Man chops off his penis and stores the cut parts in a jar of ice after eating ‘magic’ mushrooms

A man in Austria reportedly amputated his penis with an ax after ingesting a large dose of psychedelic mushrooms.

Fortunately, doctors in Austria were able to reattach the severed organ.

The patient’s shocking story is the first of its kind, according to PsyPost.org, and now detailed in the Mega Journal of Surgery.

It is reported that the 37-year-old was suffering from depression and alcohol abuse at the time of the psychotic break.

Psilocybin is a natural ingredient in so-called “magic” mushrooms with the power to put people into hallucinatory states if ingested. It works by changing serotonin receptors in the brain, altering our senses and heightening emotions. Throughout history, some indigenous cultures have used the drug in spiritual ceremonies and to bring enlightenment to the psychologically ill.

Recently, mainstream medicine has caught on to the therapeutic benefits of the psilocybin mushroom, as studies show it can help treat patients experiencing psychological distress, such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

However, the patient involved in the shocking new report found no such relief after using the substance unsupervised to treat his ailing mental health.

This is the first documented case of psilocybin-related Klingsor syndrome, in which a psychologically disturbed person inflicts self-inflicted genital damage.

Doctors at Feldkirch Hospital in Austria wrote that the patient, who had been alone at his holiday home at the time, had eaten four to five individual dried mushrooms, triggering a brief psychotic episode in which he used an ax. to cut his penis into multiple pieces. .

Later, he was seen by a resident of the town after he came out of his house to seek help. He arrived at the nearest hospital in critical condition about 5 hours after the horrific incident.

The chilling scene showed medical experts that the man had tried to tie a piece of cloth around his penis to block the flow of blood and placed the rest of the organ in a jar filled with snow.

Doctors had to carefully clean the severed organ, which was contaminated by dirt and snow, and managed to repair the tip and about two inches of the shaft. The other pieces were too damaged to be reassembled.

The patient was unable to fully recall the horrific event.

Immediately following the operation, the man was placed under the care of psychiatric professionals as he continued to suffer bouts of psychosis for about a week afterward. In recovery, he later continued his recovery in the urology department.

Complications including necrosis (death of skin tissue) occurred, which healed over time. Within a few months of the operation, he had also regained erectile and urinary functions.