Brain Bee Ideas – Psychoactive Drugs and States of Consciousness – Decolonial Neuroscience
Brain Bee Ideas – Psychoactive Drugs and States of Consciousness – Decolonial Neuroscience
Each drug will be analyzed within our conceptual framework:
Yãy hã Miy, Tensional Selves, Existential Metabolism, Damasian Mind, HQS (Human Quorum Sensing), Feelings as Stable Metabolism, and Emotions as Brief Bioevents.
And assessed according to:
* Reward System (Dopaminergic or Serotonergic)
* Impact on the Tensional Self
* Modulation of Feelings and Emotions
* Interference with the Damasian Mind
* Connection (or Disruption) with HQS
* Alteration of Existential Metabolism
1. Alcohol – Depressant, Desynchronizer of the Damasian Mind
* System: GABAergic + Dopamine (via disinhibition)
* Effect: Releases the inhibited self, reduces metacognition, reinforces masked feelings.
* Impact: Facilitates uncontrolled Yãy hã Miy simulations; may disrupt HQS regulation (excessive symbolic exposure).
* Critique: Induces false fruition and empties Existential Metabolism. The body speaks without meaning but feels momentarily "belonging."
2. Cannabis (THC) – Expander of Symbolic Interoception
* System: Endocannabinoid (CB1, CB2) + dopaminergic modulation
* Effect: Slows rhythms, amplifies symbolic thought flow and emotional body.
* Impact: Expands the Damasian Mind but may dissolve the Tensional Self—favoring fruition or meaning collapse.
* Critique: May connect with symbolic HQS (tribal solidarity) but also silence real HQS (action and care). Generates pseudo-fruition.
3. Ecstasy (MDMA) – Intense HQS Opening and Dissolution of the Moral Self
* System: Serotonin + Dopamine + Oxytocin
* Effect: Expanded love, hyperconnection, relational fruition.
* Impact: Collapse of Tensional Self boundaries—euphoria of total belonging. HQS enters fusion mode.
* Critique: May create forced episodic memories. Existential Metabolism overloads with affective deregulation risk.
4. Ayahuasca, DMT, Psilocybin – Forced Ego Deactivation and Access to Expanded Symbolic Consciousness
* System: Serotonergic agonists + Default Mode Network regulation
* Effect: Dissolution of narrative self, hyperaccess to symbolic and ancestral interoception.
* Impact: Raw access to pure (or symbolic) Damasian Mind → extreme fruition or confrontation with unprocessed content (Anergias).
* Critique: Without prior Tensional Self structure, collapse or mystical idealization may occur. Strong ritual potential if well-anchored.
5. Cocaine – Tensional Self of Hyperperformance with Burnout Risk
* System: Dopamine reuptake inhibition
* Effect: Hyperfocus, invincibility feeling, performative Tensional Self.
* Impact: HQS is manipulated as rivalry and superiority. Emotions ignored; feelings replaced by potency.
* Critique: Breaks Existential Metabolism. Artificially simulates warrior Yãy hã Miy. Generates energetic and moral debt.
Integrated Conclusion
| Substance | Impact on Tensional Self | Relation to Damasian Mind | HQS | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | Disordered release | Partially silences | Deregulates | Disguised escape from fruição |
| Cannabis | Dissolves rigidity | Expands symbolism | Connects or alienates | Pseudo-fruição |
| Ecstasy | Affective hyperconnection | Dissolves boundaries | Fully activated | Emotional exhaustion |
| Ayahuasca | Dissolves narrative Self | Expands interoception & Apus | Ancestralizes | Symbolic crisis without preparation |
| Cocaine | Hyperactive, unregulated Self | Blocks interoception | Rivalizes HQS | Existential burnout |
6. Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms) – Ego Deactivation and Symbolic Resynchronization
* System: Serotonergic agonism (5-HT2A), Default Mode Network disintegration
* Effect: Ego dissolution, sensory symbolism, expanded perception.
* Impact: May allow spontaneous Yãy hã Miy, accessing symbolic/ancestral fruition if the Tensional Self is secure.
* HQS: Symbolically stimulated—tribal, vegetal, animal.
* Risk: Without bodily/affective grounding, existential fracture or fixation on unprocessed images may occur.
7. LSD (Lysergic Acid) – Hypermodulation of Perception and Collapse of Control Narratives
* System: Serotonergic agonism + lasting visual/temporal cortex impact
* Effect: Sensory intensification, ego structure breakdown, chaotic symbolic influx.
* Impact: Damasian Mind fragments or expands; ego loses borders. May induce "being everything" (universal HQS) or belonging dissolution.
* Risk: Sustains unprocessed symbolic states—promoting mystical euphoria or mild psychosis.
8. Ketamine (and Esketamine) – Affective Anesthesia and Emotional Ego Dissociation
* System: NMDA receptor (glutamate) antagonism
* Effect: Dissociation, floating sensation, emotional pain relief, rapid depression relief.
* Impact: Temporarily suspends the suffering Tensional Self.
* HQS: Weakens active belonging; simulates a "reset" of Being.
* Risk: Dissociates pain without symbolic reintegration; favors recurrent use.
9. Benzodiazepines (Diazepam, Clonazepam, etc.) – Shutdown of Symbolic Attention and Emotional Processing
* System: GABA potentiation (inhibitory)
* Effect: Anxiety relief but reduced interoceptive vigilance.
* Impact: Silences Damasian Mind and Existential Metabolism.
* HQS: Simulates neutrality but may reinforce isolation.
* Risk: Removes the subject from ego self-construction, numbing disturbance processing.
10. Caffeine – Artificial Activator of the Performative Self
* System: Adenosine antagonism, dopamine/norepinephrine increase
* Effect: Heightened attention, control sensation, accelerated rhythm.
* Impact: Sustains productivity-oriented Tensional Selves but silences fruition and symbolic HQS.
* Risk: Induces cycles of fatigue-dissimulation of real presence.
11. Nicotine – Artificial Attentional Stabilizer with Symbolic Reinforcement
* System: Cholinergic + mild dopaminergic stimulation
* Effect: Brief mental clarity, focus, meaningful pause sensation.
* Impact: May reinforce a transitional or self-controlled ego.
* HQS: Ritualizes social gestures (group smoking) but simulates belonging.
* Risk: Creates lasting symbolic associations masking affective lack.
*Expanded Table – Neuroexistential Synthesis
| Substance | Central Effect | Impact on Tensional Self | HQS | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psilocybin | Symbolic Self dissolution | Possible deep reconfiguration | Tribal and symbolic | Loss of anchoring |
| LSD | Hypersensory experiences | Explosion of meanings | Cosmic HQS | Symbolic overload |
| Ketamine | Affective dissociation | Pause of suffering Self | Collapsed HQS | Chronic detachment |
| Benzos | Anxiety silencing | Absent or inert Self | Anesthetized HQS | Existential passivity |
| Caffeine | Productivity and focus | Hyperfunctional Self | Deregulated HQS | False sense of control |
| Nicotine | Attention stabilization | Pause and control Self | Ritualized HQS | Addictive symbolic reinforcement |
Proposal Conclusion
Each drug activates or silences the Tensional Self to varying degrees—but only critical awareness of interoception and HQS can restore Being to its true potential.
