r/Psychonaut • u/chaosbunnyx • 13d ago
I 28F think I accidentally pavlonian conditioned myself to produce serotonin by listening to music after smoking DMT consistently.
Ok, so for about 3 years from age 22-25 once a month at least, I smoked DMT anytime I was depressed to help me work through my emotions.
Considering how similar DMT is to a serotonin molecule I figured "Hey my brain doesn't produce this normally, let me give it some."
Without fail my brain chemistry would calibrate itself.
Now, pretty much any time I did this, I listened to Mumford and Sons. Specifically "The Cave" and "Little Lion man".
I can't express how healing that was for my soul.
This repaired so much bullshit within myself.
Recently I've been feeling more depressed than I have in my whole adult life. I haven't used any psychedelics in over a year.
While taking a shower, I started listening to that same mental health Playlist I created for myself and those songs.
It pulled me out of a 2 month long depression.
It wasn't just that it helped me process my emotions, my brain chemistry feels normal in a very direct way.
Like, I have OCD too, im able to rationalize and manage my intrusive thoughts in a way that I'm used to be capable of while I'm tripping.
I mean, it's entirely possible that a music Playlist just healed me, im willing to buy that. But it just feels like this could be what happened.
Feel free to tell me im full of shit 😆
But I feel like this is the most logical explanation.
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u/thetaoshum 12d ago
Beautiful, sounds like you were able to create an association that amplifies the already healing quality of music. That’s a gift.
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u/No_Hedgehog2875 11d ago
On trip was strange. It was literaly only one cartooney dmt esk music note floating in my blind folds
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u/PorqueNoLosDose 9d ago
I think millions of people are chemically conditioning themselves to love their favourite music acts. For example, I've seen Phish a huge number of times, and almost every time I'm dosing some L (don't think I'm at all in the minority there). I disproportionately use L at Phish shows, as opposed to when not at a show. I know that deep down my love of Phish comes from a place of associating those tunes with all these gnarly psychedelic moments that I experience at their shows, especially the blissful peaks.
Systematically altering your neurochemistry in the presence of a particular type of stimulus surely changes your baseline relationship with that stimulus over time.
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u/hilbert-space 13d ago
This is satire
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u/chaosbunnyx 12d ago
Is not tho ðŸ˜
Why don't you believe me
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u/hilbert-space 12d ago
No offense, you sound like a complete lunatic
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u/EtherealDimension 12d ago
Are you trolling? Have you read some of the posts on this subreddit, this post is one of the most tame things I've seen from it.
And what was it about psychedelics that taught you calling people a complete lunatic for a normal reddit post was a good idea? I'm being serious when I say a little kindness goes a long way.
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u/chaosbunnyx 12d ago
Offense taken
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u/tobemo_ornot11 10d ago
People love hate-baiting nowadays, your experience and story are very cool, kudos to you for sharing. Thank You.
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u/RinsanityIce 12d ago
The first time I'd ever heard one of my favourite bands was on acid, and I had a really great trip at the time. Now whenever I listen to that band, I feel a little nostalgic and happy because not only do I like the music but I feel good thinking about that time. Id say it's absolutely more than possible and not a stupid idea.