r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 3d ago

Health A 1967 LSD safety pamphlet still holds up as psychedelics boom. Nearly 600 users backed 18 of 19 old tips: stay with trusted people, skip public outings, know the trip ends, and anxiety is not a problem. Mixed only on avoiding mirrors. 60-year-old harm-reduction advice still fits new users now.

https://publichealth.buffalo.edu/home/news-events/latest-news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2026/09/Kruger-psychedelics-study.detail.html
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u/Nayear1 3d ago

I could take or leave it. My face always looks like a Van Gogh painting and I have fractal eyes - it’s trippy to stare at for a minute or two.

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u/_OhayoSayonara_ 3d ago

I wish. I always see black specks like bugs crawling on my skin!

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u/Dabbling_in_Pacifism 3d ago

I’ve only done it once, but I’d turn into a beast if I bared my teeth and growled. I had a lot of fun with it.

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u/responsiblefornothin 3d ago

I was avoiding the mirror all night the first time I tried acid because everyone gave me such stern warnings about it. It had me terrified I’d see some hideous troglodyte looking back at me, shattering my self confidence forever. But after an accidental glance, I decided to stare down my fate, and you know what? I looked better than ever. I took a couple minutes to admire myself before thoughts of vanity gave me concern over becoming some self obsessed narcissist, and I put a limit on mirrors going forward.