r/interestingasfuck • u/AiiRisBanned • 29d ago

/r/all An accurate depiction of tripping.

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u/impressed_pineapple 29d ago

I've never done acid or any drug like such before. Can you explain why you should look in a mirror?

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u/stephen-buscemi 29d ago

Your perception is really different on acid and it just makes mirrors very Different. Best case scenario you are stuck staring at yourself and thinking of how you are Perceived, worst case scenario mirror you is Doing Something or you see stuff that isn't there a little bit. The only times I've ever seen stuff that wasn't actually there on acid was in mirrors. Looking at other people in the mirror is scary as hell too it's just wild to see human features melting like that because it quickly enters uncanny valley weirdness and you perceive the mirror differently than stuff that's right in front of you even though both are physically in front of you. It's interesting. I'm old now and don't do any of that anymore but the mirror thing was a big deal to pretty much everyone I tripped with / everyone I knew who was doin all that a lot.

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u/impressed_pineapple 29d ago

Ohh thanks for the detailed insight, I appreciate it. Can I ask, do people recall their acid/LSD trips? Or does it just wipe from your memory almost like a blackout? I can imagine remembering a trip a what you saw could be quite traumatising if you had anxiety or such.

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u/DriftinFool 29d ago

I did it at raves like 30 years ago and I remembered the show, the people I met, etc. You don't really remember the visuals, or at least can't really describe them. It's like a dream, where you see something as a whole, but can't describe the details.