Effects of Psilocybin on the Brain

When you eat a magic mushroom,

something insane happens inside your brain. So there's this molecule called psilocybin.

The second it hits your bloodstream, your body converts it into psilocin.

This molecule looks almost identical to serotonin.

So your brain just lets it in, doesn't even fight it.

Now, inside your head, there's this network, the default mode network.

It's basically your ego, the thing that makes you feel like you,

your sense of self, your identity.

Psilocin floods the receptors and shuts it down completely.

Your ego goes quiet.

And then the crazy part starts.

Brain regions that are never supposed to talk to each other,

your visual cortex, your emotions, your memories,

they all start connecting at the same time, all at once.

That's literally why people see music,

feel colors,

feel like they're one with the entire universe.

Your brain didn't malfunction.

It just rewired itself temporarily.