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How Magic Mushrooms Helped Me Move Past a Traumatic Relationship
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When I was 21 I visited my then-girlfriend in Amsterdam. We’d been together for 3 years during university and we pretty much lived out of each-others pockets. During term-time we were always together and if we were apart it was never for more than a day, but as some of us will know, that kind of relationship is rarely sustainable.
When university finished though I knew our relationship would never be the same again. She was moving to the Netherlands for a year-long masters and I was staying in London. Safe to say, I was right. She became close to someone else while she was there but was still maintaining our relationship.
As my first ever girlfriend, I was having a very difficult time processing the way our dynamic had changed and how we seemed more and more like strangers to each other. I went through periods of anger, sadness, longing and everything in between. My psyche wouldn’t allow me to let go so easily though, so I made the effort to visit her a few times.
As we all know, Amsterdam is a liberal place. I’d heard magic mushrooms were legal there, just like weed was but I knew…
