Pertaining to drug use and mental illness. I'm having a difficult time finding information on one specific idea.
I recently just read up on HPPD after knowing generally what it was for a few years. I had a real weird life leading up to college, where I took acid, and my life completely changed. It's for many reasons that things are better now, but one in particular involved what I can only describe as a complete perspective shift.
The only way I can describe it is that I stopped viewing things as if they were filmed through a potato. I experienced the world in a grainy and dull way. Not emotionally (as I have severe bipolar), but sensory-wise. I did not or could not feel certain things before I tripped- the best way to explain that is thinking about what it might be like if you saw and felt everything from the middle of your head instead of the front of your face. The world suddenly got more detailed and, at the same time, clearer. I get that's a weird way to put it, but this is just a weird question in general.
Now, reading up on HPPD, I wanted to know if it could be a naturally occurring phenomenon that could happen during birth (due to xyz). There were many features of HPPD that seemed very similar to how I grew up receiving and understanding the world around me. I also had parents who could have possibly been using drugs, although it's unconfirmed if they continued up to my birth. If not this, are there other terms for what I experienced? Is that just something that can happen because of bad mental illness? What are your thoughts?
I recently just read up on HPPD after knowing generally what it was for a few years. I had a real weird life leading up to college, where I took acid, and my life completely changed. It's for many reasons that things are better now, but one in particular involved what I can only describe as a complete perspective shift.
The only way I can describe it is that I stopped viewing things as if they were filmed through a potato. I experienced the world in a grainy and dull way. Not emotionally (as I have severe bipolar), but sensory-wise. I did not or could not feel certain things before I tripped- the best way to explain that is thinking about what it might be like if you saw and felt everything from the middle of your head instead of the front of your face. The world suddenly got more detailed and, at the same time, clearer. I get that's a weird way to put it, but this is just a weird question in general.
Now, reading up on HPPD, I wanted to know if it could be a naturally occurring phenomenon that could happen during birth (due to xyz). There were many features of HPPD that seemed very similar to how I grew up receiving and understanding the world around me. I also had parents who could have possibly been using drugs, although it's unconfirmed if they continued up to my birth. If not this, are there other terms for what I experienced? Is that just something that can happen because of bad mental illness? What are your thoughts?
