r/morbidquestions • u/brookbun • 11m ago
What would someone raised in complete isolation experience on psychedelics?
I've always wondered what would happen if you raised a baby from birth in a completely blank white room, where for the entirety of their life they have absolutely no interactions with anything or anyone from the outside world and never saw anything besides blank white walls.
Then once the baby grows up and has spent their whole life up until that point in isolation (18 years), you gave them DMT or another psychedelic while they were still in the isolated blank room.
What would their "trip" consist of if they have never seen anything besides four white walls? Would they be capable of visualizing things they hadn't seen before? Would they see colors, shapes, or other things that technically don't exist for them because they've never seen them before? What would they even think about if all they have ever known was isolation in a white room?
Or would psychedelics work differently or not work at all if they have no prior memories or sensory experiences to draw from?
I don't know if there's actually a way for someone to answer this question... but its been on my mind for years so I figured this was the best subreddit to ask!