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After visiting SF it put me off drugs entirely Even if its a 1% chance of negative permanent effect, its not worth it

by sydthrowaway 5y ago

Fargoan 5y ago
If you're not mentally ill you should be ok
- sydthrowaway 5y ago
  I post on the internet, very high chance I am.
01100011 5y ago
Up til now(47) I've only had one bad experience with psychedelics in my life, and it likely came from a research chemical masquerading as LSD. That changed a couple months ago when I started having uncontrollable tics for several weeks after a moderate dose of mushrooms(home grown, so I know what they are). I've had tics most of my adult life, and they are very sporadic, but after tripping it went from once a week or two up to 50-60 a day. Now it's back to a few times a day, but I am questioning if I should ever do them again at this point.
- sydthrowaway 5y ago
  No. The brain is too precious to forsake under some "psychonaut" subculture banner.
  - Cannabat 5y ago
    While I agree wholeheartedly that our body and mind are too precious to risk, the consumption of psychedelics being just the raising of a banner is skipping over the potential for these chemicals to be effective therapeutic and spiritual aids.
tern 5y ago
It's a lot less than 1%, but best to take psychedelics with (1) a deep knowledge of what's actually happening[1] and (2) confidence in your support network both during the experience and after. A bad trip is not necessarily bad—it's information about further work to do. If you don't already have a handle on how to do that kind of work without psychedelics, there's definitely a chance you'll end up stuck, possibly with symptoms you don't want. But it's not just a dice-roll. Your calculus may also change if you consider the possibility that your life could potentially be 10x or 100x better after investigation & development (via psychedelics or other means). From that perspective, psychedelics can be seen merely as a spiritual power tool. Great for gross cuts, best wielded with precautions in place, and not the right tool for finishing work. [1] i.e. https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/neural-annealing https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/neural-annealin...
dang 5y ago
Please "avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents" as the site guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Generic tangents make the threads more shallow and repetitive.
jamal-kumar 5y ago
thats a lot of words for 'i hate san francisco'

After visiting SF it put me off drugs entirely Even if its a 1% chance of negative permanent effect, its not worth it

Fargoan 5y ago

If you're not mentally ill you should be ok

sydthrowaway 5y ago
I post on the internet, very high chance I am.

01100011 5y ago

Up til now(47) I've only had one bad experience with psychedelics in my life, and it likely came from a research chemical masquerading as LSD. That changed a couple months ago when I started having uncontrollable tics for several weeks after a moderate dose of mushrooms(home grown, so I know what they are). I've had tics most of my adult life, and they are very sporadic, but after tripping it went from once a week or two up to 50-60 a day. Now it's back to a few times a day, but I am questioning if I should ever do them again at this point.

sydthrowaway 5y ago
No. The brain is too precious to forsake under some "psychonaut" subculture banner.
- Cannabat 5y ago
  While I agree wholeheartedly that our body and mind are too precious to risk, the consumption of psychedelics being just the raising of a banner is skipping over the potential for these chemicals to be effective therapeutic and spiritual aids.

tern 5y ago

It's a lot less than 1%, but best to take psychedelics with (1) a deep knowledge of what's actually happening[1] and (2) confidence in your support network both during the experience and after. A bad trip is not necessarily bad—it's information about further work to do. If you don't already have a handle on how to do that kind of work without psychedelics, there's definitely a chance you'll end up stuck, possibly with symptoms you don't want. But it's not just a dice-roll. Your calculus may also change if you consider the possibility that your life could potentially be 10x or 100x better after investigation & development (via psychedelics or other means). From that perspective, psychedelics can be seen merely as a spiritual power tool. Great for gross cuts, best wielded with precautions in place, and not the right tool for finishing work. [1] i.e. https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/neural-annealing https://www.qualiaresearchinstitute.org/blog/neural-annealin...

dang 5y ago

Please "avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents" as the site guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Generic tangents make the threads more shallow and repetitive.

jamal-kumar 5y ago

thats a lot of words for 'i hate san francisco'