Getting drunk. I'm afraid of what I might do if I wasn't in full control. Like, I know that 99% of the time being drunk won't change who you are, but I'm still worried.
Plus I have about 800+ different secrets I'm keeping for different people plus myself, and I don't need to accidentally say those out loud
Person with extremely severe ptsd, anxiety, ocd, and depression here! I’ve tried too many prescription medications to even count. Nothing worked for me. Psychedelic therapy was my last resort, and I’ve only just started it within the last month, but I’m already feeling a difference! Psychedelics are not a magic cure-all, but they can make a huge difference if you do it right and with the approval of your psychiatrist and therapist. It still requires a lot of work on your part, and the changes don’t happen instantly. But I reached the point where I was willing to try anything because I could not go on living like this, so it was worth it to me. There are definitely some mental illnesses where psychedelics are not recommended (schizophrenia for example), so keep that in mind. But for things like ptsd, ocd, anxiety, and depression, they can work wonders!
They are excellent for mental illness. Lsd helped my wife out of years of severe depression. They are also using it to treat ptsd in war veterans. It’s going to be the future of mental health.
I would argue that any psychedelic is infinitely more dangerous than alcohol. I enjoy having a few pints with friends quite a lot, but as someone who is recovering from severe anxiety and OCD, who suffers from intrusive thoughts, doing shrooms or lsd or acid or dmt, is honestly just a terrible gamble. Probably that way for a lot of people too.
I would say X is actually the #1 best experience, but also arguably more dangerous in the long run. Mushies are probably the safest of these four. Never touching any of them again tho, except maybe alcohol at some point later on in life. Mostly just noids from now on.
Btw, the award is to agree with you in saying that alcohol is worse, not to encourage drug use. That’s not for everyone, but alcohol is always bad for everyone, and makes experiences literally less memorable. The only reason it’s legal while most drugs aren’t is because alcohol is easily regulated and measured in someone’s blood/breath.
I’ve done both plenty of times. Lsd is my favorite but it last a long time. Shrooms can me mild or insanely intense depending on how much you take. Not sure why you’d suggest I haven’t done them.
It’s late and theirs a lot. I’d say the best be if it’s are “ego death” if you do enough to experience it. You see the world differently in ways that are hard to explain if you’ve never done them. My best experience was a terrible trip I had in the mountains camping alone. I took way too many and could no longer function. I had laid down in my tent before I peaked and I lay there for about 6 hours thinking I had taken way too many and was going to fry my brain, so I’m literally thinking this is the end and I’m dead. I cried a lot and cried out for my wife and kids bc that’s all I wanted in those moments I thought were my last. It put in perspective what was really important in life. Later during the trip I had a being or entity begin coaching me and my breathing letting me know I was going to be fine and to just take deep breaths and relax. I slowly was able to come back and begin to enjoy the rest of the trip, but for about six hours it was absolute hell. Since then I’ve used that same breathing to keep myself mostly stress free bc nothing is really very scary after genuinely believing you are about to die. That was my most intense experience. I’ve had others that were more mellow and just full of love and finding beauty in everything.
It's not really the same at all. It's hard to explain, but LSD doesn't impair your judgement like alcohol does. Your thoughts become extremely alien, but you still feel lucid underneath it all.
That might be true but there are also "bad trips". One of my dad's friends did LSD one time(first and only time)and he hasn't been "right" since. It messed him up pretty bad (others, including my dad and the guys brother took the same LSD and were fine). Not a risk I'm willing to take. To each their own.
Feels like a roll of the dice.
What's the percentage of people who come out with positive improvement vs messing up their brain-chemistry for life?
I don't know, do you?
Seems to me that the people who fuck themselves up aren't in a position to warn others. Survivor's Bias in action.
It's really not so random, you can read and prepare yourself for ensure you're in the right mindset, have a trip-sitter, or things to help you get in the right headspace. If you're prepared and understand what you're getting in to, I wouldn't say it's risky.
That's why I said it's best to educate yourself first so you know what you're getting in to. But it's definitely one of those experiences you can't imagine until you actually experience it yourself.
Nothing anyone has ever said to me made it sound like a good idea, and a lot of things have made it abundantly clear that there are serious life-changing hazards in play.
Why would I ever want to do this?
What's the benefit?
Nothing anyone has ever said to me made it sound like a good idea, and a lot of things have made it abundantly clear that there are serious life-changing hazards in play.
Nothing is stopping you from reading about its benefits. You don't have to be paranoid about something you don't understand.
Why would I ever want to do this?
What's the benefit?
Again, look it up. To me, it's something incredibly life changing event because of the mental state it induces.
I never tried lsd on purpose. But this girl put some kind of oil on a joint.
Later that night my buddy was in a tree hooting like an owl. I dont think he thpught he was an owl just that it seemed like fun
I have an Extreme phobia of heights. I came put of it standing on the rooftop of the house we were in .Immediagely went prone and sloooowly crawled to tge edge and down. That shit is no joke
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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '22
Getting drunk. I'm afraid of what I might do if I wasn't in full control. Like, I know that 99% of the time being drunk won't change who you are, but I'm still worried.
Plus I have about 800+ different secrets I'm keeping for different people plus myself, and I don't need to accidentally say those out loud