Because whether you’re meowing at the moon or quoting Leviticus, you’re probably just trying to feel a little better.

Microdosing is a lot like religion, or jazz, or kombucha. It’s hard to explain, slightly mysterious, and deeply personal. And yet people try. They try to explain it to their friends, their partners, their therapists, their Uber drivers—and occasionally, their skeptical uncles who still think mushrooms are pizza toppings and LSD stands for “Let Satan Drive.”

Or, God help us, to their cats. Who are already enlightened, and frankly, a little smug about it.

What Is Microdosing, and Why Are You Doing It?

Let’s get this part out of the way: microdosing means taking an itty-bitty bit of a psychedelic—like psilocybin mushrooms or LSD—so small it doesn’t make you see God (or pink flamingos eating time), but just enough that you feel… better. More focused. Less broken. Like the inside of your head got vacuumed and now there’s room for a little peace to sit down and stay awhile.

We’re not talking about tripping your face off. We’re talking about not crying in the yogurt aisle at 2pm on a Tuesday.

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Try Explaining That to Uncle Bob

Uncle Bob, bless him, still thinks the 1960s were a CIA experiment and that serotonin is a communist. Here’s how you might explain it:

“Uncle Bob, it’s like taking a vitamin—but instead of fixing your bones, it gently encourages your brain not to catastrophize every minor inconvenience as the end of Western civilization.”

Or you could say:

“It’s like prayer, but with fungi. You don’t hear a voice from heaven, but you do remember to drink water and not yell at your coworkers.”

Still not buying it? Tell him scientists at Johns Hopkins are studying it. Tell him Silicon Valley CEOs do it. Tell him Jesus hung out with lepers and weirdos too.

Now Try Explaining It to Your Cat

Honestly, this is easier.

Step 1: Sit on the floor.
Step 2: Stare into your cat’s eyes.
Step 3: Whisper, “We are all one.”
Step 4: The cat blinks slowly and walks away because it already knew that.

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Why People Are Doing This (and Why They Aren’t All Naked in the Woods)

Microdosing isn’t about escaping reality. It’s about nudging it—ever so slightly—toward something kinder. It’s being present enough to notice the color of the sky or the taste of your coffee. It’s learning that your thoughts are just thoughts, not prophecies. It’s a reminder that your meat suit is full of stardust and rot and you should probably stretch more.

People microdose to ease anxiety, fight depression, boost creativity, or just to feel like themselves with the volume turned down a notch. It’s not a silver bullet. It’s more like spiritual WD-40.

Yes, You Can Still Be a Good Christian (or a Great Cat Owner)

For those of you worried this is some sort of heathen rite—let’s just say this: If God didn’t want us to grow magic mushrooms, He wouldn’t have put them on cow dung in the first place. If psilocybin can make you a kinder, gentler, more grateful human being, maybe that’s the kind of communion we need right now.

And as for your cat—they don’t care what you put in your mouth as long as their bowl is full and you remember to open the window sometimes.

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Final Thoughts (Before You Spiral Again)

We live in a time when everything is too much and not enough, all at once. Microdosing isn’t a miracle. It won’t fix capitalism or your unresolved childhood trauma. But it might make it a little easier to live inside your own skull. It might help you remember to breathe. To laugh. To call your mom. To write poems in the margins of your to-do list.

And really, what’s more sacred than that?

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