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Fnord

Male. Lives in matatiele, South Africa. Born on July 24, 1972. Is single.

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November 21, 2020 7:36 am

This is the problem that bothers me.

The current mckenna theory that hallucinations effected by "sacred" plants somehow has a spiritual and medicinal aspect to it could make sense.

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Steven1138

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doobiebreath

Right off the bat, solvents can cause major damage to several different organs including permanant brain damage. They can also cause sudden death. So calling them medicinal is off the table. As far as spiritually, its within the realm of possibility for someone to have a spiriual experience from sni... View More

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This place always pleasantly surprises me. I posted this status into the great cyber void in a way to get my head around an idea by putting it into words. And here i get some well reasoned answers all grammatically perfect which can only be a result of some thought process taking my question serious... View More

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doobiebreath

Can i ask if you have a history of drug abuse? That seems to be what youre implying and the reason youre distressed about your use of psychedelics. Psychedelics just arent drugs of abuse, theyre non-addictive and non-habit forming. In fact they are habit disruptors. Many people use them to aid in br... View MoreCan i ask if you have a history of drug abuse? That seems to be what youre implying and the reason youre distressed about your use of psychedelics. Psychedelics just arent drugs of abuse, theyre non-addictive and non-habit forming. In fact they are habit disruptors. Many people use them to aid in breaking addictions or other bad habits. Speaking as someone who has struggled with addictions and has an addictive personality, psychedelics just dont activate that pleasure center in your brain that other drugs do. When activated by those drugs, it reinforces the pleasure seeking behavior and the behavior is repeated and a cycle begins. I have never had the urge to use psychedelics immediately after a trip. In fact i have the opposite reaction; the thought of using turns me off completely. This is the most typical reaction to psychedelic drugs. Ive never encountered a person who used psychs in a truly addictive way. Abusive? Sure but never truly addictive. What i mean by that is that the abusive behavior is never prolonged like true addictive behavior. The rare cases of psychedelic abuse that i have personally witnessed go on for some weeks maybe at most but then fizzle out. They never extend for months or years like true addiction. And those rare cases that ive seen were burnt out festy kids whose behavior was most likely driven by some other mental issue rather than compulsive pleasure seeking. So even as someone with addictive tendencies, my use of psychedelics has always been self-regulating. Ive never had to slow down or attempt to control my usage. Regardless of your motivation for using psychedelics, the chances that you will fall into abusive behavior are very small. And if your motivation for using psychs turns out to be the same motivation for using other drugs, escapism or pleasure seeking, then things will likely go one of 2 ways;1. you will eventually lose interest in psychedelics because they dont provide that dopamine dump that pleasure seeking drug users are after 2. your motivation slowly shifts over time as you eventually begin to recognize psychedelics as a sacred medicine that can affect deep meaningful change in your life

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