???? A trip on psychedelic mushrooms - not for fun, but to deal with serious mental health problems. In Germany, such sessions with truffles are prohibited. 21-year-old Josie is therefore travelling to the Netherlands, and Philip can accompany her on her trip. Can the mushrooms really help her? And what are the risks? ???? Philip meets 21-year-old student Josie in Düsseldorf. She tells him about a therapy she underwent - because of too high expectations of herself and so-called social adjustment disorders. A year ago, she had her first experience with psychedelic truffles. This experience helped her to deal with her problems and work on them. Josie hopes that today's session will have the same effect. She is still excited because you never know what will happen during the trip. ???????? Before heading to the Netherlands, Philip speaks to neuropsychologist Dr. Katrin Preller. She is researching the therapeutic potential of #psilocybin, the psychedelic active ingredient in truffles, at the University Hospital in Zurich. She is currently conducting studies with patients with alcohol addiction and depression. And although the results of these studies are still pending, much of previous research suggests that psilocybin, embedded in the right therapeutic context and under medical supervision, can actually help people. ⚠️ At the same time, Dr. Preller warns: People with cardiovascular diseases or previous psychotic illnesses should definitely avoid such a trip. And even without previous illnesses, a trip can be very confusing or even traumatizing if the setting or dosage is wrong. ???? Philip meets Josie again at a remote yoga and meditation retreat near Roermond in the Netherlands. Philemon Schibli from Cologne offers psychedelic experiences with truffles there. His goal: to enable the people who come to him to have a deep self-experience. However, he excludes people with mental illnesses or recent trauma, says Philemon. All participants must have a conversation with psychologists beforehand and provide information about their state of health - including Josie. ???? Josie and Philemon start the ceremony in a tepee on the retreat grounds. They each eat a little more than 20 grams of the psychedelic truffles. This amount gives both of them a psychedelic trip that lasts about five hours. Josie tells Philip in the evening and the next morning how she feels during the trip and afterwards. ⚖️ Legal status of psilocybin & psilocin in Germany: The active ingredient in truffles, psilocybin, is converted into psilocin in the body and then develops its psychedelic effect. Both active ingredients are subject to the Narcotics Act (BtMG) in Germany and are not considered marketable. ???? Narcotics Act (BtMG): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bt... ???? Music: Leafar Legov - Melting YokoO - Cingulomania Cubicolor - Down The Wall Grandbrothers - What We See Rhye - Open (SOHN Remix) ???? Team: Philip Wortmann, Theresa Gunkel, Maik Arnold, Julius Dommer, Andreas Joseph, Benjamin Imort ???? You can also find us here: Twitter: reporter Facebook: reporter Instagram: / reporter.offiziell Snapchat: reporter on Snapchat ???? #reporter belongs to #funk: YouTube: funk Instagram: / funk TikTok: funk (@funk) officially on TikTok Check out the latest TikTok videos from funk Website: funk Experience real stories with us. Up close. Critical. Without filters. ???? A new topic every week ???? ????‍♂️ Philip has been part of the reporter team since the end of 2019. He grew up in Hamburg, studied journalism and politics in Dortmund, did his traineeship at WDR and found a new home in Cologne. His favorite topics: political and controversial. You can find Philip here: Twitter: philipwortmann Instagram: / phwrtmnn reporter is produced by the WDR's current affairs program department for funk. funk is a joint offering by the Association of German Broadcasting Corporations (ARD) and the Second German Television (ZDF).