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I always considered it kind of a fun challenge to use in odd settings but I always had completely certain way to end the trip with me, which can be a source of mental comfort even if not used.
For anyone curious Mark Manson is the author of The Subtle Art Of Not Giving a Fuck [1] which is a pretty entertaining book all things considered. As far as "self help" books go I personally find them all relatively fruitless/pointless, but I also might not be the target audience for them. With that said, I did enjoy his book and his anecdotes.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Subtle_Art_of_Not_Giving_a...
Kinda contradicting himself here, but I sympathize with the author.
> The precise circumstances in which I took the drug don’t matter. Absolutely false. Set and setting are crucial.
> Suffice to say that I was far from home in an unfamiliar (and public) environment with people I didn’t know very well and had little reason to trust.
Stopped reading after this part -- Taking psychedelics in such circumstances is a horrible idea!
tl;dr, he took acid in a bad setting, lost touch with reality, and ended up crying in bed for a few hours. It then bothered him for months after. I don't want to be too insensitive but I don't understand how that's getting even a little close to life ruining. I've had a similar experience before. It was scary, but it didn't bother me at all after. I understood I experienced my brain having it's wires crossed for a wh…
Probably because "I had a bad few months" isn't as good of a headline as "nearly ruined my life"
> The precise circumstances in which I took the drug don’t matter. Absolutely false. Set and setting are crucial.
> I didn’t have “flashbacks” (I’m not convinced these are a real phenomenon), but memories of scenes I’d seen while high kept intruding on my thoughts, jolting me awake with an echo of the fear I’d felt on the first playthrough Kinda contradicting himself here, but I sympathize with the author.
> The precise circumstances in which I took the drug don’t matter. Absolutely false. Set and setting are crucial.
> The precise circumstances in which I took the drug don’t matter. Absolutely false. Set and setting are crucial.
Exactly. > Suffice to say that I was far from home in an unfamiliar (and public) environment with people I didn’t know very well and had little reason to trust. Stopped reading after this part -- Taking psychedelics in such circumstances is a horrible idea!
> In other words, it was as unsuitable an environment for psychedelic experimentation as I could have designed [...]