Comments on: Coming Out http://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/2009/07/30/coming-out/ Psychedelic Musings from the Center of the Universe Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aaron http://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/2009/07/30/coming-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1946 Aaron Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/?p=10#comment-1946 What can I say, this was an amazing piece. You strike upon so many great points and do it all with great prose. Titling this "Coming out" and relating the experience of telling people about your use of psychedelics to coming out in general about being gay, bi, etc, was brilliant and I think it is essentially, very much the same thing. If theres one thing I have to say, is that there is always hope. I came out at 15 as gay, something that I now know would be unimaginable decades ago, or even right now in a different country. Just like the LGBT rights movement is pushing forward and making the world a better place for the LGBT, i think the next movement to push forward will be this one, the world of psychedelics. With time, just like you said, more and more people will be coming out, and I think that there is nothing but good in the future for this. :) <3 What can I say, this was an amazing piece. You strike upon so many great points and do it all with great prose. Titling this “Coming out” and relating the experience of telling people about your use of psychedelics to coming out in general about being gay, bi, etc, was brilliant and I think it is essentially, very much the same thing.

If theres one thing I have to say, is that there is always hope. I came out at 15 as gay, something that I now know would be unimaginable decades ago, or even right now in a different country. Just like the LGBT rights movement is pushing forward and making the world a better place for the LGBT, i think the next movement to push forward will be this one, the world of psychedelics. With time, just like you said, more and more people will be coming out, and I think that there is nothing but good in the future for this. :) <3

]]> By: Kobus http://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/2009/07/30/coming-out/comment-page-1/#comment-1939 Kobus Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:36:34 +0000 http://www.erowid.org/columns/teafaerie/?p=10#comment-1939 I've been thinking about coming out recently, but it's real tough under the circumstances. My mom knows thinks its a sin(that's gonna make me lose my job etc.) and has me on the prayer list , my dad who doesn't know (though I think he suspects) would call the cops to search my room and make sure they press charges. Some of the people at work know but it's really dicey. How do I put myself in a position where I could come out? I don't even know how to explain things to my mom. There should be a letter... Dear mom , I trip out on psychedelics ... this is why etc. She thinks it's just pot but it's Shrooms, Acid , 2CB and sometimes I don't even know what it is. I once smoked DMT and got into trouble, had to go to a psych ward , rehab and a well know Psychiatric Ward (Mental Asylum for the realists) . After getting out i've been struggling with finding permanent work and am working on a year contract. I literally dream about the day I can come out and live my live the way I like. I'm getting older (30) and this act is just getting tiring. I’ve been thinking about coming out recently, but it’s real tough under the circumstances. My mom knows thinks its a sin(that’s gonna make me lose my job etc.) and has me on the prayer list , my dad who doesn’t know (though I think he suspects) would call the cops to search my room and make sure they press charges. Some of the people at work know but it’s really dicey. How do I put myself in a position where I could come out? I don’t even know how to explain things to my mom. There should be a letter… Dear mom , I trip out on psychedelics … this is why etc. She thinks it’s just pot but it’s Shrooms, Acid , 2CB and sometimes I don’t even know what it is. I once smoked DMT and got into trouble, had to go to a psych ward , rehab and a well know Psychiatric Ward (Mental Asylum for the realists) . After getting out i’ve been struggling with finding permanent work and am working on a year contract. I literally dream about the day I can come out and live my live the way I like. I’m getting older (30) and this act is just getting tiring.

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