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40 - Daniel Carcillo - Mushrooms saved my life, when nothing under the sun helped

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This is an athlete’s story. The story of Daniel Carcillo, who still goes under the Twitter -Name “CarBombBoom13”.


Daniel was known as “Car Bomb” during his NHL (National Hockey League) career because he played — and lived — reckless. He also had seven diagnosed concussions. The bigger pictures, in the word the New York Times chose: The NHL knowingly withheld information about the dangers of hockey-related brain injuries, actively promoted fighting and failed to assist players in the transition from the ice to everyday living. After suffering from depression, concussion and traumatic brain injury, Daniel tried a very high dose of psilocybin. And he came back to a life, his life. Now, Daniel wants to support the “traumatised community” he once came from, as a plant medicine and fungi advocate.