i've never seen anything weird on hallucinogens but i used to hallucinate pretty frequently when i was an alcoholic (and chronic insomniac)
i remember once as a teen i had been up for a few days in a row and was drinking pretty heavily sometime in the early morning. went to open my bedroom door for something and saw an incredibly tall shadow person. nearly shit my heart out despite not being a believer in the paranormal.
had a way worse one when i was quitting drinking, so not technically on drugs but related I guess? somewhere in the endless haze of puking, shitting, sweating and vivid hallucinations i rolled over to see a little girl's face maybe two or three inches from mine, looking like something out of junji ito's worst nightmares, like some fucked up fusion of the kids from the grudge and the ring (neither of which i have ever seen). i don't remember much beyond that but it has stuck with me for almost 10 years now.
nearly shit my heart out despite not being a believer in the paranormal.
Funny thing happened a few months ago, in the dead of winter. We were in the countryside, at my relative's land. I couldn't sleep so I went out in the middle of the night to his pond. It was cold, entirely silent, dark except for the stars, and utterly beautiful. Well, as I walked around of course I couldn't see a thing in the dark. A strange thing happened - I got that old-fashioned fear of the dark like you used to get when you were a kid. I was seriously afraid something was going to jump out of the dark and rip me up. It was kind of cool, having this kind of feeling. Even though my logical mind knew exactly what was happening, that didn't make it any less real. I was genuinely irrationally afraid of the dark. The most primal fear that children have.
Of course, this being in the country and in Texas, I had a loaded pistol on my hip. It was great to walk around without fear in the dark despite all my feelings screaming otherwise. ;)
That's actually really interesting! I get that feeling pretty consistently and kind of assumed it was a universal paranoia, but apparently not.
I'm glad you got to have such a novel experience though. That sounds like a genuinely fascinating headspace to be able to inhabit, simultaneously feeling your basest human instincts begging you to run for your life but knowing there's literally nothing to be frightened of.
Thinking on it, that's probably what people get out of horror movies too.
i've never seen anything weird on hallucinogens but i used to hallucinate pretty frequently when i was an alcoholic (and chronic insomniac)
i remember once as a teen i had been up for a few days in a row and was drinking pretty heavily sometime in the early morning. went to open my bedroom door for something and saw an incredibly tall shadow person. nearly shit my heart out despite not being a believer in the paranormal.
had a way worse one when i was quitting drinking, so not technically on drugs but related I guess? somewhere in the endless haze of puking, shitting, sweating and vivid hallucinations i rolled over to see a little girl's face maybe two or three inches from mine, looking like something out of junji ito's worst nightmares, like some fucked up fusion of the kids from the grudge and the ring (neither of which i have ever seen). i don't remember much beyond that but it has stuck with me for almost 10 years now.
Funny thing happened a few months ago, in the dead of winter. We were in the countryside, at my relative's land. I couldn't sleep so I went out in the middle of the night to his pond. It was cold, entirely silent, dark except for the stars, and utterly beautiful. Well, as I walked around of course I couldn't see a thing in the dark. A strange thing happened - I got that old-fashioned fear of the dark like you used to get when you were a kid. I was seriously afraid something was going to jump out of the dark and rip me up. It was kind of cool, having this kind of feeling. Even though my logical mind knew exactly what was happening, that didn't make it any less real. I was genuinely irrationally afraid of the dark. The most primal fear that children have.
Of course, this being in the country and in Texas, I had a loaded pistol on my hip. It was great to walk around without fear in the dark despite all my feelings screaming otherwise. ;)
That's actually really interesting! I get that feeling pretty consistently and kind of assumed it was a universal paranoia, but apparently not.
I'm glad you got to have such a novel experience though. That sounds like a genuinely fascinating headspace to be able to inhabit, simultaneously feeling your basest human instincts begging you to run for your life but knowing there's literally nothing to be frightened of.
Thinking on it, that's probably what people get out of horror movies too.