My SO and I went to a music festival on mush, (2g each) and all was going fine when all of a sudden he started dry heaving and getting panicky. He said his vision was getting blurry and the music felt like it was sucking him into it. It was an extremely beautiful festival setting and the music was downright otherworldly. I felt like I was becoming one with it like it was coursing through my veins. I don't understand what happened that caused this reaction in him. The stimuli were very rich and somewhat overwhelming, but for me in a good way. For him, could that have triggered an anxiety response? Could pure sensory overload cause panic?
Or were his unconscious fears or something deep in his psyche surfacing because of the shift in perception and the ego defense was lowered? He said some of the music had a very dark and menacing tone and put him in a dark place full of fear and the urge throw up and get away. I could definitely see how it could have sounded moody because of its trippy and spiritual nature, but I still don't see why it would cause such a panic reaction.
Or were his unconscious fears or something deep in his psyche surfacing because of the shift in perception and the ego defense was lowered? He said some of the music had a very dark and menacing tone and put him in a dark place full of fear and the urge throw up and get away. I could definitely see how it could have sounded moody because of its trippy and spiritual nature, but I still don't see why it would cause such a panic reaction.
He won't be taking any more psychs coz now he's got this expectation that things will go wrong. I guess that's the inherent unpredictability of these substances. They're not to be toyed with.