I’ve never understood how they make people see things. Same thing with ayahuasca. Obviously, there’s some sort of chemical reaction within our brain like with any drug, but what about these makes us see things that aren’t there? Also, how does our brain create so many realistic images in front of us without them being real?
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Our brain is usually going haywire with all the sensory information it’s getting. There are regions of the brain which controls all the sensory information and filters it into normal perception.
Mushrooms & LSD turn down these regions, and allow all the sensory information into our perception without being filtered/ ordered/ controlled. It can be overwhelming for our consciousness to perceive them all.
They also have other effects on the brain, but those are less well understood.
Source: Professor David Nut has some interesting papers on psilocybin E.g. scanning people while they’re on it.
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