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- From: ipierago@fenris.claremont.edu (Ian Pierago)
- Subject: Flashback from hell - comments?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.211514.6846@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont CA
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:15:14 GMT
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- I was discussing the psycological causes of flashbacks (as opposed to the
- false belief that LSD causes them by chemical means) with a friend when she
- related the following story about a flashback her SO had. It was obviously
- a tramatic experience and neither of them use LSD any more because of it.
-
- I'm posting it here for several reasons. First, it's a really interesting
- (although scarey story). Second, I'd like to know if anyone else has had
- this sort of intense flashback. Is this type of flashback common for people
- with a particular psycological problem? Should he seek professional help?
- I have never heard of anyone else having such an incredibly tramatic flashback
- and I always assumed that this type of story was an urban legend, so your
- comments will be appreciated.
-
- Below is the story as it was related to me. I've removed the names of the
- people involved where the <>s are.
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- I can see how the flashbacks could be caused how the message stated, but
- <>'s flashbacks are always new experiences. He hasn't tripped in 7 months.
- He was driving daown my road and we were talking about <> moving to Montana
- All of a sudden he looked straight ahead and got this terrified look in
- his eyes - he couldn't even speak but it looked like he was trying to scream.
- He threw his arms around his head, trying to protect it from something - I
- grabbed for the wheel and was trying to drive while he was pressing the gas.
- I started yelling at him to snap out of it - "What's wrong, dammit?!! Take
- your foot of the gas pedal.. Take your foot off the gas!!" I just kept
- yelling over and over, he finally took his foot off the gas and curled into
- a little ball in the driver's seat - I threw the car into neutral and drove
- into
- a field to get it to stop. He eventually snapped out of it. I asked him
- what happened - he said this huge snake had burst out of the road and was
- heading straight for the car with its mouth open - he was going to serve
- but then he saw them everywhere. He even said there wer little ones in the
- car trying to eat his eyes. He was mortified. He said he couldn't ever
- remember having had a trip that involved snakes before.
- That was enough for me.
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- Ian Pieragostini ipierago@jarthur.claremont.edu
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