Hello everyone!
I've been a fan of this forum for a long time, though I've yet to experience DMT. Due to my schedule I am gone from home on the weekends and so I haven't been able to sign up until now. I've used cannabis for medical reasons for a long time now and have had extensive experience with cubensis as well. What really caught my attention here though was a discussion I read a while back where a fellow had a DMT experience that totally rebooted his whole outlook on the world. Some of the things he described reminded me very much of a non-DMT out-of-body experience I once had where I saw about a half-hour of time through someone else's eyes. I believe it's very beneficial to break your grip on this reality sometimes and see the universe with virgin eyes.
A few years after that experience I mentioned I became interested in Buddhism. I had been a devout Lutheran for much of my childhood and teen years, but my life really went to hell during my 20's as I struggled with then-undiagnosed autism and some dietary issues(celiac sprue disease among other things). It wasn't until my late 20s I got a diagnosis and put a lot of pieces together to really start to feel anything good about life again. I'm now in my mid-30s, recently a father, and I've developed a real passion for helping cats(spay/neuter, medical intervention, food, etc.). Cannabis and shrooms have really helped me quite a bit on the road to having a life again. Things aren't objectively very great in my life now, but I am certainly not saddled with the anxiety and hopelessness that used to plague me.
I look forward to getting to know the people of this community and I appreciate how ego and conflict doesn't rule this place. Even if I never manage to get any DMT, I have a strong feeling this is the sort of community for me.
Introductions never feel thorough enough to me, but that's at least a basic introduction!