Today we’d like to introduce you to Rivest Dunlap.
Hi Rivest, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
My story starts with a knife to my throat. Hi, my name is Rivest Dunlap, I do psilocybin therapy & this is my story. In early November of 2019 my father (Rivers Dunlap) passed away & it was hard to cope with his lost. As men we are taught to show no emotions, bottle it up & keep moving through society. [Pain is meant to be felt, not bottled up & stored on some shelf] During my father’s passing the girlfriend & I wasn’t doing so well. The relationship we created was toxic [which I take full responsibility for] but two broken people don’t equal a healthy relationship.
I loved her but didn’t know how to love her because I was never shown what love was. So January 2020 we broke it off, & of course, I was hurt by it, we spent 5 years together. But instead of trying to understand it, I just bottled it & shelf it with the rest of life’s problems. Come January & February I’m doing what I’d normally did before covid; work, come home, smoke, eat, repeat. Then covid hits, [this was the beginning, of the beginning of me] it changes my life completely! Because now there no running away from my problems, I have to face what was in front of me & even during quarantine I was trying so hard to running away. I was drink, smoking, doing blow; I didn’t want to face myself. My ego wouldn’t let me deal with bottles I’ve accumulated throughout my life until the day I held that knife to my throat. All the trauma from my mother, my father, family being racist, abused, etc everything came rushing back. While I had this knife to my throat, this voice emerged & said [out the knife down, go downstairs smoke a joint, eat some avocado toast; tomorrow we’re gonna get mushrooms & figure this shit out] The next day I took some psilocybin (magic mushrooms) & stood in the mirror for 5hr crying trying to figure out how’d I get here? Once the trip was over I knew I had to change everything that I once was. So I checked myself into therapy, started working out, eating right, meditating & for the first time in 34 years, I loved myself. & seeing that psilocybin saved my life, I took it upon myself to start the work I do now. 💕🍄
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Smooth road far from it. My biggest obstacle was facing myself. Unlocking, Understanding, Appreciating & Loving everything I was. Knowledge is self.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I’d like the reads to know that I’m here to help. I specialize in psilocybin therapy, I treat peoples with depression, anxiety & PTSD using Psilocybin (magic mushrooms). & that I’m most proud of fixing myself through the use of psilocybin because by fixing myself I can help others face themselves. I’ve been using/learning about psilocybin for 20 years, I know the ins & out of what it could truly do for a person’s well-being. I honestly don’t know what sets me apart from others, I’m just here to help & educate humanity on psilocybin. In six months I’ve acquired 22 clients, two of which who stop seeing their therapist (their Depression) after one session & took five who stop taking their anti-depressant pills. So there you go.
How do you think about happiness?
What do I think about happiness… Happiness is love & love is happiness. You can’t be happy if you don’t love yourself first.
Contact Info:
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: Rivestdunlap
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- Twitter: Rivestdunlap
Image Credits
Psilocybin bridge between Man & Woman: Artwork by Joe Estrada
