Lots of things permanently alters your opinion of the world. Much of this is forced on you. If your parents brought you up in religion, it alters you. Tragedy t

Lots of things permanently alters your opinion of the world. Much of this is forced on you. If your parents brought you up in religion, it alters you. Tragedy tends to alter people. War does this. Your parents dying might do this: The current pandemic has done this for some people. Jail does this to folks, too. Travel can do it, and relocating to another country definitely can do it too. In general, folks aren't going to forcibly administer this stuff to you. IF they do, they are generally either 1) bad friends or 2) The sorts of folks that have the power to torture you. Realistically, you choose to take it yourself. If I*m going to fundamentally change, I'd rather it be because of a positive thing I've chosen for myself, which includes hallucinogens.