NEW YORK POST – A man in Austria reportedly amputated his own penis with an axe after ingesting a hefty dose of psychedelic mushrooms.
Fortunately, doctors in Austria were able to reattach the severed organ.
The patient’s shocking story is the first of its kind, according to PsyPost.org, and now detailed in the Mega Journal of Surgery.
Young man in mental anguish, covering his face with his hands against a black background
The man, 37, had a history of depression and alcohol abuse before eating three to four psilocybin mushrooms while alone at his home.
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring compound in so-called “magic” mushrooms with the power to thrust humans into hallucinatory states if ingested.
It works by altering the brain’s serotonin receptors, altering our senses and heightening emotions. Throughout history, several indigenous cultures have used the drug in spiritual ceremonies and to bring enlightenment to the psychically ill.
Lately, mainstream medicine has caught on to the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin mushrooms as studies show it could help treat patients experiencing psychological distress, such as depression, anxiety, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
However, the patient involved in the shocking new report found no such relief after using the substance without supervision to treat his ill mental health.
This is the first documented case of Klingsor syndrome related to psilocybin, in which a psychologically disturbed person self-inflicts harm on their genitals.
Doctors at Hospital Feldkirch in Austria wrote that the patient, who had been alone at his vacation home at the time, had eaten four to five individual dried mushrooms, inducing a brief psychotic episode in which he used an axe to chop his penis into multiple pieces …
