Salvia Trip Won't Go Away

[bluelight1232]

Will somebody please help me? I'm new here, so I don't know if I'm posting in the right section, but this is somewhat urgent. I smoked salvia a few weeks ago, and went into the deepest, most reality-shattering trip of my life. Now, even in my regular consciousness, I can hear the trip at the back of my mind; the sounds, the music. It won't go away, and if I ever smoke MJ I just go right back into my salvia trip. Additionally, if I'm just laying in bed at night, I start to go back into it, and if I let myself, I'll completely lose track of myself and who I am. It's really terrifying, but it is always gone when I wake up. I don't want to enter this altered stage of consciousness every night though, it makes me very uncomfortable and scared. Does anyone have any advice that could help me out on this one...? It's kind of like a bad trip, I guess... But I can usually keep myself from panicking..

 

[Bardeaux]

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[idontdothizz]

Sounds like you, sir are experiencing symptoms of HPPD. It's a perception disorder, not completely a visual disorder. Google "HPPD from salvia" and see if you can relate.
I can almost guarantee that these symptoms will go away in time... My guess is a few months.

But seriously, tough luck if it is HPPD. It's a bit rare. I got it myself from Ecstasy overdose...

 

[Pietttaimf]

This sounds more like PTSD (Posttraumatic stress disorder) to me. But who knows...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSD

Good luck.

 

[KingoDJ]

hold on tioght and hope it fades away its your brains way of saying you might have fucked it this time! the more you let it scare you the more it will fuck with your mind! its in your hjead, so own it, you invented it, you can control it! the power of positive thought :D

 

[Praline]

hold on tioght and hope it fades away its your brains way of saying you might have fucked it this time! the more you let it scare you the more it will fuck with your mind! its in your hjead, so own it, you invented it, you can control it! the power of positive thought :D

Yea, this don't worry. Hang tight, gods must like u if they keep showing u the "movie"

 

[jaurk]

It will fade, I STRONGLY suggest stopping ALL drug use. Especially cannabis.
Believe me, it might take a few months even, but it will leave.

Being positive is the fastest way to combat it.

 

[Biovail]

hold on tioght and hope it fades away its your brains way of saying you might have fucked it this time!

Well thats one way to look at it I guess haha. I'd say you introduced your brain into a way of thinking that was so bizarre but so impactful that it's not easy to forget. Basically, imagine you learned to play the piano wrong. Now in order to learn to play correctly, you have to "unlearn" the wrong way and replace it with what's right. This is what happened to you. You learned to perceive reality "wrongly" during your trip, and now your brain needs time to reset itself and unlearn this alternate perception. Now (this is important!!), you need to be mentally strong and be aware that the thoughts and consciousness you're experiencing during these flashbacks are abnormal and need to be undone. Drugs, especially ones like cannabis that make flashbacks stronger, need to be avoided at all costs. The more time you spend in flashback mode, the harder it'll be to erase it form your mind.

As long as you stay positive and want your brain to go back to normal, it will. The brain is a powerful thing, but you need to give it time and proper training!

 

[Venrak]

As mentioned before, you are suffering from a form of PTSD commonly referred to in the psychedelic community as 'flashbacks'. You underwent an intense emotional experience (And possibly trauma, it was unclear in your post the nature of the trip itself other than that it was intense) and you are attempting to integrate the experience into your consciousness. It will take some time, possibly several months, but the feelings will subside.

 

[SONN]

i've never heard of this happening from salvia, I feel really bad for you.

I totally abused salvia for like 3 weeks straight when I was in high school and the only side effect I noted was not being able to remember the trips at the end.

 

[Venrak]

^I suffered from this after my first couple of Salvia experiences. I would get these intense memories of the headspace and I would wonder "Oh shit, did I just smoke Salvia?", I would even ask the people I was with just to be sure because I would often forget if I had smoked it right after smoking. It would trigger panic attacks, derealization and deluded thinking. I eventually integrated the experience as I gradually came to terms with the implications of what happened and I recovered. Those trips are still very much with me to this day.