blackpanther
Greenlighter
I posted a thread a few weeks ago asking if there was any possibility of getting your magic back after losing it, and I found this comment on erowid.org that I feel is a really good explanation of how and why someone 'loses the magic.'
"How about this as a hypothesis: The magic of MDMA is not merely in the pharmacological effects, but also the fact that those effects place you in a mental state which is so different that the normal anxieties, thoughts, and other "bummers" don't apply. Using MDMA often enough, however, allows 1) the mind to build up a larger and larger cognitive map from memories encoded during MDMA experiences, and 2) a smearing together of the MDMA and non-MDMA states due to experiences, triggers, etc. common to both. Eventually, the MDMA state is familiar, which not only removes some of the "wow" component, but perhaps more importantly it means that the mind no longer partitions between MDMA and non-MDMA states. The state-dependency of emotions, information, etc. has been lost."
Now my question is, according to how this person puts it, do you think that after a long abstinence period, that the brain will start to partition between the MDMA states and non-MDMA states again? And restore the wow factor? Or do you think that once the brain has built that cognitive map that you will always have it?
I know that no one will really know, but I would like some opinions from someone who may know what they're talking about.
Thanks again! Black Panther
"How about this as a hypothesis: The magic of MDMA is not merely in the pharmacological effects, but also the fact that those effects place you in a mental state which is so different that the normal anxieties, thoughts, and other "bummers" don't apply. Using MDMA often enough, however, allows 1) the mind to build up a larger and larger cognitive map from memories encoded during MDMA experiences, and 2) a smearing together of the MDMA and non-MDMA states due to experiences, triggers, etc. common to both. Eventually, the MDMA state is familiar, which not only removes some of the "wow" component, but perhaps more importantly it means that the mind no longer partitions between MDMA and non-MDMA states. The state-dependency of emotions, information, etc. has been lost."
Now my question is, according to how this person puts it, do you think that after a long abstinence period, that the brain will start to partition between the MDMA states and non-MDMA states again? And restore the wow factor? Or do you think that once the brain has built that cognitive map that you will always have it?
I know that no one will really know, but I would like some opinions from someone who may know what they're talking about.
Thanks again! Black Panther
