how do mushrooms and LSD work?

Question

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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Answer 1

A lot modern research suggests that you don’t see “extra,” things, but that parts of the brain that filter out things actually become *less* active, meaning what someone sees on psychedelics (LSD, shrooms, DMT/ayahuasca, mescaline, etc.) is really just a less processed view of the world.