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"Trippy" Reality (lemmy.world)
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https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/5-illusions-reveal-brain-warps-reality

https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/how-the-brain-interprets-reality-a-neuroscience-perspective

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[–] 62 points 7 months ago (10 children)

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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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I assume you mean ego death and not literal death

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 2 points 7 months 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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  • [–] 12 points 7 months 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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  • [–] 5 points 7 months 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.

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