I might start to freak out for a second, as we all do, but then I would naturally return to that present state awareness. With microdosing, both bothred me less than normal. Psychological stress comes from one of two places: worry about the future, and regret over the past. Instead of feeling like “RAH I’M SO FOCUSED” it’s more like “I know what I need to do and I’m not distracted.” I had significantly fewer impulses to jump over to Facebook, texting, or email, and was more content to go for a long period focusing on one thing without additional stimulation. The calm focus of microdosing is very different. It makes you more obedient and task oriented, and less creative or curious. This is probably why parents like giving it to their kids and schools like their students having it. While you might have been highly focused and productive during that period, the resulting crash typically leads to a net loss for what could have been an effective day.ĭrugs like Adderall give you a less manic focus, but they turn you into a sort of automaton just “doing things” because you have to or they seem urgent. I packed most of it into the story, but let’s go through the benefits that many people experience while microdosing.Īssuming you aren’t dependent on it, coffee gives you a manic focus hyper-tuning you to the task at hand, but that soon dies off and leaves you more tired than before. Your life is calmer, more even-keeled, and largely stress-free. Rather, you don’t feel the need to indulge. You aren’t exercising any willpower by not indulging. Your fears of starting conversations with attractive strangers have been lowered, too, and you find yourself leaving the bar with a new phone number in your contacts.Īt dinner, you pass on dessert and ignore the less healthy entrees. While you drank in the past to lower your inhibitions and to relax, you no longer feel the need to do either as you’re more comfortable speaking your mind sober and have maintained a relaxed state throughout the day. Later that evening, out at a bar with some friends, you’re not drinking but don’t feel any compulsion to. You’re not scared or stressed, rather, you recognize the urgency and act on it deliberately, allowing the negative fearful emotions to pass from your mind as if they were messages on a highway billboard.
![get me out of this lsd game get me out of this lsd game](https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Four-caps-of-LSD-732x549-thumbnail.jpg)
Recognizing the problem, you list out what could be causing it, pick the most reasonable cause, and set to work righting it. The total sales for the last week, the number you’re supposed to ensure the success of, are below par.
![get me out of this lsd game get me out of this lsd game](https://repeller.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/insert_02_Acid_trip-636x954.jpg)
While before you might have been rushed to get back to work, you no longer feel that frenetic desire to get to the next thing and have gained a greater appreciation for spending time simply enjoying another’s company.īack at the computer, you’re alerted to an urgent problem. When you do finally take a break, you step into the kitchen area for your team and pause to talk to a coworker for a few minutes. Picking your most important task, you focus on it intently for the next 90 minutes, pausing only to make a few notes of ideas to circle back on later. You’ve silenced your phone and computer alerts, as you became more aware of how negatively they were impacting your attention since you started the dosing. Spring has begun, and though you haven’t noticed it much in years past, you can’t help but experience a subtle internal warmth from the emerging foliage around you.Īt work, a few minutes early but unrushed, you settle in for the day.
![get me out of this lsd game get me out of this lsd game](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/59095257c14b3c606c103c24/master/pass/psych-290.jpg)
On the drive to work, you play the radio at a lower volume so it doesn’t drown out your thoughts or experience.