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We lost a lot of good wizards in the Battle of the Hornburg. 
next time you eat chicken... evolved from the T-Rex.
(A public service message).
For many folks with mental health issues, taking acid is like playing Russian Roulette with their consciousness.
With the *possible* exception of using it in a controlled, peaceful environment, under the guidance of a stable. perceptive individual who has a great deal of personal experience both in using LSD, and in reassuring ("talking down"
people who experience anxiety when tripping.
Some people have bad trips, and these bad trips scare the heck out of them, and cause them to "lose it" or "flip out", as we use to say back in the day. The most common fear I've seen among people having a bad trip is their fear that they will never "come down". Anyone who is not absolutely sure that they can use LSD without flipping out probably shouldn't use it. It can exacerbate an existing psychosis in some people. I've actually known people so frightened by a bad trip that they promise a deity that if he will only let them come down, they will serve him for the rest of their lives. And they later became extreme RW evangelical christian republicans. A living hell of total anxiety and fear.
For many others, using acid can be an invaluable, totally positive life altering experience that greatly adds to their overall happiness and well being.
Like Warren said upthread:
"...those of us who spent our wayward youth running around after the Grateful Dead, have a bit of experience around people on actual LSD. I've seen some freakouts and more than my share of "I just had to get naked", but the reality is that in most cases it's not a lose-your-mind-and-imagine-the-BMW-is-a-balrog type experience.
I suspect this was bath salts or some shit."
Personally I think he might want to work on his connection to reality rather than dressing up for role playing - and this is from someone who dressed up and played medieval re-enactments and whose husband still plays AD&D with same buddies since the 1970s. I knew some that let their invented characters take over their lives but none that lost themselves so much that they attacked an innocent BMW.
My other concern is that he was using "holistic treatment" and then whatever it was he thought was LSD. I hope his doctors/therapists can find a drug treatment that can help him.
Had three screaming Nazgul in the back. I had just gotten them from the babysitter.
Pulled to a stop and suddenly this High Elf comes out of nowhere.
Screaming at the top of his or her lungs -Elves all look alike to me. Anyway, he/she terrified the Nazgul, I will be spending a fortune on therapy now.
We signed a goddamn treaty after the fall of Sauron. Are we not safe?
We need a wall built around Mirkwood."
