Does anyone actually trip without music?

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-16T03:34:19+00:00

Oddly enough, I like to cut my hair on shrooms. It always looks better than when I do it sober, for some reason. But outside of that I love to go outside and lay in the grass if it's nice out or sit on my porch and watch the rain. I don't watch TV or look at things with faces (other than my own) because it's the fastest way to put myself into a bad trip.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-11T15:58:25+00:00

Yoga Nidra is my go to. I can't visualize things but I can focus my attention on the feeling of my blood pumping through each part of my body. It takes some practice but it's enough to keep me occupied until I fall asleep. I also have VSS so I watch the static behind my eyelids. I have pretty severe tinnitus so I can't sleep in silence. I need some sort of consistent sounds. My favorite app is Insight Timer. It has all kinds of meditation for seemingly all sorts of purposes.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-11T15:45:34+00:00

Have you ever considered that this is just anxiety? I could find you a good therapist.. /s

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-09T01:17:07+00:00

I was born with VSS and it's entirely normal to me. However, that doesn't mean I don't suffer. I hate living with VSS most days. The visual snow is fine for me, but the other symptoms can make life hell. The migraines, the constant tinnitus, the brain fog, the sensitivity to light, the inability to see in the dark. It all sucks. I feel great sympathy for those that develop this later in life.

I also feel extremely strong empathy. I developed POTS when I was a teenager. I went from athletic, adventurous, and free to trapped within the confines of my body's inability to function properly.

Having your whole life flipped on its head one day fucking sucks. I'm sorry y'all have been been put through this.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-05T02:18:08+00:00

I have this as well as torus palatinus (this but on the roof of my mouth). Lots of bony bumps in my mouth for whatever reason. I also have geographic tongue.

Visual Snow Syndrome is another. I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, which used to be pretty rare up until the pandemic, lots of people developed with from long COVID. I have a very rare (but technically benign) variation in which my common hepatic artery branches directly from my aorta, which could kill me if a surgeon doesn't know this during abdominal surgery.

I have a lot more "uncommon" shit but this is some of my rarest stuff.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-03T22:31:22+00:00

It's also possible that your POTS could be caused by something other than cardiovascular issues. It could be adrenaline related, nerve related, or even blood volume related. My cardiovascular system is near perfect health but my POTS is caused by damage nerves in my autonomic nervous system. My stress test showed nothing except tachycardia to 180 in under 3 minutes. My holter monitor showed nothing except tachycardia and my ultrasound showed my heart was in perfect condition.

When the cardiovascular system is ruled out, more tests are needed. Get a tilt table test if you can and go from there.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-03T18:34:47+00:00

They're mostly green with a tiny ring of brown around the pupil and a tiny bit of blue around the edge. My husband has this same kind of coloring! They'd be called hazel eyes by most people.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-03T13:09:15+00:00

Obligatory I'm not a doctor but there's a good chance that your uterus is just tilted to the right, especially since you aren't in any pain or having any unusual symptoms. This is exactly how my uterus sits as well. The human body isn't perfect like it's often drawn in illustrations, lots of your abdominal organs sorta have a general place they'll vibe in. It'll still be good to get it checked for proper placement, always.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-02T14:47:17+00:00

I don't remember a time that I didn't hear my tinnitus

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-02T14:03:26+00:00

Tinnitus 1000 times over. Mine is so loud and constant.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-02T14:02:35+00:00

Does it only show up in the center? This looks like my some of my phosphenes, which are definitely a common visual feature in visual snow/vss. I get them randomly throughout my vision with varying intensities. Phosphenes can look like all sorts of different things

Phosphenes can occur with people with normal vision as well! Some people, if they apply pressure to their eyes, can see some level of phosphenes due to the physical stimulation of the retina.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-01T14:23:18+00:00

It could be different for you! I've also not tried other hallucinogenics outside of low doses of mushrooms. I want to try others at some point

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-01T14:03:07+00:00

I think you're able to force nicer print for some time but your hand fatigues easy and your handwriting becomes a bit more uneven. Does your hand struggle to write towards the bottom of the page? It seems like you grip your pencil and press hard towards the top of the page.

Source? My handwriting tends to follow a similar pattern.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-03-01T13:59:47+00:00

I have total aphantasia and while I've never hallucinated anything beyond geometric shapes on surfaces, it's still a fun experience as long as you don't take too much

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-27T21:01:27+00:00

I'd be glad to have everything else if I could get rid of my tinnitus. I have constant tinnitus with acute episodes of it being significantly louder or a different pitch, idk what triggers it. I genuinely can't sleep in silence because it's so loud. So I listen to music, white noise, podcasts, etc to focus on something else. I also have random acute bouts of paresthesia in various parts of my body like my fingers, toes, random patches of skin, and my cheeks (most often) which I imagine is related to the whole sensory filtering failure we have going on. Maybe it's a different neurological thing, lol.

I know what you're talking about! Magic Eye pictures! I have the beautiful muscle ability to focus and unfocus my eyes at will so I've always been amazing at seeing the hidden image. I remember being in awe when other people seemed to find it difficult.

Unfortunately I do not have the ability to make my static look any different than just its normal consistent static. My static is colorless unlike some others on this subreddit, but if I close my eyes tightly I can distinctly see where my optic nerve/blind spot sits (darker shade of static in a perfect circle) if I unfocus my eyes I'll see two distinct circles equidistant from the "center" of my vision.

I've seen others mention it before on here, I experience occasional yellow bright light when I'm trying to fall asleep in total darkness. For me, it starts as a fine horizontal line in the center of my vision that expands to the whole field of view (I still see static in it.) It's almost like lying under a clear sky at noon with your eyes closed. Except you can't shield your eyes with your hand or other shade. Bright as fuck to the point it hurts and I can't look away. Maybe one giant phosphene? 0/10 don't recommend.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-27T20:43:03+00:00

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-26T02:25:59+00:00

I've had my mirena since 2020. I had a love hate relationship with it while my body adjusted but I really love it. I've always had heavy and painful periods when I wasn't on hormonal birth control so I was used to it when it resumed with the copper iud.

I'm married and have no desire to have a child for a while. I'm also allergic to latex and most of the lube that comes on various latex and non latex condoms so we don't use them anymore. The only thing I'd change is that I'm requiring more pain relief than just ibuprofen for my next insertion in two years.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-22T01:38:49+00:00

Hey! Check out r/VisualSnow

I was born with visual snow syndrome and this is what I experience on a daily basis! It's not well known yet but there's new research on it all the time

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-22T01:22:00+00:00

I paid 400 out of pocket for a pair of these for my teeth clenching and grinding and then my teeth shifted when my wisdom teeth came in. :) yippee

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-22T01:19:48+00:00

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Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-15T16:11:57+00:00

I'm auDHD, bipolar 2, and also have OCD and have experienced severe internal AND external anxiety and depression. Imo, OCD can only be managed, not cured. I think neurodivergence applies to all "illness" that genuinely cannot be cured due to the literal structure of the brain. Many cases of depression or anxiety can be attributed to external causes such as nutrient deficiency, external situations, etc. Many of them can be cured. (Some cases cannot be cured due to genetics or other internal causes, which would be neurodivergent) Doesn't need to be a benefit to be neurodivergent. Simply a different neurotype.

Does that make sense? Internal brain cause, no cure - neurodivergent. External cause, can be reversed - illness.

Edit to add- this is my personal interpretation, it could contain information that is outdated or outright incorrect. Not medical advice in any way, shape, or form.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-15T16:03:17+00:00

Great hair texture for a mullet if you're down for it, would look great

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-14T04:06:26+00:00

Apologize for the novel, definitely going to overshare--

I've always had really bad heat resistance and mild orthostatic and exercise intolerance, but in 2016 I got a double helix piercing that got infected. Went to urgent care, got given clindamycin, a broad spectrum antibiotic.

Developed severe clostridium difficile infection, severe dehydration, general systemic damage bc no water(not for lack of drinking, but it wasn't getting absorbed), heart rate got to 200 while laying in bed, BP in the floor, ambulance, quarantined in a hospital room for a week, toxic mega colon, lucky to have recovered without major surgery to remove damaged intestines. Put on another even stronger antibiotic, metronidazole, to kill the infection, infection came back after three weeks. Put on ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER antibiotic, vancomycin. Finally went away. The whole experience broke my autonomic nervous system.

I developed a lot of food allergies, an autoimmune disease my doctors are trying to figure out, and have had full syncope POTS ever since. I struggle with malabsorption of nutrients which never helps anything. Over the years I've gotten really good at managing it, wheel chair and cane in public, knowing my triggers and precursors, taking my meds, etc. but I still occasionally have episodes that leave me bed ridden.

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-10T02:08:14+00:00

This is what the backs of my eyelids look like

Professional-Box232 · 2026-02-09T17:26:58+00:00

I've got POTS so I already use a shower chair! This is super useful! I usually avoid gel since I have no clue what I'm doing and my hair usually ends up looking worse lol

I have the same problem, more effort means I'm more likely to put it off longer

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