My .02: combination of these two factors:
Awareness of your visual perception's nuances after having a different perspective
Shortly, the use of substances that change one's perspective on reality also ends up 'releasing' or 'awakening' greater ability of visual processing and this, being abnormal (previously ignored) while sober, is distressing.
Consider this like old telephone lines with modems, perhaps. Swap it out with a faster modem, or use a different protocol, now you send more information. Is this a bad thing? It could be if the client isn't prepared to receive what the server sends.
Nonusers aren't typically aware that their field of vision isn't truely static.
I can say that after using DXM for a while, I began to notice that staring at a white wall made it 'shimmer', but I think it's the subtle movements of my eyes causing the inversion effect similar to this.
I see trails all the time if something moves quickly or if I change my field of vision, but I'm pretty sure that if you pay attention to any moving object, you'll see trails too.
Stemming from the above, active analysis of hypnagogic phenomena
On the border between conscious and subconscious is that strange place where thoughts turn into pictures and sounds. We already readily harness this as our imagination (e.g. daydreaming.) So working with the 'new protocol' idea, it's possible that we've slipped our control on when we draw information into our visual field.
I'm taking lyrica now for the same reason I used DXM (neuropathy) and I notice this effect highly pronounced during its peaks.
I am also most somnolescent at these points, it makes sense that hypnagogia would be strongest at this point.
These random blasts of color and light aren't distinguishable from my mind's eye during meditation, it could just be that, as mentioned above, once one is 'awakened' to their presence, they're difficult to ignore.
Awareness of your visual perception's nuances after having a different perspective
Shortly, the use of substances that change one's perspective on reality also ends up 'releasing' or 'awakening' greater ability of visual processing and this, being abnormal (previously ignored) while sober, is distressing.
Consider this like old telephone lines with modems, perhaps. Swap it out with a faster modem, or use a different protocol, now you send more information. Is this a bad thing? It could be if the client isn't prepared to receive what the server sends.
Nonusers aren't typically aware that their field of vision isn't truely static.
I can say that after using DXM for a while, I began to notice that staring at a white wall made it 'shimmer', but I think it's the subtle movements of my eyes causing the inversion effect similar to this.
I see trails all the time if something moves quickly or if I change my field of vision, but I'm pretty sure that if you pay attention to any moving object, you'll see trails too.
Stemming from the above, active analysis of hypnagogic phenomena
On the border between conscious and subconscious is that strange place where thoughts turn into pictures and sounds. We already readily harness this as our imagination (e.g. daydreaming.) So working with the 'new protocol' idea, it's possible that we've slipped our control on when we draw information into our visual field.
I'm taking lyrica now for the same reason I used DXM (neuropathy) and I notice this effect highly pronounced during its peaks.
I am also most somnolescent at these points, it makes sense that hypnagogia would be strongest at this point.
These random blasts of color and light aren't distinguishable from my mind's eye during meditation, it could just be that, as mentioned above, once one is 'awakened' to their presence, they're difficult to ignore.
