anybody else have a new perspective on life and the world around you?

[ladispute]

street names (triples c's) there called cold & cough hbp, i took about 8-15 of them at one time, it made me so incredibly trippy! but when i was tripping i was also thinking a lot, and it gave me a whole new perspective on life, i honestly just don't feel the same anymore, i look at life as a big game. anybody else feel this way by taking any type of psychedelic drug? does life seem real anymore?

 

[rickolasnice]

Sounds like you may have triggered some form of derealization..

Has it affected you negatively?

How long have you felt like this?

When did you take the DXM?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealization

The first best avenue of dealing with the feeling of disconnection from the world is to understand that it will pass. Just try to allow yourself to relax and give into it. It's just a phase and requires patience. Find a good counselor who can help to work through the root for the reason for the derealization episode. Try to find avenues to work through and eliminating it altogether. Drug therapies are highly helpful.

Read more: Cures for Derealization | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/way_5212623_cures-derealization.html#ixzz2IJdYE2WO

If you took the DXM recently it'll probably go away by itself soon.

 

[CapnCannabis]

it gave me a whole new perspective on life, i honestly just don't feel the same anymore, i look at life as a big game

That is what psychedelics do for you. They open up doors of perception and enable you to see things more deeply and more clearly. Life is a game, at least the dominant version of life is. We live in The Matrix; society/the government have created an artificial definition of life and how it should be lived. Psychedelics allow you to take a step back and reconsider everything. Life is an open field, not a narrow track. Raw naked existence is the most beautiful thing ever. That is not a game. It is the gift of life.

I don't know if you're experiencing derealization per se, but probably just a radically changed worldview. Things that used to matter to you before the trip (or things you thought mattered) probably don't mean much to you anymore. This is a good thing. You are freeing yourself from the oppression of modern society/governmental control.

 

[rickolasnice]

^ Dangerous post.

They don't necessarily open your doors of perception to truths. Sometimes they simply change your perception.. a lot of the time it isn't the truth.

 

[eLeSaH]

Why dangerous? Beside that we don't know OPs subjective views on world, CapnCannabis is right. At least when it comes to classic psychedelics like psilocybin. Psychedelics changed my world view, too. But actually everything to the positive. More awake and aware of life and the world around me. Beeing more aware of everything is part of growing up.

I have no experience with DXM so I don't know how the trip is but the John Hopkins study showed already that psychedelics like psilocybin can improve psychological health in long term. http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/16/magic-mushrooms-can-improve-psychological-health-long-term/

But I think we can't deny that on some individuals it can end in delusions. No need to try to paint everything entirely positive.

OP: How old are you?

 

[rickolasnice]

Yeah it pisses me off the way people talk about psychedelics.. Sure.. They can be positive life changing tools but they can also distort peoples views on things negatively and untruthfully. Psychedelics don't ALWAYS show people the truth.. Sometimes they damage peoples mind.

NSFW:

Hello all

First let me say that it is a real comfort for me to have found this forum. After many years, I am finally coming to understand what I live with is most likely PTSD.

Here is my story. Its going to be rather lame, but trust me, the long term effects have been anything but mild.

When I was 20 years old, I was smoking quite a bit of marijuana and having a rather good time of things.

I wanted to try LSD with a friend, so he planned one night to pick up a few hits. We tooko 2 each.

The night started off pretty well. I was having a really good time and enjoying the high.

8 hours later I was not so amused anymore and descending into a state of panic. I couldn't sleep, I was still tripping and I was losing it.

At 12 hours in to the trip, I went home.

I was in such a state of panic that I went to my mother and asked her to take me to the hospital which she did. From there, it just went downhill in a hurry. I was a mess in the ER room. I thought I was going to die. I was in a state of complete panic. I wanted to claw my way out of my own skin.

They were able to sedate me.

A few months later after having been asked to move out of my house for the mishap, getting involved with a girl that was complete trouble, I friend of mine told me she was having trouble sleeping.

The thought stuck with me.

A few nights later was the first night where I couldn't get back to sleep. What followed was a state of complete panic much like I felt in that ER on the LSD.

I have lived for 11 years now with this. It seems to come on and then leave. I have trouble sleeping and I go for days with little sleep and rediculously high anxiety that results in a depression. The feeling that I have during those times is so much like what I felt during my bad trip. It's like that trip opened up a window in my mind to a feeling that no one should have to know.

Thats the condensed version. I sure hope I did an adaquate job conveying the experience.

NSFW:

One person reported a long-lasting depression and paranoia after a single episode of DXM use. This individual was age 15 at the time; I suspect that young teens may be more susceptible to depression and other mental illnesses from DXM use than adults.