nearjat
Bluelighter
I really dislike that dramatized, romanticized type of psychedelic talk.
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I really dislike that dramatized, romanticized type of psychedelic talk.
Other people have mentioned this as well but it is getting epidemic how many residual effects of psychedelics are now branded HPPD! Yes, there is 'persisting' in there but also 'perception' and 'disorder', most often it is lead by sensory distortion although I know that other psychedelic effects can accompany it. Moreover, it is not a disorder unless you are really bothered by it. And it may also be 'dissociative disorder', derealization, depersonalization, symptoms of precipitated latent mental disorders even if they are only a few symptoms that are actually not serious enough to get a diagnosis;
and another BIG contender here is that people get identity issues since they start tripping: the main demographic of psychedelic users is adolescents going into their twenties, an age at which many people discover themselves even much more deeply than in the pubescent years.
People who go heavy on the self-discovery, the philosophical questioning of reality and identity have a correlation with psychedelic use probably both as cause AND effect. And almost certainly reciprocity.
I truly believe this is part of the phenomenon referred to as the doors of perception being blast open. It is not necessarily that metaphysical you know. It is not all a purely spiritual thing. Analytical introspection and over-intellectualization are functions of the curious and discovering mind, and they are one of the numerous things catalyzed by psychedelics. They are also a mode, once adopted, that may not lose its grip that easily.
While PD is not here to decide who has HPPD and who does not, I think we together have to make sure that we do not support what is called 'Medical Student's Disease', caused by the growing number of HPPD threads.
I am considering adding a question about it to the FAQ, then create and merge a second HPPD thread dedicated to eradicating the sheer excess layman self-diagnosis.
Any thoughts?
and another BIG contender here is that people get identity issues since they start tripping: the main demographic of psychedelic users is adolescents going into their twenties, an age at which many people discover themselves even much more deeply than in the pubescent years.
People who go heavy on the self-discovery, the philosophical questioning of reality and identity have a correlation with psychedelic use probably both as cause AND effect. And almost certainly reciprocity.
I truly believe this is part of the phenomenon referred to as the doors of perception being blast open. It is not necessarily that metaphysical you know. It is not all a purely spiritual thing. Analytical introspection and over-intellectualization are functions of the curious and discovering mind, and they are one of the numerous things catalyzed by psychedelics. They are also a mode, once adopted, that may not lose its grip that easily.
While PD is not here to decide who has HPPD and who does not, I think we together have to make sure that we do not support what is called 'Medical Student's Disease', caused by the growing number of HPPD threads.
I am considering adding a question about it to the FAQ, then create and merge a second HPPD thread dedicated to eradicating the sheer excess layman self-diagnosis.
Any thoughts?
yes.
nearjat
Bluelighter
Excellent excellent post Soli, put a lot of my feelings into words my intoxicated self cannot currently form.
