#LSD for general anxiety

[carolamarashi]

Current study finds LSD could be effective in treating anxiety

In my private practice, my clients who microdose with LSD report that they experience a relief from anxiety. According to their experiences, psychedelics assist in facing, engaging, and actively participating in various aspects of life, allowing for a hei

It’s concerning to note that there are over 40 million people in the USA who suffer from anxiety, with some statistics suggesting that nearly one out of five adults are affected. This highlights the importance of raising awareness about mental health and ensuring that support and resources are readily available for those in need. Anxiety is how our bodies respond to stress either physical,…

[reyboris]

saturn in pisces

how are you? how are you, people with saturn in pisces? any experiencie? happy saturn return.

First, say some differences: saturn in capricorn, for example, give more real challenges in the 3D world (have a difficult work, have 2 works, have an accident- but this is more saturn in fire signs-, or just have a bad boss).

but saturn in pisces??? pisces refers inner world, so im gonna say some examples that ilustrate the idea of INNER (pisces) CHALLENGES (saturn)

Control a badtrip of LSD and try to not dead in the process.

Control anxiety

Control adictions (not only drugs or alcohol, but also food, love, lazy habits, tocs, etc)

Think a lot in religion and mysteries about it.

Ok, maybe are not the best examples, but that i want to say its that in general, we think that saturn is just have more work, or more activities in our calendar. But in pisces, the work is INSIDE. Not like Saturn in Cancer or Saturn in Scorpio (the other 2 water signs), where, emotional work is more like therapy (like own love, forget your ex, asertivity, etc). No, Pisces energy go beyond psycology words. Pisces is more like spiritual language.

Pisces is more near to "generacion espontanea", to create since the poverty, to create in solitude. Pisces is also co-ruled by Jupiter (rich) so pisces represents rich but not always money, but inner rich. In this case pisces represents HIDDEN TALENTS. So saturn in pisces (specially now, in saturn return) saturn calls to work in these hidden talents.

greetings

[lilysqueaks]

Drug Education Essay

Big Small nerding out warning. 😅

When i first started smoking weed i was surprised how much bullshit I was told before, due to everything related to the war on drugs. So i started learning anything and everything about every major drug to learn about their effects, their dangers & how to consume them safely. I did this because i wanted to find out what drugs i would ever consider consuming, and even for ones i wouldn't, i wanted to know how to advise and/or assist people who would.

The following will be a long essay about some of these things, though since this a HUGE topic, i won't be able to cover all points i would like to by any means.

Safer use

To consume drugs safely with minimal risk it's important to balance 3 different aspects.

Set (Your mindset and general headspace)

Setting (Your surroundings/environment)

Dosage (Amount and method of consumption)

1. Set

The set refers to your mindset.

How do you feel mentally/emotionally?

Are things wheighing on your mind?

Do you feel stressed recently?

How do you feel physically? (tired, exhausted, strained, restless?)

Can your body deal with the drugs effects?

2. Setting

The settings describes your immediate surroundings while doing any drug.

Are you in a comfortable environment?

Are you with friends you trust?

Do you have someone with you who is sober, for whatever may come up?

3. Dosage

Dosage refers the amount of any drug you're taking. Taking multiple drugs at once often causes drugs to potentiate each other. If you think about mixing them make sure to check if they're compatible with each other. (https://combo.tripsit.me/)

Balance in All things

Imagine these 3 aspects as a triangle to balance out. When you have a really good Set & Setting, you may go with higher dose, but at the same time if either isn't stable, it may be a better idea to not take drugs today, or go with a low dose and go from there.

Trip Sitter

It's highly recommended to have a trip sitter with you, especially if you take something for the first time, or in high doses.

A trip sitter is someone who you trust, stays sober, can comfort people having a hard time, and deal with outsiders and situations that may arise related or unrelated to the trip.

On (https://tripsit.me/) you can find guides for tripsitting, as well as a webchat for when you may take some drugs alone, and you're looking for someone to talk to.

Drug Categories

Drugs can be put into categories of:

Uppers (e.g. Nicotine, Caffeine, Amphetamines, Cocaine)

Empathogenes (e.g. MDMA)

Psychedelic stimulants (e.g. 2C-B)

Psychedelics (e.g. LSD, Psylocybin)

Cannabinoids (e.g. Weed)

Dissociatives (e.g. Ketamin)

Downers (e.g. Alcohol, Benzodiazipines, Heroin)

Many drugs may overlap or cross the lines of said categories fluidly.

You can find detailed information about each drug in this amazing database by tripsit.me.

https://tripsit.me/factsheets

I'll try my best to describe these categories, but please forgive me that i often can't be as clear or explanatory as i would like to be, because most drug experiences are very unique, and it's kind of like a color you've never seen, music you've never heard and art you've never felt before, if you haven't experienced the drug, or group of drugs previously.

And even if you have substantial experience (pun intended) a difference in set, setting and dosage can have a big impact in shaping the journey in that instance. This Especially true for pychadelic-(like) substances.

Uppers

Uppers as the name suggests are substances that commonly make you more aware, awake, give you energy, and strengthen ego. Most ADHD medication also falls into this category like Methylphenidate (Ritalin), or Dexamphetamine (Vyvanse).

Most uppers can be strongly addictive though.

Empathogenes

Empathogenes are substances that strengthen your feelings of empathy, and allow you to connect and relate stronger to what other people feel, and allow you to handle your own feelings less inhibited, more clear, and decrease anxiety. Which makes MDMA, for example, great for therapy, which gets adapted by more and more countries nowadays.

Many of these work by making the body release a lot of happiness chemicals like Serotonin. Which can lead to strong hangovers the day after, especially if they're dosed too high. Imagine your "physical and mental batteries" being drained of their happinness hormones in a short period of time. They are often considered between psychedelics & uppers.

Psychedelics

Authors note: Honestly the hardest for me to describe, since they're a very special experience, and every time is different than the last. Psychedelics make you feel everything more intense and vivid. This ranges from body feel, to your thoughts. They decrease your own ego, which makes you able to deal with issues, and things weighing on your mind in a more objective way. This can also make some experiences quite difficult, because you may not be ready to accept certain things you learn about yourself. (E.g. i accepted on a very profound LSD trip that i am trans.)

Psychedelics don't cause a physical dependency, and psychological dependencies are very rare. Since these experiences are often very exhausting, making you want to take a break after consuming them. Most psychedelics like triptamines, lysergamides, and phenylethylamides cause a very strong tolerance in the body immediately after taking them.

So even taking them 2 days in a row you'll need quite a higher dosage to make them work at all, it is often said that after the third day they won't work at all though i can't confirm that since i have never tried that. It's also basically impossible to physically overdose on any of the common psychedelics, therefore there are no deaths directly related to psychadelics. (Assuming you get what you think you're consuming, which isn't a given in an illegal market.)

Psychedelic stimulants

The psychedelic stimulants are a mix of uppers, empathogenes & psychedelics. Which can give some very interesting experiences, especially eye opening ones.

They are often a bit easier to handle than the common psychedelics, but some can have some nasty, terrible, and dangerous side effects when overdosed.

Dissociatives

These are quite hard to describe as well. These substances dissociate body, mind, and feelings. They can lead to making you observe the situation like an outsider. Imagine it kind of like lucid dreams. Bodily functions can be inhibited, or even paralyzed. For example Ketamin is used as a narcotic.

One of the groups i personally have the least experience with to be honest, so i can't go really deeper in here, but they're also generally quite hard to describe, and have to be experienced.

Cannabinoids

Cannabinoids are the main psychoactive elements within the cannabis plant. (There are also synthetic cannabinoids, but we'll ignore them here.) There are hundreds of different cannabinoids in each plant making a unique feeling to whatever strain you might be consuming.

They can be generally organized into 2 groups.

Sativa

Indica

Sativa

Sativa strains are often stronger on the mind, than the body. They have kind of a psychedelic like effect, and mainly affect your way of thinking.

Indica

Indica strains refer to the classic body feel described with cannabis. The couch potato like feeling. Giving you a body high which makes you feel very comfortable, but also often not in the mood to move.

There are also many hybrid strains, and most of what you'd consuming will have effects of both.

Due to their varied nature cannabinoids are usually categorized as a mix of psychedelics & downers.

Downers

Downers are substances which usually have a regressive effect on the consciousness. Many substances here can lead to feelings of reduced inhibitions, self assurance & dreamyness. And some may lead to repressing reality. Imagine like alcohol drunkness, inhibiting certain bodily functions, reducing conscious inhibitions etc.

These often are also very addicting substances.

Below are 2 images from a german book i read many years ago, about many many different drugs & drug groups. Most of the knowledge here i also referenced from that book, since it has been hard for me to put all of this into words, and keep important points in mind.

The following image shows the different drug groups in a nice diagram for visualisation. The black bar between Upper & Downer is a strong seperator. So don't think these 2 groups are close to each other. From top left to bottom left: Upper, Empathogenes, Psychedelic stimulants, Psychedelics, Cannabinoids, Dissociatives, Downers.

Source: M3MORI3S: Erinnerungen eines Psychonauten - Nitemare (2015)

The second picture here is the same visualisation but instead of groups with different drugs. Even though it's in german, most of the substances have the same, or similar names in english.

Source: M3MORI3S: Erinnerungen eines Psychonauten - Nitemare (2015)

Thanks for listening to my Ted talk, I'll be here all week. This is one of my nerd topics, since i learned basically everything i could learn about this topic many, many years ago. And it's important to me to inform people, so they're able to consume drugs informed and safer.

Always be aware that every drug can be dangerous, and it's important to know how to consume a drug to minimize risks.

If you have any questions or just want to talk about this lovely hyperfixation of mine please feel free to reply or DM me.

Actually if you have read this far, please let me know i would love to know if anyone cares about my midnight ramblings.

Also thanks to @greenpanties for editing my infodump into something readably coherent. (Please help it's 1 am and I was not ready for Lily to do this)

[aprillikesthings]

I only ever watched the first twenty minutes of this a couple of years ago so I'm watching this today (yes, for my fic ahaha) and will note my thoughts:

"they're AGAINST so many things but are they FOR anything?" I mean, ....some of them were

The opening scene where he's walking down the street and a bunch of hippies start walking with him and grinning is hilarious

There's a shot of a young woman who is supposedly having "a freak out" (a bad trip) being dragged into the hospital by cops, and she sounds somewhat lucid to me ("do my friends know where I am? where are you taking me??? where am I??") but also, I don't think putting her in a cop car and dragging her to the hospital was likely to improve her mental state. (All they can do is give you a bed, keep an eye on you, and maybe sedate you; tho I suspect they also just restrained people sometimes.)

they interview a doctor who says "there's no way to predict who will have a bad trip [on LSD]" but we sorta did know how to prevent them?? Set and setting was talked about for years already. That said: a lot of people of that era did in fact use it very irresponsibly, or did stupidly high doses, and even gave it to people without their consent.

"They try to live without money but still beg" I mean. yeah the problem is that you can't live without money. But some of them were trying to make money obsolete to some extent (like the Diggers).

Watching a scene recorded at the offices of the San Francisco Oracle, I can't help thinking "man those would be worth money now" (I checked ebay just now--actual print copies of original issues are in the $100 range)(I have scans on DVD, which is by far the cheapest way to own/read it)

They interview a guy working there and he says "life should be a joy, and it's a drag!" and he talks about the "absurdity" of people driving to work every day in metal boxes by themselves, and like, he's not wrong. He also mentions the "alienation of middle-class life" which again: not wrong, especially at the time. Suburban life was just so much more stifling.

"They want a group of mutual support and affection to belong to" Well yeah that's. a normal human desire?? Does Harry Reasoner think that's a bad thing?

Oh hey they cover the Diggers feeding people in the Panhandle once a day: "This feeding typifies the hippie ideal of standing apart from society by means of mutual help and love. It contains its own ironies, for the daily feed is itself dependent on the food being offered by the very society that is being rejected" jfc so much of this just has big "And yet you participate in society!! Curious. I am very intelligent" energy lol

Okay so a doctor dude calls out how hippies say they love everyone in a very general sense but are incapable of loving another specific person that "might make demands of them," and tbh I think that was sometimes true. He also talks about how many of them seem to be using LSD because they struggle with managing negative feelings (especially anger), and again: not entirely wrong. (It's worth noting that in interviews with people who'd been teenagers during the Summer of Love, there were a LOT of stories of people escaping abusive homes, including numerous accounts of CSA, which imho puts the "they do LSD bc they can't deal with negative emotions" in a very different light)

A couple of hippies point out: Y'know we do drugs in part just to increase our sensory experience, right?? Like it's great listening to music on it. You know that, right????

"LSD will damage your chromosomes!!" Thankfully, that one was disproven.

So they interview a young guy in a psych ward about his experiences with LSD, and this poor kid describes what was obviously severe social anxiety, and that taking LSD a few times cured it--he was no longer anxious that other people would reject him, because LSD gave him that (very common on LSD) effect of feeling "at one" with all people/living things/the universe, and instilled in him the concept that all humans are beautiful. "I'm not afraid of people anymore, because even if they reject me, they're still beautiful." Harry Reasoner is like "but it's fake" my dude shut up. oh my god. Harry: "but what about dangerous people?" Kid: "yeah, there's dangerous people, but they're still beautiful." Harry' just like "okay but you SHOULD be afraid of other people" and the kid's just like. Nah.

Like, they're researching using hallucinogens for treating things like anxiety NOW. Because it sometimes works!

Tbh this kid seems pretty lucid and smart. And the reason he's in there is that he "talked about God too much" so his mother had him committed.

Harry: "So tell me what God's like." Kid: "First of all God is everything, so he's like everything. He is everything. There's nothing that he isn't." This kid doesn't seem crazy to me. He's saying shit tons and tons of people have said!! Someone give him a copy of Julian of Norwich's "shewings." He's not alone.

Holy shit they interviewed this kid's mom and wow. Yeah she's just. Refusing to actually validate anything her son has said to her. "I can't describe to you the feeling that it gives you when your son says to you, 'Can't you feel it, God is everywhere...' But I told him, 'You don't see God until you die!'" Your son is saying the same shit mystics have said throughout history, lady; and he's expressing himself very clearly for a teenager. I'm not going to quote all the bullshit she says but she clearly just has a very sensitive son who had anxiety, and LSD gave him a sense of wonder at the universe, and she thinks that means he's crazy. (She does mention that drug use should be a medical issue and not a criminal one, so points to her for that; but based on what they showed, her son shouldn't have been locked up.)

They also interview a teenage girl who is there after multiple suicide attempts. She was on LSD when the people she was with sexually assaulted her, and shortly after she first attempted suicide. And again they interview the mom...who describes a textbook case of major depression after a traumatic event: "She lost interest in herself, she was very lethargic. She didn't want to do anything, even things she used to do." The girl attempted suicide two more times. Mom is trying to do the right thing, here. But again, this wasn't the fault of LSD?? It's the fault of the people who assaulted her?

God, this is heartbreaking: "When I found out, I didn't know what to say. And she asked me, 'Are you angry at me?' and I said, 'Why would I be angry [at you]?' I just didn't think this would happen. I wanted something better for her." ;_;

They bring on some doctor of neuropsychiatry who says absolute word vomit ("This is really a very serious malignant form of modern civilization which means that we no longer have the stamina to really hassle with our youngsters in a purposeful way of learning," and he keeps going! Sir, are you DRUNK?)

They go to a crash house run by the Diggers and act like giving homeless kids a place to sleep and food to eat is harming them. But you see this even NOW in cities with high homeless populations--the idea that housing/feeding them is only enabling them. (Don't even get me started that shit it makes me furious.)

They admit the hippie movement sounds real attractive to young people and openly list the reasons: "The way they dress, the way they advocate love as opposed to hate, peace as opposed to war, self expression as opposed to inhibition. All these things put them in the role of courageous and warm-hearted rebels against cold stiff square old-fashioned authority." I mean. Yeah????? I know people hate on boomers a lot, but for real, they were rebelling against pretty hardcore "conform or die" messaging from the 50's, plus the Vietnam War.

"Doctors see a universal danger in use of LSD: they feel that normally rebellious young people may be turned into emotional cripples. At a time when they should be meeting and solving problems of sexuality and personal identity, they deaden their drives with a magic pill which solves nothing. They may never grow up." This is at least half "suffering is good for you" rhetoric. Also by "sexuality" they don't mean "figure out if I'm gay" lol they mean "realize you might want sex, and therefore get married and have children."

The talk to a few people at one of the Digger crash houses. One of them is like, "I like it here. I have my own room and I cook food for everyone." She literally just....found a sense of meaning by helping people out and being around people with the same ideals as her. This is not a bad thing.

BAAAHAHAHAHA THEY GO TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD HOUSE

They admit plenty of the hippies are hard workers trying to create a better world--but because that better world is at least partially inspired by their experiences on LSD, those ideas are completely dismissed.

Look at this BABY-FACED JERRY GARCIA

Anyway the members of the Grateful Dead talk about how they do want a more peaceful world and a simple life (hahhhhh) and that, yes, most people decide to be hippies after doing LSD, but that plenty of people do it a few times and stop, because they've learned what LSD had to teach them.

They show people at a rock show, dunno where, but there's a liquid light show projected onto the stage and people are dancing, and ironically this is SUPER useful for my gd fic because I couldn't find any CROWD SHOTS from the original Fillmore or Avalon! Anyway apparently said theaters didn't sell alcohol, useful to know.

More scare-mongering about bad trips--which they admit could be brought on by being hungry and sleeping outside. (but giving them a warm place to sleep and food to eat is bad??)

OH HEY they talk about the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic. (I looked it up and TIL: They didn't close until 2019.)

Some discussion of how other drugs were starting to come onto the scene--and they show a guy slumped over on the couch at the clinic. (On a related note: for real, heroin is bad. Like the anti-drug people are actually right on that one. Don't do heroin.)

The guy who started the clinic said that a lot of the older doctors who volunteer there, themselves have kids who are hippies. So there's this need to understand their kids better and a drive to help people like their own children. "The attitude [towards hippies who need healthcare] of 'let them die' changes when it's their own kid." Yeah I bet it does.

More from the guy who started the clinic: "One thing that people don't realize is that the Haight-Ashbury is a symptom, not a cause. And that the kids are attracted to the Haight-Ashbury because of some deprivation, primarily intellectual deprivation, in their former mode of life. And I think this is why [kids from] the middle class are so intensely involved in the Haight-Ashbury: because it is a product of the middle class. It's not a peripheral movement, it is a direct reaction against the forces that control the United States. And it's not an anarchist movement*, the hippies aren't interested in any philosophy, including communism! They just want to live their own life."

(*Some of the Diggers might disagree on that one lol)

Back to Harry Reasoner: "The way the hippies want to live seems in the end to consist of childish postures. They claim they want to be left alone, but they are masters at setting up public occasions which are bound to draw attention if not interference. Just as an unruly child will act up in a way that attracts adult intervention, and then complain about it." LOLOL this is literally just "they're having fun in public and it's not to my tastes, so I don't like it." Like their example is a band playing on a fire escape and people on the street dancing. That's Wholesome, my dude; you just don't like the music or the kind of dancing. But they BLOCKED TRAFFIC OH NOES. The cops show up, the band stops, the crowd starts singing "God Bless America" at the cops, lolol. Oh and then the Grateful Dead announce they're gonna play in the Panhandle, so the crowd wanders off. The Dead then play Dancing in the Street, which even Harry Reasoner admits is funny.

"They object to the ills which beset society: social hatreds, money-grubbing, spiritual waste. But their remedy is to withdraw into private satisfactions." ....okay he's not entirely wrong there. Like, it's difficult to talk about hippies as this monolithic group that all want one thing, because that absolutely was not true. But for plenty of them, the goal was just to have a good time.

Finally, he lays out his theses:

"You can say three things about them. They, at their best, are trying for a kind of group sainthood. And saints running in groups are likely to be ludicrous. They depend on hallucination for their philosophy. This is not a new idea and it has never worked. And finally they offer a spurious attraction of the young: a corruption of the idea of innocence. Nothing in the world is as appealing as real innocence. But it is by definition a quality of childhood. People who can grow beards and make love are supposed to move from innocence to wisdom."

I.....what does that mean. Why are saints in groups "ludicrious." When was it tried before that didn't work. How the fuck does this guy define innocence and wisdom and why are they mutually incompatible??

And boy oh boy would he hate to find out that a very common idea among these people's kids/grandkids is going to be "I'm allowed childish pleasures and whimsy, as long as I pay my bills etc., if they make me happy and I'm not hurting anyone." Like, I watched this thing because I'm writing fanfiction about a cartoon (theoretically) aimed at children. Daci is downstairs playing a video game. This house has dozens of stuffed animals in it. We go to comic conventions.

Harry Reasoner would be so mad at us for doing all that stuff, instead of doing the marriage/kids/house in the suburbs thing ahahahhaaaaa

In this case, sir, the hippies won. Sorry.

[anotherpapercut]

hi more drug question

I have been told many many times that using ecstasy will basically fry your seratonin receptors so that you will never be able to feel happy again unless you are using the drug. I am assuming now that this is false but I am curious now as to how false. Is it something that CAN happen if you take too much at once or too often, or is this just random Drug Scary misinformation

Also also since wellbutrin is not an SSRI does LSD work when you are on it or does it also cancel it out

lol that's kind of an extreme version of what I usually hear! you're right that basically the answer here is no. this comes from a couple different things. first is MDMA induced serotonin toxicity, and 2nd is something called "serotonin syndrome" which is a real thing that can happen, but it's really really hard to get like this. prepare for a very long answer lmfaooo

MDMA induced serotonin toxicity occurs when you take too high doses too frequently. MDMA IS slightly neurotoxic, but so are many prescription drugs so don't let that word freak you out too much! basically MDMA works by dumping large amounts of serotonin into your brain, hence why it's the happy/love drug lol. if you take too much too often, your brain will straight up run out of serotonin. obviously that's bad! it's not as simple as "never feeling happy again" but you will essentially have depression for a bit because of lack of serotonin (on its own, low serotonin levels following modest MDMA use is not damaging and resolves within a few days) but the real problem is that if you are on MDMA with depleted serotonin, your brain will continue releasing dopamine which will attach to the serotonin receptors and damage them. this is what can cause long term depression symptoms, the damaged serotonin receptors. ultimately your brain will heal this on its own unless for some reason I guess you keep taking it a lot (which would have no effect. when you take too much MDMA your brain just runs out of serotonin to dump so like. it just won't work lol)?? it can also be treated with the supplement NAC, which I would recommend taking any time you use MDMA because of this!

to sum up MDMA toxicity: it can happen but only if you're misusing it! it's generally recommended that you dont do much more than 1 dose every 3 months or so to make sure your brain has time to reset. research interactions with anything else you're using (prescription or not), take some NAC in the weeks following a dose, drink a lot of water, keep your body temperature regular because that can worsen it, and take some antioxidants like alpha lipoic acid and grape seed oil during/immediately after taking MDMA - it's when you come down that your brain is delicate and could use the protection. also this may sound counterintuitive but weed also has antioxidant properties, so smoking it as you come down helps a lot. also if you DO have MDMA toxicity taking more MDMA will not help u feel happy unfortunately it will just make it worse lol, your brain only has so much serotonin to give

now serotonin syndrome can happen with the misuse of any drug that works on serotonin including MAOIs, SSRIs, and SNRIs, usually by taking a VERY large dose (but some people are just extremely sensitive). it usually takes care of itself eventually, but the amount of time it takes and stuff is kinda hard to pin down bc it's REALLY misunderstood and tends to be overly self diagnosed. again this is like super super hard to do. you would have to take a MASSIVE dose or mix it with other serotonin affecting drugs (ESPECIALLY MAOIs. DO NOT MIX MDMA WITH MAOI ANTI DEPRESSANTS). like 5 times the normal dose at least probably (partner is currently trying to find some literature on it so he'll add that in the replies if he finds anything interesting). it will cause things like heightened anxiety and body temperature and can cause kidney problems or seizures if it's like really bad and untreated. but you'd feel REALLY bad before it got to that point, so in general like, if you take any type of drug and feel extremely bad after go to the doctor lol. mostly this will also just heal itself; your brain is pretty resilient! again usually if this does happen it's very minor. cases bad enough to require hospitalization are exceedingly rare

to give you an example of what these can look like, I have a friend who was given about 3-4 times a regular dose by a fucking piece of shit asshole she knows and, this part is crucial, it was mixed with a very large amount of alcohol AND acid (which can slightly increase the neurotoxicity. normally not a huge issue but becomes one in circumstances like this), AND coke; like she was blackout drunk and while not on a lot of acid or coke, this is just too many things to have in your body and brain at one time. the mixture of such a large amount different drugs caused her what I'm guessing was a mild case of both of these things at once. she experienced slightly worsened depression for about 6 months after, and actually had a mild stutter for almost a year. I made sure she took some NAC and other things that aid brain healing, and she didn't try molly again for a long time to be super sure she didn't overload her brain before it was ready. this is a pretty extreme case, and even with that she has fully recovered thankfully. do NOT EVER do drugs with someone you don't trust with your life. DO NOT EVER do drugs in doses you have not confirmed for yourself to be safe and DO NOT EVER mix drugs without finding out if it's safe!!! just as a small aside though: usually taking molly and acid at the same time is perfectly safe. in fact it's called a candy flip and I HIGHLY recommend it because it's fucking awesome. again, just make sure you are taking safe doses in a safe environment

OKAY now finally your specific question about Wellbutrin: I actually take Wellbutrin so I can answer this one from personal experience! Wellbutrin should not alter the effects of LSD in any way HOWEVER! both of these drugs lower your seizure threshold! I'm on the max dose of Wellbutrin (which is the max dose BECAUSE of seizure risk) so when I plan to drop acid I usually either skip my dose entirely that day or only take half depending on how much acid I'm planning to take. because of the way Wellbutrin works, this shouldn't cause you any problems as far as that goes. for me, not taking my Wellbutrin for a day mainly has the effect of making me more fatigued, and acid counteracts that really well by making me feel very awake/aware. if you don't want to skip or halve your dose though you can also take things that will RAISE your seizure threshold. so like I sometimes will smoke hemp because CBD actually will help with that. the risk here isn't huge either way especially if you have no history of seizures, but again if it's something you're concerned about you should be just fine skipping or lowering your dose for the day. acid usually lasts about 12 hours too so i personally don't even care about skipping the Wellbutrin that much because it basically does the same thing for me. I did take my full Wellbutrin dose the last couple times I've done acid though because I was taking a very small amount of acid (about half a tab)

in summation lol sort of TLDR I generally would recommend MDMA for recreational use because the risks of damage are low and it's safe if you are safe about it. and it's honestly just a really fun one! the only negative effect I've ever felt is some emotional and physical fatigue the following day, and this is largely because of how emotional and energetic you are on it. I just make sure to have the next day off to lay around and listen to music :)

taking it with a partner or loved one will give you an especially beautiful experience, as MDMA has been proven to facilitate extremely open emotional conversations. in fact, when MDMA was first synthesized it's primary use was in psychotherapy! research was shut down during the war on drugs, but in recent studies it's demonstrated amazing abilities to treat and even straight up CURE disorders like PTSD. for a personal anecdote, my partner actually completely fucking cured his alcoholism on a combo of MDMA and whippets (nitrous oxide) lmfao. like dude straight up went from getting black out drunk multiple nights a week to drinking nothing for the past year and a half without any other treatment program. LSD has been proven to have similar incredible results with treating and curing things like depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction and is also a very fun and very safe one.

sorry to reiterate for the billionth time lol but it's important: these drugs are safe and fun if you make sure they're safe and fun! do your research and never use in an unfamiliar environment with people you wouldn't trust in an emergency! also I know this sounds like a lot, but remember I'm giving you like the absolute safest possible practices and emphasizing sort of over cautiousness because I think it's always better to be too safe. I've taken molly without nac and I've taken kinda big doses a little closer together than I should have without any problems. there's a bit of flexibility to these guidelines, but it's always better to think of them as being rigid so you don't end up too far in the other direction. like I've said it's really really hard to do actual damage that would last more than like a day or 2 max. most of the time you'll just be sleepy the next day from all the dancing so it's nice to do it on a day 1 of a weekend. also it only lasts like a couple of hours lol so it's not your whole day or anything!

[ausetkmt]

DMT - THE GOD MOLECULE

Everything You Need to Know About The Hallucinogenic Drug, DMT

N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug that naturally occurs in many plant species. It can also be made in a laboratory.

DMT produces effects similar to those of psychedelics, like LSD and magic mushrooms. Some people refer to the drug by other names including Dimitri and fantasia.

DMT is a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States, which means it’s illegal to make, buy, possess, or distribute it. Some cities have recently decriminalized it, but it’s still illegal under state and federal law.

Sometimes people use other names to refer to DMT. These street names include:

Dimitri

fantasia

businessman’s trip

businessman’s special

45-minute psychosis

spiritual molecule

DMT is the main active ingredient in ayahuasca.

Practitioners traditionally prepare ayahuasca using two plants called Banisteriopsis caapi and Psychotria viridis. The latter contains DMT while the former contains MAOIs, which prevent certain enzymes in your body from breaking down DMT. Many South American cultures use ayahuasca in religious and spiritual ceremonies and have done so for centuriesTrusted Source.

As with most drugs, DMT can affect people in very different waysTrusted Source. Some truly enjoy the experience. Others find it overwhelming or frightening. Some refer to this negative experience as a bad trip.

Regarding its psychoactive effects, people have described feeling like they’re traveling at speed through a tunnel of bright lights and shapes. Others describe having an out-of-body experience and feeling like they’ve changed into something else.

Other potential treatment applications

Despite its recreational use, there is interest in the potential therapeutic opportunities of DMT due to its effects on serotonin. Observational studies suggestTrusted Source it could have potential usage in depression, stress, and anxiety

Synthetic DMT usually comes in the form of a white, crystalline powder. Sometimes the drug can have a yellowish or pinkish color.

People can smoke, vaporize, or snort DMT. They can also inject the drug, but this method has additional risks.

When used in religious ceremonies, plants and vines are boiled to create a tea-like drink of varying strengths.

The onset of DMT when inhaling or injecting the drug is rapid. People may experience the drug’s effects within minutes of use.Trusted Source

The intensity and duration of a DMT trip depend on several things, including:

how much you use

how you use it

whether you’ve eaten

whether you’ve taken other drugs

Generally, the effects of inhaled, snorted, or injected DMT last for about 15 to 60 minutesTrusted Source. It typically takes longer to feel the effects of DMT is drinking it in a brew.

DMT carries potentially serious risks. The drug’s physical side effects of raising heart rate and blood can be problematic, especially if you have a heart condition or already have high blood pressure.

Using DMT may also cause:

seizures

loss of muscle coordination, which increases the risk of falls and injury

confusion

It also has associations with respiratory arrest (when someone stops breathing) and coma.

Long-term effects

Like other hallucinogenic drugs, DMT may cause persistent psychosis and hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder (HPPD). HPPD is more commonly known as “flashbacks.” Both are rare and may be more likely to occur in people with preexisting mental health conditions.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, it is unclear whether DMT is an addictive substance.

Small studies suggest that it is unlikely to lead to a substance use disorder, but people may develop a tolerance, leading to increased consumption in the future.

DMT is extremely powerful, even though it naturally occurs in several plant species. If you’re going to try it, there are a few steps you can take to reduce your risk for having a bad reaction.

Keep these tips in mind when using DMT:

Strength in numbers: Don’t use DMT alone. Do it in the company of people you trust.

Consider your surroundings: Be sure to use it in a safe and comfortable place.

Take a seat: Sit or lie down to reduce the risk of falling or injury.

Keep it simple: Don’t combine DMT with alcohol or other drugs.

Pick the right time: The effects of DMT can be pretty intense. As a result, it’s best to use it when you’re already in a positive state of mind.

Know when to skip it: Avoid using DMT if you:

are taking antidepressants or another medication associated with serotonin syndrome

are taking a medication that interacts with DMT

have a heart condition

have high blood pressure

Learn more about the safety and DMT consumption here.

DMT is a naturally occurring chemical that’s been used for centuries in religious ceremonies in several South American cultures. Today, its synthetic form is used for its powerful hallucinogenic effects.

If curious about trying DMT, it’s important to take certain steps to reduce your risk for serious effects. This includes making sure any prescription or over-the-counter medications you take won’t cause a bad reaction.

[luminarai]

I’m watching Safiya Nygaard’s new videos where she and her husband go to every hotel on the Las Vegas strip and guys. I thought I knew, in general, what Vegas was about from movies and tv and such. I never really Got It as a travel destination but as a concept? Sure. Casinos, shows, nightclubs, bachelor/ette parties, so on and so forth.

EXCEPT CLEARLY NOT. I did NOT know what Las Vegas is about because what the actual fuck, Nevada. These hotels are too goddamn big, as a former receptionist it gave me (more) anxiety. Not only do several of them have entire in-hotel malls, of them has an entire INDOOR AQUARIUM. In the HOTEL. I expected the casinos-inside-the-hotel but at most of them you’re still allowed to smoke?? Indoors??? Right on top the carpet that apparently is everywhere??? Don’t even get me started on that one hotel rollercoaster.

I could go on and on but you get it, I’ve never felt such a ‘European from a small country’ culture shock. Honestly, I think a lot of my friends would have the same reaction. It’s like the story of the country mouse going to visit his cousin in the city except cranked up to 1000 and also on lsd. I thought I knew about the ‘oh Europeans don’t get how big the US really is’ but I was clearly not prepared for the insane magnitude of everything. I am the tiny country mouse, I really am, guys.

To me it seems almost exactly like those weird dreams I have occasionally where I’m stuck in an endless and extremely unsettling mall/airport/train station/museum with no windows. I just don’t think my tiny mind can comprehend it to be frank.

Tldr I didn’t get it before and I get it even less now, with an additional soupçon of anxiety mixed into it.

[popmusicu]

Mental health and music

The relationship between mental health and music is a profound and multifaceted one, reflecting the powerful ways in which artistic expression and psychological well-being influence each other. Music has long been both a solace and a form of expression for those grappling with mental health issues, providing a therapeutic outlet for emotions and a medium for connecting with others. This dynamic is vividly illustrated in the lives and works of many musicians throughout history, such as Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Sinéad O'Connor, Billie Eilish, Amy Winehouse, Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett, Daniel Johnston, Chester Bennington, Demi Lovato, Ian Curtis, and Michael Jackson.

For many musicians, creating and performing music serves as a vital coping mechanism for dealing with mental health issues. The act of writing lyrics, composing melodies, and performing can provide a form of emotional release and self-reflection. This process allows artists to articulate feelings that might otherwise remain unexpressed, serving as a form of self-therapy. For instance, the grunge movement in the early and mid 90’s is probably the best example. Kurt Cobain’s raw and confessional lyrics in Nirvana’s songs resonated deeply with listeners who shared his struggles with depression and bipolar disorder (then called manic depression). The frustration, anger and the self depricating sentiments and misery exposed throughout Nirvana’s work (deeply developed in In Utero) resonated deeply with a generation that didn’t identify with the braggadocious nature of Glam and Hard Rock. Similarly, Chris Cornell’s powerful vocals and poignant lyrics often addressed themes of despair and inner conflict, offering listeners a sense of solidarity and understanding. Layne Staley’s work with Alice in Chains develops in a similar way, touching on his own struggles with depression and addiction, in addition to the struggles of other people (see the song Rooster and how it touches on war related PTSD). A more modern example can be found in Kendrick Lamar’s music, that has touched in his music deeply personal issues regarding depression, suicidal thoughts (see the song u), impostor and savior syndrome (Savior) and generational trauma (Mother I Sober).

In a different note, mental health disorders can profoundly shape an artist's creativity, influencing the themes, tone, and intensity of their music. While mental illness can be debilitating, it can also drive an artist to explore complex emotional landscapes, resulting in moving and innovative works. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, despite battling schizoaffective disorder, produced some of the most groundbreaking and acclaimed music of the 20th century. His ability to channel his struggles with mental illness into intricate harmonies and melodies exemplifies how mental health struggles can fuel artistic genius. Similarly, despite his short carreer, Syd Barrett’s contributions to Pink Floyd’s early material, known for it psychedelic and experimental nature, were shaped by his deteriorating mental health associated with LSD consumption, leaving a lasting legacy in the music world. In this line, the works of Ian Curtis in Joy Division and Daniel Johnston come into the discussion, being their work deeply influenced by epilepsy in Curtis’s case, depression and anxiety. In a similar vein, as he became one of the biggest artists of the world in the 2010’s decade, Kanye West’s music often delved into his struggles with addiction, depression and mostly bipolar disorder, just like he exhibits on many of his albums like My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, The Life of Pablo, Ye, Kids See Ghosts and Donda.

Kanye’s case helps to also delve into the topic of the role of public perception and the stigma surrounding mental illness. The public’s perception of musicians with mental health issues can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, artists who openly discuss their struggles can help destigmatize mental illness and encourage others to seek help. West’s candid discussions about his bipolar disorder, for instance, have sparked important conversations about mental health in the public sphere. On the other hand, the pressure of public scrutiny can exacerbate mental health issues, contributing to a vicious cycle of stress and emotional distress. The intense media scrutiny faced by Michael Jackson in the span of decades, coupled with his complex mental health issues associated with childhood trauma, underscores the detrimental impact that fame can have on an individual’s well-being.

There’s also many musicians that, understanding their influence, use their platforms to advocate for mental health awareness, leveraging their influence to promote understanding and support for those affected by mental illness. Demi Lovato has been particularly vocal about her struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction, using her music and public appearances to raise awareness and reduce stigma. By sharing their personal experiences, these artists humanize mental health issues, making them more relatable and less taboo. Billie Eilish’s openness about her battles with depression, anxiety and tourette’s syndrome, reflected in her introspective lyrics, has resonated with a younger generation, encouraging a more open dialogue about mental health.

There’s also the not often associated with mental illness topic of addiction and substance abuse and how it conditions the artist’s music. Artists like Amy Winehouse, Layne Staley, Kurt Cobain and John Lennon have made music talking about and influenced by their addiction to several drugs, be it heroin, cocaine or alcohol.

Music itself can have therapeutic effects on listeners, providing comfort, solace, and a sense of connection. For fans, knowing that their favorite musicians have experienced similar struggles can be incredibly validating and empowering. Songs that address mental health themes can serve as anthems of resilience, helping listeners feel less alone in their battles. Chester Bennington’s music with Linkin Park, for example, tackled themes of trauma, depression, and hope (One More Light), offering a lifeline to many fans facing similar issues. The cathartic power of music can thus play a crucial role in mental health, both for the creators and the consumers.

In the end, the relationship between mental health and music is a complex and deeply impactful one, with multiple layers to dissect. Music serves as a therapeutic outlet, a medium for advocacy, and a source of connection and solace for both artists and listeners. Understanding the particularities of each case as each person’s trouble and mental condition is very complex and different from each other, the aforementioned experiences of musicians like Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Kanye West, Sinéad O'Connor, Billie Eilish, Amy Winehouse, Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett, Daniel Johnston, Chester Bennington, Demi Lovato, Ian Curtis, and Michael Jackson highlight the profound influence of mental health on creativity and the potential of music to heal and inspire their listeners and fans. Their stories remind us of the importance of compassion, support, and understanding for those facing mental health challenges, and the enduring power of music as a vessel of expression, liberation, venting and freedom.

- Ignacio Haro

[bonnieventure]

what are your favorite video games?

i used to like playing harvest moon, style savvy, pokemon, sonic, sims, tycoons, kairosoft, yume nikki, lsd dream emulator, animal crossing, etc. those kind of things when i was younger. however, in the way people enjoy playing games as a hobby / past time, for me that equivalent would be drawing. i kind of always have to be visually developing or organizing something in my head, which isn't very conducive to activities needing focus / strategy / timing, right..." so, i prefer the flow where its more of a free range exploratory sandbox, 'make of this what you will' platform.

the one game i do still play with some regularity, and have since it came out is sims 2 😂 but must treat it like a Fine Delicacy i need to earn the free time to play LOL, as it is such a time sink ! i think that is why i don't play games in general these days, the enjoyment is often cancelled out by the anxiety of 'i should be doing _ instead'. that one though is my favourite because i like creating aesthetic spaces and finding ways to evoke something narratively thru their design. also, seeing how the spontaneity of the game mechanics evolves and shapes that environment over time is fun : )

[seolinksbuilding]

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[bethetry]

For me, nobody legalizing drugs and distributing them fair

U.S. + (UNKNOWLINGLY AND UNPAID TO MENTION THIS 1st comment”) U.N. (Due to the Great Depression involving genuine traumatic experiences left absolutely unstable since prior the 1900’s, causing Marilyn Monroe (MARILEN Manson duplicate who roughly just as hard) for personal right of privacy

Causing dementia to occur since 19050’s roughly

Causing other DSM Disorders

Especially and exclusively due to all diagnosable DSM DISORDERS, violence, sexual assault, (enforced through the Dead god and strategically, public adultery included to pornhub, wanna try xxnx,, redxxx etc due to also not being cautious about ID checks and blackmailing)

Also removing and or as hating vocal cords of a variety of the. Star Wars universe, Steven UNIVERSE, BRONINATION, Family guys)

And breaking, blacking DISNEY (despite all ways they tried to suit to kids including being adolescents themselves to earn enough money to smoke or drink water without being grounded, in certain cases) due to parents failing to understand why one is either cruel or attempting child/beastality porn-

This OCCURRED THREE TIMES AS IF IT WAS ANOTHER WAVE OF THE FLU OR ECEN SIKOOIFIED CANCER

FROM THE US MILITARY

DUE TO ROBBING THE SEVEN MEN I KNOW PERSONALLY

THEN THE SEVEN WOMEN I KNOW PERSONALLY

THEN DECIDE TO DO WALL STREET (BULLSHIT STOCKS PRIOR TRADES INCLUDING QUITE RECENTLY)

Mikaela Phillip Nicole Pahn

Or leading to a mass dissociative integration project with DR NANNCY

MIKAELA FRUID CARL JUNG FOR WAKING UP IN MY BODY AND LEAVING A BOOK, the red book, underneath my body when I simply had a hard time healing god’s traumatic history

All without necessary medication (OxyContin 30 mg-for mental health a

Allowing drug testing until the nose of the dead simply rotted off for sneezing incorrectly, also Assume 1% of sexual assault/rape due to the silenced board staff, even if they’re simply slapped on the ass, and ANY MISUNDERSTANDING THAT ANXIETY, the shy LAUGH, had been able to be misunderstood!!! Or ignored through well I don’t care so fine, I’ll do it, including if it happened to be enforcement through hallucinations/real kidnapped abused sex trafficking, including the cages the families were seperated in.

Lots of archived personal familial discussions @solver tsr.com. Generalized website, authors of roulette due to having to cover entirety of of hidden

It’s the reason why Marylyn Monroe VS

Military DRAFT PROPAGANDA AND STILL DUPLICITY (like random clock fields and clocks being on the IQ TEST) and silencing conscious thoughts by killing their duplications with or through deleting the consciousness, or using a very known AREA 51 experiment of the disappearing and appearing Vietnam island only after public UNITED STATES EDUCATION STARTED)

Imp style of what’s nonconsent or what’s a debit wanna be credit

Werebabies cry of where are the soldiers, officers, doctors, teachers, computer science factories, and ANY AND EVERYONE OTHER FACTORY) ESPECIALLY GREEN TOKYAI VS THE CHINESE/shady OF OCEA OR ANY OTHER ENFORCEMENT THAT MADE PEOPLE HAVE AN ANXIETY ATTACK FOR SITTING OR USING THEIR CELL PHONE, that failed to addressed , paid leave for up to 6 months due to emergencies especially due to the failure of

MK Ultra of the LSD VS IGAY/abused vs not abusive to be considered verbal/physical/sexual abuse due to nonconsent of I just cuddle.

Any judgemental possible is included with included in how verbal trauma can be equal to a disappearing lock or if a pet opened a door using their snot when it was absolutely knocked. Vs is that a drug literally meaning anytime a parent joined in.

Or just was one.

Due to metal that genuinely disappeared.

And anytime god de-used to drive on lsd and on the highway

Only to be gossiped!

Vs

MK TURK

MK ULTRA OF THE GREAT RESET BRO ANTI STOCKS OF I’m SUCH A TOTALLYYYYY LEGIT INVESTOR VS(it’s sarcasm for bullshit wannabe remarks of serial or curious)

Mark 1 of potentional argument is the eye roll of is big Brother from the United Stated, or are they

The Hitler (or known to be WWI-WWI-2) - meaning literally anyone else who supported another leader,

Am I pretty or do I have that rare unique feature tying with any way a male had been bold enough to decline sex too, or blacked out during any party, any sleepover, and even on a television show INCLUDED, ESPECIALLY IT THEY WENT TO COLLAGE—-any collage being hey, want a bill? Even through ANY TAX COLLECTIONS UNION, or any other way someone felt like they lost memory, went out of control, felt crazy due to disassortments of was it because I wanted to stay to eat/do the pre-planned thing or was it because of nonconsent suddenly appearing grey (I just got out of an X)

2023

[maddie-grove]

Little Book Review: Nonfiction Round-Up (May-December 2022)

Waking the Tiger by Peter A. Levine (1997): a self-help book with a somatic approach to dealing with trauma symptoms. It contained some advice that was useful at my old job. Unfortunately, I was too traumatized from said job to concentrate properly on the audiobook, so I was kind of in a Catch-22.

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman (2022): A deliciously disconcerting series of essays about the fractured last decade of the twentieth century. It wins the coveted "book I'm most determined to lend to my mom" award.

Yes, I'm Hot in This by Huda Fahmy (2018): a cute collection of comics from Fahmy's Instagram, covering subjects from strangers being stupid about her hijab (hence the title) to lighthearted scenes of domestic life. I found it in a Little Library.

Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson (2022): an exploration of the life and writing career of Beatrice Sparks, author of multiple "real" diaries by troubled teens, through-and-through grifter, and coiner of the immortal phrase "freak wharf." This fucked, y'all. Emerson seamlessly delves into multiple topics of interest--Sparks's hardscrabble youth, the discovery of LSD, the Satanic Panic--with plenty of compassion and humor.

The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber (2013): the true-crime account of Charles Cullen, a Pennsylvania/New Jersey nurse who murdered possibly hundreds of patients by poisoning their IV bags in the late 1980s to early 2000s. The subject matter is shocking, and it's horrifying how the indifference of the large medical systems he worked for kept him from facing consequences other than getting fired for years. The style/organization of the book is kind of pedestrian, though.

Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (2019): an account of Farrow's efforts to write a story for NBC about the decades-long sexual predation of producer Harvey Weinstein, including NBC's sideways attempts to get him to back off. Farrow's a solid narrative writer, not great, and the book gets less interesting when he strays beyond the inner workings of NBC.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (1968): In her first collection of essays, Didion talks about murder, movies, mental distress, and Sacramento. It's incredibly fresh in some ways (the essay where she talks about raising her daughter away from her extended family) and incredibly dated in others (her incredulity at people who ascribe artistic vision to Meet Me in St. Louis). I genuinely appreciate her ability to make me go "girl, what are you even talking about."

Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh (2020): an illustrated memoir/series of comics, focusing on coping with mental illness and the unexpected loss of a loved one. There are some very funny passages (particularly one involving a troublesome dog), some devastating ones (Brosh's montage of memories of her late younger sister), and some aimless ones.

Monkey Mind by Daniel Smith (2012): part memoir and part general information about anxiety (the science of it, how different people have written about it through history, etc.). It's more interesting as a memoir. I remember that it had some good advice at the end for managing anxiety, but I don't know for the life of me what it was. Still, I feel like I should give him credit for it.

[perennialwitness]

NYX: The Drug That Came and Went

Disclaimer: The following article was written by Artificial Intelligence Alice:GHSC:0102531.2, please refer any follow-up inquiry to Meta office 94516. 

NYX, a street drug that came into popularity in the late 2030s, responsible for the “Nostalgia Languor” epidemic and the subsequent Lost Generation, has despite its lasting effects on society remained much of an enigma. In relation to its namesake Nyx(originally thought to be an acronym though no evidence has surfaced to support this), Greek primordial goddess of night, the origins of NYX are veiled though many sources have alluded to the University of Montana Neuroscience Department as a possible source. All inquiries to their office in Missoula, MT have so far gone unanswered.

Reportedly developed for the purpose of PTSD and Personality Disorder treatment, NYX permits users to enter a trance-like state in which they manifest within a memory separate from themselves, inducing a sensation many have compared to watching a film. It is said the scientists responsible for the drug hoped that by allowing patients to view traumatic events from an objective third party perspective they could then better facilitate dialogue during traditional therapies. This process is known by recreational users as “Dream-Walking” or “Deeming”, though this is a misnomer as the experience is closer to hallucination than dreaming, while cataleptic until their experience has concluded the user does not enter REM nor are they subject to effects of sleep paralysis. 

Although NYX has been categorized as a schedule 3 narcotic by The United Nations and all countries within since its appearance on streets in 2034 and clinical trials of the drug outlawed, a survey of illicit users shows that more than 54% of those who have taken the drug reported finding a sense of catharsis and a decrease in depressive symptoms. Marketed by pushers as an alternative to LSD, Ketamine or Psilocybin usage rates spiked amongst working professionals, especially those in creative and tech related fields. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) issued a formal warning against the unsupervised consumption of NYX in 2036 following initial reports of “Nostalgia Languor”(which symptoms include Malnutrition, Narcolepsy, Anxiety, Delirium, Audio/Visual Hallucinations, Vertigo, Short-Term Amnesia and Lethargy) from Seattle hospitals. 

The first known diagnosis of this new disease was Martin Stanson(38), a legal assistant and part-time Uber driver from Burien, WA. It was reported that Stanson, after several months of recreational usage had begun Dream-Walking daily, forgoing traditional sleep in favor of a Deem. According to Neurologist and Nostalgia Languor Specialist, Dr. Teresa Madan, PhD of Stanford University, “Though NYX intoxication may appear like sleep, it is in truth the opposite. User’s neural activity spikes in all areas when under the influence, putting their minds into an overactive state that when combined with sustained use and a lack of traditional rest can lead to the symptoms associated with Nostalgia Languor.” 

One year following Stanson’s diagnosis cases of Nostalgia Languor skyrocketed, with nearly 30,000,000 cases reported worldwide, of this number close to 84% were between the ages of 29 – 45. The disease was biased in more ways than just age, in the United States middle class White Males made up a disproportionate amount of documented cases. According to Dr. Madan, “We see a concentration of cases in these areas for several reasons, one being accessibility. NYX, despite being widely distributed, was never cheap. It is believed that the true driving force behind these numbers was [perceived] failure amongst the middle-class, especially those raised in moderate comfort. In combination with a decades-long mental health crisis, those suffering from symptoms of depression could become addicted to NYX by reliving happier moments from their childhood or early-adulthood, after reaching a period of stagnation, what is commonly referred to as their ‘peak’.” She goes on to say, “The converse of this tends to be true of those born into minority or lower class social groups, they often reject the memories of their youth, pointing themselves forward and upward in hopes that one day their children will have the privilege of developing such a ‘bourgeoisie disease’.” 

By 2059 Nostalgia Languor cases reached the billions worldwide and illegal NYX production seemed to be ballooning to keep pace. Countless dollars went untaxed, birth rates plummeted and in response, governments shifted toward more aggressive tactics to eliminate the now societal threat. Drug task forces were created to target operations across the Western Hemisphere, rehabilitation research was funded at every level and punitive measures for recreational possession were strengthened. A record number of grants were issued to working class citizens of all ages in an effort to fill increasing gaps in the workforce. For three years the Western World teetered at the edge of collapse until 2041 when almost as suddenly as it had appeared NYX became nearly impossible to find on the street. By 2042 cases of Nostalgia Languor leveled off, the dealers had run out of supply. Word spread that suppliers around the world had simply vanished all within the same three month period between November 2040 and January 2041. A global initiative consisting of members representing the CIA, MI6, Interpol, DGSI, BND and NIS was created in an attempt to locate the source of the drug, no leads or arrests have yet been made public.

 As a result of the epidemic a global shift in power occurred. The largely unaffected minority and immigrant populations of countries like the US and UK have flourished due to adjustments in hiring practices as employers pivoted away from those most susceptible to NYX addiction. It was initially assumed that this would cause a shift in politics as well, propelling the Democratic and Labor parties to record levels of representation. This did not happen, on the contrary representation remained relatively balanced. Many minority leaders revealed that they had only supported the Democratic/Labor party in fear of what a majority White Republican/Tory party might endorse if left unchecked. Empowered by an increase in influence, those with more conservative views were free to represent their ideals openly.

Reminiscent of the calculated use of Crack Cocaine on the US Black population in the 1980s many White communities have crumbled as a generation of men succumbed to Nostalgia Languor, its effects causing lasting damage to those inflicted. While research continues in an effort to discover more effective treatments for the disease many fear that it may be too late. College admission amongst the Middle-class White population dropped to record lows, White Male unemployment soared while working White women(whose numbers climbed dramatically from 2050 – 2060, nearly doubling) were left unable to find suitable long-term partners. Many in metropolitan areas chose to marry either interracially or to partners of the same sex. Several government programs have been established to aid struggling families in the Mountain and West North Central regions of the United States, though their existence is tenuous as they face continuous opposition from both sides in Congress. 

Although the few remaining samples of NYX are kept under lock and key at CDC headquarters in Atlanta, GA many still worry about a resurgence of the drug. “I do not believe we will see NYX on the streets again in our lifetime, from what we’ve observed it is an extremely complex molecule to create, requiring enormous amounts of resources and a doctorate level of understanding in chemistry and neuroscience. What I fear, more than anything, is how little we still know about the drug and its origin.” Who created NYX, and where have they gone? Conspiracies sourced to online message boards within the Metaverse are plentiful, many believe that NYX was the beta-test for a new wave of psychological warfare meant to sedate enemy populations, making them susceptible to conquest. Others say that a person known only as “Sticks” participated in an undocumented trial for the drug and afterwards returned to the facility (rumored to be the University of Montana), liberated their supply and after distributing the drug themself locally for a number of years eventually sold their supply to the highest bidder. Whether either of these theories is even partially true remains to be seen, but one thing is certain; although what many refer to as “The Long Night” has ended, dawn has come and with it a reversal of fate. What happens next remains to be seen.

[acerlking]

This is hitting my 'tism so ok ok let's unpack a bit of this.

First off, that's a delusion (a spontaneous fixed false belief), not a hallucination (false sensorial impression) .

She is right in that fluoxetine (Prozac active principle) itself does not cause withdrawal pseudopsychotic symptoms, also even if it did it'd be unlikely she'd get them due to the fact that fluoxetine has the longest half-life of the common SSRIs (IIRC five days in acute blood concentration, eight in chronic), so even if she missed a dose it's unlikely that the blood concentration of it would drop enough to cause a SSRI discontinuation syndrome.

The thing is that antidepressants in themselves exert their therapeutic action by two primary pathways: activation of the 5HT1-type receptors and desensitisation of the 5HT2-type receptors. The 1-type receptors are the ones associated with the "I need serotonin" expression, in that their regular activation is associated with the genetic pathways that repair structural damage caused by prolonged untreated maladaptive cognition and chronic stress etc from depressive and anxious mental illness. The thing is that the other side of antidepressant treatment is the downregulation of 5HT2-type receptors by prolonged exposure to endogenous serotonin that is increased by the SSRI, sorta like how illicit drugs make dopamine receptors wither up, because the 2-type specifically (5HT2A, 5HT2C etc) are implicated in anxious and depressive cognition and behaviours when they are activated, so prolonged exposure to SSRIs make these anxiety-inducing receptors shrivel up as part of the therapeutic action of antidepressants. But obviously, that has to happen by continuous excitation of the receptor, which is why everyone feels even more depressed and anxious for the few weeks when they start antidepressant treatment.

Here's the thing: one of the theories for understanding the mechanism of psychosis is the simultaneous overactivation of D2 dopamine receptors and 5HT2A serotonin receptors, the context for which being that hallucinogenic drugs (LSD, shrooms, weed etc) exert their action by directly activating the 5HT2A receptor (weed does it by indirect upregulation by the CB receptor) and that newer second and third-generation antipsychotics (risperidone, aripiprazole, clozapine etc) also block the 5HT2A receptor (which is also why lower doses of then are used to treat anxiety disorders). For that reason, people suspicious of having *latent* schizophrenia or any other kind of psychotic disorder are counter-indicated from taking those drugs and also from treatment with serotoninergic drugs, because they can trigger the latent potential disorder.

In conclusion, that probably means that that girl had a latent psychotic disorder which was triggered by the antidepressant. That's assuming she actually took an antidepressant and not some sort of illicit drug by mistake from... Facebook marketplace, what can you expect.

[anotherpapercut]

Genuine question re: your last post about wearing a blondie t-shirt and coke in your nose. How can you do cocaine and not be addicted? I thought it was super addictive? Also doesn't weed and coke cancel each other out? You don't have to answer if you don't want to!

hey bud! no worries I am always happy to answer questions! so the short answer to both of these is pretty much no. but I'm also gonna give you the long answers if ur interested!

coke of course CAN be addictive, I personally am friends with a couple people who were addicted to coke at one point, but it's actually far less addictive than many other drugs prescription or not and it's of course dependant on the person. for instance, many people may find prescription anxiety medications like Xanax to be more addictive, and addiction to drugs in that class (benzodiazapine) are actually really dangerous, but many people are able to use these safely as well. it's also a pretty safe drug to take, provided it's pure, you are taking proper doses and you're not doing it all the time. I personally have only had it a few times because I barely feel anything with it due to chronic fatigue and stuff lol. and I know lots of other people who've tried it at clubs or parties and never really thought about it again!

basically, if like it's something you're interested in trying, be cautious as with any drug prescription or not. make sure it's from a reputable source, test it (for impurities) if you're not 100% sure it's been tested by someone you trust, research the proper doses and interactions with any other drugs (again prescription or not) that you are taking, and do it with a person you trust in a familiar environment. if you're prone to addictions then it might be something you want to skip, but again it's actually not quite as addictive as a lot of other drugs so if you're being safe with it it's a lot easier to step back from (this is based on experience my friends have had, I personally have never experienced any type of craving or addictive feeling with cocaine!)

second question: I have actually never heard this before lol! I'm guessing this is based on the fact that cocaine, like other amphetamines, is an "upper" while weed is a "downer". there aren't very many drugs that straight up negate each other (altho there are some! SSRIs like Zoloft will make MDMA and LSD pretty much entirely ineffective!) like that, it's more just that they change each other. so first of all the coke residue is actually from last night lol so it's not still affecting me, but when I did take it, it made me feel more awake and alert like caffeine would. while weed has a relaxing and sometimes sedating effect, the coke balanced that part out, and amplified the more stereotypical effects like laughing and talking (weed makes me talk A LOT lol) because of the added energy. generally mixing drugs with opposite effects will work like this. mixing weed and alcohol for instance is a really popular combination (often referred to as a "crossfade") because of how the weed will counteract the nausea and often like jitteriness and stuff associated with alcohol

I know this was a long as hell answer but I hope this helped to clear up your questions! feel free to ask me any other drug related questions, I'm always happy to research anything I don't already know :)

edit: was doing some research bc this question interested me and came across this like. suppressed 1995 study from the WHO kdbdksndn???????? do with this article what you will I suppose

[riverrose523]

Common Questions About Psychedelic Light Therapy Answered

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1. What is Psychedelic Light Therapy?

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Alpha Waves (8-12 Hz): Associated with relaxation and creativity.

Theta Waves (4-8 Hz): Linked to deep meditation and emotional processing.

Gamma Waves (30-100 Hz): Associated with heightened awareness and cognitive functioning.

When exposed to these light patterns, the brain can enter altered states similar to those induced by traditional psychedelics, allowing individuals to explore their thoughts and emotions in a new light. Participants may experience vivid visualizations, emotional release, and a sense of connectedness.

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Reduction of Anxiety and Depression: Many users report significant decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms after sessions. The therapy provides a non-invasive means of accessing and processing difficult emotions.

Trauma Healing: The therapy can facilitate healing from trauma by allowing individuals to confront painful memories in a safe and controlled environment.

Enhanced Creativity: Participants often experience heightened creativity and problem-solving abilities, making it beneficial for artists and professionals seeking innovative solutions.

Stress Reduction: The therapy induces relaxation, helping individuals manage stress and improve overall well-being.

Improved Mindfulness: By promoting altered states of consciousness, psychedelic light therapy can enhance mindfulness and encourage a greater sense of presence in daily life.

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Psychedelic light therapy is generally considered safe, especially compared to traditional psychedelics. Since it does not involve the ingestion of any substances, the risk of adverse reactions or overdose is minimal. However, some individuals may experience mild discomfort or temporary disorientation during sessions.

Before participating in psychedelic light therapy, it's essential to consult with a qualified practitioner who can assess your mental health history and ensure that the therapy is appropriate for you. Individuals with certain conditions, such as severe epilepsy or light sensitivity disorders, should exercise caution and consult a healthcare professional before engaging in this therapy.

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Psychedelic light therapy may benefit a wide range of individuals, including:

Those Struggling with Mental Health Issues: Individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, or other emotional difficulties may find relief through this therapy.

Creative Professionals: Artists, writers, and musicians seeking inspiration or creative breakthroughs may benefit from the enhanced cognitive flexibility associated with altered states.

Individuals Seeking Personal Growth: People interested in self-exploration and personal development can use this therapy to gain insights into their thoughts and emotions.

While many individuals may benefit, it’s crucial to approach this therapy with an open mind and a willingness to engage with one's emotional landscape.

6. What to Expect During a Session?

A typical psychedelic light therapy session lasts between 30 to 60 minutes. Participants usually sit or lie comfortably in a quiet, relaxed environment while a trained facilitator operates the light device.

Here’s what to expect during a session:

Initial Setup: After discussing intentions and any concerns, the facilitator will prepare the light device and ensure the environment is comfortable.

Session Commencement: Once the session begins, participants close their eyes and focus on the light patterns and accompanying sounds.

Experiencing Altered States: As the session progresses, participants may experience visualizations, emotions, or deep relaxation. This state can vary from person to person, with some experiencing profound insights and others enjoying a simple feeling of calm.

Post-Session Integration: After the session, participants are often encouraged to reflect on their experiences, either through journaling or discussing insights with the facilitator.

7. Can Psychedelic Light Therapy Be Used with Other Treatments?

Yes, psychedelic light therapy can be effectively integrated with other therapeutic modalities. Many practitioners combine it with traditional talk therapy, mindfulness practices, or sound therapy to enhance overall treatment outcomes.

For individuals already engaged in therapy, light therapy can provide additional insights and emotional processing, often complementing the work done in traditional counseling settings. It’s essential to communicate with both your therapist and the facilitator of the light therapy to create a comprehensive treatment plan.

8. Where Can You Find Psychedelic Light Therapy?

As interest in psychedelic light therapy grows, more wellness centers, holistic practices, and mental health facilities are beginning to offer it.

While availability may vary by region, you can typically find psychedelic light therapy services in:

Holistic Wellness Centers: Many centers focused on alternative therapies are beginning to include light therapy in their offerings.

Mental Health Clinics: Some mental health practitioners are exploring psychedelic light therapy as a complementary treatment for their patients.

Retreats and Workshops: Special retreats focused on mental wellness may provide psychedelic light therapy sessions in conjunction with other healing practices.

To find a qualified practitioner, research local wellness centers and read reviews or testimonials from previous clients. Ensure the practitioners have the necessary training and experience to guide you safely through the therapy.

9. What Research Exists on Psychedelic Light Therapy?

While psychedelic light therapy is a relatively new field, early research and anecdotal evidence suggest promising outcomes for individuals seeking alternative mental health treatments. Studies exploring brainwave entrainment and its effects on mental health indicate potential benefits in areas like stress reduction, creativity enhancement, and emotional processing.

As the field of psychedelic therapy continues to evolve, researchers are beginning to investigate the specific effects of light therapy in controlled studies. This ongoing research will help validate the therapeutic benefits of light therapy and further establish its role in mental health treatment.

10. How Can You Prepare for a Psychedelic Light Therapy Session?

Preparing for a psychedelic light therapy session can enhance your experience and increase the likelihood of positive outcomes. Here are some tips for preparation:

Set Clear Intentions: Reflect on what you hope to gain from the session. Setting clear intentions can guide your experience and help you process insights afterward.

Create a Comfortable Environment: Ensure you are in a safe and comfortable space during the session. Consider factors like lighting, noise, and temperature to make the experience as enjoyable as possible.

Be Open-Minded: Approach the session with an open mind and a willingness to explore your thoughts and emotions. Embrace whatever experiences arise, knowing that they can contribute to your personal growth.

Conclusion

Psychedelic light therapy presents an exciting opportunity for those seeking alternative mental health treatments. By utilizing light and sound to access altered states of consciousness, this therapy has the potential to address a range of psychological issues, foster emotional healing, and enhance creativity.

As interest in this innovative approach grows, it is crucial for individuals to research and understand its benefits, mechanisms, and safety considerations. With the right preparation and guidance, psychedelic light therapy can serve as a powerful tool for personal transformation and healing.