiar ...

However, spice was not an instant cure for me. There was some deciphering and I tended to had a lower mood - on the very few times I experienced it. I consider myself on a roll too, and am so grateful too!

I have known some heavy depression and reaching out of there is something amazing. Depression is a teacher too, in its own and very painful way, I think it offers a side of our modern experience that needs to be felt and understood at some points. So I'm grateful I experienced that too. I hope it made you stronger too

Awesome to hear it Flys!

I can also relate to your story. Mine was the opposite way around though.

I changed my diet and felt drastically better and gave me more energy. I'm super active at work, so that wasn't an issue, but I've been being more productive outside of work. I started meditating, getting more and better sleep, keeping a dream journal, etc. Everything I was doing helped me improve my quality of life. I felt world's better than I had previously, but I still had this nagging feeling that something was missing. I was still depressed for no real reasons, that were aware to me at least

That's when I was introduced to various psychedelics. Then everything finally clicked.

Hearing success stories like yours and through my own experiences, reaffirms the fact that these are not drugs to get you high. They truly are medicine for the mind, body, and soul.

This ^^^ is a most reasonable place to start.



This ^^^ is how you respect yourself and keep out of depression.



And this ^^^ is a really good way to approach "set & setting".



Congratulations! By highly respecting yourself, you in turn respect the Spice.

You've got the correct mojo going Flys on syd.

Keep up the good work!

Keep riding that wave!

Once it start to work for you: perception shift shifts ALL.

Is this what you experience/d? I'm sorry to hear that, maybe dmt isn't for you if this is what you're experiencing? The dmt experience is certainly not for everyone. Definitely not a one-size-fits-all.

If this is what I'd end up going through when I'd smoke then I'd probably focus on myself and leave dmt alone. <3

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To the OP:

I'm glad that you've found your own personal niche in it helping you. Though while this is great news and all, now it comes with the 'follow through', living your life in light of your experience/s. <3

OP, you appear to be setting yourself up for success, in life and with the use of psychedelics as entheogens. Theist or Atheist, if one allows the great span of pre-modern, human history as informative, the use of plant medicines as a catalyst for apolytrosis, "redemption", has been ubiquitous and essentially undeniable! Welcome to the tribe.

#7, your interrogation begs the question re utility of entheogens as facilitators of "enlightenment".
In your case the answer seems resoundingly, negative! So be it, lay off then. This forum is indubitably NOT focused on persuading YOU or ANYONE that psychedelics are healthful, helpful, fun, or requisite for a life well lived. Surely, smoked DMT straight(not Changa), like smoked Salvia enhanced leaf(extract) is harrowing and often distressing. Unliked or undesired, it should be avoided.

Peace

The motivational power of psychedelics is second to none! Glad to hear someone else has the same positive side effects from psychedelics. I always end up painting and playing my guitar the days after a good trip. It provides a fresh slate in the mind.

Keep on the roll!! Ride it til the wheels fall off! LOL

Thank you everyone for your post and feedback.