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Re:DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet wh... by jelliclesfarm on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:11AM (#24493418)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137697/ : meditation probably contributes to mental states that arent unlike DMT induced ones.

we are chemical soups sloshing around within our meat sacs.

i am interested though.. in the imaginary friends children make...could it be that when we are children, the brain releases 'DMT like' chemicals or signals that make them hallucinate our imaginary friends. children lose this ability when they grow up.

same with ghosts and alien sightings. i think ..on a more diluted level..people with synesthetic proclivities. many religious and spiritual experiences can also trigger meeting 'other entities' not from our plane. angels and such. fairies etc.

finally, could be seizures. certain kinds of epileptic episodes can trigger hallucinations and visualizations.

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Re:DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet wh... by NoOneNew on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @12:34PM (#24494296)
Do kids really think their imaginary friend is real? When I did it as a kid, I knew there was no one there, but pretended and in a way role played situations. Normally this was only in between long gaps where I didnt get to hang out with other kids. I've never known any kids who truly think their imaginary friend is real or see them. I thought it was just a lame movie trope.
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Re:DMT drug study investigates the ‘entities’ people meet wh... by criddell on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @11:34AM (#24493650)
People dealing with Lewy Body Dementia often have very vivid hallucinations.
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