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Psychadelics traumatized me. It took about 2 years to get through it. There's no hidden knowledge or special secrets you learn about life from psychadelics.

Psychadelics traumatized me. It took about 2 years to get through it. There's no hidden knowledge or special secrets you learn about life from psychadelics. It can give you persistent/permanent hallucination disdorders. In fact I recommend staying away from them and focusing reality-- improving yourself, your community, building something useful/interesting, etc. If you do choose to waste your time and do psychadelics: Be very careful. Don't overdo it.

klyrs 4y ago
> There's no hidden knowledge or special secrets you learn about life from psychadelics. No, but in a time of significant grief, psychadelics allowed me to process it in a completely different way. I made more progress in 6 hours than I'd made in 4 years with 2 of those in therapy. There's no deep universal truths to uncover, but depending on your mental health, there may be some deep personal blockages that can be... sidestepped? I used recreationally a few times as well. Mixed results there, including one that sent me on a tailspin for a few months. Absolutely, use with care, with a good sitter, and mind your set and setting.
- Overtonwindow 4y ago
  I concur with this. Shrooms changed my life. I hate to say this, but it what I imagine taking the red pill might be like. Suddenly I snapped out of the depressive spiral, and saw my surroundings and myself very clearly. It’s very hard to describe. It’s like being severely depressed and miserable, and then all of a sudden a snap of fingers you feel relief. The feeling of depression evaporates. For days or even weeks afterward, waking up with something I look forward to, and I bounded out of bed instead of dreading what was to come. Truly life-changing for me.
slibhb 4y ago
For anyone who's curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_percep...
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quantified 4y ago
They're not for everybody. Sorry to hear how you learned what they are for you. There should be no peer pressure to engage in them, and knowledge and respect for what could happen, especially the first time. However, they can provide a world of good to the psyche as well, I will attest to that, and the changes I made from them might never have occurred otherwise. There are very different kinds of psychedelics with different effects as well. Blanket statements/policies for all of them should consider that.
spacemanmatt 4y ago
Sorry to hear about your experience. Drugs worked for me.
hypertele-Xii 4y ago
Maybe you already had trauma, and psychedelics just gave you awareness of it. You're supposed to work through it when it happens. There are no bad trips, only difficult ones.
- klyrs 4y ago
  > There are no bad trips, only difficult ones. I understand what experienced psychonauts mean when they say that, but it is an incredibly useless and condescending thing to say to somebody who went in unprepared and was traumatized by the experience.
  - hypertele-Xii 4y ago
    It's also useless to say "I was traumatized by psychedelics when I took them without any research, preparation nor guidance". Imagine someone was complaining that nobody should ever drive cars because they were injured in a crash after having a go at it without licence nor experience.

klyrs 4y ago

> There's no hidden knowledge or special secrets you learn about life from psychadelics. No, but in a time of significant grief, psychadelics allowed me to process it in a completely different way. I made more progress in 6 hours than I'd made in 4 years with 2 of those in therapy. There's no deep universal truths to uncover, but depending on your mental health, there may be some deep personal blockages that can be... sidestepped? I used recreationally a few times as well. Mixed results there, including one that sent me on a tailspin for a few months. Absolutely, use with care, with a good sitter, and mind your set and setting.

Overtonwindow 4y ago
I concur with this. Shrooms changed my life. I hate to say this, but it what I imagine taking the red pill might be like. Suddenly I snapped out of the depressive spiral, and saw my surroundings and myself very clearly. It’s very hard to describe. It’s like being severely depressed and miserable, and then all of a sudden a snap of fingers you feel relief. The feeling of depression evaporates. For days or even weeks afterward, waking up with something I look forward to, and I bounded out of bed instead of dreading what was to come. Truly life-changing for me.

slibhb 4y ago

For anyone who's curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_perception_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogen_persisting_percep...

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quantified 4y ago

They're not for everybody. Sorry to hear how you learned what they are for you. There should be no peer pressure to engage in them, and knowledge and respect for what could happen, especially the first time. However, they can provide a world of good to the psyche as well, I will attest to that, and the changes I made from them might never have occurred otherwise. There are very different kinds of psychedelics with different effects as well. Blanket statements/policies for all of them should consider that.

spacemanmatt 4y ago

Sorry to hear about your experience. Drugs worked for me.

hypertele-Xii 4y ago

Maybe you already had trauma, and psychedelics just gave you awareness of it. You're supposed to work through it when it happens. There are no bad trips, only difficult ones.

klyrs 4y ago
> There are no bad trips, only difficult ones. I understand what experienced psychonauts mean when they say that, but it is an incredibly useless and condescending thing to say to somebody who went in unprepared and was traumatized by the experience.
- hypertele-Xii 4y ago
  It's also useless to say "I was traumatized by psychedelics when I took them without any research, preparation nor guidance". Imagine someone was complaining that nobody should ever drive cars because they were injured in a crash after having a go at it without licence nor experience.