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phones back on and have another hit… K.U. The fear of being killed for stealing forbidden knowledge from the Gods is an example of an archetypal mythical experience, in this case the myth of Prometheus who stole fire. The panic attack may have been due to the sudden removal of psychic defenses against deeply buried anxiety-generating material, possibly of a profound nature related to the life-and-death issues of the birth struggle.
Automatic Behavior Ketamine can allow automatic physical activity to occur without the awareness of the conscious will. This can result in physical injury, such as repeatedly walking into a wall (which has been reported). Automatic behavior is described at the end of this account of going to hell: I have done K about 60 times. The first 40 or so ranged from pleasant to ultimate insight and power to do anything. However, one night I did more than I ever had before. On this trip I visited HELL. Where I went was someplace nobody has ever gone or was supposed to go. Being an extreme risk taker I have faced death many times before; it has never frightened me. But, this went beyond simple death, dying in this place meant an eternity of torment that is not comprehensible in a non-K state. I did not, nor do not, believe in an afterlife. But, that experience was every bit as real as our “normal” reality. Since that experience all my K trips have sucked. Nothing transcendental happens anymore. I just go numb and my mind wanders a little bit but nothing else happens. Except this: now I always get up and walk around at the apex of my trip. So far I have not been able to stop myself from doing this… K.U.
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Another Fake World “Depersonalization” is the term used for feelings of being unreal, detached and unable to feel emotion. It is very unpleasant. Sufferers may feel that they are separated from the world by a glass wall. “Derealization” is where the setting appears to be unreal, a stage-set quickly whipped up by the Gods, filled with paper cut-out people. This is also very unpleasant. Where the condition persists beyond 7 drug-free days, other causes should be considered including other drugs, fatigue, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. There is also a specific condition, Depersonalization and Derealization Disorder, which may occur spontaneously.628
Dumb Terminals Connected to the Net? Attention, learning, and memory are clearly altered while a person is affected by the drug but research into persisting problems is rare and difficult to do well. It is not easy to eliminate the effects of other drugs, such as alcohol and Cannabis. Persistent problems are those still present once norketamine has been completely eliminated from the body. Some people will rid themselves of norketamine far more slowly than others. The process can take weeks rather than days. Before concluding that there is a persistent problem present, urine tests should be clear of all drugs and their breakdown products. Liver function tests (for alcohol problems) should be normal, and in some cases the new, sophisticated tests for recent bingeing on alcohol should be carried out (carbohydrate deficient transferrin tests and also selected hair tests). What people say about their drug use is sometimes wrong. Despite the best of intentions, they may lapse and use drugs while taking part in studies, and then deny this to the experimenters as they do not wish to disappoint them or be excluded from the study. It is not enough for authors to say that subjects were asked to abstain from drugs for several weeks, or that urine tests were carried out. The actual results of the tests must be published, along with the rest of the report. When I
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