Magic mushrooms (or any psychedelic drug) taken in the wrong state of mind are dangerous! Pervasive negativity in your thoughts can easily lead to a very bad trip, which I can only imagine would increase depression, possibly even lead to worse psychological issues. Now, from what I’ve been told, mushrooms are not as dangerous as say LSD, but they induce a significantly altered state of mind nonetheless. So that’s a very tricky thing to try to study, I’m sure!

If you do not have a friend who is familiar with their effects to give you advice and otherwise help you out, I would NOT recommend any psychedelic. Even if you’re not suffering depression or other debilitating mental/emotional issues.