• ascend@lemmy.radio
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    21 days ago

    The one time I tried shrooms I died, then I saw everything I needed for what I was going through and woke up the next day after all the nightmares feeling at peace with life and had a new perspective. Kind of like a speed run midlife crisis. I wouldn’t do it again but I’m glad I did

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        20 days ago

        fun(?) fact! ego death feels like death :D

        you know that thing people say about how everyone’s last thought is of their mother or their home?

        when i first took LSD i experienced an ego death, and just before fully letting go i thought to myself “how will i tell my mum i died?”

        it was, to put it blunt, quite fucking terrifying. thankfully i had enough logic in me to calm myself down and fully let go to experience it, after the you dies the world becomes so– fresh. i felt like an alien experiencing the Earth for the first time, there was no barrier between me and the world, because for a few hours there was no “me”

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          20 days ago

          Damn that must be scary in the moment, but also what an interesting experience, was that feeling of seeing the world with a new perspective temporary or do you feel it left any lasting impact?

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            20 days ago

            it was temporary but unforgettable

            it’d be impossible to live like that, but for a while it felt like being born again

            and it definitely left a lasting impact on me, everything was so easily beautiful. usually you have to look to notice the beauty, but then it was all apparent and awe-inspiring, i was thinking about the concepts of hospitality and langauge, as well as look at the setting sunlight dancing in the window

            i could write a book attempting to describe that evening, and even then it wouldn’t be a perfect description, it’s something you have to experience

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      21 days ago

      bad trips can be really really enlightening. i got the cliché “i am so tiny and the universe is so big” and it changed the way i think about things on a fundamental level.

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      21 days ago

      Same thing with me and LSD. It is insanely powerful when used therapeutically, however that is also why I don’t talk about it irl at-all. The short explanation is that I don’t believe many people can handle these things and come out with similar clarity.\

      If anyone is interested, please do as much research if you can. I would recommend James Fadiman’s Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide.