Experiences - Opium daydreaming

[kant]

This is something that SWIM hasn't found being discussed in one place, so he might as well start a thread for it. What he'd like to know is to what extent do others experience the daydreaming?

SWIM has always been irritated by people who think drugs are all about hallucinations and whatnot, and especially when they talk about artists that use heroin or some other opiate and claim that ideas for their works of art come from "the drugs". By dull people who think vivid imagination is never natural and always look for some cause, so that when they find that the artist or any individual under question is an opiate user, they immediately make the bold conclusion that all their creativity is opium induced. This SWIM had always thought to be sheer arrogance, as, contrary to all the annoying bullshit about "drugs" in general, opiates are by no means hallucinogenic and the whole purpose of their use is very different from that of other drugs.

So yes, when SWIM first truly experienced what happens when, under a relatively high dose, the wish to nod takes over, he was completely blown away by the intensity of his imagination. At yet higher doses it is not only closed-eyes imagination, the whole perceived world takes a different shade, sort of a darkish, sharp character, SWIM is not sure how to describe it best. What SWIM sees with closed eyes always resembles in nature this sort of early 90s VHS look, the colours always go darker under opium, the images become a bit smudged. The opium-imagination is also sort of fierce and a bit scary, but scary in the enjoyable way, you know, like cheap horror, not overly serious. The world takes the sort of nature that you want it to take, what you find most aesthetically appealing, I think.

SWIM does not want to leave an exaggerated impression, so he wants to stress that opium daydreaming is definitely not in any way like drug-induced visions, it is very mild and very private, therefore, while the effect is certainly noticeable, it does not have a distinct specific character on its own.

What is it like for others?

[killersnowman]

swim has had some experiences when he was unable to tell if he had his eyes open or closed. his room from his bed looked the same as it did with eyes wide open only much sharper and a bit darker. he was even able to percieve movement from external sources. the only way swim was able to tell if his eyes were open was to open them. the best way swim can describe it as is seeing in the dark -- almost like in chronicles of riddick

its always an amazing experience when it happens.

[samuraigecko]

SWIM first mentioned this exact same effect in another thread. The daydreaming SWIM finds to be more pronounced when he is just between sleep and wake, letting his mind wander. He can actually enhance this effect by "thinking" of what he wants to daydream about. The daydreams can be quite vivid, almost exactly like a dream to SWIM, although he is aware and can change events more. Some would say this is kind of like "lucid dreaming" but SWIM finds it to be different.

As the TS said, it is nothing like a hallucination. It is a full body and mind dream, but one is more aware.

Peace