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The Big & Dandy HPPD Thread

Don't have hppd even after many psychedelic trips on countless hallucinogens. But I definitely get flashbacks to certain visuals that I had esp while on lsd. These are mostly triggered when I am at the same place in which I tripped like the previous posters have stated.
 
karruters said:
you explained it fine. i get your saying and that would be an absolutely. makes sense, i certainly feel an underlying psychedelic glow in my apartment.
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oh ok cool its really interesting to think about. because i also notice it is way worse in my house.(the only place i trip usually)
 
^ Yeah, I notice my hppd symptoms are worse in my house... not somebody elses house, but my house... I actually dont mind my mild hppd, sort of fun playing around with afterimages and watching them linger/fade away xD

Aslong as it doesn't get worse =/
 
I have very mild HPPD but since it doesn't feel pathological I feel awkward calling it that. Because in Zen Buddhist meditation my symptoms are called makyo and though it can be hazardous if the visual disturbances are taken seriously it is seen as a sign of deepening of consciousness or opening up to a meditative state. And this is compounded by the fact that I seem to have control over them, there might be static in my vision but even that is not a hindrance. And if I zone out in a way I can dissociate pretty easily and that can brighten light and cause visuals.
 
Solipsys said:
I have very mild HPPD but since it doesn't feel pathological I feel awkward calling it that. Because in Zen Buddhist meditation my symptoms are called makyo and though it can be hazardous if the visual disturbances are taken seriously it is seen as a sign of deepening of consciousness or opening up to a meditative state. And this is compounded by the fact that I seem to have control over them, there might be static in my vision but even that is not a hindrance. And if I zone out in a way I can dissociate pretty easily and that can brighten light and cause visuals.
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wow...theres a difference between being able to achieve a "higher" state on conciousness through meditation, and then taking mind alterign substances and having visual disturbances linger for long periods of time afterwards. HPPD is more than likely an alteration in inhibitory neurons in your brain that filter your vision.
 
How can you make that distinction if it is possible to induce this effect without ever having ingested a drug?

I say it is connected.
 
un till i see evidence that suggests meditation can bring about PHYSICAL changes in your brain then i will continue to call bullshit.
 
what... THE FUCK. that's exactly what the article states.

you need to see them? you think they're full of lies? are they full of deceit? this is a conspiracy to spread false rumors of the benefits of meditation?

what.

what.
 
karruters said:
what... THE FUCK. that's exactly what the article states.

you need to see them? you think they're full of lies? are they full of deceit? this is a conspiracy to spread false rumors of the benefits of meditation?

what.

what.
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what are you talking about? now you're just rambling. There are no brain scans shown in the article.
 
I think I have HPPD, ever since a certain 2C-I trip I feel like I know/understand all that I need to know/understand to proceed accordingly in living my life. My perception of the world is much more stable than what it used to be, the chaos is gone and I feel in control.
Can't say I'm complaining.
 
ShaolinBomber said:
what are you talking about? now you're just rambling. There are no brain scans shown in the article.
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you need to see them? you think they're full of lies? are they full of deceit? this is a conspiracy to spread false rumors of the benefits of meditation?

what.

i hate this.

you're in you're own little world. i gave you an article that says there are brain scans. and if you can't take the article seriously it means you think msnbc is full of lies. (which they would be, of course, but i see no benefit in them creating false rumors about the benefits of meditation) it says it right there in the article:

Brain imaging of regular working folks who meditate regularly revealed increased thickness in cortical regions related to sensory, auditory and visual perception, as well as internal perception — the automatic monitoring of heart rate or breathing, for example.
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you don't compute anything that makes you wrong. you turned it into me rambling. you need to keep an eye on this man, you've been making an idiot out of yourself with this mindset.
 
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I had a bit of this after my first lsa trip. I would say I might have been in psychosis for a day or two afterwards, things still flowed (the carpet would move around in patterns or like water) and I also still had a trippy mindstate. I would keep to myself at school and was really anti social for a few days. But since the only thing that I have noticed is when I close my eyes I have brief color changes. Mainly blue, although some purple or yellow every now and then.
 
I have had HPPD since my first LSD trip many moons ago. I also have a "swirling" in the left peripheral vision - it looks like a swirl of movement. It's not debilitating, just kinda interesting. Weed, psychs, and tiredness amplify this "swirl". Of course I do have normal HPPD tracers.
 
surly1 said:
I think I have HPPD, ever since a certain 2C-I trip I feel like I know/understand all that I need to know/understand to proceed accordingly in living my life. My perception of the world is much more stable than what it used to be, the chaos is gone and I feel in control.
Can't say I'm complaining.
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hppd is not "an understanding of your life and the world." please get out of this thread.
 
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