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How You Perceive Reality (When Stoned)

As for how I see reality when stoned, once the high kicks in, everything takes on a hard-to-describe non-real, cold, aspect to me. Where I would normally see a chair I now see the same chair in the same spacio-temporal relations to me, only...it's somehow lost its essence...or something. I think it's that being high strips away the layers of meaning I attach to objects and people so that my high perception really does capture the real essence of things, only that essence is so foreign to me that it comes off as un-real!

Where visually, everything lacks depth, the opposite occurs with music: every note jumps out at me with so much meaning it's overwhelming.

Socially, the real-but-missing-something element makes it hard to connect to strangers because all I see are forms of people, or maybe they're like big children; people lacking the depth reality gives them. With friends though, weed makes me social and gregarious; being comfortable helps me engage friends on a more personal level when high.

Mentally, I usually feel a tiny big anxious (mostly in a good way) and extremely goofy. However, sometimes it's a battle to overcome paranoia and/or racing negative thought patterns. :p Physically, there's nothing better, especially after a long run/workout!

- volodya
 
when i first started I'd get very sociable and intune for about 15 minutes and then start to daydream, but now I've lost that social element when I smoke, everything is just too clouded to concentrate effectively, my thoughts are so scattered that it basically shuts down any social capability as well as mental, and... self conscious, anxious but also medicated
 
I always think everyone is so stupid and Im the smartest person in the world. Also that everything is obvious.
Its usually the other way around though 8)

Everything is also happier than it usually is and like a dream world.lmao
 
Things seem sharper, or stand out more, than normal. Everything seems to vibrate very slightly, and I always see this faint static that is sort of overlayed on top of everything. Music obviously sounds a lot deeper as well, sounds in general are very heightened - not necessarily louder, but I certainly notice them more and they are so much more distinct than usual. For me, being high in general seems to put an extreme focus on whatever it is I'm precisely paying attention to.

And I tend to get a very large, content smile across my face. These days, I get giggly sometimes but it's not like the laughing fits of old that all long time smokers fondly recall. The big smile is still there though, and that's what counts.

I generally feel more curious, or skeptical while high. Not really in a paranoid mindset, but certainly very aware, I feel like I have a very scrutinizing gaze when I'm high.

Good thread though, makes me sit back and analyze my high a bit more than I have been lately.
 
thujone said:
in sober social situations, i have a hard time getting interested in small talk so my mind is wandering so far from the conversation that it becomes unavoidably obvious that i'm bored. alcohol typically stops thoughts from wandering far, but it comes at the cost of coherence. herb, on the other hand, puts my mind in a more elevated state where i can keep track of my wandering thoughts at the SAME TIME as i'm focusing and contributing to whatever discussion i'm a part of.

in other words, i'm effectively able to be IN the moment as well as oversee/analyze the moment, a sensation which i liken to the buddhist "awakening."
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uh, yes, yes, and uh... yes!
 
The high from cannabis lets me view things in layers, rather than just as a whole. Although I feel like my vision is slightly "flattened" by cannabis, I am more aware of depth, probably because I am more aware of color and contrast. In music, I am able to distinguish various instramental and vocal parts, which is very useful when using sound editing and composition software. Food tastes better, and flavors seem more complex. Things are more interesting. Everything gets a bit brighter. I have also experienced panic and paranoia, but I've only been overwhelmed by it once, and I was so high I don't even remember it. I wouldn't have known that it ever happened if no one had told me.
 
Ehm, okay, here's my theory about the nature of some drugs... Obviously not all of them, salvia and strong psychedelics mostly in fact, but also cannabis to some extent (hey, it's a psychedelic after all):

Figure yourself a laser that goes through a 2-d hologram, projecting it into 3-d. Well that's what psychedelics do to reality, "projecting" the hidden meanings, or allowing you to see something that's already in there, but of a higher level of existence... The depth of the things unraveled depends on the mindset and the drug, but the ultimate trip would probably allow one to recognize the Buddha in a grain of sand (I've yet to experience something of that intensity). Depending on your conception of the universe you'd consciously experience something between the 10th and the 26th dimension (latest figures in String theory, methinks)... Or maybe one above that if you're into that kind of stuff.

I developed this theory when very high (on cannabis), based on my previous experiences with salvia... Crazy trips, really. Upon the 4 first dimensions as we conceive them (you know, objects that move into space and time) was projected a fifth, that was more like all the possible times and spaces of a given object/idea/being at the same time, whether it was myself as I perceived it or my curtains or the drum music... Tracers may be a manifestation of this kind of projection.

I don't know how this theory works with more conventionnal psychedelics, but I think it can be applied to any expanded state of mind (whether drug-assisted or not).

Of course I don't firmly believe in that batshit insane stuff, but it was still a blast to think about it when very high.

Edit: damn, I didn't even read arctic's post... great minds think alike! Layers are more easily distinguished, indeed!
 
For some reason when I'm stoned I scrutinize my actions much much more. Sometimes before or even after I make a comment or even think of something I'll ask myself if I only did that because I was baked. This happens very often.

Other than that, my surroundings seem very surreal, almost as if I can't believe that I'm there.
Things generally appear the same to me but music is so much different.

I can hear little nuances in the music. Different musical lines become easier to pick up on and key/time changes are more apparent. I wish I could experience music like that more often:)
 
The long term relatsionship betweed weed and the smoker is starting to get really sweet when you see two well shaped peckers get eaten in a cupsalate because on a timetable of paper the three last times when we actually heard the music the self question asking moto was starting to take an affect in a boring way :D. I wish i had that
 
Pilvik said:
The long term relatsionship betweed weed and the smoker is starting to get really sweet when you see two well shaped peckers get eaten in a cupsalate because on a timetable of paper the three last times when we actually heard the music the self question asking moto was starting to take an affect in a boring way :D.
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I am definitely not high enough to even begin to comprehend that.
 
Whenever I smoke I tend to giggle alot, sit around alot, come up with alot of ideas that never get carried through, my friends tell me i start alot of conversations and then just stop talking about them all of a sudden. For some reason I always gravitate to the discovery channel or some nature show, I dont really FEEL hungry but ill come around later and notice an empty bag of chips or something
 
First couple hits - everything seems to make a lot more sense, decisions are more easily made, i don't feel so upset about things that were previously pissing me off...

Completely ripped - nothing makes sense, im retarded, laugh my ass off, cant make any decisions whatsoever lol
 
amanda_eats_pandas said:
For some reason when I'm stoned I scrutinize my actions much much more. Sometimes before or even after I make a comment or even think of something I'll ask myself if I only did that because I was baked. This happens very often.

Other than that, my surroundings seem very surreal, almost as if I can't believe that I'm there.
Things generally appear the same to me but music is so much different.

I can hear little nuances in the music. Different musical lines become easier to pick up on and key/time changes are more apparent. I wish I could experience music like that more often:)
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lol ya
when I was tripping a fuck load of acid in front of a bunch of people in mickey d's. I was thinking to my self to hard, about if they could tell if I was tripping, as tiles started morphing and everything. It got so intense I swore I said what I thought out loud and they heard me lol. lsd and all its awkward times %)
 
I love cannabis because
a) it reminds me of a bigger picture
b) it helps me appreciate the current moment
 
definately a different outlook on the world, get the giggles for nothing sometimes (thats probably my favourite effect from weed), otherwise sometimes getting into political or philosophical debates with friends, and really into it takin it really seriously... but i also feel a bit out of body, like not really myself, but another "me"
 
It's cool as fuck just reading all the different characters talk about how they act and perceive life when stoned. Personally, I smoke herb much less frequently (from 10 times a day to 1 a day to 2 a week), and I enjoy it more than I ever have. Sight seems to be brightened a bit with colors a tad more rich yet somehow blurry. Smells are same if not a bit duller. Sound is obviously orgasm evoking. Currently listening to God Module - The Source and I feel like I'm in some sort of sci-fi movie I'm creating in my head haha, it's fucking kick ass. Also the quality of the bud now has much more to do with the flavor and intensity of my high nowadays.
My surroundings also affect my perception to a great degree, as I'm sure many-a-stoner will agree (specially the underage ones!:\ ) If you smoke a blunt of some dro at your crib and your just blissin out to some techno with your eyes closed and your mum comes home and asks you to mow the lawn, it's going to be painfully obvious your in a mind state where that's the absolute last thing on earth you want to do. But I dunno, im fakkin baked and I do gotta mow the lawn so peace:)
 
Cface said:
This is kind of an odd question i was wondering.
How do each of you think, see, and hear things from reality when you're stoned? How do you function (mentally) in social situations? And, finally, how do you feel, mentally and physically, when stoned overall?

Thanks for any answers!
Peace
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Kind of related:

I can do shit and sometimes hear stuff (not hallucinatory) that I wouldn't be able to do/notice sober. Like, I've never realized the lyrics in a tool song (heard it a million times) until I was high the other day. Or.. I get really ungodly good at ping pong stoned, for some reason my brain can understand the mechanism better (playing against people sober, so I can actually compare results).

Socially? Most people can't tell I am high unless I have red eyes or shit, so from what I hear I act pretty normal.

Feelings:

Mentally - Confident, happy, introspective, creative

Physically - Varies, uppy or lethargic. Sometimes I want to run around and never stop talking and sometimes I just sit quiet and listen to shit.
 
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