I'd like to start by saying thank you to everyone here for being such wonderful and insightful community.
I'm very glad there is a safe place such as this for people to learn, engage in open discussion, and gain the knowledge they need to safely achieve whatever goal or experience it is they may be trying to attain.
I had my first experience with Dmitri in the early 2000's, following some other psychedelic experimentation, and although I haven't personally used any psychedelics in nearly a decade, I can still attribute much of my mental health today to the many things I learned about myself through those experiences.
I used to suffer heavy depression, and uncontrollable fits of rage, but could never truly explain to myself or anyone else why I felt the need to act out with such violence against both others and myself. I grew up having countless medications pushed on me, and my life was more or less dictated by psychiatrists and counselors. Without going into detail, it was an excruciatingly painful way to grow up for both myself, and my family (who also struggled with their own issues).
It turned around for me when I discovered psychedelics. Years of pharmaceuticals, therapy, and even being forcefully separated from my family had all taken their toll on my already fragile psyche, but these new chemicals I discovered opened up a whole new world for me.
Both during and after some very emotional and introspective trips, I truly learned about myself. I was able to come to terms with who I am as a person, and why I had done the things I did up until that point. I realized that no matter how I had been brought up, I could be happy with the person who I was, and could become. I finally understood how and why I felt the way I did about my family, and what steps I could perhaps take to make things better.
Being able to come to terms with all these things was truly monumental, and life-changing for me. Whenever I think back to those years prior, I was truly a different person, and I can honestly say that the realizations I came to are what helped me to make the changes I needed to become who I am today.
I am certainly in support of anyone who could benefit from it to experience the use psychedelics, and hope that everyone who comes here leaves a little more responsible, enlightened, and in tune with themselves and those around them.
I'm excited to be here, and hope that eventually I'll be able to contribute something to this community. In the mean time, I am very pleased to meet you all.
-Pipsy