/lit/ - Literature

Basically don't do DMT, because it will prevent you from having an after-life.

>>882939
How is that?

>>882943
Because the drug deemed ''DMT'' is not in itself DMT, but rather an agent which releases the DMT which you have in your brain. This book, and others, contend that the after-life experience is provided by the release of DMT at the time of death. If you abuse DMT (the drug) you will use up what your brain can produce, and so will be unable to experience the after-life. (mind, this is my conjecture based on what I learned from the book, I don't even assume that any of it is true, but it is somewhat logical)

>>882954
That is somewhat logical, but would your brain not make more, to replenish a depleted supply. And aren't there those who have done it repeatedly woulden't they eventually stop having the same results, if they used up there supply and more was not made.

So near-death experiences are a DMT trip?

>>882980
That's what some have argued, yes.

>>882980
It's a mere hypothesis.

>>882984

That is a spooky thought man.

>>882969
I honestly don't know how your body metabolizes its neurochemicals. I know that through personal experience with the abuse of opiates, I have had a hard time regaining normative and beneficial levels of seratonin and dopamine, and my doctor tells me it could be years before they reach homeostasis. I've only done DMT once, so I couldn't say if it has diminishing effects, but I know that psylocilbin creates a hellified tolerance and quickly. Maybe it's just wise to only do DMT when you know you won't die within the following months.

>>882990
mere pedant.

I have that book, and it's a fascinating read - particularly the striking similarities which different people experience.

It's also sort of disturbing to know that death by decapitation or vaporisation could potentially cause a lack of after-life.

>>883007

I mean *potentially know. Ish.

>>883007
Yeah, pretty scary. Good thing there's no afterlife anyway.

>>882998
You can try to publish a peer-reviewed paper on the subject, if you want. Nothing's holding you back.

Take this shit to /x/ this is for literature.

>>883007
People keep talking about a after-life. I thought the DMT experience one has at death is a short experience.

>>883020
Some hippies speculate that it's some sort of gateway to the afterlife, or some shit. I wouldn't give it much thought.

>>882954
So completely false. Read up, my friend.

>>883029
>So completely false. Read up, my friend.

At this point in time, anything pertaining to the release of DMT in the brain is all speculation.

>>883018
And this is a book.

>>883034
I was referring to your statement that once DMT has been abused, it will no longer release after death because it has been used up. THAT is false.

>>883049
I'm not the person you were replying to. My reply had nothing to do with the poster's statement.

>it will no longer release after death
There's no evidence that DMT is released in the brain at the time of death. This is an interesting hypothesis though, and it merits further exploration.

>>883049
Yeah I see it as perhaps false, yet is it not true that the abuse of DMT releasing substances could even temporarily deplete the brains ability to release it? I know this is true of opiates and dopamine.

>>883132

It's also true of psilocybin, so there could be something to that.