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DMT Depression

I am going to die

Greenlighter
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I've only smoked DMT once, and it's the reason I'm posting on this website right now. I won't go too much into the details of my experience since this isn't a trip report -- I felt the increasing OM that eventually shattered everything, I felt senses more complex and profound than any of my current five, I encountered the source of all language and temporarily possessed the gift of tongues, I encountered entities who communicated love to me and I communicated love to them, and the last thing I remember is going towards a white light; after that I can't remember, just like I really can't remember any of it as it actually happened, except for when my soul returned to my body and I felt the strongest sense of confidence I've ever felt, and the room seemed to be the working of rotating cogs and gyros -- but what I really want to talk about is what I felt in the days afterwards.
Before smoking DMT I had tried psilocybin mushrooms, salvia divinorum, and some other drugs, but I would consider myself more of a wanna-be psychonaut than an actual one. DMT was the first time, at least since I've left the womb, that I went to the Otherside -- metaphysical reality, hyperspace, the 4th dimension, the spirit world, whatever you wanna call it -- and it shook me to my core in a way that I could not fathom beforehand. I experienced Death, at least part of it, and I feel as if I experienced a thousand lifetimes' worth of information in fifteen minutes. But afterwards, the memory quickly became blurry. The entities that were momentarily more real than my own mother or father vanished into figments of my imagination. What I'm trying to say is that after having the most intense, profound, enlightening experience of my life, I very quickly returned to my old self, largely unchanged save an increased concern over what will happen to me once I die. I'm not sure if I'd call it depression... but I look at old photographs of myself and it's like I'm looking at a stranger or a dead man. The world I inhabit seems shallow, like it's made of shells. At least it did, for the week following the DMT experience. Things have returned to normal now, more or less. So here's my question: has anyone else had a similar experience? Additionally, has anyone smoked DMT once and returned with more questions than answers, and found that their questions were answered after smoking DMT multiple more times? Right now my standing on DMT is this: it shouldn't be done unless in the form of ayahuasca. From what I hear, ayahuasca actually makes sense and provides answers, along with a lasting sense of well being. Also, ayahuasca is natural, while some random dude just cooks up DMT in his kitchen. In my mind, DMT is too powerful of a chemical to fuck with and smoke in the same pipe you smoke weed with while you're sitting on a couch... it should be done in a ritual setting where the spiritual significance is respected, and their is someone or something, either the shaman or the vine, to guide you through. Thoughts?
 
Yes to all your questions. Other people have experienced this and had the same thoughts you do. DMT can be a very challenging experience, and I suspect the speed of the onset with smoked DMT can trigger more of that "fight or flight" instinct. Also it's common in my experience for a period of depersonalization to follow a really intense psychedelic experience. My ego has always reconstructed itself eventually, ymmv.

That said, I love smoking DMT and I think the extraction/purification process is pretty magical. I've had experiences with smoked DMT that provided well-being and a new approach to my life.
 
Thanks for the info. Do you think there is an advantage to making your own DMT? It sounds very hippy-ish, but I've heard of many LSD chefs who would consistently have very good experiences with their own batches since they had put their own energy into the drug's creation.
 
Not much I can do but make great conjecture and assumptions but come on...DMT didn't make you depressed. Your brain is swimming in DMT...it is already there as is bufotenine and 5-MeO-DMT. It is powerful, and it can change your life perspective, I am pretty convinced DMT explains why perfectly sane people think aliens captured them and probed them.... but nobody cooks DMT in their kitchen, its extracted from bark. Sure, I have gotten synthetic DMT from a lab but it is way expensive as hell so only crazy ass people like me would buy expensive synthetic DMT.

Either way DMT is DMT, lab or bark and DMT is as natural as kissing.
 
I think I might know where you are coming from. White light and all that, .. I believe the White Light is the *only* real thing humans can ever experiennce. Nothing in my life has ever felt so right.
I believe it is your soul merging with the atman (universal soul, the One, .. whatever you want to call it).

What has happened is you have re-awakened your soul from previous sleep. You were (with) God for some time.
This is the greatest power of psychedelics, IMO. They allow you to visit God. The downside is that, as you have experienced, this feeling disappears and you are left with your ego (the filters you impose on reality) again, as before.
There are certain techniques which you can use in your daily life to merge with your soul, eg meditation, yoga, pranayama, having sex, drawing sacred geometry, ....all in different forms. There's really something for everyone, if you ask me. I'm just discovering all these things and although I'd like to say that I meditate a lot, I don't. For the moment, it just doesn't suit me. I do however practice yoga 2hours daily, and some breathing exercises. These can help to connect you with your soul, which is necessary to connect with the atman again.

Good luck with your journey, and remember to Be Here Now !
 
I couldn't recognize myself in the mirror for a while after smoking DMT multiple times a day several days in a row. It did feel like I killed my ego self and pretty much had to rebuild it. In fact it feels like I've died many times.
 
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