I'm here to share a personal journey with Micro-Iboga. I'll start by saying that I have very little experience with psychedelics: I've only had a couple of subtle trips with mushrooms, not therapeutically, but recreationally. This was the first time I decided to embark on a journey within myself with the help of a powerful tool called Iboga, which comes from the root bark of the plant called Tabernanthe Iboga, native to Central Africa.

Commonly, people think that ibogaine, the active substance in iboga and being a psychedelic, has a similar effect to psilocybin, but it's not the case. Ibogaine is considered to have a reflective property, meaning it generates an observer effect, allowing us an opportunity to more closely witness our own mind. This doesn't mean we detach from reality, but rather we can observe our patterns and mental discourses more clearly. In my opinion - because let's remember this brief article is about my personal journey - iboga is a very mental substance. Of course, there are moments where it makes us feel more in touch with our emotions, but it mainly acts on our mental plane.

The first contact with a very small dose was beautiful. I felt content, colors looked brighter, and I felt very relaxed. As an example, as the days went by, I noticed that my mind was calmer and instead of overthinking things seven times, I only overthought them three times. It's as if the space between the first impulse I felt and the action linked to it became shorter. Life became a bit "simpler” so to say. I noticed more action and less confusion and anxiety around each idea.

Another interesting and very positive thing that happened around the third week of microdosing was that a window of a couple of hours opened up where I could focus my mind on multiple tasks, shifting my attention from one activity to another without getting distracted in the process and thus achieving a nice degree of productivity.

Being able to disconnect a bit from my mind gave me a lot of clarity regarding my emotions and how I react to external stimuli. Iboga is a great aid in distinguishing mental processes and discovering what kind of approach is needed to continue mental and spiritual healing. In my experience it was a gentle and loving journey inward.

By Andrea Thomsen

About Andrea Thomsen: A cultural manager, passionate about the arts, and an explorer of spiritual territories. She writes, observes and listens. She coordinates projects that have a heart.