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277volt808
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Strange feeling of being followed while tripping
#26428239 - 01/11/20 02:31 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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On my day trips I sometimes have this strange feeling of being followed. I remember hiking by myself in a quiet state park. Line of sight was a good mile over the flat scrub brush and only when I knelt down, was I out of sight of this surveillance. When I'm with friends in these settings, I feel like our conversations are being listened to. I feel the same way at home. Too close to neighbors for true privacy.
Only when swimming out in the ocean do I feel broke free from the tentacles of eavesdropping mystery ears.
I don't have anything to hide, it's just that this privacy when found does something remarkable to the soul. It's like I can breath again.
Anybody experience this?
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: 277volt808]
#26428254 - 01/11/20 02:36 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Yes, you are not paranoid if they really are out to get you!!
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: 277volt808]
#26428424 - 01/11/20 04:00 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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I sense / feel / see things behind me. Always makes me jump. So I just wrap the blanket tighter and all’s good.
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: DJ Ed]
#26428587 - 01/11/20 05:45 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Common symptom of extreme paranoia. I kept looking behind me when I dosed way too high on weed once, it's creepy.
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: 277volt808]
#26428629 - 01/11/20 06:20 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Followed or judged?
Sometimes these experiences can show you the confines of society.
We are always being watched and judged by each other...in some sense.
I also disconnect by entering the ocean.
It's not about paranoia as much as it may be a heightened awareness manifesting itself.
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: pineninja]
#26428704 - 01/11/20 07:29 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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From my personal experiences I would suggest not tripping or blazing up much at all anymore...at least for a very long time.
These feelings can intensify even when you are not tripping and eventually can turn into all out schizophrenia before you even know what has happened...then you will REALLY yearn for the quiet privacy again!!! Trust me on that...
....I think it is a sign of connection, a sign of awakening, and a sign of a searching mind. It's a great time to take a giant leap forward in life and start to find and create your vision for the world....before schizophrenia starts to step in you way!
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: 277volt808]
#26428753 - 01/11/20 08:11 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Probably a reflection of hidden fears and anxieties that you have all the time but aren't normally aware of. Or it might be making you more aware of the concept that other people could in theory be watching you, which you don't normally consider, and so having it suddenly presented to you all the time might be shocking.
Might also just be a reflection of you being self consciousness about tripping outside, and worried about someone seeing you and "knowing." Lots of people have fears about stuff like that.
Be careful with those thoughts and feelings though, because if you head too far down that road that's where paranoid schizophrenia lives.
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: Nymphaea]
#26428763 - 01/11/20 08:19 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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My adventures have only made me more grounded. I've learned to appreciate the subtle things. I like to explore new places and don't mind tripping in public. I do however feel like it's hard to get away from public as a change. As I mentioned, only out in the water have I felt this freedom.
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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: Ranger7227]
#26428767 - 01/11/20 08:21 PM (4 years, 18 days ago) |
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Quote:
Ranger7227 said: Yes, you are not paranoid if they really are out to get you!!

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Re: Strange feeling of being followed while tripping [Re: Korean Jesus]
#26429062 - 01/12/20 02:08 AM (4 years, 17 days ago) |
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Korean Jesus said: Common symptom of extreme paranoia. I kept looking behind me when I dosed way too high on weed once, it's creepy.
I dunno KJ. I only get this feeling while,tripping, and only when I’m getting up to the peak. The posts on here though suggesting it is your own mind watching you, issues buried, etc. That’s fascinating and entirely plausible. I never really “see” these presences directly, it’s more a sense they’re there. When I do get this feeling, I generally notice the music is more 3D than usual, and for example Hawkwind Sonic Attack is much more FREAKY than usual! Possibly that I’m tripping harder and therefore going further than usual.
Mush love, DJ Ed.
Thinking back to a “too many psychedelics too frequently” breakdown, I guess I was experiencing a limited paranoia.........lucky escape.
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