Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by moyya on Saturday July 21, 2018 @07:40PM
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I can echo this sentiment, as a normally soft-spoken guy who was arrested while completely out of his mind on psilocybin. My perception of reality was utterly shattered; I thought I had died and that my mind was transported into a realm of eternal torture. I'll never forget the dread I experienced while being forced to the asphalt and handcuffed by police officers on the side of the road. They took me to a hospital where I believed the medical staff were preparing to physically mutilate me (keep in mind, I was handcuffed the entire time...I felt helpless). When a nurse asked my name and address, I just broke down and started bawling. Apparently they gave me a sedative, and I woke up later to find my family sitting around me crying.
Psychedelics have an amazing propensity for good, but they can also destroy you. Tread carefully.
Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by iamforreal on Saturday July 21, 2018 @08:40PM
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Sober trip sitters are a requirement, in my experience. Like, cigs and alcohol at most for them
Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by moyya on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:38PM
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Agreed about the trip sitter!
In fact, my downward spiral was instigated by another person who was tripping with me. He told me we were severely dehydrated (no, we were just severely high) and needed water asap. This prompted frantically running to a residential area asking people for water, and the rest is hell.
Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by TomMarius on Sunday July 22, 2018 @06:40AM
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Seems like you were missing the three most important parts of a safe psychedelic experience: Set, setting and a trip sitter.
Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by juskrey on Sunday July 22, 2018 @05:05AM
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Sounds like it was a fake LSD, more like dxm or something
Re:Psychedelics Promote Structural and Functional Neural Pla...
by CynicalDio on Sunday July 22, 2018 @03:48PM
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It is entirely possible that this was real LSD. To believe that the "real" stuff can't cause these kinds of psychotic episodes is absolutely naive. It is also very unlikely DXM would ever be passed off as LSD, the dosage range is in the 200-800mg area and as such is IMPOSSIBLE to fit on any standard blotter. DXM is also a disassociative drug primarily effecting the NMDA receptor sites in the brain whose effects are markedly different from the sertonergic-centric tryptamine effect produced by LSD and related substances.
1. I took magic mushrooms (well truffles, Amsterdam, sold in smartshops, i.e. legal) and I felt a bit uncomfortable in my body and I felt like a kid.
2. I took magic truffles again (again Amsterdam) and I felt a lot uncomfortable in my body and was contemplating suicide. Fortunately I had on gray brain cell left that said "you can kill yourself, but only if you agree on it when you're sober and it's one week later." I locked myself in a bathroom with no windows. Yes, I could hurt myself in the bathroom, but I was fortunately to dumb to know how to do that. When the effect started cooling down it was a mix between a really bad trip and a really profound, meaningful yet really painful trip.
When I came out of the trip and felt sober I got a lot of data to analyze about myself and that definitely helped me. Yet, god forbid if I didn't have that 1 gray brain cell that realized that I was on truffles and therefore not in my right mind. Needlessly to say, when I was sober I decided to live because life is one interesting big trip anyway :D
One thing that I am realizing more and more: I really like myself sober. When I am sober I am capable of keeping my emotions in check. It's easier to love myself and all those things.
Nevertheless, I am grateful for the insights.