I've always been a fairly calm person, never really getting stressed or anxious, other than occasional jitters before public speaking.
I recently smoked DMT for the first time and had a difficult experience, though it was short lived. The only thing I regretted was that I didn't prepare myself mentally, and planned to try again after meditation and other preparation recommended to me by users of this forum.
However, I realised that something was amiss when I woke up about 4 days after the trip with a strong, unexplained feeling of anxiety, bordering on terror. It was very strange because the mental component (i.e. the underlying reason) was missing, it was simply a physical response that seemingly had no cause but was nonetheless extremely unpleasant.
I noted this down as an unfamiliar event but decided that it was some sort of nightmare I didn't remember and assumed it would be an isolated event. However, today in one of my university lectures my lecturer began to talk about late penalties of 50% per day, high failure rates for the unit etc etc and I began to feel slightly anxious but still in good spirits as I usually get quite high marks. Later on in the tutorial though I began to get this feeling of anxiety again in the extreme, I was sweating, shaking slightly and with a feeling of nervousness in my gut that was totally disproportionate to what was going on - it appeared to have no DIRECT trigger other than a fear of failure.
The key thing is not that I experienced stress and anxiety about uni, it's that the stress was disproportionate and most importantly, out of character for me. My question is whether anyone has either experienced something like this or knows someone who has, and if it's something I should seek help about or is it likely to go away?
I realise that the overwhelming majority of psychedelic users have a positive experience and I'm not trying to knock the drug or blame my problems on it, it just seems to have triggered some kind of increased stress response in me and I'd like to know more. I haven't noticed any problems with cognition, vision or any other mental health issues other than the anxiety.
Another thing I should add is that when riding my bicycle to work, there's a hill I always ride down at a certain speed. But for some reason that speed felt much faster than it usually does the last time I rode down it - I felt every bump and heard the rush of air in explicit detail. I have a feeling this change in perception is also linked to taking the drug.
I recently smoked DMT for the first time and had a difficult experience, though it was short lived. The only thing I regretted was that I didn't prepare myself mentally, and planned to try again after meditation and other preparation recommended to me by users of this forum.
However, I realised that something was amiss when I woke up about 4 days after the trip with a strong, unexplained feeling of anxiety, bordering on terror. It was very strange because the mental component (i.e. the underlying reason) was missing, it was simply a physical response that seemingly had no cause but was nonetheless extremely unpleasant.
I noted this down as an unfamiliar event but decided that it was some sort of nightmare I didn't remember and assumed it would be an isolated event. However, today in one of my university lectures my lecturer began to talk about late penalties of 50% per day, high failure rates for the unit etc etc and I began to feel slightly anxious but still in good spirits as I usually get quite high marks. Later on in the tutorial though I began to get this feeling of anxiety again in the extreme, I was sweating, shaking slightly and with a feeling of nervousness in my gut that was totally disproportionate to what was going on - it appeared to have no DIRECT trigger other than a fear of failure.
The key thing is not that I experienced stress and anxiety about uni, it's that the stress was disproportionate and most importantly, out of character for me. My question is whether anyone has either experienced something like this or knows someone who has, and if it's something I should seek help about or is it likely to go away?
I realise that the overwhelming majority of psychedelic users have a positive experience and I'm not trying to knock the drug or blame my problems on it, it just seems to have triggered some kind of increased stress response in me and I'd like to know more. I haven't noticed any problems with cognition, vision or any other mental health issues other than the anxiety.
Another thing I should add is that when riding my bicycle to work, there's a hill I always ride down at a certain speed. But for some reason that speed felt much faster than it usually does the last time I rode down it - I felt every bump and heard the rush of air in explicit detail. I have a feeling this change in perception is also linked to taking the drug.
I think I'll revisit this chemical a few years down the line when I'm a bit more mature and a bit more experienced in the world of psychedelics.
