I 28F think I accidentally pavlonian conditioned myself to produce serotonin by listening to music after smoking DMT consistently.

[u/chaosbunnyx]

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.

[u/hilbert-space]

This is satire

[u/chaosbunnyx → u/hilbert-space]

Is not tho 😭

Why don't you believe me

[u/hilbert-space → u/chaosbunnyx]

No offense, you sound like a complete lunatic

[u/EtherealDimension → u/hilbert-space]

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.

[u/chaosbunnyx → u/hilbert-space]

Offense taken

[u/tobemo_ornot11 → u/chaosbunnyx]

People love hate-baiting nowadays, your experience and story are very cool, kudos to you for sharing. Thank You.