cannabination t1_j9q9bnf wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:15 PM

Hard to really represent psychedelics in a movie. While there are visuals to some degree in almost every trip, the majority of the effects are mental even when the world around you is melting together into a squirming mess of light and color.

Friendly_Advantage31 OP t1_j9q9pm5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:18 PM

This is interesting. Is there a take on a trip that hasn’t been done that might reflect the personal experience better?

cannabination t1_j9qacji wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Acid is a helluva drug. It's one of those things you have to experience to begin to understand, and every trip is different. Even within a single trip, there are notably different chapters. The best I can describe it is being a child again. You're more connected with the universe around you and all of your brain, but you're never 100% certain what's going on. Everything is magnified... good, bad, and ugly.

You'll be thinking several trains of thought concurrently until you focus on one, and the rest disappear into the aether. You think so much, and in ways you normally don't. This causes you to examine yourself and your relationships in ways you normally don't.

There's nothing else like it... the intensity and power of strong lsd can't be contained by experience or force of will, and it will last 10 hours so you'd better be right with yourself.

That said, doing something you love on acid is the best thing ever. W/e it is; writing, playing music, any kind of art, I'm sure left brain stuff too... you'll find new and interesting ways to do it.

SpreadYourAss t1_j9qf51t wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:51 PM

It's still hard to comprehend how the brain even works on LSD. Whenever I think about the insane visuals I saw on acid it almost feels unbelievable.

Personally my favorite way to enjoy it is to just relax on my head, put on some headphones and listen to some music. The way music feels while you're on acid is unreal!

I remember the first time I did acid, I was like there's no way it actually feels like people say. People are just exaggerating. And when the first visuals hit, it's like you've unlocked a completely different level of experiencing reality that you didn't thought was possible.

cannabination t1_j9qfcj3 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:52 PM

Live music is the very best for me.

cannabination t1_j9qesji wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:49 PM

After some thought, What Dreams May Come. It doesn't represent an acid trip, it is an acid trip. Waking Life is probably right there as well.

BroadInfluence4013 t1_j9qh75h wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:03 PM

>While there are visuals to some degree in almost every trip

Really? I pretty much never had/have visuals on any drug other than very slight changes (like colors "pop" just a little more). Only time I had strong visuals was 3 hits of acid combined with many other substances. And I've done a lot of psychedelics.

cannabination t1_j9qhuaw wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Huh. For me there are always trails, and lights have a bit of extra shine to them. I usually get the stained-glass windowpane overlay and a bit of squirming, but I haven't seen anything strong enough to melt stuff in 20 years. The acid I find now is all chill and weak, but it's clean and I'm getting older so it works for me.

I did get some refined psilocybin chocolates at deer creek last year that absolutely melted everything and had virtually none of the negative side effects of shrooms.