I thought #LSD flashbacks were a myth, but this Freethink article says they are real albeit rare. Includes quotes from those who have allegedly experienced them.
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They are real. I have experienced them.
That said, they are not that crazy. The walls just start to flow a bit, but your state of mind isn’t shot into the stratosphere.
And I have likely taken much more than most, so I am inclined to say those quoted in the article are over exaggerating. No way to know for sure.
Is this something you’ve experienced semi-regularly?
I’ve taken 30-40 psychedelic trips (I stopped logging them at some point), about evenly distributed between LSD and psilocybin, once with ayahuasca. No flashbacks yet.
Yeah once every few months. It usually happens after I just worked out, lay down on the floor to rest, and the ceiling will start to flow. Sometime I actually have to “focus” for it to happen, but rarely it will catch me by surprise. 99% visuals, 1% mindset change.
I personally believe that once a mind has seen how it is able to manipulate reality, it can’t unsee that.
I only had 1 episode where someone laughed at the exact same pitch 3 times in succession a week or so after a trip, I felt like I had lapsed for a moment and was just nervous for a few minutes.
Like the intro to Ozzy’s song Sweet Leaf lol?
Ha Ha Ha Ha
https://open.spotify.com/track/2peq7apxC5w9ycNnykFx4E?si=ChEyzxqVQPC6TZuqLR9j8A
Similar, I mean it was a more warm hearted laugh, but I think you get the idea. First trip and it was raw, spent a few hours lying on the floor hearing something like balloons being twisted, it was that night I learned what effect anxiety had on my life, my immediate thought was that I had never woken up in the first place.
During my trips I personally discovered many things. Years later I read the Kabalian, and found those same discoveries beautifully documented as they had been for thousands of years.
The fact that those discoveries have stood the test of time, are still self evident today, and have been rediscovered many times has impressed me.
I've done loads of LSD and other psychedelics and have never experienced flashbacks...
I'm not trying to invalidate the report, just providing my own personal report.