My mother
My cats
Delusional optimism that that "thing" might happen and turn my life around
The fear that death will be like a bad trip I had on mushrooms. It was so terrifying. It felt like someone/something was warning me that this is what would happen if I did do what I was planning.
It was super strange, because my first trip was pleasant. The second was bad. All I remember was feeling pure terror and saw this white flash of light beyond my bedroom door and then there I was in pitch black nothing. I had lost my body, but my consciousness was still present and it was just a consistent loop of thoughts where it was like I kept asking questions, but no one would answer. I became terrified and remember saying, "Okay, okay, I won't follow through". At that point my conscious mind started intervening where I kept saying, "You're name
Is ā¦. You live atā¦.. You're in your bed" in a loop and finally I came to. It took me 48 hours to shake it. It still bothers me.
I know substances are different for everyone, but I've seen a couple of people suggest they'll take shrooms or even DMT to counteract SI. One thing I can say is that DMT would be the last drug I'd take for that purpose because it is so hard to figure out the right dose, it's over quickly & further it is supposed to be what your body releases as it's dying. Your body becomes like a radio that just stops taking signals. The experience isn't going to make you feel at ease, I'll tell you that. It positively terrifies many folks and for those who don't mind, they end up taking more and more and it can put you in a very bad place mentally.
That is my Ted Talk for the day. There is a YouTube channel called PsychedSubstances that discusses it further if you're interested