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MidnightLamp
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A little insight from my experiences
#5747536 - 06/13/06 09:56 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Having hung out with some friends that were tripping 2c-i and randomly stumbling across some Shpongle on my itunes that I had never listened to before made me want to come back to this site and read some trip reports.
I never really posted here much but I figured that I would let some of you know that since my use of mushrooms around 10+ times, always 3.5g or higher and my 2 uses of 2c-i, that I don't think I will ever trip again. Not because I had a bad trip and got scared away from it. But because my brain was actually altered in a severely negative way.
Ever since my first use of psychedelics I noticed a change in my concentration. Every time I tripped it got increasingly worse and worse to the point of where I had to drop some classes and my grades in school really suffered. I didn't really make the connection between the drugs and my brain so I continued to trip until one day I realized I was not the same person I used to be.
I have even gone to the doctor to try to get help, and been put on several different medications to help with my concentration. Things are slowly getting better and I have a good feeling that I will eventually be close to back to where I was.
I guess I am writing this as a warning to other people my age (I started tripping heavily around the age of 16.) I haven't tripped in a little over half a year from my last time and don't think I ever will again. I just want others to know that your brain can really get fucked with if you're not careful. Now looking at it I know that I should have waited until I was a little older, and to where my brain had formed more into shape, or maybe not have even bothered with tripping at all.
I would really like to trip again because the things you see and feel are not able to experience in any other way. I still smoke marijuana on occasion, but that is the furthest I think I plan on going anymore. Tripping at a young age won't screw everyone over of course, it seems I was the only one that took the biggest hit out of all of my friends that did it. I guess it just comes down to a game of Russian Roulette.
Just a little warning to anyone who thinks they want to experiment with the all-mighty mush.
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swancky2
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Re: A little insight from my experiences [Re: MidnightLamp]
#5747571 - 06/13/06 10:05 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I dont think age has anything to do with it...usually is the individual.
Edited by swancky2 (06/13/06 10:16 PM)
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mellowrubberduck
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Re: A little insight from my experiences [Re: swancky2]
#5747619 - 06/13/06 10:13 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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There was this interesting book I happened upon and it talked about the growth process of the brain. It says that from birth, the brain is full size, but the cavity is small, so the brain is flopped and folded over itself, preventing many connections from, connecting, to other connectors, in the brain. As the skull grows, more and more parts of the brain can communicate, and this is how we're able to learn things. I don't know when the skull stops growing, but after 18 or 20 years or whatever it may be, we can always look back and realize the mistakes or inhibitions that occured. Hinds sight is always 20/20. But, I'm not sure if the mushrooms helped you realize your mistakes or actually damaged your brain. I'm no expert in that field though. I'm just floating along with everyone here.
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MidnightLamp
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mellowrubberduck said: There was this interesting book I happened upon and it talked about the growth process of the brain. It says that from birth, the brain is full size, but the cavity is small, so the brain is flopped and folded over itself, preventing many connections from, connecting, to other connectors, in the brain. As the skull grows, more and more parts of the brain can communicate, and this is how we're able to learn things. I don't know when the skull stops growing, but after 18 or 20 years or whatever it may be, we can always look back and realize the mistakes or inhibitions that occured. Hinds sight is always 20/20. But, I'm not sure if the mushrooms helped you realize your mistakes or actually damaged your brain. I'm no expert in that field though. I'm just floating along with everyone here.
I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean by "not sure if the mushrooms helped you realize your mistakes or actually damaged your brain." but I do know that from when I started using mushrooms, there was a correlation between the decrease in my concentration and the time of use.
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Re: A little insight from my experiences [Re: MidnightLamp]
#5747741 - 06/13/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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There's a lot that goes on in one's mind during those years. I wouldn't attribute the effects to drugs (at least not unilaterally) as you may be looking over other factors that may continue to affect your life.
Staying relatively sober through adolescence is a good strategy though- just keep an open mind and don't resort to alcohol and non-psychedelic drugs to get "high".
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MidnightLamp
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Re: A little insight from my experiences [Re: Mezcal]
#5747878 - 06/13/06 11:24 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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snyder said: There's a lot that goes on in one's mind during those years. I wouldn't attribute the effects to drugs (at least not unilaterally) as you may be looking over other factors that may continue to affect your life.
Staying relatively sober through adolescence is a good strategy though- just keep an open mind and don't resort to alcohol and non-psychedelic drugs to get "high".
You're right. I failed to mention that mushrooms are not likely 100% the reason of this cause, but it would be stupid for me to say they had no part in it at all. As for other drugs and alcohol that is something else I am trying to be careful with, that's why I have been paying attention closely to how I feel after doing certain activities lately (playing guitar, listening to music, exercising) and trying to enjoy those states of mind more.
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mellowrubberduck
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Re: A little insight from my experiences [Re: MidnightLamp]
#5748897 - 06/14/06 08:18 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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MidnightLamp said:
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snyder said: There's a lot that goes on in one's mind during those years. I wouldn't attribute the effects to drugs (at least not unilaterally) as you may be looking over other factors that may continue to affect your life.
Staying relatively sober through adolescence is a good strategy though- just keep an open mind and don't resort to alcohol and non-psychedelic drugs to get "high".
You're right. I failed to mention that mushrooms are not likely 100% the reason of this cause, but it would be stupid for me to say they had no part in it at all. As for other drugs and alcohol that is something else I am trying to be careful with, that's why I have been paying attention closely to how I feel after doing certain activities lately (playing guitar, listening to music, exercising) and trying to enjoy those states of mind more.
You asked last night what I meant in that one line, sorry I didn't reply sooner btw, but that's essentially what I meant. I really can't put my own words in because I read snyder's post and threw my train of thought off, but that pretty much covered my reasoning.
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