A Mushroom Trip Gave The Black Keys' Patrick Carney Anxiety Issues l Joe Rogan

You know it's great that you openly talk about having these panic attacks because there are so many kids that I'm sure who are huge fans of yours who also have panic attacks and they can't fucking believe that you guys with your level of success could still have these little battles you know that we've all had. So it's so huge that you're willing to talk about that and say that. I'm telling you that was definitely going to make an impact on people. You know I mean once you have it like the first time I ever really had a panic attack I had one and then I kind of didn't have another one until this moment on that state on Lollapalooza but the first time really was in Amsterdam on the way from Amsterdam to London Dan bought some mushrooms. Uh oh. And I guess they're illegal there. I never I didn't Dan bought them and brought them on the we were traveling in a van at the time and they were giant fresh mushroom. Not even dried? No man it was like a meal. And then he bought them he was like you guys you should take some you should take some and I was like I ate like the stem and it was massive I mean it was like eating a burrito and I was like and after like 20 minutes after 20 30 minutes it's like I don't feel I don't feel anything Dan's like I don't have to eat the fucking rest man I don't know. I eat the rest of this thing it's massive ass thing and like I just start sweating it smells like portobello mushrooms seeping from my skin and I yell up to the driver I'm like starting to spin out like how do how do you get this to stop he turned around he only wore black and his shades on and I thought I really thought at the time he was like Satan he's like drink loads of beer. And I was like what the fuck and then I was just like in the back just like fucking like freaking out for like two hours and finally we stop I'm like we got I gotta get the fuck out of this van this is this is in 2003 it's a long time ago. You were white knuckling your girlfriend. I was like I was like yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah and then we get out and like I was like I just think it's the fresh air man I'm like we stop at this gas station in Belgium and I walk into the bathroom with Dan and they're like this woman's like speaking in French like you know it's basically saying it I was like what the fuck she's what's happening Dan it costs money to pee here bro and I'm like what is it I know man is that crazy and I'm like fucking freaking out and I all I had was like 50 euros and I put it on the tray and Dan grabs it and puts it in my pocket and then puts like a nickel there like dude it doesn't cost that much to pee and like and we both started laughing at that moment and then I turned the edge from that and then it was an amazing experience we started being like laughing at like how clean their dumpster was like even the dumpsters here are clean and they're like bright red you can eat off it yeah we can eat I think you could really truly dumpster dive here and be like eating a regular meal but I got that panicky thing right there at the top and I swear that shit opened it up for me man there was no natural light in the back of the van also all the windows had really dark dark tint black tint oh so we were just in this panic van yeah you need to get outside yeah I remember when the sliding door went open it was like when they went into Willy Wonka's place yeah all the light came in and yeah and then it seemed like it was crazy because when we got back in the van three fucking hours later like our driver's like dude we gotta go we've been here for 20 minutes he's like it's been three hours of you guys look like talking about this dumpster and I was like no way so we we get back in and Dan's Dan like out of nowhere his girlfriend I guess maybe had this at the time he like do you want some bubble gum and we've been on tour for a month and I never seen this bag it was like a trash bag full of gumballs and I was like oh my god what the fuck's happening he's like let's listen to some music man and so he put on NWA and I was like we both started laughing I was like it sounded like Fisher Price music like so plastic and brittle and like this is so bad this is so awful and then he put on Captain Beef Heart's safest milk and it was like the most incredible sounding record I'd ever heard it was fucking insane but it was that experience that first opened up me ever experiencing that like what the fuck's happening like kind of fight or flight but for no reason panic attack thing and I think yeah I deal with it mostly but I just when I'm on stage I still get them occasionally if I come in too fast are you saying that it was started from that trip it's the first time I ever felt it man wow do you think you broke something in there I think I took way too much I'm really sensitive to I'm really sensitive to getting high like yeah I just it's not in my system it's not it's not for me you seem like you could have been a comic have you ever thought about being a comic I don't think I could I like bullshitting though but I definitely I know I don't you say funny shit man you have funny observations thanks you have a mean streak I'm Dan's personal comic that's basically it yeah yeah he is a comic but yeah that you think that that was the first one and then from then it maybe has opened up the door and because you had one it makes it easier to have another one is that how it works well I was exhausted that day because we were kids we were kids partying for I was I'd never been to Europe really we were in Amsterdam I smoked weed the night before which I don't do we were drinking and I barely got any sleep so it's super shitty feeling so every time I'm like basically tired I'm more prone to that shit and it happens like at the airport you know like the airport to me early morning flights it just always kind of like that was really hectic and like everything's fucking moving around and tired like fuck this is a fucking miserable um and festivals sometimes they're so crowded and like but no I haven't had a problem with them really but the hypnotism shit worked