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I had a profoundly difficult trip that affected me deeply. It felt eternal, and when I emerged, I could feel it in my head like some antimemetic parasite that f
by washadjeffmad 2y ago
I had a profoundly difficult trip that affected me deeply. It felt eternal, and when I emerged, I could feel it in my head like some antimemetic parasite that fed off disgust and terror. I can still remember the feeling, twenty years later, if I try, so I don't. I had to learn how not to be influenced by it, and in doing so, learned about myself. And as I changed, because I was aware of what I knew, I knew when I'd changed.
Our selves are not immutable, steady states. Our experiences shape us. It's a lesson learned to guard that carefully and jealously.
- dingnuts 2y agofunny, I could have written the same post but about boring old general anesthesia given before surgery
- SoftTalker 2y agoHow long ago? Every general anesthesia I've had was basically "OK you'll start to get sleepy now" and then "ok we're finished" and zero awareness of any elapsed time.
- radlad 2y agoThe paper here is worth a look: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36323275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36323275 Also this post has stuck with me through the years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24566568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24566568 Be sure to scroll down to the comment thread started by myself248.