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I'm really good at operating vehicles and other heavy machinery while on LSD, it doesn't significantly impair my coordination or reflexes. Delivered pizzas, drove a forklift once, and left more than a handful of underwhelming/unpleasant trip parties without having to wait til I came down. I suspect it's a combination of my particular neurodivergence plus a lot of practice gaming while tripping, hard to prove though.
Upvoted for being genuinely the scariest. It's not scary that you're really good. It's scary that you actually believe yourself.
I have a sub aracnoid cyst, It started growing and shoving my brain into my spine, I had brain surgery, and I'm on a combo of meds that would kill a normal person. I experience hallucinations that I can never turn off all the time. Sparks, trailers, things that aren't melting melting, usually numbers and letters, sometimes everything is technocolor, sometimes double vision, tunnel vision, White noise often sounds like angelic singing, I hear my name a lot when there's no sounds, anyways. I live a mostly, kind of sort of, normal life. Driving isn't really a problem, it's not my reaction times or decision making that's the issue, and the reality I see is doing weird shit, but I don't see things in the wrong place. But also, these aren't all happening all the time, abs if I get a few happening at once, I'll try and take it easy. Things have gotten better with the dissolution of my former relationship. A lot less random dramatic stress.
Hey I am curious about how people experience hallucinations can I ask some questions?
Does being tired or sleepy effect it? For example just before falling asleep do you start hearing your voice more clearly or louder?
Do you actually see figures and people in front of you or is it more of a "I think I saw a black cat run in my peripheral vision" type of thing?
Thank you!
It is more that you see geometric patterns in stuff like leaves and clouds. Colors are a bit more saturated. Lines that are supposed to be straight are wobbling, kind of like those optical illusions but in everyday objects. I also saw wallpaper patterns spin in my peripheral vision.
It is less that you see things that aren't there and more that the things that are there behave odd.
The biggest difference isn't in the visuals but in the way your brain thinks. You think about the world from a whole new perspective. And this effect persist after the trip. You still have the same personality, but with the insight of a different perspective.
Falling asleep doesn't change much. Your dreams might be more vibrant. But it would be a waste of a good trip.
I've never seen people, I do see geometric objects that aren't there sometimes but it's in my peripheral vision, if I turn and try and focus on it, it just disappears. anything that makes a normal person more susceptible to hallucinations also make it more likely for me, so dehydration, low blood sugar, sleep deprivation, sensory isolation, some drugs and medication. Sensory overloads. Oddly enough exercise is one of the worst triggers, I've been worried I'm gonna pass out from all the stacking effects messing up my vision.
That sounds difficult, one of my favorite parts of every trip is when it's finally over. I'm glad to hear it's not stopping you from living.
Depends on the person, some people are worse than average without stims.
Zero car accidents, flawless driving record. There are lots of things you can't do, doesn't mean they can't be done.
Hopefully you don't kill anybody else when it finally happens
You can sleep soundly, my driving skills and reflexes will continue being unreasonably good for another 2 or 3 decades at least, and I doubt I'll still be driving myself anywhere by that point
RemindMe! 30 years
Go watch the end of wolf of wall street. The part where they think they are driving amazingly.
I'm built different
Wrong I presume?
Oh most definitely, ADHD+autism, in exchange for absurd skill acquisition and long-term info retention I have horrible short-term memory, intense executive dysfunction, depression, although that last one has been a lot better since I transitioned. Turns out one of the things that was wrong with my brain was an estrogen deficiency lol
You forgot the grandiosity.
Recognizing and honestly assessing your own strengths and weaknesses isn't "grandiosity", calm down
I droped LSD while working at a fuel station and it was the only time that people came back in to see my boss to tell them how great of a server I was. I even had a cool conversation with two cops who came in, which was terrifying because I also had my bong and weed in the toilet room behind them.
The right dosage at the right time can unlock easy access flow state, it's a treat when it happens
Dude I totally understand. I normally suck at video games but I've played Counter-Strike competitively on 25i before and I swear it turned me into a pro.
All of a sudden I could pinpoint enemies with millimeter precision from the sound of their footsteps alone. It was like having x-ray vision or echolocation, no joke (Shout out to the CS devs for their excellent sound design). My aim was suddenly a lot better too. Headshots were child's play.
Wish I still had gameplay footage but unfortunately this was several PCs ago. It's been a long time since I've fucked with psychedelics cause they don't pair nicely with anxiety (only time I was able play video games on the stuff was when I was drunk too). I was never that good at video games ever again.
I remember one time playing Destiny 1 pvp peaking, I stopped being able to distinguish objects from environment but somehow I was still putting the crosshairs on people's heads
Or at least, you think you do.
If I wasn't right about it I wouldn't have a flawless driving record
...yet.
Just don't take the chance, think of others
Thinking consistently of others is a large part of why my driving record is flawless, especially while driving impaired. The average US motorist is a belligerent moron, and the fact that I can drive better under the influence of powerful psychedelics than they can sober won't make the consequences of a collision any less unpleasant for me.