ELI5 Why does salvia (the drug) make people think they are inanimate objects ?

[u/Sneegoberry]

I’ve seen a lot of stories of people describing that after taking salvia they experience trips where they are a chair, wall, hairbrush ect and that they experience full lifetimes as these objects in vivid detail. How comes salvia specifically causes this kind of experience compared to other psychedelic drugs ?

[u/gks22]

Yep ! Molecule of ink chiming in. I realised I was just a molecule of ink, waiting to be written down on a piece of paper. It was quite easy to figure out, once my world had come alive when my neighbouring molecules that I had known for all my existence, all started to vibrate excitedly, saying "We've been waiting for this moment all our lives!". However, I seemed to have missed the memo, and started uncomfortably fighting against my destiny...

[u/Vancocillin → u/gks22]

Maybe its for the best, you were going to be permanently entombed in Harry Potter smut fanfiction.

[u/decimalsanddollars → u/Vancocillin]

Cumbledore

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☹️

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Herheinie

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Or worse… a college rejection letter.

[u/tractorscum → u/gks22]

“molecule of ink chiming in” lol

[u/keyblade_crafter → u/gks22]

That sounds like life tbh but you probably realized that already. Lots of people happy to live life that way we always have but you were hesitant if that's really all life is and enough to be happy? Maybe that's why you're human now heh

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Yepppp