I have the weirdest mental condition in the world

[Coelho]

Well, old Gandalf... i understand how this experiences can be terrifying... i never did another psychedelics else weed (yet), but when i mixed weed with some dissociative (wont enter in detail here), i had some ego-loss experiences... they really were frightening, and i only repeated them over and over because my curiosity was greater than my fear... and then, slowly the fear lessened...

On a side note, it was usually triggered by my body getting too hot when I was trying to fall asleep, or already asleep. Now when I get too hot in my sleep I just get incredibly vivid, 100% real, terrifying nightmares. They have no meaning though I assure you, my latest theme has just been being eaten by fast-moving zombies. *shiver*

Thats interesting... i remember once or twice, when i was a child and had a fever, of having a very weird feeling... it started with a strangeness in the perception (i cant describe it well), then there was a kind of fear... anyway, even if i couldnt explain the feeling, i remembered it very well.
Then, some times when i stayed some time without smoking and smoked again, during the height of the high i could feel this same "fear"... and it was the same "fear" i used to feel when trying to astral project.
And it makes me wonder about your nightmares... i have read some shamanic/occult stuff, and i think your nightmares could be somewhat more than just nightmares, but i prefer not to enter in detail here... it would only frighten you more...

Anyway... there is a nice book called "The psychedelic experience", which makes a remarkable parallel between psychedelic experiences induced by hallucinogens and deep meditative states described in the The Tibetan Book of the Dead... there is a lot of similarities between what is described there and what you described, so i think you could get a lot of useful information there.

Erowid Online Books : "The Psychedelic Experience" by Leary, Metzner, & Alpert

So, good luck, and if you reach the nirvana, tell us how it is! :thumbsup:

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Well, old Gandalf... i understand how this experiences can be terrifying... i never did another psychedelics else weed (yet), but when i mixed weed with some dissociative (wont enter in detail here), i had some ego-loss experiences... they really were frightening, and i only repeated them over and over because my curiosity was greater than my fear... and then, slowly the fear lessened...



Thats interesting... i remember once or twice, when i was a child and had a fever, of having a very weird feeling... it started with a strangeness in the perception (i cant describe it well), then there was a kind of fear... anyway, even if i couldnt explain the feeling, i remembered it very well.
Then, some times when i stayed some time without smoking and smoked again, during the height of the high i could feel this same "fear"... and it was the same "fear" i used to feel when trying to astral project.
And it makes me wonder about your nightmares... i have read some shamanic/occult stuff, and i think your nightmares could be somewhat more than just nightmares, but i prefer not to enter in detail here... it would only frighten you more...

Anyway... there is a nice book called "The psychedelic experience", which makes a remarkable parallel between psychedelic experiences induced by hallucinogens and deep meditative states described in the The Tibetan Book of the Dead... there is a lot of similarities between what is described there and what you described, so i think you could get a lot of useful information there.

Erowid Online Books : "The Psychedelic Experience" by Leary, Metzner, & Alpert

So, good luck, and if you reach the nirvana, tell us how it is! :thumbsup:

Wow, thanks for that link I will definately check it out! Psychadelic experiences do seem very similar to meditation at times, but only when you're guiding the experience toward a certain perception. Some can make the mistake of believing their meditaitons should be nothing but trying to attain the most abstract psychadelic states, and this is not so. Those states have their place, but to do them exclusively can actually be dangerous for your psyche; I've actually heard that some people have developed psychological problems from meditation alone because they went full-on for the psychadelic experience. But enough of my forboading.

I'd be interested to know about this "fear" you experienced during your fevers though, as it can take many forms. One time (when I was about 14) I had one of those episodes, and was at the tail end of it, I got hit by an overwhelming sense of guilt. I knew I had nothing to feel guilty about, it was a 100% chemical response, like the giult-centers of my brain were just being overstimulated. Absolutely nothing in my thought process indicated something to feel guilty about. So I'm wondering if fever-states or being too hot in general can randomly trigger certain emotions as well, in your case fear. Was the fear in response to anything in particular?


LOL I'm sure we've lost all the other posters here, who are now who are thinking "god damn hippies":jointsmile:

[Matt the Funk]

Lol well I don't know so much about you guys being goddamn hippies, but what you describe sounds a lot like what happens to me before I go completely manic/insane and really just lose touch with reality. Or even hypomanic sometimes. It's like the information is coming in too fast. Also the whole vivid dream nightmares I have been having everyday now for about 2 weeks. And all of my dreams are very vivid and usually lucid. And to Kaka I get that too. It's kinda like a day-dream but it feels too real to be a dream, and then I just suddenly snap out of it. My mind plays too many tricks on me.

[Trip06]

Ive had this sensory overload before to many times, I hate it and love it. I hate it cause its unnatural and scary sometimes. I love it cause its mind blowing and im curious. Thats the way of drugs sunny.

[Coelho]

I'd be interested to know about this "fear" you experienced during your fevers though, as it can take many forms. One time (when I was about 14) I had one of those episodes, and was at the tail end of it, I got hit by an overwhelming sense of guilt. I knew I had nothing to feel guilty about, it was a 100% chemical response, like the giult-centers of my brain were just being overstimulated. Absolutely nothing in my thought process indicated something to feel guilty about. So I'm wondering if fever-states or being too hot in general can randomly trigger certain emotions as well, in your case fear. Was the fear in response to anything in particular?

Well... today i smoked a lot and could catch again a glimpse of this feeling... i was laying, with closed eyes, then i felt like the volume of the outside sounds were growing louder and louder... i could not distract my attention from them, they kept louder and louder into my mind... that was what i felt when had a fever, and is what i feel sometimes when very stoned... then i became afraid again... that old forgotten feeling did come... it was the childhood fear of being alone... it was like i have lost myself from "me"... im a very introvert person, and i dont care about being alone (infact, i prefer it), but now i know its because im never alone, but always have the company of my ego... but during this experiences, i feel like i had lost myself from my ego, so i feel that old loneliness again... its weird to think how a 24 yrs old sometimes can feel like a small child...

LOL I'm sure we've lost all the other posters here, who are now who are thinking "god damn hippies":jointsmile:

Just hippies would be an understatement... i think it would be rather "god damn fuckin crazy delusional stoned hippies"...:silly:

[LOC NAR on probation]

When I was a child I had a fever. My hands felt just like two ballons.

Pink Floyd said it best but they all came from the nut house or did they.

When I was 13 I came down with chicken pox the secound time. I ran a fever of 105 for 5 days straight. They kept me in an ice bath. One of the only things I can remember is a doctor saying to my mom, he should be dead by now or that i would have brain damage from this. This was in the sixties. I sirvived. When I have fevers now I have out of body exsperiences. Now I can meditate to this level. I can see things in pixel form and some of what you describe. I can also see dead friiends and family. I can see the past present and future, Plans within plans. Chakra thrid EYE is my best sense.

Weed keeps me from dwelling on the bad things. I talk to no one about this. It's like talking to GOD. Peeps talk to god all the time but say he talks to you and your off to the looney bin. Not that he talks to me. LOL

At times when I work hundreds of things go through my mind at one time. I think in so many levels it overwheling at time but also fun. I understand what Einstien must of felt like. If only I could get it all down on paper or something. I lose so much. We only use a small part of our brains but what if a good part of the rest kick in all of a sudden. Einstien said that he could never understand it all.

Budda once sat before a wall and when he arose, he was enlightened.

I hope you can come to terms with this. It may be a gift.

[Jah420]

I'm not really expecting anybody to be able to answer this, because it's just downright odd. I've studied psychology (moderately) and know plenty, and I've never heard anything about this. BUT, on the odd chance somebody does know what I'm talking about, or maybe experienced it themselves, I'd love to hear about it.


So I'm currently 22, and this thing came about when I was 13. The first time happened when I got a fever, and has happened every time I got a fever since. It also happens if I'm sleeping or trying to sleep and get too hot, and occasionally it can happen just out of the blue. It finally subsided to the point where I could easily repress it when I started smoking weed at 19, and it rarely showed up. Now that I've massively cut back though, I notice it's coming back.

So what am I talking about? Well, it's an odd thing to explain. I get these "episodes" where I feel like my consciousness going into infinity. I literally feel my conscious self expanding to infinite dimensions, exponentially speeding up to infinite speeds, processing a million times more information than I would be normally capable of; infinite information really. It's incredibly overwhelming, and when I couldn't control it as well for the first few years, it was the closest thing to hell I've ever experienced. It's having your ego smashed into bits.

I remember when I was 14 and had one come on me at 3:00am. I started taking in every dimension of the room, started seeing it and everything in it as every possible shape, form, and size. My brain was trying to count how many atoms where in everything, how many nerves were in my body, and I could see them all clearly and focus on them all at once. Most of these trips are like that, but I always fight as hard as possible to supress them and not let them fully get away like it did that night, when I was so overwhelmed I had to run outside into the open air.

I've tried going with it a few times, but every time it was WAY too much information to handle and I couldn't take more than a few seconds of it. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Any speculations?

Damn that's pretty fascinating... I honestly don't think I've ever heard of anything like it.. closest thing I've read would be hallucinogenic trip reports from erowid.

There's one other thing. It should be ruled out by the fact you said you are of sound mind, but... your experiences sound somehow characteristic of someone within the autistic spectrum...

Though I don't necessarily agree with using a Tom Cruise film to top up your knowledge of psychology, the quickest way to touch on the symptoms concerned would be to watch the film 'Rain Man', if you haven't already seen it - Rain Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's a quote from the film summary:

With the shortcomings, though, are certain gifts. Raymond can memorize everything he reads. He can perform fast calculations in his head.

Maybe worth looking into.. try wiki aswell

Peace and good luck, keep us updated :thumbsup:

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Damn Jah420, that's the first potential answer I've heard so far. My brother is actually autistic, aspergers, and while I've never really had it myself I've always exhibited a few symptoms, ie. certain minor learning disabilities, lack of social skills, no idea whatsoever how to pick up women, and throughout my teen years I had a few complex mental patterns I'd do constantly in my head, especially when I was stressed (always had to end up on even numbers lol).

Thankfully I think I think I've learned enough mental control from my buddhist studies to be much more aware of my perceptions and how to control them.


Jesus I hope that's not what autistic people have to go through!

[Jah420]

Damn Jah420, that's the first potential answer I've heard so far. My brother is actually autistic, aspergers, and while I've never really had it myself I've always exhibited a few symptoms, ie. certain minor learning disabilities, lack of social skills, no idea whatsoever how to pick up women, and throughout my teen years I had a few complex mental patterns I'd do constantly in my head, especially when I was stressed (always had to end up on even numbers lol).

Thankfully I think I think I've learned enough mental control from my buddhist studies to be much more aware of my perceptions and how to control them.


Jesus I hope that's not what autistic people have to go through!

Holy fuck gandalf.. we need to chat.

You got msn?

EDIT: Sorry for hi-jack.. resume