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Microdosing Mushrooms

October 05, 2020 by Joe Gray in Balance, Consciousness, Lifestyle, Memoirs, Psychology, Thoughts

I hadn't taken psychedelic mushrooms in a long time for many reasons but mostly because I was afraid of having a bad experience. I wrote a blog post a while back about two experiences I had with large amounts of magic mushrooms. One experience was great and one was horrible so when thinking about taking mushrooms again I always worried about having another bad experience. Earlier this year, though, I decided to try them again but in a more deliberate way. Another reason to take less is that mushrooms can make you vomit or have diarrhea and that didn't seem like a pleasant experience, especially out in the woods. I decided to microdose instead of taking a larger amount and just see what happens.

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October 05, 2020 /Joe Gray
backpacking, blog, blogger, drug, drugs, experiences, experiments, hallucinations, life, magic mushrooms, medicine, meicaiton, memoir, microdosing, mushroom, nature, phsychology, psilocybin, psychedelics, shrooms
Balance, Consciousness, Lifestyle, Memoirs, Psychology, Thoughts

Photo Journal 6/26/2020

June 27, 2020 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Shot with Canon 80D

100mm Macro Lens

Twin Lakes, Mt. Hood Wilderness

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June 27, 2020 /Joe Gray
backpacking, birds, blog, blogger, canon, canon 80d, hiking, insects, macro, macro photography, macros, mt. hood, Mt. Hood Wilderness, mushrooms, oregon, outdoors, photography, PNW, portland, Twin Lakes
Photo Journal

Photo Journal 6/19-21/2020

June 22, 2020 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Shot with Canon 80D

100mm Macro Lens

Siouxon Creek, Washington

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June 22, 2020 /Joe Gray
backpacking, blog, blogger, forests, hiking, insects, macro, macro photography, mushrooms, national forest, nature, nature photography, naturelover, photoblog, PNW, Siouxon, Siouxon Creek, washington, waterfall
Photo Journal

Re-Post: Extreme Anxiety at 5,000 Ft.

November 08, 2018 by Joe Gray in Personal Development

ON a recent backpacking trip to the Deschutes National Forest I learned something very important about myself; I learned that fear is a driving force in my life. I am a fearful person. I allow fear to permeate my thoughts and stunt my actions. I imagine all the potentially negative outcomes to any action and err on the side of inaction. I ignore or devalue any potentially positive outcomes even when they are much more likely. At times these fantasies are so overwhelming and horrifying that I am frozen with debilitating anxiety. This extreme case happened a few days ago. 

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November 08, 2018 /Joe Gray
anxiety, camping, fear, hiking, psychology, personal development, self help, self esteem, backpacking, oregon, deschutes national forest, blog
Personal Development

Photo Journal 7/6 to 7/8/2018

July 09, 2018 by Joe Gray in Photo Journal

Bull of the Woods, Mt. Hood National Forest

Shot on Canon 80D with 24-105mm

Some Edited using PhotoScape X Pro (Free Version)

Photo of me by Josh Gray

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July 09, 2018 /Joe Gray
hiking, backpacking, photography, photo blog, nature, photo journal, night photography, photo
Photo Journal

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