#neuroscientist

YOU

Yes, YOU

I need help and recommendations for websites/books that explain neurology (is that right? Please correct me if that's not the right area), maybe some useful YouTube videos that I can watch during my (limited) free time, and I need it to be focused on amnesia because

Here's the thing

I wanna write a fiction / romance (bl) on it

But I'm TERRIFIED of making an info innacurate or avoiding the medical part, because that's the main reason for the plot and uhhh literally 90% of the story

The fungus is a mushroom called L. ananassa, which is a bolete mushroom (a group with sponge-like pores instead of gills) found in Yunnan, China, the Philippines, & Papua New Guinea. It was only documented in 2015. Locally, it's called Jian shou qing, meaning "turns blue in the hand."It is edible when fully cooked, but undercooking can trigger "Lilliputian hallucinations" (after Gulliver's Travels—vivid visions of tiny people, often 0.8 in tall (2 cm)). The hallucinations are not typical of other hallucinogens like magic mushrooms (psilocybin) or LSD.

Hundreds of people report seeing tiny people marching like soldiers, tiny figures clinging to spoons or swimming in soup. The reason this is scientifically shocking is that scientists have not been able to identify the chemical hallucinogen. Scientists believe the mushroom contains a completely new, unidentified psychoactive compound. The name "see-hand-blue" is because boletes contain compounds that oxidize when exposed to air. When the mushroom is bruised, enzymes break open cells, which react with oxygen & react to form blue pigments. It's like cutting an apple & watching it turn brown, but in the mushroom, the oxygen reaction makes it blue instead of brown.

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The Brain isn't designed to be happy, but it can become happy.

At any moment you have the power to change the outcome of your life.

You can't hate yourself into a version you love.

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

Healing isn't about trying to put all of the shattered pieces back together as they were

Elaborations for the above:

Biologically, it's designed for survival, to scan for danger, to blend in with a 'pack'. Happiness truly is a mindset that is adopted, built & nurtured - it's not a natural given. So don't think there's something wrong with you if you aren't happy right now.

You're not stuck with the heavy thoughts & beliefs. Neuroplasticity means our brain can adapt & change with new experiences. The catch? We have to be the one to put ourselves in those situations in the first place. In other words, you do the doing, the brain will catch up. The brain is rarely ever going to WANT you to leap into the unknown, it goes against it's desire to keep you safe. To change, do things before you feel ready.

I used to believe if I hated myself a lot, I would be more driven & motivated to actually create change. Turns out learning to have your own back is way more effective.

Accepting that more than one reality exists helped me realize that just because I'm seeing it a certain way, or experiencing it a certain way, doesn't mean it's actually true. A great way to pull yourself back into neutral thinking space.