Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
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Hello,
I've been thinking a bit lately about my relationship to psychedelic drugs...I've tripped a good bit in my time, sprinkled out over many years...sometimes tripping up to 2-3 times a week for stretches...then other times not tripping for a month or more...and I even took a 4 year break once. Just didn't feel right.
Now lately I have not tripped for over 2 months probably...the opportunity has been there...I just haven't....pounced on it. And then the opportunity passes and I am back under work responsibilities. I took a very small amount of DMT a few weeks ago and it had a nice effect on my mood and the day was just one of those golden days in my memory. But no full-on tripping lately for me.
I feel lately that I may have moved past the need for psychedelic drugs...originally when I started I felt like I had something to 'prove' to myself with them...I felt almost frenetic about their use...I was excited, I guess!
Now, I think of myself as more reserved with them...they are powerful medicine...should be used wisely...should not necessarily be recommended to friends at the drop of a dime...
Have you ever felt this way about psychedelics? That you have moved past them? Or sideways across them to another place haha (I dont want this to come off as if I think I am so superior that I no longer need them...thats not exactly what I'm trying to get across).
I think now that my 5HT2a receptors are very precious...their activation is part of what makes reality such a fascinating place...by bombarding them with serotonergic psychedelics I am possibly depriving myself of long-term long-lasting happiness...
I now want my activation of 5HT2a to come about from camping trips in remote wilderness or impressive stunning art or love with another human...I don't particularly want it to come on a piece of paper in the form of LSD.
I've been thinking a bit lately about my relationship to psychedelic drugs...I've tripped a good bit in my time, sprinkled out over many years...sometimes tripping up to 2-3 times a week for stretches...then other times not tripping for a month or more...and I even took a 4 year break once. Just didn't feel right.
Now lately I have not tripped for over 2 months probably...the opportunity has been there...I just haven't....pounced on it. And then the opportunity passes and I am back under work responsibilities. I took a very small amount of DMT a few weeks ago and it had a nice effect on my mood and the day was just one of those golden days in my memory. But no full-on tripping lately for me.
I feel lately that I may have moved past the need for psychedelic drugs...originally when I started I felt like I had something to 'prove' to myself with them...I felt almost frenetic about their use...I was excited, I guess!
Now, I think of myself as more reserved with them...they are powerful medicine...should be used wisely...should not necessarily be recommended to friends at the drop of a dime...
Have you ever felt this way about psychedelics? That you have moved past them? Or sideways across them to another place haha (I dont want this to come off as if I think I am so superior that I no longer need them...thats not exactly what I'm trying to get across).
I think now that my 5HT2a receptors are very precious...their activation is part of what makes reality such a fascinating place...by bombarding them with serotonergic psychedelics I am possibly depriving myself of long-term long-lasting happiness...
I now want my activation of 5HT2a to come about from camping trips in remote wilderness or impressive stunning art or love with another human...I don't particularly want it to come on a piece of paper in the form of LSD.