BenzosBudOrBooty
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How does age affect psychedelic use? If you start later are you better able to handle it? Like say you start at 50 instead of 40 (hypothetically). Or is it just waiting until your brain is fully developed at around 25-28???? I feel your ego gets stronger as you get older, and psychosis and depersonalization is caused somewhat by the ego-loss, so if you have a stronger ego, you're less likely to become psychotic or depersonalized. That said, ego-softening is what we aim for.
I feel there were great writers in 60's who were already 30-35 when LSD was introduced. Albert Hoffman a great example, started psychedelic use at a later age. Alduous Huxley, Timothy Leary, weren't too young I believe.
The greatest rock and roll singers weren't 16 when they started their psychedelic use...Jim Morrison/Jimi Hendrix must have been 18+ when he first used LSD given that it wasn't really available until they were that age.
Aside from few exceptions, you see many 16 year olds who use psychedelics these days becoming burnouts. I see kids progressing from LSD to cocaine/opiates. They get bored with acid.
I haven't done drugs in a year after a bad mushrooms trip at 23 and feel if I took them now I'd handle it astronomically better. Sobriety has taught me many things and during a crucial brain development year. I'd be smarter about it now. I first used psychs at 19 and handled them decently well until I had a really bad unfortunate trip.
What are your thoughts about psychedelics and age. Just throwing some ideas out there. ???!!!:D
I feel there were great writers in 60's who were already 30-35 when LSD was introduced. Albert Hoffman a great example, started psychedelic use at a later age. Alduous Huxley, Timothy Leary, weren't too young I believe.
The greatest rock and roll singers weren't 16 when they started their psychedelic use...Jim Morrison/Jimi Hendrix must have been 18+ when he first used LSD given that it wasn't really available until they were that age.
Aside from few exceptions, you see many 16 year olds who use psychedelics these days becoming burnouts. I see kids progressing from LSD to cocaine/opiates. They get bored with acid.
I haven't done drugs in a year after a bad mushrooms trip at 23 and feel if I took them now I'd handle it astronomically better. Sobriety has taught me many things and during a crucial brain development year. I'd be smarter about it now. I first used psychs at 19 and handled them decently well until I had a really bad unfortunate trip.
What are your thoughts about psychedelics and age. Just throwing some ideas out there. ???!!!:D