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Have Psychedelics Made You Happier?
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A question to those who answer "yes"
Do think it was the psychedelics or were it the thought processes that ran during or after the experience? Could those thought processes also have been triggered otherwise?
I'm what what really is needed to open up pathways for thoughts which weren't accessable before.
Do think it was the psychedelics or were it the thought processes that ran during or after the experience? Could those thought processes also have been triggered otherwise?
I'm what what really is needed to open up pathways for thoughts which weren't accessable before.
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concombres
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I wouldn't say psychedellics have made me more happy.
Since i started using psychedellics i've been happier yes, but it's less that psychedellics made me happy & more that in the time that elapsed while using psychedellics i've grown, learned, & improved my life. The psychedellics were just along for the ride thru everything. Like a good friend with even better advice.
Since i started using psychedellics i've been happier yes, but it's less that psychedellics made me happy & more that in the time that elapsed while using psychedellics i've grown, learned, & improved my life. The psychedellics were just along for the ride thru everything. Like a good friend with even better advice.
cave paintings
Rising Star
I didn't get to read every reply, but I love to hear all the thoughts.
I'd say Yes. I was a relatively happy person when I started trying psychs, but I was also in like 9th grade of high school, so its really hard to parse out how my personality would have been or changed, because that period is already so sorta emotional and changing. I had already been on a couple anti-depressants and ADHD pills before that, but managed to cut those out of my life. I think like many here, my relationships with drugs in general is a complicated one, where I have faced some addiction issues, but I think I've always managed to keep psychs in somewhat balance.
I think psychedelics have ultimately made me happier in allowing me to cultivate a deeper relationship with God/the universe; they've provided a sort of confidence and trust in someways too, in myself and this reality we live in. They've made life dang interesting as well; I find myself pondering the contours of leaves and other realities, while others are balls-deep in cell phone sess and selfies. I believe these truths and feelings are inherent to sober life too though, and I think the challenge really does lie in serious integration of trips into real actions and attitudes. I suppose this answer could go on a while. It seems very few of the friends I grew up with have surfaced from low-expectations, mindless drug use, numbing out and hiding from life. The few who have surfaced with me were the ones who seriously used psychs and made an effort to integrate them.
I'd say Yes. I was a relatively happy person when I started trying psychs, but I was also in like 9th grade of high school, so its really hard to parse out how my personality would have been or changed, because that period is already so sorta emotional and changing. I had already been on a couple anti-depressants and ADHD pills before that, but managed to cut those out of my life. I think like many here, my relationships with drugs in general is a complicated one, where I have faced some addiction issues, but I think I've always managed to keep psychs in somewhat balance.
I think psychedelics have ultimately made me happier in allowing me to cultivate a deeper relationship with God/the universe; they've provided a sort of confidence and trust in someways too, in myself and this reality we live in. They've made life dang interesting as well; I find myself pondering the contours of leaves and other realities, while others are balls-deep in cell phone sess and selfies. I believe these truths and feelings are inherent to sober life too though, and I think the challenge really does lie in serious integration of trips into real actions and attitudes. I suppose this answer could go on a while. It seems very few of the friends I grew up with have surfaced from low-expectations, mindless drug use, numbing out and hiding from life. The few who have surfaced with me were the ones who seriously used psychs and made an effort to integrate them.
Quite literally. I am almost certain I would be dead without those first few key experiences with psychedelics at the right moment in my life.VTSeeker48 said:
It's definitely the thought processes (or the complete restructuring of) that continued on after the experiences themselves. Could they have been triggered/changed otherwise? Not so radically and completely. I had tried everything that was available. All manner of pharmaceuticals and illicit substances. Years of therapy. Nothing worked except being thrust into that deep psychedelic state.steppa said:
Psychedelics have been the most transformative influence in my life, and it has made me a much happier person. But I definitely see Orion's point of view on that...I've been opened up to an extreme degree where it has actually given me more reason to be saddened by the world I live in. It's definitely bittersweet. The real gift I've received from these experiences is the lasting change they have wrought in my mind and my thought patterns. I was pretty hopeless and psychedelics lifted me up, showed me a different way, and I took it. They were instrumental in bringing about the changes I needed to make in my life and without them, like I stated above, I would most likely be dead. I'm far happier now than I have ever been in my life, and I wouldn't be had I not embraced psychedelics as an integral tool in healing and self-reflection.
HumbleTraveler
Rising Star
After my first experience with dmt, the only psychedelic Ive experienced, the life changing effects it had on me by simply showing me that which isnt even imaginable had a very profound impact on me. Just the visuals themself were so shocking that it has stuck with me for the better. Friends said I was noticeably different, and most of them brought that up without even knowing what I had done. I was calmer (in traffic especially 
), more compassionate and willing to shrug stuff off more.
Did it make me happier? Id say so to an extent. I definitely feel like theres far more to this world than can be known, and with these substances they give us a bit of a window view into them. I have noticed though that I have gone backwards a bit in my behavior as it has been quite some time since Ive had an indepth spice trip. Im back to my impatient self in traffic, I have a rather short fuse. Id say there was a very very noticeable difference in my behavior immediately after my good experiences. Much more positive, Im endlessly grateful for it. I dont think they have made me happier themselves so much as the experiences were the cause.
I will be giving mushrooms a go in hopefully the next week or so for the first time. The blast from freebase spice kicked my ass one day and really shook me pretty hard. It hasnt been easy going back in haha. Im hoping the mushrooms are little friendlier...if not, mescaline hcl it is hahah
), more compassionate and willing to shrug stuff off more. Did it make me happier? Id say so to an extent. I definitely feel like theres far more to this world than can be known, and with these substances they give us a bit of a window view into them. I have noticed though that I have gone backwards a bit in my behavior as it has been quite some time since Ive had an indepth spice trip. Im back to my impatient self in traffic, I have a rather short fuse. Id say there was a very very noticeable difference in my behavior immediately after my good experiences. Much more positive, Im endlessly grateful for it. I dont think they have made me happier themselves so much as the experiences were the cause.
I will be giving mushrooms a go in hopefully the next week or so for the first time. The blast from freebase spice kicked my ass one day and really shook me pretty hard. It hasnt been easy going back in haha. Im hoping the mushrooms are little friendlier...if not, mescaline hcl it is
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Yes, certainly! Also, reduced stress, increased awareness and enhanced personal freedom. :d
Overall definitely yes, but at the same time I've also become more aware and sensitive to the less fortunate aspects of myself/the world. I.e. widespread insanity, planetary deforestation/pollution/destruction...etc...lol
the quote Orion has in his/her signature captures this topic quite eloquently
"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less cocksure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable Mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend"
"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less cocksure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable Mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend"
Happiness is like the wind. On this planet, it will always be found, though it often changes based on varying conditions. Some days it blows hard, some days it is more subtle, and other days it barely seems like it is there. Whether or not a person decides to be aware of the wind, it is still there, even when the rain seems to be a distraction.
Psychedelics can be compared to tossing handfuls of confetti into the wind. It gives form to the formless, but only a moment. Colorful pieces of paper will dance and twirl while showing mysterious patterns of flow that is the wind. How someone chooses to interpret what they experience.... well... I guess that is as variable as happiness and the wind. For many, it reminds us of what has been there all along.
Psychedelics can be compared to tossing handfuls of confetti into the wind. It gives form to the formless, but only a moment. Colorful pieces of paper will dance and twirl while showing mysterious patterns of flow that is the wind. How someone chooses to interpret what they experience.... well... I guess that is as variable as happiness and the wind. For many, it reminds us of what has been there all along.
Entheogens have challenged my scepticism and my desire to analyse everything. They have solidified and strengthened my introspective practices. Through entheogens I have experienced pure awe and the inherent interconnection of all beings. Indeed I would say psychedelics have made me a happier more content person while also cultivating within me a great deal of courage and heart.
Much Peace and Happiness
Much Peace and Happiness
DreaMTripper
Rising Star
Yes and increased compassion and given a more flexible perspective of everything.
Honestly, No; they haven't made me happier. During the experiences, yes, a lot of elation and ecstasy.
But guess what? I learned recently that the pursuit of a "happy life" is a rather new, indoctrinated concept. Our grandparents generation was not concerned with living a happy life, but rather a GOOD life... a moral life. I think our idea of happiness has been distorted and corrupted. Psychedelics have helped me perceive that perversion. Ignorance is bliss, but I'd never go back to being blind and happy. In many ways, psychedelics have made my life a lot more challenging. But I feel so much more satisfied with my current course, I wouldn't change it for any amount of "happiness".
But guess what? I learned recently that the pursuit of a "happy life" is a rather new, indoctrinated concept. Our grandparents generation was not concerned with living a happy life, but rather a GOOD life... a moral life. I think our idea of happiness has been distorted and corrupted. Psychedelics have helped me perceive that perversion. Ignorance is bliss, but I'd never go back to being blind and happy. In many ways, psychedelics have made my life a lot more challenging. But I feel so much more satisfied with my current course, I wouldn't change it for any amount of "happiness".
Godsmacker
Rising Star
To begin with, happy is such a rediculously loaded and cut word. Happiness. Being happy. What is it? Mankind has always contemplated what it is from the beginning of conscious higher thought but never has its true meaning been cemented into the dictionary. I must ask, then, what is happiness to me? What is happiness to you? There is no real answer. We all have a differing vision of what makes us happy in life.
What my experiences with psychedelic compounds have taught me is that true happiness does not come from reaping the benefits of an achieved goal, but rather from the journey involved in accomplishing a goal. I do not love things. I love doing things. Making DMT. Running a 5K. Going SCUBA diving in the Caribbean. These are a few of my favorite things from which I can derive happiness. It is not the DMT which makes me happy, but rather the process of acquiring it from the plant kingdom and sharing its infinite cosmic wisdom with others. It is from the journey of life that one finds happiness. We all start from the same place and end up in the same place. It is the journey between those two realms of being, the life sandwiched between death and death, which makes me most happy.
Psychedelics themselves have not made me any happier than I was before taking them. Material objects alone cannot make anyone happy. It was through the lessons learned, the knowledge gained, and the wisdom found through my experiences with psychedelics and meditation/integration that I discovered the immense and boundless sea of happiness, contentment and self love dwelling within me. Psychedelics are gateway drugs to meditation and self actualization and understanding. It is through meditation and self actualization/understanding that the individual learns to accept and love themself and thus become happier. Psychedelics are not a ticket to happiness. They are a road map to happiness. Only you have the power to follow that map and cultivate happiness within yourself and the world around you. Only you.
If it weren't for the psychedelics and the wonderful person they helped me realize, acutalize, and manifest into, I would be, without a doubt, chained to an antidepressant, stuck in worthless and never ending psychotherapy and a rather colorless person if it weren't for psychedelics' ability to help me get on the path to being a happy person which made me a happy person.
Living in the past will make you depressed. Living in the future will make you anxious. Living in the present will make you happy.
What my experiences with psychedelic compounds have taught me is that true happiness does not come from reaping the benefits of an achieved goal, but rather from the journey involved in accomplishing a goal. I do not love things. I love doing things. Making DMT. Running a 5K. Going SCUBA diving in the Caribbean. These are a few of my favorite things from which I can derive happiness. It is not the DMT which makes me happy, but rather the process of acquiring it from the plant kingdom and sharing its infinite cosmic wisdom with others. It is from the journey of life that one finds happiness. We all start from the same place and end up in the same place. It is the journey between those two realms of being, the life sandwiched between death and death, which makes me most happy.
Psychedelics themselves have not made me any happier than I was before taking them. Material objects alone cannot make anyone happy. It was through the lessons learned, the knowledge gained, and the wisdom found through my experiences with psychedelics and meditation/integration that I discovered the immense and boundless sea of happiness, contentment and self love dwelling within me. Psychedelics are gateway drugs to meditation and self actualization and understanding. It is through meditation and self actualization/understanding that the individual learns to accept and love themself and thus become happier. Psychedelics are not a ticket to happiness. They are a road map to happiness. Only you have the power to follow that map and cultivate happiness within yourself and the world around you. Only you.
If it weren't for the psychedelics and the wonderful person they helped me realize, acutalize, and manifest into, I would be, without a doubt, chained to an antidepressant, stuck in worthless and never ending psychotherapy and a rather colorless person if it weren't for psychedelics' ability to help me get on the path to being a happy person which made me a happy person.
Living in the past will make you depressed. Living in the future will make you anxious. Living in the present will make you happy.
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