Andrew Callaghan

Well, that condition is classified by persistent visual snow, floaters, morphing objects. Like, I see them right now. I see them all the time.

The snow is definitely in the room. It's all over you. And basically... It wasn't that I took too many shrooms. I think that it was, I took about an eighth of senna essence mushrooms, which are the ones that come from the earth instead of cow shit. And I took an eighth of those at my friend Toby's house, which is a normal amount, but I was in eighth grade.

The snow is definitely in the room. It's all over you. And basically... It wasn't that I took too many shrooms. I think that it was, I took about an eighth of senna essence mushrooms, which are the ones that come from the earth instead of cow shit. And I took an eighth of those at my friend Toby's house, which is a normal amount, but I was in eighth grade.

The snow is definitely in the room. It's all over you. And basically... It wasn't that I took too many shrooms. I think that it was, I took about an eighth of senna essence mushrooms, which are the ones that come from the earth instead of cow shit. And I took an eighth of those at my friend Toby's house, which is a normal amount, but I was in eighth grade.

So I woke up the next morning with these extreme visual distortions. And I thought that it would go away. I tried to make it go away, but There's really no cure for HPPD. It's a lifelong condition. So it's just a matter of dealing with it and realizing that it is only visual. So when people ask me, hey, I have HPPD, how do I cope with it?

So I woke up the next morning with these extreme visual distortions. And I thought that it would go away. I tried to make it go away, but There's really no cure for HPPD. It's a lifelong condition. So it's just a matter of dealing with it and realizing that it is only visual. So when people ask me, hey, I have HPPD, how do I cope with it?

So I woke up the next morning with these extreme visual distortions. And I thought that it would go away. I tried to make it go away, but There's really no cure for HPPD. It's a lifelong condition. So it's just a matter of dealing with it and realizing that it is only visual. So when people ask me, hey, I have HPPD, how do I cope with it?

I say, remember that every other sense that you have, what you can hear, what you can taste, you know, your feet on the ground, you're still on earth, you're still here.

I say, remember that every other sense that you have, what you can hear, what you can taste, you know, your feet on the ground, you're still on earth, you're still here.

I say, remember that every other sense that you have, what you can hear, what you can taste, you know, your feet on the ground, you're still on earth, you're still here.

Yeah. Depersonalization is the feeling that you are not real, but that reality still exists. Derealization is the idea that reality itself is an illusion created by your mind and that you're the only person alive and that everything that your brain is projecting to your visual cortex is a lie and that you're the only living human being. Both are pretty intense. HPPD creates both of those things.

Yeah. Depersonalization is the feeling that you are not real, but that reality still exists. Derealization is the idea that reality itself is an illusion created by your mind and that you're the only person alive and that everything that your brain is projecting to your visual cortex is a lie and that you're the only living human being. Both are pretty intense. HPPD creates both of those things.

Yeah. Depersonalization is the feeling that you are not real, but that reality still exists. Derealization is the idea that reality itself is an illusion created by your mind and that you're the only person alive and that everything that your brain is projecting to your visual cortex is a lie and that you're the only living human being. Both are pretty intense. HPPD creates both of those things.

And so when I've talked to people who have the condition, it's really either or. But more than 70% of people with HPPD fall into either category. They're both coping mechanisms for the condition. I don't know what really happens. I talked to a researcher once named Dr. Abraham. He lives in upstate New York. He's the leading scientist when it comes to HPPD research.

And so when I've talked to people who have the condition, it's really either or. But more than 70% of people with HPPD fall into either category. They're both coping mechanisms for the condition. I don't know what really happens. I talked to a researcher once named Dr. Abraham. He lives in upstate New York. He's the leading scientist when it comes to HPPD research.

And so when I've talked to people who have the condition, it's really either or. But more than 70% of people with HPPD fall into either category. They're both coping mechanisms for the condition. I don't know what really happens. I talked to a researcher once named Dr. Abraham. He lives in upstate New York. He's the leading scientist when it comes to HPPD research.

He's the only one who actually seems to care about finding a cure. And the only known treatment right now is alcohol and benzodiaphines. That's not good. Right. So alcoholism, something that came into my life pretty early. Alcohol abuse as a result of that experience because that helps with the visual symptoms, makes some of the static go away. Man. Never tried benzos though.

He's the only one who actually seems to care about finding a cure. And the only known treatment right now is alcohol and benzodiaphines. That's not good. Right. So alcoholism, something that came into my life pretty early. Alcohol abuse as a result of that experience because that helps with the visual symptoms, makes some of the static go away. Man. Never tried benzos though.

He's the only one who actually seems to care about finding a cure. And the only known treatment right now is alcohol and benzodiaphines. That's not good. Right. So alcoholism, something that came into my life pretty early. Alcohol abuse as a result of that experience because that helps with the visual symptoms, makes some of the static go away. Man. Never tried benzos though.

Like the reality is not real? Yeah, I experience it all the time. But like I said, my job helps with that because I get to feel like when you seek out extremes to a certain extent and you put yourself on the front lines of intense events, whether it be politically or socially, or just dive into deep fringe subcultures, you get this feeling that you're real.