Comedian Adam Strauss describes his use of mushrooms and other psychedelics to combat his OCD.  Adam is known for his substantively human monologue, dubbed "The Mushroom Cure",  where he shares the complex nuances of OCD and his turbulent path of psychedelic use to find mental homeostasis. This episode offers insight into the mind of obsessive compulsive disorder and how psychedelics can be an effective tool for surrendering those tendencies. Adam is an intellectual storyteller and comedian, so sit back and enjoy some grade A conversation..Adam Strauss is a comedian, writer and performer based in NYC. He won the New York Fringe Festival's Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance and the Leffe Craft Your Character Storytelling Competition. Topics CoveredMental health in comedy culture Psychedelics and psychotherapy for mental illness, particularly with psilocybin and OCDAdam describes what it's like to have OCDThe backstory of The Mushroom Cure monologueCoping mechanisms for OCD in the past, present and futureShow notesThe Mushroom Cure website: https://www.themushroomcure.com/Adam Strauss' IG: https://www.instagram.com/atomstraussAdam Strauss' Website: http://adamstrauss.com/who-is-adam/Articles mentioned:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G6tSBLiHmiBBPjl0mNvz23033vQf506b?usp=sharing