Sorry if it is a common topic, but I would like to hear why you prefer one substance over the other!
I've never tried LSD, just because of it's longer duration.
Cheers!

Asking because I own Psy 1 on Steam but plan on playing Psy 2 on Gamepass.

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Hello,

I'm not exactly sure how to go about this but an old friend of mine had ingested about 15g of mushrooms back in June 2021. Since then he has started hearing voices, feels that he is under attack by demons, started reading books on possession, etc. He's said that at night he can feel the demon in his left arm, trying to consume him. When he goes to bed his arm gets tingly and feels chest pains form the demons attempting to possess him.

I haven't spoken to this person in nearly 13 years, we had a bit of a falling out but I am concerned for his well being. A mutual friend who I have known for 20 years had reached out to me recently as he is deeply concerned as well.

In my research to see what can be done in the ways of treatment, etc. I found some posts here in this group mentioning experiences with psychotic breaks after consuming a large does of hallucinogens.

Is there some resource I can go to or refer my friend to that might offer some help? This guy doesn't really have any family of any kind and I think he has alienated himself from most of his friends.

Need some advice on what can be done or what resources are out there for my friend.

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Hello fellow psychonauts. Ive been exploring and tapping into other dimensions of awareness with Ketamine. I have experienced profound insights on the nature of consciousness and awareness with regards to source/creator and a lot of the "whys" and "how's" I have about life have been answered. (I do not have time to go into them here or in DMs, search for yourself if you seek some answers.) Problem is, well Ket causes amnesia as we know and I'm unable to bring most of these insights back with me into this waking dream state we call "reality." Any tips for this? Or any combos of other substances that can help this process? I've tried tape recording but that doesn't work for obvious reasons. And I don't have access to an EEG machine at the moment but if I did, I don't know how to interpret the info and translate it to current memory.

Some will say "put down the drugs" to that I say, no.. I want to take the red pill. Please anyone who thinks they may be able to provide helpful info, send me a DM. Otherwise keep scrolling. I feel like there is a compound out there that can counteract the amnesia effects of the ketamine somewhat.. or at least I'm hoping so. 🤞

TIA

It pains me to write this, but psychonauts 2 is without a doubt the most disappointing game of the year, just edging out Resident Evil Village.

I feel the game was too linear, the level design nowhere near as interesting as the first game, the story much blander overall. The combat of the first isn't amazing, but the devs seemed to learn nothing the last decade. Compared to other platformers, it feels stiff and just not enjoyable to connect hits. I think the thing that bothered me most is you have all these amazingly cool tools but so little actual variety when approaching enemies/bosses, and this extends to the level designs.

They explore some cool mechanics and methods of traversal but everything they do is so safe, just teasing cool concepts here and there but never developing the world to meet their full potential. Compare this to a game like Mario Odyssey where the player has boundless creativity in how they approach reaching collectables and goals. There's so much mechanically there to sink your teeth into. I think psychonauts could have excelled in this regard if they'd just focused more on the platforming elements. Like, for as pretty looking as this game is at times, it's just piss easy.

Inconsequential collectables:

the game has tons of collect-a-thon elements you see in games like Odyssey and Banjo, but they don't actually amount to anything. They don't unlock anything cool, or even cosmetics. Something - anything - would have been better to incentivize going back into levels to grab them.

An extremely disappointing final boss and other thoughts:

The final boss let me down in a huge way. I actually think the boss design, although super linear and boring once you know their gimmicks, was one of the brighter spots in the game, but Maligula was especially bland. I don't think she even hit me a single time, you just roll around on your ball and do damage here or there as you wait for your cooldown on psi blast. Most of the combat in this game revolves around this tedious playstyle and it gets old quick. Another major problem is difficulty and item purchases. The game just isn't challenging, it's more centered around making cool looking but super linear worlds instead of the gameplay. What's more, the upgrades you can buy hardly affect gameplay and the consumables are totally useless. I can't remember ever popping a single psi pop or anything else, I just never came close to needing it.

The first game took bold risks, the second game just felt incredibly safe and, frankly, quite lame to me. Anyone else agree with this?