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LSD made me develop a huge aversion to technology... advice, thoughts? Confused

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So yeah. It was my first time last night. I had a wonderful trip, made some great realizations about life and myself. My trip was amazing, if anything it was overwhelming but beautiful. 2 hits of 100ug each, around 8pm last night.
I have felt beautiful and happy all day long. I've been sitting in my room, listening to good music, some Bob Dylan. Thinking about how beautiful life is. I went to work, had some amazing conversation the whole time with my super cool coworker. We had barely any customers. After coming home... I realized I had nothing to do. I baked some brownies. Then went upstairs to get on my laptop. But it gives me no joy. I tried a few different shows on Netflix... tried some online shopping, games. I tried texting some friends. But I find myself SO disgusted with technology. During my trip i realized that technology is just sucking our souls out... ruining our lives. I felt that we should be out in nature, having real conversation.... LIVING. i am alone, in my house. not sure what to do. none of my friends can hang out. and i simply feel sad... that i have wasted so much of my life on a computer. i was just downstairs just petting and holding my dog. i wish i had spent more time with her. instead, i was looking up clothes to buy online, watching videos, etc. i feel guilty, ashamed. and i'm not sure what to do now because i usually spend a lot of my time on the good ol laptop. I remember as a kid i was perfectly content with doing other things... up until we got a computer. I'm not sure what to do now, since society relies so heavily on technology. I honestly want nothing to do with it. But i realize i may need to re-learn how to appreciate, well, real life. Have any of you experienced anything like this? Any ideas about what i can do right now, by myself, to have fun? I feel that this is absolutely going to last my whole life. Something has changed inside of me. I do not view it as bad... i view it as a good thing. But it's difficult to deal with right now for me...
thanks guys
 
I think what you're going through is normal. After my initial LSD use, I could see right through the mundane world. At first I had a bit of a superiority complex about it, like I knew something that everybody else didn't. Then it became boring. Then it became existential. Then I went on a long quest of soul searching to learn how to be content with the way things are. That doesn't mean doing nothing to keep enriching my life, it means that mundane reality is the way it is and arguing with it just creates stress and depression.

The melancholy you're experiencing is what most people who have been "awakened" experience. The genii is out of the lamp and there's no way you can go back. All you can do is use your new insights to look for ways to improve your life. Ultimately, what you're experiencing is a good thing, perhaps right now you're just dealing with the initial shock of it.

I greatly dislike TV, and I use the computer a bit too much these days. If I go a long road trip, or do something that takes me away from home for a big chunk of the day, I find that when I come home to my computer and social media, it just seems like one big joke. Really, anything that increases novelty in your life is going to have that affect because it puts all the every-day shit into perspective.
 
i don't believe technology is inherently bad... well technology isn't in fact anything, but i think i understand a bit of what you are saying

yes netflix, TV, games, social media makes it much easier to 'shut down' and just watch, procrastinate, be alive but not 'live'. you just need to click, sit back and you can spend a day doing nothing. i take it is this you are now aversed to? computers and such can be great tools when you need them but if you're just procrastinating, i feel like they do just what you said 'suck your soul', and very efficiently and easily...

what can you do right now? to have fun? well idk, be creative i guess... you can start by learning something new and very useful, like mindfulness and meditation. the idea of being more present in the moment, and being mindful often made me end up coming up with new ways to enjoy the present ('being alive', which is the contrast of watching TV or procrastinating on the web, when you're just killing time)...

other than that, well, what do you like to do? do that... idk, draw, make music, write, read about something that interests you... have fun i guess. think as if you were a kid
 
I have never tried LSD myself but you should be greatful that this substance pointed you in this direction of spending you time differently than on electronic devices. However you should not go hardmode and don't use anything "technological" in my opinion because otherwise you won't fit in society and i don't know what your job is but most jobs require a computer, smartphone etc. My suggestion to you would be just as neurotic mentioned to do things you love that isn't technological.
I am in a similar situation as you are. My social life has to suffer because I spend too much time on the computer. The reason for this is that I injured my shoulder and knee pretty badly. The result was that I could not do the thing I love which is playing sports, go to the gym, eat healthy and just have an overall healthy body. It is like a part of my identity has been ripped off and I tried to compensate with spending more time on the computer. the product of this is mild depression and a lack of social life.
All I am saying is, is that electronic devices and "technology" if you will so (however I think technology in f.e. medicin is a blessing) can really ruin your life and waste your time. just limit your use and you will instantly feel better about your life. Only use electronic devices if it is necessary for example if you have work to do or look up a recipe to cook.
Moderation is the key. You exercise too mutch - you'll get injured. You study too much - your social life will suffer. You drrink 20 litres of water - you die. You eat too much food - you'll get obese. the list could go on and on.
 
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Foreigner said:
At first I had a bit of a superiority complex about it, like I knew something that everybody else didn't.
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I'd say you should. Fear and morality (aka fear) keep people from experimenting with mind-altering substances. You have seen/experienced things that the run-of-the-mill person hasn't. You are superior to these people in the sense that you have learned things about the human experience and the universe that those compelled not to just can't. DMT is even worse - you feel like you're mainlining the secrets of the universe and it's impossible to explain it to anyone that hasn't tried it.

We are tripping hippies and we are more aware than those too afraid to peer into the deep.
 
OP; it's been a day. Give it some time and see how you feel in a week, month, etc. After 3.5 years of tripping, I have an increased love of technology if anything. Some people appreciate the beauty in nature - I appreciate the intricacies of modern life.

Hope it goes gooder for you :)

Tom
 
Take some time out from drugs. Seems like you had a pre-existing phobia of technology and the Lucy just bought it to the fore of your consciousness vs being subconsciously repressed. Explore what it is you feel creates this technophobia maybe talk to a psychologist for what its worth (HR says do so it may help, better than doing nothing). Otherwise join a commune there are plenty of technophobics living on communes.
 
You will return to technology There is no escape from technology

Like lots of posters above have said, it's very easy to let your time be consumed by your computer. It's mostly consumption of information, taking in information, and more information, we stuff ourselves with information, a lot of it of the trivial kind, compared to (in my case) very little production (a bit of writing here and there on some forums).

1plsd made me close my laptop the other day and go sit in my studio and do stuff. I remembered how productive I was before the distraction of the internet came around, how I used to spend those inbetween moments reading books and drawing, whereas I now just binge-watch some new series (Better call Saul was good) and just doodle a bit.

Nicholas Carr's book, 'The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains' might be interesting to pick up. I got it from someone right at a time when my laptop broke down, I decided not to repair it for a couple of weeks to see where that would go. The book describes how the use of the internet, like any new technology, changes the neural pathways in our brains, and how certain skills, like concentration , disappear. THose were two interesting weeks but of course I returned to technology in the end.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_G._Carr

But I found it an eye-opener, you might like it given your experience. I wouldn't go as far as suggesting you have a phobia of technology of any kind, that seems a bit far-fetched for a perfectly reasonable insight in the way we spend our limited time on earth. I guess you'll find a middle path between disgust and mindless internet procrastination in the aftermath of this experience. It's a good epiphany to have though :) As Krishnamurti said 'It is no measure of good health, to be perfectly adjusted to a profoundly sick society.'

I have a table in my studio that I keep empty at all times, except when I'm working on something. Might be a nice experiment to reserve one spot in your house to just sit, read, or do what comes to mind, but use it as a place of concentration and productivity. Don't know what your into though. Going out in nature sounds good. Also meditation comes to mind as useful, or mindfulness. You'll have to find a place -online- that offers courses (evil grin)
 
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Man you just gotta listen to music constantly. On acid, I love chewing gum balls and hitting my one hitter. That along with meditation and music pretty much passes the time. It's good to have someone who's tripping with you though.
 
chairmanma084 said:
I'd say you should. Fear and morality (aka fear) keep people from experimenting with mind-altering substances. You have seen/experienced things that the run-of-the-mill person hasn't. You are superior to these people in the sense that you have learned things about the human experience and the universe that those compelled not to just can't. DMT is even worse - you feel like you're mainlining the secrets of the universe and it's impossible to explain it to anyone that hasn't tried it.

We are tripping hippies and we are more aware than those too afraid to peer into the deep.
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You're not superior to them in any way. Just because they haven't reached the side of the circle you're at doesn't mean they're any less. We all have our own paths. You can always compare and contrast between yourself and others but you're only ever distorting your perception. It's all a neverending process, a continual loop around the circle, a movement towards a completion of the cycle. Except that there's no completion point, no point is farther ahead than another. Once you reach completion, you're back at beginning. How can you ever be ahead of someone then? To feel superior because of greater knowledge or experience is to fall right back in line with those you would call yourself superior to.
 
Reading books has become a lost art...and I say that for myself as well,...I used to spend several hours a week doing it and that has been replaced by media

Nature is really awesome.....dig it, do it and love it
 
What a great OP, OP.

I can very much relate to this. I hate the internet. I hate modern (digital) technology. I've avoided getting an iphone for this reason. It is soul-sucking. The internet is a drug. Internet addiction is real, and I think one of the most under-talked about pervasive problems in our society. Internet addiction has so many similarities to opiate addiction it's mind-boggling.

Get off. Go. Shut the computer with your body.

And remember this: Technology is useful, like the ego is useful. Do not rely on it, but rather use it to manifest things that have originated from a place much deeper. And return to that place.

Digital technology is to natural life as the ego is to the rest of the self. It has its uses, it's training wheels. Now you've outgrown your training wheels.

Go frolick you hippie! And don't come back!
 
Peacephrog1972 said:
Reading books has become a lost art...and I say that for myself as well,...I used to spend several hours a week doing it and that has been replaced by media

Nature is really awesome.....dig it, do it and love it
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Yeah, nature and my anaphylactic response to bees, wasps and hornets. Sunburn, skin cancer, mosquitoes. No thanks. I like created indoor environments, but do admit that others might not share my love of the indoors ;) I hated the outdoors as a kid, and I have to avoid it as an adult.

Tom
 
Anything that gets you to a place where you are 100% immersed in the moment, or the event, will change your perspective. And as someone said before here, there's no going back across that bridge. Try not to over think it. Typical life is dealing with multiple feelings, multiple thoughts, and routine problems. Athletes get into that zone, people in combat get into it, SEALs are forced there during their training, people that simply focus on one issue get there when they get so absorbed by something it's all they focus on for days, albeit there are different levels of intensity just like there are different colors. However no color is actually better! The longer and more intensely you get into any one moment the more the air comes out of the balloon when your not into that one thing. If you want to get back to reality, just go for a walk, make yourself function, then it will come back on its own.
 
psy997 said:
You're not superior to them in any way. Just because they haven't reached the side of the circle you're at doesn't mean they're any less. We all have our own paths. You can always compare and contrast between yourself and others but you're only ever distorting your perception. It's all a neverending process, a continual loop around the circle, a movement towards a completion of the cycle. Except that there's no completion point, no point is farther ahead than another. Once you reach completion, you're back at beginning. How can you ever be ahead of someone then? To feel superior because of greater knowledge or experience is to fall right back in line with those you would call yourself superior to.
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+10000. Great post.
 
I think what you are describing is normal. You would have realized it even without taking LSD or a psychedelic drug like cannabis. I realized this a long time ago long before I ever took LSD.

It's odd to me how people would rather 'like' 100 posts their friend makes on facebook than talk to them on the phone, or get together with them socially.
 
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I have been obsessing over this topic so much as of late. I am a firm believer in the fact that technology is the beginning of the end of true human connection.

"Black Mirror" is an anthology series you guys should check out of this subject really interests you. It's six different stories centered around how technology, media, and society's direction as a whole are changing what the human race is becoming. Very dark, disturbingly futuristic, and available on Netflix :)

We cannot escape our screens. I heard when television first came out, people were worried that it would fail, because who had the time to just sit in front of a TV all day? There are too many things that need to be accomplished and experienced! The world is out there. Now you see.

We are all slaves to technology. Bluelight is no exception. People these days just cannot stand to be in silence. Constant stimulation. We are so wrapped up in fake, meaningless things that we fail to see the real things that are in front of our very eyes.. Slaves to society. With no choice but to accept our lives for what they are and find a way to live with it every single day.
 
While I will readily admit that I enjoy the products of technology, The means of producing it, the vast industrial infrastructure that is required. Is so out of tune with the natural world that it is literally toxic poison to it. The processes that are used to refine rare earth materials for use in electronics produce some of the nastiest pollution imaginable outside of nuclear fuel refinement. Perhaps it was some of these vibes that you were picking up on.

There are those that see nothing wrong with becoming trans-human cyborgs and turning the planet into a giant machine, they are dangerously mistaken. What do you do if the organic being you live upon, and foolishly assume is a non-sentient ball in space, decides it really does not want to be a giant machine?
 
No doubt in my mind that our days are numbered....maybe not in our lifetime, but it won't be to far off in the future that Mother Earth will have had enough

The population alone coupled with destruction of resources will equate to upheaval......she will revolt and do away with humans
 
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