u/superdave5599

I recently completed the training portion of the natural medicine (specifically, psilocybin mushrooms) therapy licensure in Colorado. In fact, I have my license now! Though I still need to do my practicum, which is in two weeks!

I'm anxiously excited!

The setup is they'd a group of 15 of is, but we're broken into triads. Over the course of days 2 ,3 and 4, (one and 5 are prep/ integration) each person will have a chance to be the client taking the medicine, the Facilitator, and an observer. I'm scheduled to take the medicine on the 3rd administration day.

So I'll have two trained people (who happen to have been in my course and I like) in the room with me, as well as several very experienced people nearby at all times.

Given that this is a very safe environment and I'm already paying for it anyway, it makes sense to me to take advantage and do a higher dose.

The thing is, I am also fairly inexperienced with psilocybin. Have done a handful of trips in a "museum dose" range and found them helpful.

So, I definitely want to do at least a "therapeutic" dose.

And I'm considering going even higher and towards a dose level likely to go to ego dissolution.

It does seem like the setting is about as ideal as could be for a high dose.

And I figure there's real value in having "been there, done that"for when I'm working with clients who may also want to go that far.

I do have an intake scheduled with another natural medicine therapist on Monday, so I have someone on board to help with integration if/as necessary, kinda just in case.

I don't really have any major trauma besides typical 80s parenting spanking. (Not great, but i also wouldn't say it escalated to abusive.)

While I'll have the therapist to talk to, as well as the practicum guides to help make my decision, I am curious what other more experienced people have to say, like thongs to consider or whatever.

I'll be happy to follow up after the session, though I may need a reminder!

As far as intention, I had thought about several things to work on, but then I realized it seemed that there is an undercurrent of persistent low level low self-esteem. So I'd like to gain insight into that.

Many thanks!

Need a new thermostat.

I want it to have two features for sure:

1. be able to have a satellite sensor (preferably 2) to read from. Even Better yet, it can be programmed to sometimes take the reading from one and sometimes from another.

2. be able to run the fan only on a regular basis to stir up the air. (E.g. maybe once an hour for 15 minutes)

Situation: two story house plus basement. Thermostat is on the main floor. Upstairs bedrooms get rather warm in the summer. And we have a fireplace used for majority of winter heating in the basement, and it's set up such that without some furnace fan air movement, the heat can get kind of trapped and it'll be uncomfortably warm in the basement family room while the rest of the house is chilly. Wife works from home in the basement.

So I figure if it would take a reading from the basement sensor during the day, she can be comfortable during work hours.

Then if it starts reading from an upstairs sensor in the evening, the bedrooms can be at the desirable temp for sleeping.

And, periodic "stirring" of the air would help keep things a little more even and especially cause it to pull heat out of the basement in the winter.

This is the very beginning of my 4th season with this pool.

During the first season, I don't recall noticing iron staining.

Last two years, I was fighting it.

The first year, I bought fancy pool store salt, the last two years it was less expensive water softener salt. That really the only difference. So I figured the iron was probably coming from the cheap salt.

So at the beginning of this year, I treated it with vitamin C, then drained it as far as I dared. Set up my cover pump to circulate water through a bucket of poly fill. Left that going for a couple weeks.

Then I drained it a bit more (to get any further iron- filled water out for a little more dilution) and started filling it.

Prior to filling, I put a new whole- house filter in, that purported to remove any iron from water coming into the house.

It's been full for a couple weeks now.

Solar cover has been on it since. Tonight i pulled it to get some leaves out from recent storms.

And dammit! It sure looks like I've got more fucking iron stains! They never showed up this early in the past!

This is so damn frustrating.

Just curious if anyone has any kinds of thoughts/tips etc for me to consider?

Last fall, I did a couple massage sessions with a massage therapist who is also familiar with how trauma affects the body, and went with the intention of allowing myself to notice whatever might be connected to any tension in my body as she worked on me. Even without any psychedelic medicine in my body, I had a couple interesting visuals/experiences.

Then I got the idea from someone in my class that it might be interesting to try with a little psilocybin in my system. The therapist is familiar with plant medicine and has approved the plan.

I do have one big knot in my neck that has never cleared, so I intend to be open to whatever I might learn with that.

I plan to consume it about 45 minutes prior to the start of the session (I have a chocolate bar with (I think PE) shrooms) and walk down (it is a couple blocks from my office). It's a two hour session, so I should be largely coming back as we finish up, and can walk back to my office to wait out the rest of the effects. She also offered to walk me back if necessary.

Usually I am nude under the sheet for a massage, but will probably have minimal underwear on this time, in case I like feel I have to throw off the sheet or something crazy like that, there will still be some decorum.

Anyone else have thoughts/experiences to share working this way? Things for me to consider that I might not have thought of?

Thanks!