I'm not interested in Drugs. 

sober: RTX off LSD: RTX on

Hi not interested in drugs, I'm dad

I'm a former drug addict and a realization on LSD got me clean.

It's interesting, I've watched your channel for years barry and loved every second of it, you've changed and grown in a way that I don't see in many other content creators and I really admire that about you. This recent delve into psychedelic based videos has had an interesting effect on my view of you, your older videos made me look up to you in a celebrity-like way like I did with many other creators but recently, due to your expression of the way you truly think, I look at you as more of an equal, a human, someone real, with depth and experience that I never got from any other content creators. Now I may be the most straight edge guy around but I find it really intriguing listening to you talking about something that I could never see myself doing. So thank you Barry, thank you for opening my mind

there's a golden rule for staying safe with drugs. no powders, no pills

"I'm not interested in Drugs." Press X to doubt

"I'm not interested in drugs" Me: *looks at videos* sure lol

First time seeing you in a while

Sad fact: people who lose loved ones have a tenancy to be depressed, or to do drugs, or to turn into alcoholics. And another thing, they also have a tenancy to be cold and not be lovable. It's very sad and this always scare me.

"The Moment Barry took the Hallucinogen of knowledge he sealed his fate, Entrusting his fate to the the shrooms he clings onto a dim hope. Yes, The drugs are the means by which all is revealed" - Dumb Persona 3 reference

Barry upload this isn’t a drill

high key the period in my life when i watched your videos about consoles vs pcs like they were serious political topics feels like a fever dream

Honestly, I like hearing you out, It's great to hear a creator actually replying to their subscribers or viewers more than once in their life. I like when you make videos like this, We have a similar Mindset, at least I think, I like to learn more things, I don't like to limit my mind. Thank You!

*13 shots and 5 smokes is enough to kill the average adult* Holy shit, how am I not a corpse?

"I'm not interested in Drugs" or "How BulletBarry Learned to Stop Worrying and Access the 4th Dimension."

You really opened my eyes about drugs. You finally convinced me about how harmless weed is, and it's completely replaced alcohol for me

Just a note its not a fact that dmt is produced during sleep it has been theorized but not proven, however it is found in the human body

When barry atarted to do the drug videos i started to get disconected from the chanel. I didnt know why seeing as im open to drugs, after seeing this video i have realised its not the drugs, i liked the debunking videos, honestly id love psychedelic peasant quotes.

I *really* hope these videos aren't getting demonetized; they're so great. Your first video on mushrooms acquainted me with the subject. Before that, I had thought what everyone is told about them: they fry your brain, they destroy lives, etc. I never thought anything of it before then. Since that video though I've done a lot more research. If they weren't illegal and if I wasn't on antidepressants (there's some evidence that they interact apparently), I'd definitely be open to trying them. Anyway, great video. Thanks! :D

I started watching this channel a few months ago and I absolutely love these commentary videos that you do. I agree with a lot of things you say and this channel has definitely had an impact on my worldview and general philosophy of life. Keep up the good videos man! :)

Could you maybe start linking to some sources in the future about some of the statistics you mention? Love your content keep up the good work

watching these videos is like talking to an old friend. i haven't been doing too well recently but this definitely helps keep me grounded

Hi! ive been a fan of you for a very long time now. hell i even made a fan game back in the day as my first experiment with coding. but ive come to see a change in your content that ruined the spark for me recently and i know you know theres something that changed too. before i get into it i just want to talk about how much this channel and your content has done for me. i was lucky enough to find you in my formative years (11-15ish is when i frequented your content) and i have been nothing but blessed to be able to have you as my entertainment at that age. you helped me grow in ways im certain i never wouldve otherwise, you helped me out of a depression i was facing due to some private life shit, you are the reason ive come to be so open about my life, youre the reason im able to look back at my life from a whole new perspective... you changed my life in so many ways without even knowing you were doing anything at all and it was all purely down to the way you were. the way you acted with people even actively showing malice towards you with nothing but kindness and a willing to learn off one another, the way you always treated even the nastiest of people with respect and the way you were able to show points for a side that was near nonsensicl the reason both i and others enjoyed your content was because of just how nice of a person you were. you werent like other channels in a similar vein to you such as rags and jim sterling because you were the kind of person that even if you entirely disagree with you could still respect and admire both as a person and as an intellectual... im sorry if this sounds rude but i feel as though thats the thing youve lost in your more recent days and ik its selfish to think of it from my perspective but its honestly upsetting to know that. i think one thing youll notice if you swap between your old and recent videos is just how tolerant you were of even the most ill informed people. i dont know what happened that caused this change and im not trying to judge you for it. hell you probably wont even see this so this is more to put my feelings into words and get it off my chest... honestly it just saddens me to know that the person i idealised and aspired to be like was tampered and brought down over time by the world. regardless i will forever be grateful to you for all that your videos have done for me... words cannot accurately describe how glad i am that i could have your influence in my life and that i could be shown so much about who i wanted to be at such a young age. so one last time i just want to say... thank you - your biggest fan

The main reason any kind of drugs put me off, is just because i have so many family members who have died and suffered because of them.

It's good to see someone with an open mindset when it comes to psychedelic substances. I've really enjoyed listening to a lot of your videos on psychedelics and you come across really eloquently. Real in-depth stuff, hopefully in the future people will become a little more accepting of psychedelics. Keep making quality content, we appreciate it!

psychedelic peasant quotes would be a good one lmao

*wary it really kills my crewmate when people say that.

ik you said that you were originally worried about sharing this topic with us but im really glad you did, in fact im actually hoping you'll make more in future as theres not a whole lot of youtubers doing these kinds of videos. if your considering making more of these videos however, talking about drugs can get repetitive for some so they dont have to be the center point. topics like consciousness or the nature of being are pretty interesting subjects that offer the same level of thinking.

I'm at 5:13 right now and I had the same kind of deal, I just started thinking that maybe one day I'll have to go to one of my sibling's funerals, and I sat there, appalled at the thought, and I could see the funeral and my lifeless siblings and I did nothing but cry after that, until I fell asleep, and I woke up and hugged all of them, they're too precious for me to lose.

I smoked for 8 years, and quit cold turkey, hardest thing I've ever done. I drank heavily for 6 years and I couldn't stay sober until I tried psycodelics. I've been 100% sober for 2 years. It was much easier than quitting smoking. It worked for me but your mileage may vary.

I really like your way of producing videos, Barry. In the past, I'd watch you just to hear your thoughts. Now, I'm watching your videos as though you're a fellow friend of mine that I've sat down with over a cup of coffee at the dining table. Keep sharing your thoughts! The more we may learn from each other, the better!

I really love these vids and now I have a real appreciation for having the privilage to hear about your experiences. I never really thought of how limited our time here really is and I'm really glad I was able to be a part of the time that you made these videos and told us about your own personal experiences and opinions

So I would like to try these things but was always scared me is “acid casualties” like Syd Barrett(look him up). What you do think happened in his case?

This video was a very positive surprise to me as during the past couple of weeks I've been getting back on track with my personal journey of self-exploration/growth that was unfortunately cut short by real life getting in the way a couple of years back. I vividly remember the moment when I was standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette while having all of these different realizations about my childhood etc and I told myself "I don't have time for this now, I need to stay strong and keep moving, I can get back to these thoughts once this is all over". A couple of weeks back boredom lead to me lying on the couch blindfolded thinking through things which lead to me remembering everything about where I was at and what my intentions were before shit hit the fan. For the first time in years I felt as though I had made actual progress in my life, I had grown stagnant with no idea of how I could realistically improve my situation without sacrificing what little sanity I had left, I've since learned a great deal about myself and have even made solid plans for what I should do with my life in both the short and long terms (just kinda having to wait out the whole global pandemic situation though), turns out that it only takes an hour or two of focused thought once you actually know and understand yourself. Many claim that a piece of paper will have you believing yourself to be orange juice for the rest of your life which you will shortly end via violent means, others make extraordinary claims about aliens and telepathic communications, some of these claims make sense and al ot of them don't, but one thing is clear: psychedelics are an incredibly useful tool for personal growth and no-one should be discouraged from using them IF they're ready for it mentally and don't have reason to suspect themselves to have underlying mental illness. I'm glad to hear someone is on the same page with me and has been willing to do their research as anyone should in general regardless of the subject (seriously though DO YOUR FUCKING RESEARCH if you're going to be taking psychedelics). Keep it up man! Ps. I'm sorry if this comment is messy, it's 5am for me and I can't be bothered to proofread anymore.

I don't mean to nitpick but when you speak from a position of authority and intellectual superiority, you shuold verify your statements. At 4:03 you state that DMT is released in REM sleep. This hypothesis was first conceived by Rick Strassman but he has never implied that this is guarenteed truth. It has never been proven that DMT exists in human brains or releases at any point. The endogenous DMT that has been proven to exist in our bodies has not been shown to exist in large enough quantities to induce psychedelic experiences. (This next thing is an easy mistake to make so you may have mispoke but it is worth mentioning imo) Shortly after you state that the chemical name for psilocin is 4-HO-N,N-DMT but no such chemical exists. Psilocin's chemical name is 4-HO-DMT without the "N,N" (Which only applies to regular DMT).

Hey Barry, I'm completely new to your channel and I didn't know why this video got recommended to me at first, but I clicked on it with very low expectations and ended up being very happy to find a gaming RU-vidr who's very aware of some incredible things about psychedelics. The hardest drug I've ever really done was laced weed and I can't remember what it was exactly laced with, but marijuana in general played a very strong role in me "awakening" to my eventual spiritual beliefs and habits. I put that word in quotation marks because I think the natural state of a human actually is to have their own spiritual habits and beliefs, be self governing and to test the levels and limits of their own consciousness, utilizing all that they learn with these tests to their own benefit. This is something that a lot of people might laugh at or not agree with, and put off as new age woo woo, but different people will open their eyes when their own time comes. I won't force anybody to adopt these beliefs cause these are my own, just as their beliefs are theirs, but I truly believe these things are necessary to live most optimally as a human being. I say this through enough experience within myself. Every perspective is just a suggestion that you can either take or discard anyway, and it's all within your own choice. I don't do any psychedelic substances any more, but with my practices, I can achieve natural highs and be in a feel good state all the time. I can do a lot more stuff with how I focus my mind, but those will seem too strange or unbelievable for most here so I won't say them. I see a future where these things can be openly spoken about though. Something in me is telling me that future is coming soon. It is absolutely your own choice and right to experiment with the substances that have more esoteric and spiritual associations, and it is absolutely amazing that you're speaking on these experiences and what you've seen and learned. Please keep doing so, this is your channel and from just this video, you're above the rest of the folks who do similar videos. I think it is the right of everyone to be able to speak about these weirder subjects without being shamed by those who are more stubborn in their scientific viewpoints, or for those whose entire library of knowledge has only been accumulated from mainstream sources. Cheers. And by the way, loving the Crysis 3 footage. You just reminded me to install the game again for another run.

Damn, hearing Barry describe what it was like to take psychedelics made me feel like I was on a trip.

First video ive seen of you, i really loved it. Bummer you don't want to talk about these things more BUT i understand why. Really interesting video! Good job :)

“I’m bored by that personality.” I felt that.

Thank you too!! Love the visuals and the conversations.

I can't believe I almost didn't click this video man, amazing job! You're extremely literate and somehow know how to explain everything perfectly. Keep up the good shit! Logic is always king.

never in my entire life have i been so tempted to try psychodelics

My new favorite video you have ever made! Thank you for not letting anyone stop you from sharing.

i admire you Barry, i really do, I've been watching since the first peasant quotes and your outlook on life and how its evolved has actually helped me in more ways ways than i realized

spoke to you a couple months back in a private call about our psychedelic adventures. was great to talk with you back then and i’ve been hoping you’ve been doing good recently.

the fact that some people will never have an acid trip is deeply sad as it is almost as important as the mental journey from adolescence to adulthood. You can never truly understand the world in the same way someone who has done acid the right way can. Not to say doing it will enlighten you automatically but over the course of a few targeted trips you will understand the world, philosophy, yourself, the meaning of life, your own insecurities, your own mental missteps, and a million other things so much better and comprehensibly than before. Just as you cannot explain the sensation of sight to a blind man you can't explain the mental conversion a trip takes you through. It turns off the part of your brain which controls your base mode, the default setting your brain has learned to assume throughout your life because of experiences and learning is turned off and your perception is turned up exponentially depending on how much you take. There is suddenly a barrier which your mind has grown calloused to that stimulus penetrates with ease, the difference between a good towel and a bad one sucking up a spill, your mind soaks all of the stimulus up and and it can get bottle necked as you try to process it. the feeling of terror and excitement as you come up is your brain desperately trying to adjust to the callosal wave of increased stimulation, but as you level out mentally, if you're capable, you achieve a new foothold in thought. The speed and clarity with which your mind works is unmatched to any other experience in life. One of the most interesting insights is that it's a very similar feeling to childhood, the patterns that emerge come from this heightened stimulation and the appearance and focus on the usually subconscious process of understanding what you're seeing. What happens to people where they get lost in a fantasy world or go into psychosis is because they're mind is weak or unprepared, the bottlenecking is too much for them and it breaks their mind which is why I assume some people see god or start believing mumbo jumbo. They might even have the right idea but its flawed by mysticism picked up because they couldn't handle the juice in their mind. Acid is a very neutral drug, it boosts your mind, removes barriers and as a result tunes you into a whole other realm of perception and analysis. The most important thing is start small and stay focused on reality checks. "Do I sound like a crazy person? If so why?" Run every realization through analytical rigor and don't accept realizations that you can't assure. The most important thing with acid is don't be stupid. Don't take shortcuts on planning, only trip with people you know and trust deeply, don't start with a large dose, stay focused on the fact that you are still in reality and losing control under the torrent of feeling will happen but is temporary, Surrender to the feeling don't fight it but once you're going with your mind not trying to understand or challenge you will eventually reach a point where you can apply logic, inching your way from being overwhelmed to a passionate exploration of ideas.

What an interesting video. Those psychedelic (is that how you spell it?) experiences you've talked about seem very intriguing though I'm not sure whether or not I would try them out, maybe I should at one point in my life. Only time will tell I guess.

If you gonna try to get this stuff be over 25. Because that’s what human brain development stops

I've always looked up to you and I've been subscribed for years. You're not even much older than me but it definitely feels like you are

Your "trip" description kind of reminded me of the time I was so sleep deprived I started hallucinating. I had played a game when I started hallunicating and in my hallucination I kept playing the game, but I did completely different stuff from what I actually did and every once in a while I'd sort of "snap back to reality" and saw myself doing something completely different from what I had seen. I mean definitely not the same thing but it just reminded me of the situation.

6:38 alcohol LD50 is 13 shots of 40%. Thank God the first time I got wasted was only 12.5 shots :D:DDDDDDD

Hi Barry. I know you don't really talk about tech anymore but I was wondering what you think of the new consoles and new RTX cards. Also please write a book, I am always interesting in your story and I would like to see everything you think and how you have changed over time. I hope that you are open to an idea like this and it is not to much to ask.

Hey Barry, I've recently become really interested in PC gaming. I've played Xbox all my life but I think now would be the best time to switch to PC given the fact that more and more Xbox exclusives are becoming available there. I've currently got a really outdated Lenovo PC that can't be upgraded so I'm going to have to make a build from scratch. I just want to ask you if it is going to be possible to build a pc that can compete against the Xbox series X for a little cheaper. I know you don't really do tech stuff anymore but I've tried doing research on this and I can't find any clear answers. Either way I really enjoy these discussion videos, they feel like they fly by, and would love to see you make more in the future.

Very interesting, ive never tried any kind of a drug, mostly due to me not wanting to bother getting some to try. What you said about it opening your mind, i now wonder how my brain works because i can imagine anything at any time, i dont have this limit, or atleast i think i dont, i have no problem imagining any good or bad scenario, as in my family dying etc. I also now wonder how i would be affected by these drugs due to me already having very open thoughts, i mean i legit cant find anything that i dont want to think about. I wonder if you found some researches on the topic of these drugs opening your mind/way of thinking?

Man Barry idc what you talk about because I watched your channel because I like you personality and I like your view on things and I’ve tried to look at things more openly then I used to and sure your the reason I love computers and are interested by them but I’ll still always watch your channel

This was honestly a really interesting video, and I liked hearing you talk about this topic. I know you're gonna get hate from some people because they don't agree with your views or they don't like how you don't talk about tech all the time. But I knew your channel was more than just technology, like you said this channel was for you to speak your mind on various topics and that's what I like about it. Your videos opened my eyes to PC gaming and helped me be more open minded, I've watched your videos for a few years and seeing this Barry is really interesting.

The BulletBarry character arc is the most enjoyable thing to ever grace youtube

Barry are you going to do a video on the 3000 series cards?

Wow. I had this exact same sort of existential expereience very recently. Whos to say what you see is real? Perceived reality can be extremely different from person to person. This has had me thinking so much and you just put it into words. Thanks, Barry.

I am fine with whatever you would like to post on your Channel. I enjoy you as the person you are Barry, all I want is to see you gain subscribers and make enough views to sustain your message. I am happy to see you posting.

Even though I'm not interested in psychedelics, it was nice hearing your down-to-earth opinion about the topic. Based on your pervious video I jumped to the wrong conclusion and I have to admit that I was wrong. Glad to see you back!

I don't really have much experience with psychs. I've done shrooms once, made me feel like I was dying, and melting when what was really happening was I was falling asleep so I feel like my one experience was kind of wasted. However, your depiction sounds really similar to when I used to have problems with sleep paralysis. For a year or so, I would very often fall into sleep paralysis and start hallucinating as a result. At first, it was all of the scary stuff you hear about. Demons, creatures, nightmares, but after a while, it started getting really comforting. Sometimes it would be my bf at the time cuddling me and telling me that this is going to be okay. Sometimes, just hearing monologs of people in my past. other time is was completely random like anime characters or if I fell asleep watching say a podcast. people in that podcast sitting in my room. It got kinda chill. Obviously, I know these are different experiences completely, but it's pretty interesting to hear about what sounds like that, but being completely lucid.

Oh shit I was just thinking about this channel and got recommended this video after like 3 years of not watching your content. Missed this channel.

Can you believe I fucking cried when you said that you turned off empathy at a very young age, I had never thought about it but it's very likely that something happened to me that I don't remember and I have been doing that as a defense mechanism ever since. Great vid man, you earned a sub, plus you explained this stuff very accurately.

Omg I found you again!! I used to watch you when I was 12 4 years ago and i was thinking about you recently but I couldn't find your name anywhere!

While I don't think I'll ever try them it is interesting to hear from someone with actual knowledge, you really change my perspectives with your videos and I appreciate it, and please keep it up. Also, how are cigarettes legal and mushrooms not?

It’s hilarious how many people say they have an open mind and are closed minded to so much

My most profound trip is when I hippie flipped. I quite literally was gossiping about myself with another thing (like an alien or something) as if I was out if my body and was just looking at me as another person. I saw a building or something being built right in front of me with shapes, I don’t know how to describe it, but just imagine lego kaleidoscopes assembling. The trip was just so insane, only way to imagine how insane it is, is just to straight up imagine shrooms and lsd mixed together, cause that is what it is. It was short like a shrooms trip, but like 10x more intense than an acid trip.

Speaking of addiction, I have one. Not chemical, but mental. I'm talking addicted to your own imagination. Curious? Well here's how I think it works for me: I have symptoms of Maladaptive Daydreaming. I had very vivid thought since childhood, which lead to it's current form for me, a show reel of some of the most expressive thoughts I could even create. I'm talking 2D and 3D animations, live action dramas and action, imagined gameplay from any genre, all of which are simply mediums to present on-going storylines from a man who was warp away from his lost world which later formed a group of multiversal wanderers. It sounds insane, but that is only a brief summary of the stuff created. It feels wrong to continuously feed into it when just siting still on the couch, cause when pure boredom sets in it feels like a sweet bliss. Total silence in the mind, other than you and your memories of who you are amd what to do next.

Your experiences with drugs are intriguing, but I honestly wouldn't try any of these drugs myself. I tried weed and that was far too much for me. I'm glad I tried it, and I'm glad that you can try some much more intense substances, but I think I'll be fine without any form of drugs in my life. Thank you for sharing your stories.

*sees title* Barry's gone crazy AGAIN?

First hand experience treating autism with marijuana. I don't see myself letting go of it anytime soon (soon being the next year or so). Maybe I'll consider LSD one day if it's a comfortable environment, I do have a good source of info from someone who's taken it multiple times and they are quite intelligent. But don't worry Barry, I keep an open mind on these things. I do first hand research. Over the past year and a half, I feel it's (marijuana) helped accelerate my extroverted and social nature, matured, and it's continuing to do so as of writing. It temporarily melts the barriers so I can function but without making it a permanent, uncomfortable change in my life that I'll grow to resent. It's not being forced on me. It was more like a wide open gate that I was free to step in or out of anytime. And I liked what I saw, what I heard, what I felt. I feel like I have more empathetic capabilities now. Yet all the same I've been made to understand my limits and that responsibility is key to accessing these areas of...the mind. That quote at the end was beautiful, by the way. Someone we can admire in modern times and I'm sure, in times yet to come.

I dropped a couch on my toe and they gave me laughing gas while they stitched it up. I was just screaming from the pain but then everything went numb and tired and I started laughing uncontrollably. It was the most humiliating thing I've ever experienced. It was in front of my parents, but there's was nothing i could do because the doctors gave it to me. I never want to experience that lack of control again. I'm already dependent on food and clothes, why add caffeine or alcohol or worse cocaine heroin and the other bad shit.

RU-vid algorithm brought me to you and I will gladly learn everything you're willing to teach

4:20 Anything similar to lucid dreaming

Soooo where can I get these psychedelics?

This is one of the biggest untalked changes in society. There is a large and growing number of people interested in drugs. Honestly, I feel you bro, I am literally in that psychopathic state. Best video on this topic by far.

Hello Barry. I used to watch you way back when. At the time I felt the direction you were taking wasn't quite for me so I decided to move on. But today outta' curiosity I searched you up to see how you were doing and thought I'd drop in with my two pence. A long time ago a friend o' mine was really into Lucid Dreaming and advised I gave it a try 'cause of it's potentially positive effects on my mind, and I gave the same reasoning as I'm about to as for why recreational substances aren't for me. I think I'm scared of my own subconsciousness and what I may have to tackle head-on without a way to pull myself out easily. Perhaps I'm not in a healthy enough mental state to explore it's depths without coming out much worse for wear? This video's made me think about that, and I thank you for it. 'Hope there was something interesting in what I had to say.

Hey Barry. I have a question, but it’s a bit off topic. You say you are open minded, but how, exactly? Are you open to the idea that any form of beliefs can be true? If so, does that openness include belief systems that are mutually exclusive with all others? Basically, do objective truths and untruths exist (even if you haven’t found them yet), or is absolutely everything up for interpretation? Sorry if my questions were confusing; I like to think about stuff like this, but when I do it feels like trying to read a book with a dim light source.

Here is my opinion and my reasonings. Never will I ever take anything drug related, nothing that's even prescribed until I start to have heart failure. The only "drug" I will take is Ibuprofen. Caffeine makes me sleepy due to my ADHD so I drink a caffeinated drink once every month before bed, and it's not even that much. Caffeine can be dangerous, but not dangerous enough to kill you in the amount I drink it. I'm not interested in Weed. So many people have tried to get me to smoke it, uh, no I'm not going to. One thing I do know which it CAN be harmful, but only in one way, is, the hairs in your nose, can be burned off. But, I don't know how a blunt could possibly burn them personally, so, I wouldn't call that a danger. I've heard rumors about it being able to cause, fuck what's the word, Psychosis, such as, Schizophrenia. I also doubt this to be true, and haven't researched further into it YET but do plan to eventually to possibly end or confirm a rumor. Will never take a psychedelic. I have a very fragile mind set. I love too much, and get hurt by the smallest things. I have Schizophrenia, Autism, Acute Stress Disorder, child hood trauma to where if I hear a door open I'll get scared the fuck out of and have anxiety for the rest of the day, I have severe anxiety, ADHD, Multiple personality disorder (its name was changed recently but I don't give a shit) I have about 37 ish different people inside me and they're all entirely different people and I have a struggle for control. All of this combined together leads me to not want to risk ANYTHING. I'm too fragile and too easy to hurt, if I took, say, Shrooms, there could be a possibility that I come across something which will completely mess with me and cause me to rapidly change personality which often leads to a complete mental breakdown which leads to me being extremely aggressive towards other people and just a danger to myself and others around me. Yeah, not too safe. I'm not taking that risk. Cocaine, Heroine, etc. Obvious why I never want to take any. Prescriptions. I have a fond memory of how they have fucked me over. First Prescription I got was Adderal for my ADHD. For the 2 weeks I was taking it, I was malnourished and starving, and had zero motivation to eat. I had to stop taking it so I could start regaining nutrients and not get hurt. It also sped up my heart rate 2x, 150 bpm. After taking this medicine, my average heart rate for a year was 118, and was the stepping stone for the immense amount of anxiety I eventually started to develop from small things. Next medication was, unknown, about the negatives to the doctor. They still prescribed me. I started to gain weight. Dropped it within a week. I'm not going to fuck up my mental health more than it already is with having to worry about me being self conscious, I was raised with the mentality "Looks are everything." Truth is, I can barely function as a human being. My personality is multiple different people taped together and reinforced with Elmers Glue, and can be broken by the smallest things. When I can't suppress the voices, I go insane and start to snap at people, and have constant thoughts of giving up or hurting other people. And I mean constant. I'm a danger to society and can't risk taking drugs that might worsen it. I just can't. I've already hurt too many people, and I need to stay stable if I want to be with my girlfriend for the rest of my life. So, my opinion on these drugs? They can help some people. But also have the potential to ruin another's life. Everyone reacts to them differently, and mine just so happens to react negatively to them in the most terrifying way to me. I don't mind dying, but when it hurts other people, that's when it crosses the line. Stay responsible out there people. At least one person will always love you.

After the last video I thought there wouldn't be more Barry for a while, so this was a very pleasant surprise!

Can u link the studies you find to make it esaur for me and others to see the study and start our research

Couldnt have said it better myself, I personally don't know anyone who is worse off from their psychedelic journey. Its a mad one for sure

these videos are always so insightful

Many of the statements made regarding drugs are wrong so I appreciate you clearing up some misconceptions. I would however add that there are many valid reasons not to do psychedelics that don’t stem from an ignorant viewpoint. A few years back I have gotten close to losing my grip on reality (without ever doing any drugs). I now know and understand what got me to that point and I will in future recognize the signs if I‘m ever going down that path again. Yet I am still very careful and would never do drugs for that reason alone. I‘m not claiming this applies to anyone but me. Quite to the contrary I would encourage people to realize that individual experiences don’t necessarily translate between people and just because someone might not have an issue with doing a certain drug doesn’t mean you won’t either. On a lighter note: I don’t know why I didn’t watch any video from you in such a long time, it’s good to be back.

I get really bad anxiety from haulicingens and never have visuals. I don't flip out or anything, but I don't enjoy, psychoactives personally. I don't get extra existential experiences or anything different, but I feel really overwhelmed with social pressure. That being said, I don't think others that do enjoy them are doing anything wrong, everyone enjoys different things.

I have a question, where do you go to do the research on these drugs? I'm just curious in case I want to do some research myself

Barry your life storys always make me rethink things I really appreciate your story telling ability I always hear you all the way though

Seeing this old format brings back loads of nostalgia

The message at the end of the video and how our exploration can lead to steps in our evolution is something like and agree on. Still I've tried a couple drugs as a teenager and really don't like the feeling. To much to deal with. Not for me.

The way you describe a shroom trip makes me think of how we cannot percieve the fourth dimension aswell as time

Hey man, i just want to say that i really appreciate you spreading the word on psychedelics and its potential benefits, knowing that you will get some hate for it. Its just the world we live in today barry. Keep up the good work, and i reccomend you check out Carl Gustav Jungs work on the mind. Hes got a lot of good books that im 100% sure you will like. edit: and i have to add, i hope you already know this, but there IS people here that genuinely are interested in this, although they might be the quiet minority. Im one of them. Comments may be filled with people of opposite stances on this subject, but the like-dislike ratio is more important. 365 people have listened to this and gave it a like at the time im seeing this, and i got to say, it puts a smile on my face. Spread the word Barry!

Took psychedelics im still really open about how i think they arent that dangerous HOWEVER im apparently one of those people who cant do any psychoactive drugs. I learnt it the hard way when i was in one moment tripping and the next strapped down in a hospital bed 3h later after a violent case of psychosis which im still trying to remember. Be really fucking careful if you do drugs. This was my 5th time tripping and nothing close to this had happened before

I haven't watched your videos in years and as an experienced psychonought I'm pleasantly surprised to see you exploring psychedelics

Is it really true that the brain produces DMT when you dream? I know it’s been found that rats produce it in their pineal glands and that it has been found endogenously in the human body but I’m not sure about the dream thing. I’m really curious about this.

So, Barry overall you would recommend Lsd?

Barry do you think there are other avenues you can take without ingesting drugs to get these experiences? I have an issue with letting myself be vulnerable with anyone it takes a lot of mental energy for me to vocalize how i feel about something or to translate my expressive thoughts from my default robotic voice. I have had some trauma from my childhood due to a massive head injury and surgery. I think that might be the cause of it. Do you think anything like meditation or supplementswould work in solving these problems? I'm asking you cause i know you've done extensive research on these subjects.

That feeling of everything looking super crisp and that sense of some sort of joy and super awareness (or whatever), I had it once 5 or 10 minutes after I woke up of a faint.

I'm just glad I'm content with my own normal reality. I'm happy, I don't need or want to try anything other than coffee or panadol. Though it seems it's becoming less and less common for people to say they're happy like I am. Saying all that, I still believe legalizing weed would be a good thing for the majority of us.

I was wrong. This video managed to do what they used to for me, and amaze me with the amount of research done, and caution taken behind the scenes. Although you probably didn't see my comment on the last video, I should've known that your values and audience hasn't changed a whole lot, because many people actually read it. No other community reads my infrequent, long and somewhat regrettable comments like those, but your audience was open minded enough to. I think this video showed that I hadn't done the research, and I was foolish to assume I knew better. Telling the story of how it gave you back empathy and love was really powerful, and above all else made me realise that maybe some of this stuff isn't so bad. I always knew there were people saying good things about some of these drugs, but nobody can put it as well as you have. I always assumed it had some lasting impacts on your brain, and that it was a thing of "Oh I saw aliens, and it looked pretty real, therefore there are aliens" but obviously that was coming from a guy from the outside.