Yup! Extreme stress and/or heavy anxiety for me. I just don't let myself get that way anymore. Last one was 20 years ago ish. Worked in a factory back then. Pressure was on for an order to make it's destination on time. Machinery breakdowns,personnel calling in,supply of raw material problems and it was getting down to the wire.
As my boss stood there yelling at me,all red faced and angry,I saw his ears morph into butterflies and fly off into who knows where. I knew what was going on and ignored it. Then his nose slowly inflated every time he spoke. Bigger. Bigger. Annnd then I couldn't see his face anymore. When he said "What are you staring at?" I lost it and laughed for like 3 minutes. About 30 seconds into my laughing fit, the boss starts to smile. Then eventually he chuckled. I said" We got this man" He went back to his office and we did our thing. The order made delivery a day ahead of schedule and we all got a free doughnut.
It took months of incredible stress and anxiety to trigger,but happen they do!. I am stress free for the most part now due to life changes I've made including where I make my living.
I used to get flashbacks when I'd go to the gym, and the last one occurred over a decade ago. They were always unobtrusive; more akin to the afterglow after a trip than a trip itself. Minimal visual anomalies, minimal shift off sober baseline, some euphoria, minimal distraction.
I'm calling bullshit on you boss's ears morphing to butterflies, because LSD simply doesn't cause manifest hallucinations like that unless you dropped one helluva mega dose. We're talking 50+ hits of 800+ug good stuff. In a flashback? I don't buy it.
I've seen walls breathe. A guys face melt,which really upset him. Lol. From spring of 1977 thru fall 1978 myself and 4 others tripped almost every day. Between 3-5 hits a day of blotter. Yes there were breaks to go home and such but I took a few hits along. We bought a sheet of 100 hits for $100. Sometimes we would get the vial of drops. Our ship was in drydock for refurb. and our days were mostly look busy while the shipyard guys did their thing.
Then we went overseas. In France I ran into a friend from boot camp who asked me to look at something his sister sent him. Due to our mail being read he got a very vague warning of be careful with those things from his sis. What she sent him was a survival type,metal match storage thing filled with purple and pink things that looked like small erasers,just tiny. After shrugging our shoulders for a bit I took one.Then everyone else did. 1/2 hour later still straight so I took another. Did that once more. Still not feeling anything. I told my friend his sis was pulling his leg because these taste like sugar or something. So I take 7 of these things and I crush them up and snort them. For 3 days my friends hid me from officers because all I did was sit there and grin. They provided me with dark glasses because they said I had "cartoon" pupils,wherever the hell that meant. I became aware of where I was and regained composure of sorts strapped to a stanchion in the bilge where no one goes! Lol. We never got the memo about microdots. But I can tell you they were potent as fuck!
Then I get out and go home. No work anywhere. Radio says Ozzy is coming to Knoxville! I had some cash and time so I pack a backpack. Go see a guy and head to hang out with the Ozzman! With 10 sheets of high quality LSD. I had Ducks and Bunnys,weird ballons,blue dragons,and unicorns. I sold 1 sheet at each concert which gave me enough caxh to get to the next one. And of course I took like 5 for myself off each sheet. Saved the unicorns for the last show,for me,and bought a bus ticket home. Awesome adventure achieved!
Now for all who want to hur dur and tell me I'm full of shit. Read that and if you can't match what I did. Or bought the garbage they call acid that was sold from like 1995 to present(which is garbage!) Shut the fuck up! If anyone is going to get a flashback now and again I'm gonna kinda lean towards it will be me.
I will say I never had one bad trip! I've had bad situations which I just dealt with. But if you are mentally stable you can tell what's real what your mind has fabricated. I looked at it all as entertainment and it was a blast! Now I want some dragons.
I can match and and probably surpass your experiences, but I'm not looking for a "who did the most psychedelics" pissing contest. Was simply pointing out that your experience didn't line up with how LSD normally works, outside of those who macro dose or do really, really stupid shit like thumbprinting the raw crystals.
Or bought the garbage they call acid that was sold from like 1995 to present(which is garbage!)
Yes and no. LSD is LSD. Scumbags have been selling more diluted doses or outright substituting. If it's bitter, it's a spitter (DOx, 25I-NBOMe, etc.). The misconception with modern stuff being weaker is because the doses on the street have been trending lower; it was common to have 1,000-2,000ug single doses back in the 70s, whereas street blotter now can be as low as 30ug per square, with the average somewhere between 140 and 200ug. Microdots and panes are considerably higher doses on average, and they are still around. Of course, outside of running your samples through a mass spectrometer or chromatograph, it's best just to get yourself a vial of properly diluted crystal from a good source if you want to know the potency.
You've been lucky not having any bad trips. I've had about five out of the hundreds, none particularly horrible though. I used to sell the stuff, and probably overdid it in my 20s. Probably wouldn't do it again if presented the opportunity; I developed some mild HPPD symptoms that took years to fully wear off, and don't want tracers being part of daily life again. Only DMT and possibly mushrooms, if anything. You're right that LSD is generally very safe when taken by stable people.
As indicated, you are either experiencing some unrelated phenomenon, or clearly lying (no offense). LSD is a hallucination, not a dissociative. People hear/read that word and mistake what it actually does. You are not going to see goofy flying a winged triceratops, if you have visual effects they will be much more subtle. Surfaces may appear to "breathe" and color seems more intense. Rather than the visual effects, most people regard your change in perception as the effect noticed most.
If you'd like to see someone's ears turn into butterfly a dissociative is what you want; but I wouldn't recommend it.
Mine are strobe lights in my brain while trying to sleep. The worst.
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