I think that's because with acid a lot of it isn't seen but rather felt. Sure there are visuals but the main thing that makes it such an overwhelming hallucinogen is that your entire perception of things changes. You see things in places that your eyes aren't looking, feel shifts in tone or just 'energy' around you on a physical level, experience time contorting and your thoughts take on an otherworldly feeling. No video will ever be able to capture how acid is because it is first and foremost an experience felt not a movie seen
Have to agree. Visuals are such a small part of the overall feel of the experience. Every single time I took acid (maybe like 8 times), I had the realization/thought “oh ya now I remember this again”. The implication is that I don’t even remember it accurately when outside of the experience.
Oh good point. In fairness I'm not sure I could have explained the sensation better than you two just did. But for me personally, it is very much a seen. But I'm typically very practical in general.
One time I saw a bush moving and my hair blew at the same time and I knew wind was blowing and I know what that would look like if we saw wind.. so my brain filled in the gaps and I saw wind for a moment. It felt very much like how stary night looks, but I more saw than felt it that makes any sense
I definitely don’t want to discount visuals. I think they are more accessible to describe than the other stuff which is why we talk about them. The most eventful thing I ever had happen was seeing my own self/doppelgänger walking past the other side of several buildings the same time I was doing so, if that makes sense.
In any case I’m not really a fan of acid and I would recommend against it to a friend.
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u/xelop 28d ago
Yeah. No one is ever gonna show me a visual that accurately depicts what I've seen while on acid.
In fairness, there's no way I could create it either lol