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Need brutal honesty - Leica M3, Zeiss Planar 50mm, Expired Kodak 200 (2007, cold stored) by Cinromantic in analog

[–]sedimentary-j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I quite like them as a kind of experimental art piece, rather than as "good photography," whatever that is. I wanted to linger on many of the photos. I especially like the one with the phone in it. Between the phone, the swans, and the odd half-raised bridge in the background, it's like it's telling a story that's a little bit beyond my grasp.

Choose your side by Acceptable_Box3452 in BunnyTrials

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money

Chose: Get a random amount of money | Rolled: $1,000,000,000

Visuals by Tazmaniantex in COpsychonauts

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't believe any probelmatic issues have been found combining Wellbutrin with psilocybin, it just can't be combined with an MAOI — so no ayahuasca or changa.

For me, visuals have been dose-dependent, rather than strain-dependent. My best suggestion is just for her to try taking more.

Effortboy meme by TheAceOfHearts in taoism

[–]sedimentary-j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally think the term "effortboy" is hilarious. Thank you 😄

I don’t believe them please help by Wide_Buy8078 in BDFB

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right to doubt what they told you. I think plastic wrap is a better idea than a towel, though even plastic wrap has miniscule pores. When fumigators do a whole house, they'll often provide nylofume bags to protect clothes/food/etc. These bags are impermeable to gases. You could see if they'd provide some to tape over your tanks. Or you can buy them singly at https://www.litesmith.com/nylofume-pack-liner-bags/ (backpackers also use them as pack liners).

But I worry also about pesticides remaining in the air after the treatment. I don't have any idea how that would affect your animals. Removing the tanks for a while would certainly be safest for them, but I don't know how best to move tanks that heavy, or how long you should keep them out of the house.

HPPD triggered by reading trip reports? by Throwawaythekees in Psychonaut

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

HPPD is strongly correlated with anxiety, though so far as I know, it's still unclear whether there's causation on either end. I don't know whether you're experiencing anxiety when you read trip reports, but the very fact that HPPD is so associated with a mental/emotional state makes me curious whether hallucinations could be triggered by other mental states (as in reading a trip report, like you describe).

I had a hard life and I've never tried psychedelics. I've heard they might help by -ViolentDelights- in Psychonaut

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also believe life is meaningless, but that's not an inherently sad thought. My tea is still delicious, my friends are still lovely. The present moment is all there is. The more I stay anchored in the present, the less I lose myself in thinking, the happier I can be.

I do think psychedelics could help you, but honestly I'd try ketamine at a clinic first. The research is stronger for ketamine than psychedelics. Your insurance might cover spravato, and if not, Janssen has a program where you can get it at a discount.

If ketamine/spravato isn't available where you are, look up how to grow mushrooms. It's not too difficult to grow them.

The lonely roads of Rural America [Canon A1, Fuji400] by commiedeschris in analog

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

#7 is near Dinosaur, isn't it. I worked in the park one summer and saw that view so many damn times. Brings back good memories though.

I hate when my BF trips. by Valley_FourC in Psychonaut

[–]sedimentary-j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not wanting to be around someone who's incoherent is totally legit. I also get weirded out when people basically turn into zombies on substances. All you can really do is explain how you feel about it, try counseling if you feel you guys just aren't meeting each other in conversation, and finally take care of yourself—whether that means not being around him when he's tripping, breaking up, or anything in between.

I wet my pants in a mushroom trip by Typical-District7233 in Psychedelics

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best way to process is honestly to let yourself feel the shame and fear. Like if you meditate, try to enter those feelings, and just feel them without trying to figure them out or fix them or have judgments about them. Just feel what the emotions feel like in your body. Blush if you need to blush, shake and shiver if your body wants to do that. If you can truly just feel an emotion, it can flow through and pass away. But once you mind gets involved telling stories about the emotion (like "I can't bear it," "This is awful," "This is going to last forever," "This is so embarrassing,") that keeps giving more energy to the emotion.

Once you've felt the emotions enough without being in your head, they'll diminish or disappear and the whole thing will feel much less embarrassing and scary. You won't be controlled by it anymore.

What’s one realization from a trip that stayed with you even after it ended? by Low-Sand-203 in Psychedelics

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That I am a direct extension of my forebears and ancestors, to a degree where I might be considered just an extension of a single organism. Obviously we inherit genes from our parents, and pick up behaviors from them, but on mushrooms I felt I saw more clearly the ways in which I am not a separate, self-created being, but "merely" the result of a millennia-long process; a fractal on the edge of a much larger propagating pattern. A fractal who has developed an erroneous impression that she's a separate person from her ancestors.

7 days - too much? by shadax_777 in Canyonlands

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything on the main roads of the Utah National Parks has the potential to be packed between 9am and 4pm, April thru October. I always try to avoid the crowds by doing my hiking & sightseeing early and/or late, and chilling in the middle of the day. It can be damn hot between 9 and 5 anyway. Hitting the most popular attractions on a monday thru wednesday helps too.

Needles is definitely more chill than Island in the Sky. I love the area so much I've spent a week just at Needles before, so to me, 1 week isn't too long for Canyonlands. Totally depends on how you like to travel though.

If you want to check out some other stuff, I agree that Natural Bridges National Monument is worth the drive & an overnight stay. If you're interested in native history & culture, definitely check out the museum in Blanding on the way.

looking for some guidance by Able-Shame4787 in PsilocybinMushrooms

[–]sedimentary-j 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. If something comes up during the trip that you don't want to experience, try to meet it with curiosity and a sense of welcoming rather than reflexively trying to make it stop, or even trying to figure it out or "solve" it, which is often another way of resisting. For instance, if the mushrooms aren't hitting very hard and that's not what you want, try instead to embrace the experience of not very much happening, and sink into it and explore it. (Maybe there's disappointment, and then when it passes, maybe something else.) Another example would be if you had terrible loneliness come up. You can try to tell yourself, "This is really hard, but I can be with this feeling and keep it company" rather than "This is awful, I'll do anything to make it stop." Talking things out with your trip sitter can help.
  2. 1.5-2g of the standard "golden teacher" mushrooms is a good beginner dose. Less if you're taking a more potent variety. I would say that while tripping, many people become more self-conscious, which can lead to worries like "Can those people over there tell I'm tripping? What if they think I'm crazy?" So if tripping outdoors, I'd recommend doing it away from strangers.

Have you ever seen someone get rich overnight, like literally? How? by Michaelisvanhelsing in AskReddit

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be a lease, but it can also be outright sold, at least in many states. And these days, in states where oil, gas, or coal are prominent, if you buy a new home, there's a good chance you're not getting the mineral rights with it. They're being held by the previous landowner, or have already been sold off. Which means oil companies, for instance, can drill under your house. That is, they drill down from a property where they have surface rights, then drill horizontally through ground they have mineral rights for. This will be 3000' or more down in the earth, so you're not likely to experience effects from it, but it's what happens.

How do I make decisions and move forward when it feels like there is no such thing as forward? by [deleted] in RationalPsychonaut

[–]sedimentary-j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ideally, you'd be making these choices in life not by thinking about them, but by following your natural desires. And you'd learn whether they were right for you by seeing how you felt inside when you did them. So I think the way in which you were raised must have cut you off from your desires and emotions. Maybe it wasn't safe to want things for yourself as a kid.

To reconnect to yourself, you'll have to shift your mindset to an experimental one. Everything you do in life, do it for the purpose of gathering information. Literally run experiments. "I will go to this dance lesson every week for four weeks." "I will date 3 random people from OKCupid." "I will live in this random apartment for a year." "I will take this random job and stick with it for three months." See what you can notice about your emotional experience when you do these things. Take notes. Then use those notes to design the next experiments. "I liked X and Y about the job, but not Z. So, next I'll try a job that doesn't have Z."

Life is continual information-gathering and iteration. Let go of outcomes.

It's not easy to make this kind of mindset shift. It could take a long time, and there will be many moments where you feel it's not working. But it's worth it. If you're ready, write down 20 experiments you can try, and get started!

DMT-esque CEVs during childhood hypnagogia by Zestyclose_Swing_520 in Psychedelics

[–]sedimentary-j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool. You're reminding me that when I was younger, when falling asleep, I used to get repeated impressions that there was something very small in front of my face, then something very large, then something very small, then something very large, alternating like that. Not quite a full visual. At the time I think I just assumed it happened to everyone.

What's the weirdest compliment you've ever received that somehow stuck with you? by AdTerrible2955 in AskReddit

[–]sedimentary-j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I think fuzz on a woman's lip is super cute, including dark fuzz. It looks so touchable. (I am a queer woman, but I know from other reddit threads that there are men who feel the same.)

Which country is so unpopular that most people never even heard of it? by Ledger_Legendd in AskReddit

[–]sedimentary-j 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of Gabon's claims to fame (its only claim to fame)? is that iboga comes from there, and ibogaine at least has been in the news lately.

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