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Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by 401 »

SN76477 wrote: post #25
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.

To add on to this, I know mixing drugs isn't kosher, but if this is a real worry to someone taking it, having xanax on stand-by is a good idea. SWIM came very close to a bad trip many times, on high doses, and having a "break glass incase of emergency" was enough to get through it.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by Thirdegree »

colordrops wrote: post #18
kahoon wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How did it damage you? Did you continue to think you had a brain hemorrhage even after you became sober or was it "just" very traumatizing while it lasted?

I had decided to meditate and watch my breath at the peak of the experience, and felt my consciousness separate from my full body, and move upward into my brain (similar to the visual in the intro to Fight Club). I felt like I was a singular point floating around the blood vessels in my brain, and this freaked me out, so I took a sharp turn, which burst a vessel at the top of my sinuses. I felt the blood rush into my…

> Mushrooms seem to guide you to a place, whereas LSD drags you there, whether you want to go or not.

That's interesting. I've never taken mushrooms but I've always heard the opposite, that LSD is easier to guide yourself and mushrooms drag you.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by purplerabbit »

//my experience

var self = (function LSD(self) {

  if (self) {
    return {
      ontology: new Ontology(),
      ego: null
    }
  }
  else return self
})(former_self)

edit: spacing. But seriously though, LSD can encourage/force you to re-think things you've taken for granted or never really understood. Like what time is, or how empathy works.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by astral303 »

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…

In your other comments I noticed you referenced meditation. Can you talk about the effect that a 20 minute meditation session has on you?

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by overcast »

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 came here to express the same sentiment. I'm trying to come up with the best way of saying not to do drugs, but yet everyone should try psychedelics at some point in their lives. Mushrooms are a much better experience, especially for a newcomer. LSD is much more of an intense, laugh at everything high, and to me felt very "chemical". Mushrooms made me feel like a million dollars, and was much more of a relaxed experience. You'll definitely feel like you can solve all the world's problems, and maybe even comes up with next big startup idea! :)

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Post by gnaritas »

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?…

> Maybe these drugs are just a shortcut.

That's exactly what they are. Few people reach through meditation what these drugs can show anyone, but meditation will get you there as well, perhaps with more control.

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by [deleted] »

revscat wrote: post #30
tim333 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by cnp »

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.

Here's an interesting study that seems to counter this claim: http://psychedelicfrontier.com/psychedelics-reductions-suici...

http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/01/08/026988111456...

Classic psychedelic use is associated with reduced psychological distress and suicidality in the United States adult population

"Psychedelic users showed a significantly lower likelihood of recent psychological distress, as well as less suicidal thinking and fewer suicide attempts, than non-users. Users were 36% less likely to have attempted suicide in the past year.

Use of other illicit substances, say the researchers, are “by and large associated with an increased likelihood of psychological distress and suicidality.” The use of non-psychedelic substances is a suicide risk factor, they conclude, but psychedelics appear to have the reverse effect."

Re: LSD: My Life-Saving Drug

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Post by selestify »

eric001 wrote: post #29
selestify wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Ask strangers in suitable environments.

And where would one find such "suitable" environments? It's not like I can just go to a shady bar and ask around.
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