Do some people here struggle with slightly blurry vision? Like your vision got a slightly worse, that things can appear a bit more blurry and difficult to concentrate?
I believe it's the chemical imbalance in the brain that causes it, and not that the eyesight is damaged forever.
Yup, my vision was (in my mind) was completely fucked. Went to the eye doctor and a neurologist that specializes in vision. Tried new glasses and contacts (even though I had LASIK a few years ago).
Now I see in 8K without any glasses or contacts. Once I got my anxiety in check, I realized I didn’t need assistance, and that there are naturally wonky things that are a part of normal vision.
My conclusion?
Static, floaters, bad vision, blurry vision is 100% in your head. It doesn’t even make sense that using MDMA would affect your vision.
I know people are going to flip out when I say this, but I don’t even think HPPD is an actual thing whatsoever (definitely not MDMA-induced at least).
The entire time I was experiencing these things, nothing was ever wrong with my vision. I was seeing things just as I always had. What was different was I was in an abnormally anxious state, so my nervous system was reporting back amplified signals.
Guys, I’m telling you all roads of “LTC” always end up leading back to anxiety. And yes, even if you aren’t feeling panicky, it’s still the same thing. Understand anxiety and how the process works.
Why did we evolve to experience anxiety? At one point in time it was very useful. Being hyper aware of your surroundings would be handy if you were being stalked by a saber toothed tiger. Quickly jumping when you hear a stick break, or perceiving subtle changes in your vision would have been the difference between life and death.
The problem is, this isn’t as compatible with the modern world, and when your serotonin system is temporarily compromised from drug use, you remain stuck in this state, despite your situation not warranting this hyper active feedback.
Burning skin is not burning skin. It’s your brain amplifying normal sensations from your sense of touch.
Tinnitus is not ringing ears, it’s your brain amplifying normal audio feedback.
Floaters are not vision problems, they are a nervous brain trying to seek out threats.
All of these “symptoms” are experienced by everyone on Earth, the difference with sufferers is that they are fixated on them and are constantly trying to “resolve” them.
Trying to treat (or think about) these things as physical symptoms is the complete wrong approach and actually feeds into the anxiety cycle. You will be chasing something you can never catch. The only way to actually resolve it is to keep your mind at ease and identify the problem as a brain stuck in a heightened state.
The good news?
You can with time, practice, and a healthy lifestyle, train your mind to not react so severely to these normal sensations.
I’ve done it, 100s of others have done it, and YOU CAN DO IT. Change how you talk about and identify with these “symptoms” and your brain will normalize. This is the default state your brain will return to if you simply allow it.
The first step?
Quit asking questions.
My goodness this thread is so hard to watch because I see people feeding their anxious brain the fuel it needs to be worried.
I’m going to pick on Samoz a bit (I sincerely do love you buddy and want more than anything for you to get better). He’s been on here for years asking about his burning skin. This is the exact opposite thing you want to do if you want to be free from LTC. I had countless disturbing symptoms that my anxious mind wanted answers to. But, since I understood anxiety I did not feed into it. I always defaulted to these things being a result of an anxious brain and that’s what I treated.
The problem with the questioning is there is never an answer that will resolve the problem. And trying out all the quackery you see on here, still keeps the idea that the symptoms are “physical problems” alive. That if I just use some skin cream, or special contacts, or supplements, or exercises that itll resolve this. I promise you… NONE OF THEM EVER WILL. Have you ever seen one single example on here of someone healing after they tried [fill in the blank] remedy?
The problem isn’t the lack of answers, the problems is asking the question. Always tell you brain anxiety every single time and you will heal.
I know there are bitter people on this thread that for some reason want to keep you on the wrong path. There’s a reason they perpetually suffer and the people that heal say differently. You can’t control what the people on this thread say. You can only choose who to believe and what actions you are going to take to get better. For me the choice was easy and now that I’m loving life again, I’m eternally grateful for it.
So make your own choices, but I sincerely urge you to take the hard and slow path to regaining your life.
