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> it can be not HPPD but underlying psychosis or schizophrenia that has been activated by the drug This is crucial part - tons of folks are a mess inside, and
by saiya-jin 6y ago
> it can be not HPPD but underlying psychosis or schizophrenia that has been activated by the drug
This is crucial part - tons of folks are a mess inside, and either it will never manifest fully (but they won't be perfectly normal balanced happy human beings either, just some grey zone), or it will with some shock - be it car crash, heavy alcohol use, tough breakup, death in close family or psychedelics for example.
My first GF's father had permanent paranoid schizophrenia triggered just by episode of heavy drinking during mandatory military service. Fucked up for rest of his life, on heavy medications.
Its not as rare in the population as we would like to think, still carries a heavy stigma with it so folks don't talk about it unless they have to.
- noneeeed 6y agoThat's one of my low-key worries in life. People go through life apparantly happy and healthy, and then bam some event unlocks or triggers something and they spend the rest of their life with crippling, life changing mental illness.
- therealx 6y agoI think you can alleviate a lot of your anxiety (as far as you can without hacking the anxiety itself with, say, cbt) by being in tune with your body and not ignoring potential early symptoms of conditions that leave these lasting effects. Combine that with only doing "allergy" doses first (think, peanut dust that would trigger your throat to swell, but not close as if you had taken a spoonfull of peanut butter), and you really will be okay. As a pro tip I tell everyone exploring lsd/shrooms - always have a benzo on handy. If you need to end the trip NOW, it'll almost for sure do the trick. If you may be susecptible to mental trauma, you will be doing no one a favor by "pushing through" it. Message me if you want :)
- Pelic4n 6y agoI have benzos as a safety net during my trips, and it occured to me that it may be a really bad idea to take them. During a trip I lived what people describe as an "ego death", where I saw myself disappearing and dying, and it was the most frightening experience of my life. Not only was I completely unable to take a benzo at this point, but it is very much a death and rebirth movement as described by Leary in the psychedelic experience. If I was pulled out from that movement without completing it, I don't know what would have happened. I think I would have been left seriously shaken and disturbed. It was crucial perceiving myself coming back to existence in order to feel "me" again. Sometimes "bad trips" aren't "bad", they're learning experiences meant to be completed, even if it is tough.
- klondike_klive 6y agoI'm imagining a "Do not shutdown while OS is installing" message pulsing in mid-air...
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- roguesherlock 6y agocan you tell me more about "benzo" ?
- petemir 6y agoBenzodiazepines, a type of (mostly) tranquilizers
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- asah 6y agoI recommend biking through midtown Manhattan: nothing like playing real life frogger to let go of vague fears!