Melyssa Ford Speaks On How Microdosing Shrooms Helped Her Navigate The Loss Of Her Mother

Melyssa Ford

Melyssa Ford Speaks On How Microdosing Shrooms Helped Her Navigate The Loss Of Her Mother

Grief can be incredibly difficult to navigate.

Media personality and model #MelyssaFord recently opened up about how microdosing psilocybin mushrooms helped her process the loss of her mother, who passed away from colon cancer in 2020. Speaking on the latest episode of the Lovers by Shan podcast, Melyssa described the impact of her mother’s de@th, saying it “was like a meteor hit my world, my earth.” She also shared that she had been diagnosed with “major depressive disorder,” but admitted she was “too scared” to take antidepressants.

Instead, Melyssa said she explored an alternative approach after being introduced to microdosing psilocybin mushrooms in 2022. “A couple of friends talked to me about microdosing and I was a little intimidated by it but I started doing that with therapy and that really worked,” Melyssa explained, noting that with “intense therapy” her “sense of dignity grew.”

She added, “It was when my dignity was challenged that I realized how important it was and how fiercely I need to guard it, because in dignity you find self-love.”