Took 49mg today and my impression was that 2C-C is first and foremost a somatic psychedelic—bodily sensations are quite malleable on it. The pleasurable body high combined with the emotional component (generally positive) evokes comparisons to MDMA, although there isn't much empathy to speak of. In fact it seems self-centered, aiming an "invisible hand" attitude towards one's social surroundings, whereby the best way to take care of your fellow human is by taking care of yourself. Social anxiety is reduced as well.
Working memory and cognition are unimpaired, and I can think almost normally on it. This is atypical for me with psychedelics, and I suspect 2C-C might be the real smart-drug candidate as opposed to 2C-D. 2C-C leaves the ego almost entirely intact, and I think 25-30mg 2C-B is more threatening to the ego than 50mg 2C-C. I also think 50mg 2C-C is less visual than 25mg of 2C-B. There's basically no form-constant development whatsoever.
I spent the first hour today walking my dog and had a chest tightness that made me want to go inside. I pushed onward and about 30 minutes in it completely abated, and my body began to feel much more transparent. It also seemed that I became much stronger, as if the actin and myosin cross-bridge coupling in my arms had suddenly optimized its tensile strength. I noticed this when it became almost effortless to restrain my dog's lurches, which normally exhaust me.
Another thing I noticed was that my attitude towards my environment completely shifted. The past few months I've really struggled to adapt to the constant grey skies and rain of the PNW, but the 2C-C helped me stop focusing on those things and just focus on the natural beauty all around me. Walking in the rain without a hat would normally bother me, but today it didn't seem like a big deal. I'd also had a negative attitude towards my parents lately and feeling little urge to contact them. On the come-up I realized how much latent dissonance this attitude was causing me, and that for myself more than anything I should reach out to them more often. I resolved to reach out after the trip, but my dad ended up calling me on the comedown and we had a great conversation.
Duration wise it tapered down around four hours in, but music appreciation lasted an hour beyond that with good body energy even at eight hours in. Bit of a dehydration headache on the comedown, but none of the terrible comedown migraines that made me stop taking 2C-B. Bittersweet that I only have one, maybe two doses left. I think next time it I'll try to focus on the somatic element and maybe I'll make some progress with my muscle spasticity. On its own I've now tried it at 49, 45, 35, and 30mg, along with some lower doses and in combinations, so I think next time I'll explore a slightly higher dose. I did take 400mg of phenibut this morning, and I think I'd use an even lower dose next time.