I've yet to try psilocybin mushrooms / any psychedelic drugs, although I intend to do so. Now I can only guess what they might feel like. One first assumption is that they work in a reverse direction to alcohol: drink makes you feel numb and detached, I suspect shrooms will make me feel very alive and attached — although attached to what, I can't predict. I anticipate the classic "trippy visuals" and intensity of colours, which should be fun. But I'm also curious about the perspectives it can supposedly offer — what method of delivery does it use when giving you new insights, new attitudes? Does it plant the thoughts in your brain, or does it somehow show you the ingredients and the recipe so that later you yourself actually make the final product?
I am a bit frightened about the possibility of a bad trip — greening out on marijuana has been rather horrible for me. But I also imagine that a bad trip feels like a bad dream: hellish, disturbing, and still a little bit not-real. This morning I had some nightmares and the scariest part is that (within the dream) I was confident they were dreams, though when I tried to pinch my face / smack myself to wake up, I couldn't wake up, so I started wondering whether it's actually real. I think the important thing is to think about context. In my dream scenario I should have thought "how did I get here" and noticed that I didn't remember the way the situation came about, which would tell me it's a dream. And the same with shrooms, if it does go "bad" (which I half welcome with a sort of morbid curiosity) then I will just fixate on the fact that it's temporary and drug-induced. In short though, at the low end I'm excited to see kaleidoscopes and perhaps enjoy music / food with a particular keenness. At the high end I hope there are lessons about myself or memories unearthed. I anticipate my imagination to go wild, and at the same time I will struggle to identify it as my imagination.