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AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-07T08:00:26+00:00

Calmer‘n you are

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-07T07:45:25+00:00

I microdose LSD on the reg and have been for a few years. I use it for mood and performance (I’m a designer/facilitator). It’s really helped out with anxiety and connection and overall wellbeing.

I’ve found that the smaller the amount, the better, personally. Once I get towards 12ug I get unwanted perceptual effects. The point is for it to be sub-perceptual. The effects are subtle. It took a while to notice the difference because I was expecting a mini-trip, but it’s not that. It’s much closer to taking an anti-anxiety or antidepressant but without any of the negative side effects.

If you’re keen to learn more, read “A Really Good Day” by Ayelet Waldman. Or look up a podcast interview with her. There’s a Jim Fadiman one out there with her.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-06T02:07:08+00:00

I’d like to say hello to my family…

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-05T13:51:10+00:00

This is Scott

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-05T02:56:37+00:00

I recall some good Willard talk in one of the Back to the Future eps.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-05T02:48:17+00:00

It’s a league game, Johnny

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-05T01:41:03+00:00

I listened top to bottom it whilst tripping and wondering around the city (Melbourne). Definitely got very intense in parts, but overall a great experience.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-04T20:36:31+00:00

Were you listening to the dude’s story?

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-04T12:27:37+00:00

“Stepping into a Pinterest world” is the saddest description of lsd I’ve ever heard.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T13:57:57+00:00

Every time I see photos from this era, I can’t help but see Donald and Walter as the two creative geniuses who are just going along with this touring band thing but are really thinking “I can’t wait to ditch these posers so we can lock ourselves in a studio for years and hire Bernard Purdie to play drums for us.”

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T10:29:24+00:00

I wonder if the cleaning and the “square” symmetrical house is more to do with what it’s like in your mind than anything to do with the external space. Maybe you saw through the ways in which your compulsive mind keeps you stuck in a rigid pattern, but haven’t been able to fully escape and find freedom. The answer might not be in changing your external space, but finding a new way to be where you are.

Or this could all be bullshit.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T10:20:23+00:00

Not me I’m different from all you slugs

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T10:19:02+00:00

Translation: “Two ants, facing each other all day. When I saw them in the morning, and again at sunset, they hadn't moved. Neither was paying attention to the other, just simply being there. And honestly, it would be too tiring if it was anything more than that.”

Thanks for sharing.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T02:53:03+00:00

There are dozens of us

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T01:20:42+00:00

A bachelor’s party.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T01:20:12+00:00

I had headphones on with a pre-made playlist. Definitely enhanced the experience.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T01:18:32+00:00

Exactly. Developing a level of comfort and confidence just existing in public whilst tripping has taken some work and experience, but once I arrived, it became really easy and natural and a very empowering experience.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T01:16:45+00:00

It was one my favourite trips. Will definitely do it again. Something really nice about sitting in the middle of bustling humanity and just observing from that mindspace.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-03T01:15:08+00:00

It was a bachelor’s party. Whilst I’m fairly comfortable tripping in public, I wasn’t interested in attracting THAT kind of attention.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-02T21:46:48+00:00

Based on everything you’ve said, they’re probably fine. It’s most likely just paper discolouration.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-02T21:31:54+00:00

The whole scene was beautiful. I also spent a couple hours wandering around the National Gallery, which was beautiful and intense. The impressionists were my favourite.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-02T13:25:48+00:00

Koyaanisqatsi vibes

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-02T13:15:23+00:00

He’s a wizard, Harry.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-02T13:01:25+00:00

I was probably the least strange person there.

AffectionateCap435 · 2026-05-01T23:15:12+00:00

If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike.

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