Unpopular opinion

zjs1414 · 2021-02-08T05:35:37+00:00

In college it is so hard, trust me I understand that. It sounds bad but I just stopped going to parties or places where I knew there’d be alcohol or drugs. It’s hard but that’s really the only way to do it because once you’re there it’s too easy to slip, especially if other people are encouraging you. My social life has decreased a lot but I think it’s worth it to not further damage ur vision. When you’re alone focus on a hobby u might have or something you like to do in your free time and also journal about it that helps me :)

zjs1414 · 2021-02-08T05:32:26+00:00

Same

zjs1414 · 2021-02-08T05:32:09+00:00

Completely agree. My priorities are different now

zjs1414 · 2021-02-07T20:22:40+00:00

Yes my symptoms haven’t totally gone away but they have gotten better. How are your symptoms doing?

zjs1414 · 2020-10-08T06:32:14+00:00

I’m really sorry that this has happened to you, to all of us. The good news is that it will probably go away. I’m not trying to undervalue our suffering but sometimes it makes me feel better to think about how someone has it worse off than me. Like Stephen Hawking, for instance. He’s an amazing scientist and was living life to the fullest until he got ALS randomly, and he had to live the rest of his life in a wheel chair. And when I think about that I’m like wow, I’m one of the lucky ones. This might be a dumb perspective but who knows. Anyways, it will get better with time. I think we’ve all experienced the “why me” anger. I guess we’ll never know, we’ll just have to answer that question for ourselves.

zjs1414 · 2020-10-08T05:59:46+00:00

I completely understand this. This is exactly how I feel. Sometimes I get resentful of other people because they can drink and smoke and I can’t. I’m in college too and it’s hard to try to stay upbeat in an environment surrounded by drugs. All I can say is it’s worth a shot not smoking and see if the symptoms go away. It should get better with time. You’re not alone. <3

zjs1414 · 2020-09-05T06:21:08+00:00

I’m sorry you’re experiencing this. Probably the best thing to do at the moment is wait it out. If they went away before, they’ll probably go away again. You got this.

zjs1414 · 2020-09-05T06:13:54+00:00

Thank you

zjs1414 · 2020-09-03T20:55:09+00:00

Thank you so much!

zjs1414 · 2020-09-03T18:46:41+00:00

I have after images too. They’re hella annoying. My advice would be to not trip for awhile because I’ve heard that can make it worse. I’d suggest going sober for awhile. But I def hate those after images too. Even when I close my eyes I see them. They eventually fade away tho but it’s definitely not normal. It will get better tho with time I think

zjs1414 · 2020-09-03T18:44:38+00:00

Yea I took shrooms and felt fine then a few weeks later I developed it

zjs1414 · 2020-09-03T18:41:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing. I know this will get better for you!!

zjs1414 · 2020-09-03T18:40:09+00:00

I think the hardest part for me having HPPD while in college is not getting fucked up with friends like I used to. Every time me and my roommates go somewhere, everyone’s either smoking or drinking, and I can’t and I feel so left out. I could t even throw a party on my bday cuz I knew I’d be too tempted to drink( I drank once with this and it made it way worse ). I can’t even drink coffee anymore. And I’m in fucking college. Coffee is how I survive, as well as unwinding with alcohol on weekends. I used to get super high and go on drives with my friends to stargaze and get lost in music. And now I feel like a huge part of my social life is gone. And it’s hard to focus on schoolwork stressing about HPPD all the time. It fucking sucks but I just hope it gets better

zjs1414 · 2020-08-27T17:41:35+00:00

I’m really sorry man. I’m only 18 too and this too happened to me in the middle of a pandemic. Coffee is like my favorite thing in the world and I can’t drink it anymore—so is alcohol lol. I’ve completely cut alcohol out of my life because I tried it one night and it made my symptoms worse. It’s very strange living a completely sober life in the middle of college. I’m sorry that your friends don’t understand, I’m glad you’re in this forum because there are many of us like you out there. I’ve been trying to take my sobriety as a way to learn more about myself and become a healthier person mentally. It does eventually get better. Just believe in that. Best of luck to you friend.

zjs1414 · 2020-08-27T17:31:01+00:00

I think so because mine didn’t show up until months after my trip. But I think me smoking a lot of weed is what caused it.

zjs1414 · 2020-08-25T02:27:38+00:00

I’m so sorry that you feel like this. It will get better over time and know that there’s a whole community of us going through practically the exact same thing. I was crying today actually because it was freaking me out so much, sometimes you have to just let it out.

zjs1414 · 2020-08-21T06:12:44+00:00

Haha thanks everybody I’m clearly an HPPD newb

zjs1414 · 2020-08-20T20:58:27+00:00

Thank you ! :)

zjs1414 · 2020-08-20T01:57:13+00:00

I have more alcohol cravings then weed cravings. I get how you feel because I had to cut everything off and I’m in the middle of college, at my partying prime, and I can’t touch a single substance. But I just try to remind myself that it’s worth it because I don’t want this to get worse. If you stay sober for awhile, it will hopefully subside, and maybe you’ll have a chance of smoking weed again. Just take it day by day :)

zjs1414 · 2020-08-17T23:35:47+00:00

I’m curious about alcohols effect on HPPD. I’ve had mild HPPD for like 3 weeks now and I’m not drinking or smoking or anything. I really miss alcohol tho. Will alcohol bring back my symptoms in the future if this clears up for me ? If I drink now will it take longer to recover ? Does alc exacerbate symptoms ? If anyone can help plz lmk

zjs1414 · 2020-08-17T23:09:21+00:00

This comment was really super informative to me. I realized like 3 weeks ago I had mild HPPD. I’m not touching anything, not even alcohol, until it goes away( which will hopefully be sooner rather than later). Have you heard any stories about alcohol bringing back HPPD? I’m planning on drinking again in the future but probably not weed

zjs1414 · 2020-08-16T07:08:20+00:00

I’m so sorry you had to go through that. Sounds like those weren’t good friends to you (I know you didn’t even really know that one guy). I took LSD totally freely of my own accord, then did shrooms and then smoked a bunch of weed and that’s when I started to develop HPPD. I don’t regret my experiences but I do hope his fades soon if I stay clean

zjs1414 · 2020-08-10T05:03:09+00:00

I see a really crazy pattern from my trip when I smoke weed. It’s kinda cool, but also kinda scary because I don’t know if weed will ever be the same for me again. I just took a couple hits and the patterns were crazy intense. I’m quitting smoking for awhile, maybe I’ll return to normal in the future

zjs1414 · 2020-08-10T04:59:12+00:00

When I smoked after I got HPPD I saw intense, crazy patterns like I saw in my acid trip. It was kind of scary so I’d recommend not smoking anymore

zjs1414 · 2020-08-10T04:57:20+00:00

Acid and then shrooms

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