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?
LSD: My Life-Saving Drug
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#43I'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?…
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#44There 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.
1. Overstimulation, an inability to cope with all the new perceptions. This is especially pertinent during come-up. If you experience overstimulation in sober life, you'll probably recognize it. If you haven't, it feels like agitation and confusion.
2. Anxiety that is brought into the trip that is either consciously perceived or not beforehand. If something's bothering you at the back of your mind, it's going to come up front and center.
3. Intrusive thoughts. There's no reason why they can't happen on a trip, right? Like sober life, the best thing that makes them go away is acknowledging them and letting them play out. Trying to force them down can make them worse. Intrusive thoughts can lead to disturbing experiences even if they don't result in a bad trip.
4. Panic from feeling your own body in unfamiliar ways. Your proprioception shifts rapidly with LSD. You might not be able to tell where your limbs are, or whether they even still exist. The solidity of your body suddenly feels a little too insubstantial. You can't tell if you're too hot or too cold. Blankets don't seem to work. Come-up can be rough like this. You need to have immense trust in the world that you're ok, that you're not falling apart, that your body can take care of itself and your brain will soon compensate for the new chemical situation and restore homeostasis and understand your modified internal senses.
5. Temporary psychosis. it happens and i am not qualified to suggest a remedy or reasoning to it.
Edit: Sleep! Sleep deprivation is definitely on this list. Can't sleep on acid.
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#45There 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 can't say I think that people should be recommending psychedelics because the experience is so extreme and so personal, it can be life altering. As with anything this "far out", the outcome could be extraordinarily positive or also extraordinarily damaging. I don't believe it's merely about setting; it's the person doing the trips' responsibility to look after themselves. And don't be tired because you aren't sleeping for the next 14 hours.
If you want a new perspective on the world sure, go try LSD but if you want a better perspective I'd recommend Magnesium [1], Vitamin D [2] and some meditation first.
[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16542786
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#Health_effects_of_su...
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#46Psychedelics aren't for me, personally, due to anxiety, but they are fascinating.
Jobs also rated LSD as "one of the two or three most important experiences of my life." His experimentation with drugs is well-documented in his SF-86 (USG security clearance form), since he knew no matter what he said they had to clear him.
The whole document is kind of hilarious. Imagine Steve Jobs sitting across from Federal agents explaining a traffic arrest for his driving antics, and talking to them about acid blotters.
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#47lol@adblock block trend for time wasting articles
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#48There 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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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
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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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 a…
To be fair, I'm hardly an unbiased source, as a good friend of mine jumped out a window an hour or so after taking a rather large dose of LSD.