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My great friend, when we were 20, shot himself in the head while we were doing shrooms. This is not an uncommon occurrence. Thousands of incidents of self harm happen every year in the US alone because of these drugs.

I would advise anyone against this. Don't believe the weird hype (that mostly all comes from a few small clicks of people looking to profit off this drug) about mushrooms being some spiritual, mental catch all. If you have any sort of mental illness you probably should avoid. Don't play Russian roulette with your sanity.



People do that after getting drunk too.


Depressed people killing themselves as soon as they start to get treatment is a known phenomenon. The energy that comes from treating depression gives them just enough oomph to get to the 'finish line.' It's quite possible they were thinking about it and never told anyone and everyone thinks it's a complete surprise caused by the drug, plenty of people have suicidal ideation or depression while giving zero indication or clues to anyone close to them that would be the case.


Even outside a drug. Breakup happens this can be a result.

Maybe if guns weren’t so accessible people wouldn’t be so quick to use them on themselves in those moments. There’s a statistic out there where a gun in the home is most likely to harm you.




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