Posted by Ian on September 22, 1999, at 19:19:13
Your brain won't explode, but you've been Knocked out of whack. I had an experience 6 years ago in amsterdam with a spacecake. It rifled my cognitive a ablities and started severe thought cycles in me involving religion, self doubts wondering whether it was game over as my head was a waste of space. I've got back on track in many ways although I'm still adapting. One thing I found is that you have to get back to basics-
You can argue indefinately about the philosophical intricacies of life but the facts are
If you dont eat you starve
If someone hits you it'll hurt.
If you don't pay the bills they keep coming.
You need sleep
A sunny day will lift your spirits
You can probably still have a joke with a friend.I slowly started again from basics and have learnt to minimise and adapt round a relative cognitive haze in my head.
One of the most relieving moments around the time of me going to Amsterdam was when I went rowing.
Here I was on the river having to concentrate on keeping in time with the other seven in my boat just concentrating on pulling up to my chest then down to my lap and then out again. After that row I felt clearer than I'd felt for a few weeks. It had acted as a sort of meditation breaking the derealising cognitive cycle I was in for an hour or so. If you can find the time try and find your own physical meditation, something that requires your attention but not your intellect.
Paper thats the other thing, while your brains a mush write things down on paper then put the paper somewhere your not going to forget about it.
Hang in there your brain will eventually smooth out the ruffles induced by your 'trip'.Try to get bck to the bog standard indisputable basics.
Finally it may feel like it but your not aloneAll the best
Ian
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