amber_dawn
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So my friend and I were having a discussion about vision, mostly having to do with color acuity (how well a person can distinguish colors/shades) and colorblindness/ tetrachromatic females (google it if you don't know what it is), which led to me talking about this idea I've had for a while....
Ever since the first time I took acid, I've felt that my pupils get larger than before. The first time I did it, I took a large dose and saw insane colors everywhere. For a few moments, at the height of my trip, I was unable to see anything except spiraling rainbows in various geometric shapes. Maybe this is normal, I don't know. But the thing is, the effects continued for long after the acid wore off. I was/am much more aware of colors than before. And for months afterward, I saw a rainbow halo around the moon. Maybe it was some long term effect of the acid, or maybe I'm just nuts....
...but I also feel I am much more sensitive to light than others, and I never had this problem *before* I took acid (or that I can remember, anyway). Bright lights REALLY bother me. I can barely stand full daylight at noon, even in winter. Headlights literally hurt my eyes. I have pretty excellent night vision, and am obsessed with star gazing--the night sky looks like pure insanity to me. I often see rainbows around artificial lights too.
Am I just totally insane? Is there ANY kind of proof, documentation, or experiences with this--that taking acid can make your pupils either A) permanently more dilated
or B) able to dilate more than before/more than regular humans (people who have never taken LSD)?
I thought that maybe you guys would have so interesting insight into this. Also, to note, I have done acid about 4 or 5 times since that first time (which was a good 6 years ago at this point) and I continued to experience extremely intense visuals, even seeing flower petals as transparent. I've done mushrooms and other psychedelics many times as well and experienced similar things, but it was that acid that really changed the way I perceive things visually.
Sorry this got so long! Let me know what you guys think or if you have any similar experiences. :D
Ever since the first time I took acid, I've felt that my pupils get larger than before. The first time I did it, I took a large dose and saw insane colors everywhere. For a few moments, at the height of my trip, I was unable to see anything except spiraling rainbows in various geometric shapes. Maybe this is normal, I don't know. But the thing is, the effects continued for long after the acid wore off. I was/am much more aware of colors than before. And for months afterward, I saw a rainbow halo around the moon. Maybe it was some long term effect of the acid, or maybe I'm just nuts....
...but I also feel I am much more sensitive to light than others, and I never had this problem *before* I took acid (or that I can remember, anyway). Bright lights REALLY bother me. I can barely stand full daylight at noon, even in winter. Headlights literally hurt my eyes. I have pretty excellent night vision, and am obsessed with star gazing--the night sky looks like pure insanity to me. I often see rainbows around artificial lights too.
Am I just totally insane? Is there ANY kind of proof, documentation, or experiences with this--that taking acid can make your pupils either A) permanently more dilated
or B) able to dilate more than before/more than regular humans (people who have never taken LSD)?
I thought that maybe you guys would have so interesting insight into this. Also, to note, I have done acid about 4 or 5 times since that first time (which was a good 6 years ago at this point) and I continued to experience extremely intense visuals, even seeing flower petals as transparent. I've done mushrooms and other psychedelics many times as well and experienced similar things, but it was that acid that really changed the way I perceive things visually.
Sorry this got so long! Let me know what you guys think or if you have any similar experiences. :D