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A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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Based on the description it seems like he took some other research chemical and not LSD. Key things: - 15 minute onset - Massive hallucinations - Only lasted a few hours LSD takes 45 minutes to start the effects and lasts around 12 hours. As mentioned in the article, you don’t hallucinate big scenes or things that aren’t there. I once had a similar experience where I took some random tabs from a guy in a bar. I immed…

I think the issue is that nobody really knows the dosage of street or darkweb tabs. Like, its so incredibly inconsistent, and I've had that from one card where one time two tabs give me a similar experience to the author (only I enjoy the ego deaths), and sometime it feels like I've not taken enough. And it wouldn't have been tolerance; I'm experienced with psychedelics, but I don't take them often. I've had bad trips too, but alas.

Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

#32

This shouldn't be flagged, it almost seems like people are getting defensive about their pet drug which is odd. If someone wrote an article titled "Alcohol nearly ruined my life", most people wouldn't translate it into "No one should ever drink alcohol"

Weird interpretation. I didn’t flag it but I’d assume people did because the article is kinda pointless.

Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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post #32

This shouldn't be flagged, it almost seems like people are getting defensive about their pet drug which is odd. If someone wrote an article titled "Alcohol nearly ruined my life", most people wouldn't translate it into "No one should ever drink alcohol"

Weird interpretation. I didn’t flag it but I’d assume people did because the article is kinda pointless.

You don't have to assume.

The oddly defensive comments which are much lower quality than I'd expect on this site are still posted.

Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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"An entirely avoidable bad trip fucked my shit up".

This is a very unnecessary comment. So it might have been avoidable, yet it happened, and the author is sharing their experience. What exactly is the problem with this? A healthy discourse about these substances should obviously include the discussion of its dangers too.

Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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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…

>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 while and left it at that.

It's great that you had a bad experience that you were able to cope with so easily. What does this have to do with the author's experience however?

Your "tl;dr" is needlessly mean-spirited and downplays the author's experiences. People can develop DP/DR and PTSD symptoms from bad trips. Some of those can last for a very long time and others really can worsen if no professional help is sought.

Re: A bad acid trip nearly ruined my life

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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…

> I don't understand how that's getting even a little close to life ruining. Probably because "I had a bad few months" isn't as good of a headline as "nearly ruined my life"

Maybe it actually "nearly ruined his life"? This is not the first person and surely not the last who has had a bad trip that affected them long past their trip? There are many accounts of DP/DR and PTSD occurring after such events.
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