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May I ask what has changed in you?
by ImTalking 10y ago
May I ask what has changed in you?
- 88e282102ae2e5b 10y agoAt the time I felt like I became noticeably smarter. That may have been the arrogance of a 20-year-old, but the perspective shift was so vast that I was forced to think about things in completely new ways (for years after the trip was over). It definitely made my thinking much less rigid, regardless. I also knew long beforehand that subjective experience is filtered by the brain, but having that fact forcibly shown to me was a whole other ballgame. I was also much calmer and more giving afterwards. I'm not sure why - maybe spending eight hours while super high and with a diminished ego makes you want to revisit that mindset. Long after the trip and even occasionally today, I still see patterns in trees that are very reminiscent of how they looked while tripping. This may be a bit silly, but it's a nice cautionary reminder that my brain is capable of imposing order where there is none. Superficially, I went from hating to loving electronic music, and felt euphoria for the first time.
- ImTalking 10y agoLove hearing about experiences like this. We have no idea the power of the mind.
- jamesblonde 10y agoI had basically the opposite experience with acid. It took years for me to get back to being normal, with daily flashbacks for the first year. It was the dummest decision i ever made, taking psychedelics.
- razakel 10y ago>I had basically the opposite experience with acid. It took years for me to get back to being normal, with daily flashbacks for the first year. It was the dummest decision i ever made, taking psychedelics. Are you sure what you took was actually acid?
- JonnieCache 10y agoIt's not obvious that this couldn't have been produced by any other intensely novel experience at that stage of life, eg. foreign travel. An intense psychedelic trip could be a good shortcut though.
- tluyben2 10y agoOr both. Not sure if would be bad at a later age either.