With all the negativity surrounding MDMA on this board and in society in general, it's easy to forget just how beautiful, amazing and also safe it can be. So, this is a thread for people to either post their positive experiences with MDMA and how it's helped them in some way or for 'Longterm Comedown' sufferers who have recovered and want to share their stories/positive advice. This is not the place for discussing any of the negatives that MDMA may have and any discussion will be removed. This is not to hide nor deny their existence but instead to provide something fresh and different from the usual discussions. You can openly discuss negative effects anywhere else on the board.
I'll start off the thread with my own positive experiences:
That's me done. Fire away.
I'll start off the thread with my own positive experiences:
I started taking it when I was 19 and I'm now 23 nearly 24 so i'd classify myself as relatively experienced. My first time I had little idea what I was doing and brought 'half' (it was probably only about 300mg) a gram for a rave I was attending. Naturally I was extremely nervous and apprehensive so much so I didn't want to sneak it inside the club so we instead decided to do it in the car beforehand. Being a massive pussy I got my friend to take the first dabs from the bag even though it was my idea and initiative to do it. After he took some small dabs I also took some small dabs and headed to the club. I remember being in the club about an hour later asking if my friend felt much and he said he didn't. I also hadn't felt anything yet and was apprehensive whether anything was actually going to happen. It was about an hour 30 mins after dropping that I still didn't feel anything so we left the warm-up party to head back to the car because I wanted to take more. This time I took larger significant dabs before heading off to the main party. I think I was inside the club for only 15-20 minutes before I began to feel it. My urge to dance was off the scale and I began to just smile without even realising what was happening. The rush then hit me and I found myself compelled to speak to and interact with absolutely everyone. I was feeling such intense love that I just kissed a random bald guy on the head while hugging him haha. I had long conversations with other ravers who I was telling how it was my first time and about how much fun I was having. The music was amazing and the empathy was so intense that I had to share my water with anyone who'd let me give it to them. Some people just looked at me blankly while I was talking to them but I was so care-free that it didn't even matter. After the peak I plateau'd somewhat still having an awesome time until eventually coming down with a nice afterglow of well-being and warmth. The days following were absolutely fine with no negative effects whatsoever and infact the opposite.
I felt like the intense love and social connection opened up my empathy and understanding of others which transitioned into my sober life caring about and understanding others more which still persists to this day and I can't see that ever changing. It opened my mind towards illegal drugs helping me to recognise the actual reality of them and not buy into the over-exaggerated negative perception generated by society in general. I think my mind became more open in general thinking outside the box and becoming more critical and objective. This transitioned into my academic life where I think my work improved because it was more critically-considered. The mismatch between my expectation of the effects of 'drugs' and the actual effects that I experienced really made me begin to question things since the divide between my expectations and the experience was so large. I couldn't really comprehend how something so beautifully amazing with very little side-effects at all could be viewed as such a dangerous activity. This stimulated my interest in drugs in general and I used to read and research them very regularly, specifically MDMA, which is how I found BL.
I continued to have very positive experiences after my first one and I can't name one time where I wish hadn't done it. Even on nights where I made big 'HR mistakes' as it were, I still didn't experience a harsh comedown nor negative effects in sober life. I was just a gurning mess for the night haha. I followed the BL guidelines for the most-part and developed my own views and guidelines from personal experience. This whole process probably made me more of an 'independent' thinker which I think is a positive development.
That's me done. Fire away.