Hello. About a year ago, I tried LSD for the first time. It was rather fun, and I felt absolutely amazing, up until a “friend” decided to scare me and say that the police were looking for me. This led to a 3 hour panic attack. I’ve had them before, but this was completely different. It just kept going and going. It was one of the scariest moments of my life.

Flash forward to now. I had struggled with depression and other mental illness issues, but it’s different now. Now, when I go into a depressive episode, the world doesn’t feel real. It feels like I’m walking around in a video game. To be clear, I still feel present in my body; it’s just my surroundings that are hazy. I struggle with paranoia now as well; to the point where I can’t keep a friendship without constantly being fearful of betrayal. 

Has anyone else experienced something like this?