Current Events > Why does acid have a reputation for being extremely dangerous?

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People think if you do it once, you'll go insane for life, or you'll turn homicidal. People did it all the time in the 70s, and they were peaceful hippies.
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Propaganda.
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I think people confuse a bad trip for being extremely dangerous. bad trips are no joke sure, but Id much rather fry on acid than say shoot up or smoke meth
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It can cause perminant brain damage.
Seen it plenty of times.
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because people do stupid shit on acid
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Propaganda for LSD has lasted longer because it's not very popular. Unlike weed lots of people aren't doing it and there aren't countless studies about it that disprove the myths the government fed people either

There were people who lost their minds from doing large amounts of it (Syd Barrett being one famous example) as it could exacerbate mental illness in people who already had it, particularly schizophrenia. There's also the fact that a lot of hard drugs are cut with all kinds of stuff, depending on just how big of assholes the people distributing the stuff are, I've heard stories of LSD being cut with stuff like Warfarin (fun fact about it: commonly used as rat poison, it makes the rats trip balls before they die)
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blablablax17 posted...

It can cause perminant brain damage.
Seen it plenty of times.

Explain. I know a girl who did a 10 strip before. She's fine.
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synth_real posted...

I've heard stories of LSD being cut with stuff like Warfarin (fun fact about it: commonly used as rat poison, it makes the rats trip balls before they die)

Warfarin is just a blood thinner.
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blablablax17 posted...

It can cause perminant brain damage.
Seen it plenty of times.

Same.

It's just not the type of really obvious brain damage that most people think of. They just tend to get more superstitious over time and see/hear things more often than those who've never done it. It's nothing huge but you notice a difference over time. It's like their reality becomes less solid or something. This is just just based on my own personal observation.
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People (especially young people) tend to go about their lives with this perception that they're invincible. This is because they're never had a near-death experience, or an experience terrifying enough to trigger panic attacks or other intense fight-or-flight responses. If your mind believes your body is in extreme danger - which will be the case if you suddenly start seeing or hearing frightening things that aren't there - then your nervous system will automatically trigger a set of physical reactions designed to prepare your body for serious injury.

These reactions present extreme physical symptoms and can and will mimic the effects of a heart attack with 100% accuracy. You may be crippled by the level of anxiety that ensues during such an ordeal, or you may even black out. (Which is dumb, because all of this is actually supposed to protect you from harm, not make it worse like it often does) And once you finally exit from your bad trip, there's going to be a very heavy sense of disillusionment dumped on you that shapes your reality in a very negative way, possibly for the rest of your life unless you get sufficient psychiatric treatment to cope with it.

tl;dr - Taking psychedelics is like trying to comprehend the ways of the Old Ones. The human brain wasn't designed for that kind of sensory processing, so there's a good chance you'll just go insane instead.

StridentArremer posted...

People (especially young people) tend to go about their lives with this perception that they're invincible. This is because they're never had a near-death experience, or an experience terrifying enough to trigger panic attacks or other intense fight-or-flight responses. If your mind believes your body is in extreme danger - which will be the case if you suddenly start seeing or hearing frightening things that aren't there - then your nervous system will automatically trigger a set of physical reactions designed to prepare your body for serious injury.

These reactions present extreme physical symptoms and can and will mimic the effects of a heart attack with 100% accuracy. You may be crippled by the level of anxiety that ensues during such an ordeal, or you may even black out. (Which is dumb, because all of this is actually supposed to protect you from harm, not make it worse like it often does) And once you finally exit from your bad trip, there's going to be a very heavy sense of disillusionment dumped on you that shapes your reality in a very negative way, possibly for the rest of your life unless you get sufficient psychiatric treatment to cope with it.

tl;dr - Taking psychedelics is like trying to comprehend the ways of the Old Ones. The human brain wasn't designed for that kind of sensory processing, so there's a good chance you'll just go insane instead.

Except that your mind produces the most powerful psychedelic known to man everytime you sleep.
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IfGodCouldDie posted...

StridentArremer posted...

People (especially young people) tend to go about their lives with this perception that they're invincible. This is because they're never had a near-death experience, or an experience terrifying enough to trigger panic attacks or other intense fight-or-flight responses. If your mind believes your body is in extreme danger - which will be the case if you suddenly start seeing or hearing frightening things that aren't there - then your nervous system will automatically trigger a set of physical reactions designed to prepare your body for serious injury.

These reactions present extreme physical symptoms and can and will mimic the effects of a heart attack with 100% accuracy. You may be crippled by the level of anxiety that ensues during such an ordeal, or you may even black out. (Which is dumb, because all of this is actually supposed to protect you from harm, not make it worse like it often does) And once you finally exit from your bad trip, there's going to be a very heavy sense of disillusionment dumped on you that shapes your reality in a very negative way, possibly for the rest of your life unless you get sufficient psychiatric treatment to cope with it.

tl;dr - Taking psychedelics is like trying to comprehend the ways of the Old Ones. The human brain wasn't designed for that kind of sensory processing, so there's a good chance you'll just go insane instead.

Except that your mind produces the most powerful psychedelic known to man everytime you sleep.

Which is interesting and makes you wonder why. Apparently it happens when you're about to die, too.
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kinetika_ posted...

IfGodCouldDie posted...

StridentArremer posted...

People (especially young people) tend to go about their lives with this perception that they're invincible. This is because they're never had a near-death experience, or an experience terrifying enough to trigger panic attacks or other intense fight-or-flight responses. If your mind believes your body is in extreme danger - which will be the case if you suddenly start seeing or hearing frightening things that aren't there - then your nervous system will automatically trigger a set of physical reactions designed to prepare your body for serious injury.

These reactions present extreme physical symptoms and can and will mimic the effects of a heart attack with 100% accuracy. You may be crippled by the level of anxiety that ensues during such an ordeal, or you may even black out. (Which is dumb, because all of this is actually supposed to protect you from harm, not make it worse like it often does) And once you finally exit from your bad trip, there's going to be a very heavy sense of disillusionment dumped on you that shapes your reality in a very negative way, possibly for the rest of your life unless you get sufficient psychiatric treatment to cope with it.

tl;dr - Taking psychedelics is like trying to comprehend the ways of the Old Ones. The human brain wasn't designed for that kind of sensory processing, so there's a good chance you'll just go insane instead.

Except that your mind produces the most powerful psychedelic known to man everytime you sleep.

Which is interesting and makes you wonder why. Apparently it happens when you're about to die, too.

I imagine the release of DMT would be akin to the release of your bowels.
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