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I have a weird story and I want to know if anybody else has experienced something like this. I've taken MDMA a few times, it's been awesome. At 2018 Burning Man, I took MDMA and it was awesome, but the comedown was a nightmare. As it wore off I became overwhelmed with intense-

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anxiety and crazy thoughts. I thought everyone hated me even though I knew that was silly. I laid the entire night without being able to sleep because the anxiety was too strong. It was absolutely horrible. Well into the next morning, still without having slept, I finally-

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drank some water (without knowing it I'd gotten *extremely* dehydrated), and then belched MASSIVE belches. Immediately after belching the anxiety vanished and I was totally fine. I slept and got back on with my festival. That was weird. Ok but here's where it gets weirder

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Months later, on December 8th, I was drunk after a wedding and going to sleep. As I was going to sleep, I causally remembered that I was planning on doing MDMA the next day. With that thought came this massive wave of anxiety again, it took me hours to get to sleep. But this time

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it took a year before it fully went away. It was just this ever-present, acausal lump in my chest that was *always* there, couldn't be reasoned with, I had no idea what was going on. And it was always relieved whenever I belched. I started drinking fizzy water to help-

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induce belches and thus alleviate my anxiety. Nowadays I'm almost entirely back to my old levels of chronic chillness; but still, whenever some acute thing sparks even a little anxiety in me, I start belching. I don't understand why this is. Does anyone else have this??

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The "belch+anxiety" thing only started after that original bad dehydrated comedown. I think maybe it threw off some... digestive balance that regulates stress? Or something? Do I have a bacterial overgrowth that threw my chill out of whack? Why the fuck does belching fix it all?

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i have something like this. don't really know what's going on. fwiw my honest slightly wacko opinion is you picked up some nasty emotional gunk at burning man from the weird environment (and i think i did too)

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I am generally very pro "emotional things that happen affect you in weird ways" but also I am pro "maybe digestive things also affect your emotions" and I think evidence is pointing to the latter in this case.

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It could be *vagal nerve* stimulation. Nerve that runs down the body & controls the nervous system. Stress could worsen a mild hiatal hernia. When you get gas building up, it irritates the vagus nerve. Can cause skipped heartbeats or shortness of breath. Belching would relieve.

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Can stress *cause* gas buildup? Often I will get anxious from an obvious trigger and then start belching.

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This reminds me of

thing w his throat

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Cathy Reisenwitz (51/100 sketches)

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Found the link fortelabs.co/blog/groundbre it’s a good read

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Been working w many psychedelics therapudically for years & your body is trying to release some trauma. It's in your autonomic system. Your experience sounds really cool actually. Explore it. Medicine or not. There's something in there that your body is trying to work out. ☺️

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It's a purge. Some powerful plant medicines induce purging. Generally from the mouth or back end. But there are other kinds, too. Tears. Laughing. Even Yawns. Coughs. Belches. When it comes on, try to connect with what your feeling. Don't over think it, just try to feel.

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I read this a while ago, and it’s been making me think. I don’t know why, but there have been times when I’ve had anxious thoughts/feelings and an unexpected belch had the effect like popping a balloon. I wonder if it’s a sort of vagus nerve trigger

verywellhealth.com

The Role of the Vagus Nerve in the Nervous System

The vagus nerve controls many critical functions of the human body, and for this reason, medical science is seeking ways to modulate its actions.

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When I get panic attacks I will become hyper vigilant of my breath and breathing. During this I'll end up swallowing air which makes me feel overly full and stiff. Belching happens near the end of the attack. It helps release the tightness and much of the anxiety along with it.

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