More and more moms are coming forward to admit their secret: FoggyForest Microdose Mushrooms help them stay afloat in the turbulent sea of motherhood. This is known as “microdosing,” and it’s gaining in popularity as the world seems to get hotter, angrier, and more at war with itself.

It’s a routine that Bea, 27, an anthropology student from the north of England, has followed for the past seven years. Every other day, she wakes up, boils water, grinds up a microdose of mushrooms and drinks it down. “It’s just become a part of my life,” she says, adding that it’s an essential part of her self-care and study regime.

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The mushrooms, which the body converts into psilocin, help her organize her thoughts and feel more focused, she says. She finds she can “act like my true stable, aware self”, no longer the people-pleasing, anxious version of herself that had ruled her life before.

But microdosing hasn’t been without its challenges, including the stigma around taking illegal drugs (especially LSD and psilocybin) and feeling a need to hide the habit from others. Physiological discomfort has also been a problem, with reports of disrupted senses and temperature dysregulation, numbing and tingling, and insomnia. Some participants report feelings of depression and anxiety after microdosing, although research into these effects has only just begun. Still, some researchers say that psilocybin’s powerful effects on the brain could potentially treat conditions such as cluster headaches, anorexia and PTSD.