People on here love to call me a drug addict who has nothing going for him with "brain damage". I can assure you that anyone who has made these claims has NO IDEA what they are talking about.
Mushrooms (psilocybin) are literally so safe that I personally think we should NOT consider them being a controlled substance.
1. They are not pharmaceuticals. They leave absolutely 0 toxicity to the body. And when I say 0, I mean literally 0. They literally couldn't even find the LD50 of psilocybin on humans. That's how safe it is. The only toxicity you could possibly get is if you consume a wrong species of mushroom that contains toxins, but even that has nothing to do with the psilocybin itself.
2. They don't cause a physical dependence. The actual substance itself doesn't cause addiction because it doesn't alter your reward system in ANYWAY.
3. Not even considered a gateway "drug".
4. It can make you open new experiences and give you self-actualization.
The problem is that you're using a substance to escape reality, rather than face it. "New experiences", for me, include getting pegged and trying to walk at 300lbs; new != good.