Plenty of shrooms and acid for me too. In my self experimentation I noticed profoundly positive effects upon my mind, mood and outlook in general. I had a few life altering experiences as a teen and young adult. The good effects have been permanent, that is they stayed with me despite the fact that it's been three decades since I've dropped.

I now fully believe that people who have experimented with psychedelics tend to be more creative and far more difficult to control via fake news, brain washing and collectivist thinking etc.

I think it has to do with serotonin in the brain. SSRI's are complete shit in my opinion and they tend to make people fat, fearful, compliant and sometimes suicidal/homicidal. Notice big pharma hands out those kinds of drugs like candy and the government continues to control psychedelics with threat of prosecution. I think we've been lied to and tricked into believing that somehow serotonin is a happy feel good neurotransmitter. LSD down-regulates serotonin receptors in the brain.

Wide awake and anti-authoritarian for sure!