my moms cuzin was really into LSD, then he got all fucked up, a couple weeks ago he killed himself with gasoline and a match infront of his grandmother... my mom said its cuz of LSD but I find that hard to believe.
how horrible. it's never black and white when there's a drug involved; i doubt very much that he became suicidal because of lsd, but maybe it made him more introspective.... who knows, it's impossible to ever know for sure why he did what he did. in any case, i'm sorry for your family.
well, i highly doubt it was acid that caused him to do that. it may have been the lack of acid which caused this though, I know I've had my own frustrations. hehe, i mean nothing hurtful, but I guess I could see someone who had high stress, who used acid alot as there escape, if all the sudden they had none, maybe they could do something crazy like that.
I don't know if such an act is solely because of LSD, but if the guy had done a lot of it during his life, I'm sure it played a significant role. I've met people who've messed up their minds from doing too much acid. It's a very real phenomenon.
Yeah sorry about that man. I always get into the groove for trying acid, then I hear some gruesome story like this.
Acid intensifies. It intensifies the magnitude of what a person views It magnifies their emotional reaction It's one big magnifying glass and if you point it the tiniest microbe it'll make it the biggest thing in your entire universe. That's why LSD in contraindicated for unhappy people. They may see one little unhappieness in their life and suddenly it's the size of god, overwhelming, and taking up their every thought, feeling and sense. I can only imagine what it would do for a seriously depressed person that doesn't have someone supportive to bring them through the trip, or at least a padded room. The best thing for a safe trip is happieness, good health, a trip buddy, and someone sober to remind you where the ground is if you think it's falling to pieces. Sorry about that happening to someone near you, I know it can knock you off balance. Hang in there
old hippie wisdom... from someone who took hundreds of trips in the sixties and knew lots of other people who did, too... MamaTheLama is right on, every word. Every person thinking of doing acid should read MTL's post carefully and even print it out. LSD is like a mirror, it only mirrors what is inside you, but it is a magnifying mirror. It does not cause people psychological problems that they did not have before, but it can magnify existing problems. That means that it can help you to face and deal with problems if you are ready to, and have good support. It's a tragedy that it was outlawed even for use by therapists, because it can be effective for therapy, even self-therapy if you are brave. If you are ready to face something and deal with it head-on. But it also means that people who take it hoping to escape their problems can find just the opposite of "escape." Acid is not an escape, quite the opposite. It can magnify almost anything, good or bad.
I bet the LSD brought out some underlying mental conditions... LSD didn't cause it, but it can open some doors into things that people bury, things they know they don't want to be seen...
