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Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by selestify »

kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

How do you go about obtaining such things if none of your friends do it either?

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Post by mempko »

I'm a bit unusual here. I have never taken any drugs. I don't drink alcohol. I am also not judgmental.

There is the concept of the waking dream. That we are always in a dream which keeps being guided by our senses. Where the mind corrects the dream based on what we feel, see, and hear.

Psychedelics seem to break this process. When people say they have "Profound" experiences, do they mean they finally understand this? This sense of wholeness.

Reading the experiences people have had, I feel I have had similar ones through meditation.

Maybe these drugs are just a shortcut.

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kurage wrote: post #7

LSD helped me significantly; it alleviated my ADHD symptoms, and helped me get over my substance dependency issues over few low dose trips. Psilocybin helped bring clarity, motivation in my life, love for nature, and helped purge out some negative emotions by crying. Ayahuasca has been the most therapeutic; it allowed me to revisit very early childhood memories I've completely forgotten about, which later helped my i…

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Post by selestify »

kurage wrote: post #7

LSD helped me significantly; it alleviated my ADHD symptoms, and helped me get over my substance dependency issues over few low dose trips. Psilocybin helped bring clarity, motivation in my life, love for nature, and helped purge out some negative emotions by crying. Ayahuasca has been the most therapeutic; it allowed me to revisit very early childhood memories I've completely forgotten about, which later helped my i…

> It also showed me why I was born, which helped give me a sense of direction, purpose in life.

Out of curiosity, can I ask why you were born?

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Post by SN76477 »

kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

A bad trip can be really BAD.

No one wants a bad trip.

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Post by tim333 »

kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

I'd add I know several people with long term mental impairment from overuse, mostly from long term use of LSD. So while it's interesting to try, be cautious.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by SN76477 »

mempko wrote: post #22

I'm a bit unusual here. I have never taken any drugs. I don't drink alcohol. I am also not judgmental. There is the concept of the waking dream. That we are always in a dream which keeps being guided by our senses. Where the mind corrects the dream based on what we feel, see, and hear. Psychedelics seem to break this process. When people say they have "Profound" experiences, do they mean they finally understand this?…

LSD and similar drugs somehow change your reality.

In a way that nothing else seems to.

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Post by kurage »

kendallpark wrote: post #19
kurage wrote: post #7

LSD helped me significantly; it alleviated my ADHD symptoms, and helped me get over my substance dependency issues over few low dose trips. Psilocybin helped bring clarity, motivation in my life, love for nature, and helped purge out some negative emotions by crying. Ayahuasca has been the most therapeutic; it allowed me to revisit very early childhood memories I've completely forgotten about, which later helped my i…

> it alleviated my ADHD symptoms What ADHD symptoms did it alleviate?

Bumping into objects, living in my head all day, failure to follow up on appointments, messy room, always lost things, moved around constantly, and more.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by eric001 »

selestify wrote: post #21
kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

How do you go about obtaining such things if none of your friends do it either?

Ask strangers in suitable environments.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by revscat »

tim333 wrote: post #26
kshahkshah wrote: post #11

There is a lot going on in this article and I won't comment on all of it. I'll just address people who are perhaps curious about psychedelics. May I highly suggest that those wishing to experiment with psychedelics do it only in a place where you feel absolutely safe. That is, no risk of police, parents (if that is an issue), or neighbours to bother you. Additionally and I do think this is very important: in nature .…

I'd add I know several people with long term mental impairment from overuse, mostly from long term use of LSD. So while it's interesting to try, be cautious.

Then you should get those people in touch with the appropriate researchers. They are anomalies.
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