Dissociatives A ketamine experience I still can’t fully explain

[nangas0245212]

I went into the experience thinking I knew what to expect. I thought it would just be a strange mental state — something temporary, something I could describe afterwards with a few simple words.

I was wrong.

The first thing I noticed was how quickly my normal sense of time started to disappear. A few moments felt stretched out, like my mind was exploring a place where clocks didn't exist. It wasn't a dream, but it also didn't feel like ordinary reality.

The strangest part wasn't seeing unusual things. It was the feeling that my usual identity — my name, my worries, my daily thoughts — was becoming less important. It was like watching a character in a movie and suddenly realizing you had spent your entire life believing you were that character.

At one point, I had this overwhelming feeling that my mind was showing me something I already knew but had forgotten. Not a message from somewhere else, not some magical answer — just a different perspective on myself.

When it ended, the world looked completely normal. The room was the same. My life was the same. But my relationship with my own thoughts felt slightly different.

The hardest part is explaining it. If I say “it changed my perspective,” that sounds too simple. If I say “nothing happened,” that also feels wrong.

Has anyone else experienced a moment where something felt deeply meaningful, but afterwards you couldn't fully put it into words?

How much do you consume?

 

[normalhumanmale]

drop the chatgpt prompt

 

[Ptahtek.2.0.1 beta]

fishy bidness

 

[M!$TER-ED]

I've not had the pleasure of experiencing ketamine but it sounds very interesting.

 

[alasdairm]

not quite the same but i've experienced extreme time contraction on k a couple or three times.

one time, i had been out dancing all night. afterwards, some of us went for cocktails and breakfast. then we went our separate ways. when i got home, i did a fat line of k. not long after - maybe it was around 10am on sunday morning - my phone went and it was my friend jamie. he was calling to see how the night went and to see if i wanted to do something later that day. i told him i was pretty tired and probably going to chill, but check in later.

while i was talking to him, the door buzzer went. i said bye to jamie and hung up. my entry button was broken so i had to go out of my apartment, and down one floor to the front door of the building.

i opened the door and jamie was standing there. i did a double take and told him this was weird - i literally just hung of the phone on you! i couldn't understand how he was standing at my front door.

he said that he had called a few times and was starting to get worried so he came by. he said it was 5pm.

the time from hanging up the phone to answering the door was 7 hours. for me passed in the blink of an eye.

that was weird.

alasdair

 

[shreddedlettuce]

These are all classic examples of how intense the time jump can be.

Biologically speaking, you can’t really 'remember' or force yourself to recall those hours because the medicine is simply doing exactly what it's designed to do - it flips the switch on anterograde amnesia and pauses the brain's recording function.

Trying to analyze or critique the gap afterwards is almost a contradiction, because the whole clinical purpose of the drug is to create that exact blank space where time completely disappears.

 

[Sansert]

These are all classic examples of how intense the time jump can be.

Biologically speaking, you can’t really 'remember' or force yourself to recall those hours because the medicine is simply doing exactly what it's designed to do - it flips the switch on anterograde amnesia and pauses the brain's recording function.

Trying to analyze or critique the gap afterwards is almost a contradiction, because the whole clinical purpose of the drug is to create that exact blank space where time completely disappears.

Like a big hit on the head.

 

[scientificMETHood]

These are all classic examples of how intense the time jump can be.

Biologically speaking, you can’t really 'remember' or force yourself to recall those hours because the medicine is simply doing exactly what it's designed to do - it flips the switch on anterograde amnesia and pauses the brain's recording function.

Trying to analyze or critique the gap afterwards is almost a contradiction, because the whole clinical purpose of the drug is to create that exact blank space where time completely disappears.

So are you in a sleepwalking state?

 

[shreddedlettuce]

So are you in a sleepwalking state?

No, I was just providing information.

But if you are asking if "a person" is in a "sleepwalking state" , then the answer would be yes.

Copied and pasted the below, as it sums up this topic nicely and is why Ketamine is used for specific procedures.
Recreational use would be applicable in the same way, but without any professional monitoring etc. - anyone who is using Ketamine for recreational purposes should be aware of this, before deciding if/when they use it.

"Conscious Sedation (Moderate Sedation / Twilight Sleep): You are relaxed, sleepy, and comfortable, and you can still respond to verbal commands or light touch. You breathe on your own and do not need a breathing tube. You often have little to no memory of the procedure."