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'''Visual disconnection''' is the experience of becoming distant and detached from one's sense of vision. At its lower levels, this leads to states such as [[acuity suppression]], [[double vision]], [[pattern recognition suppression]], and [[ | '''Visual disconnection''' is the experience of becoming distant and detached from one's sense of vision. At its lower levels, this leads to states such as [[Visual acuity suppression|visual acuity suppression]], [[double vision]], [[pattern recognition suppression]], and [[Visual processing deceleration|visual processing deceleration]]. The experience of this effect can also create a wide range of subjective changes to a person's perception of their own vision. These are described and documented in the list below: | ||
*Feeling as if one is watching the world through a screen | *Feeling as if one is watching the world through a screen | ||
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*A [[Double vision]] which, at higher levels, forces the user to close one eye if they need to read or perceive fine visual details | *A [[Double vision]] which, at higher levels, forces the user to close one eye if they need to read or perceive fine visual details | ||
Visual disconnection is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[consciousness disconnection|cognitive disconnection]] and [[physical disconnection]] in a manner which results in the sensation that one is partially or entirely detaching from both their sensory input and their cognitive faculties. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[depressant]] and [[dissociative]] compounds, such as, [[ketamine]], [[PCP]], and [[DXM]] | Visual disconnection is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[consciousness disconnection|cognitive disconnection]] and [[physical disconnection]] in a manner which results in the sensation that one is partially or entirely detaching from both their sensory input and their cognitive faculties. This effect is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[depressant]] and [[dissociative]] compounds, such as, [[ketamine]], [[PCP]], and [[DXM]], and weakly occur under high doses of [[Gabapentinoids]], such as, [[Gabapentin]] and [[Pregabalin]] | ||
At its higher levels, visual disconnection can become all-encompassing in its effects. This results in a complete perceptual disconnection from one's sense of sight which can be described as the experience of being blinded and unable to tell whether the eyes are open or closed due to a total lack of sensory input. During this state, the effect often leads one into the experience of finding themselves floating through a dark and mostly empty hallucinatory void. | At its higher levels, visual disconnection can become all-encompassing in its effects. This results in a complete perceptual disconnection from one's sense of sight which can be described as the experience of being blinded and unable to tell whether the eyes are open or closed due to a total lack of sensory input. During this state, the effect often leads one into the experience of finding themselves floating through a dark and mostly empty hallucinatory void. | ||
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====Holes, spaces and voids==== | ====Holes, spaces and voids==== | ||
[[File:K-HOLE.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''The K-Hole by [[User:Josikins|Josikins]]'' - This image serves as an artistic replication of the common and simultaneous [[dissociative]]-induced effect known as [[Visual disconnection|visual disconnection]], [[Visual disconnection#Holes.2C_spaces_and_voids|holes, spaces and voids]], and [[Visual disconnection#Structures|hallucinatory structures]].]] | [[File:K-HOLE.jpg|350px|thumb|right|''The K-Hole by [[User:Josikins|Josikins]]'' - This image serves as an artistic replication of the common and simultaneous [[dissociative]]-induced effect known as [[Visual disconnection|visual disconnection]], [[Visual disconnection#Holes.2C_spaces_and_voids|holes, spaces and voids]], and [[Visual disconnection#Structures|hallucinatory structures]].]] | ||
'''Holes, spaces and voids''' are a sub-component of visual disconnection that manifests when it has become all-encompassing in its intensity. This experience is more commonly known within the literature as the "K-hole" | '''Holes, spaces and voids''' are a sub-component of visual disconnection that manifests when it has become all-encompassing in its intensity. This experience is more commonly known within the literature as the "K-hole" and is generally discussed as something which is associated specifically with [[ketamine]] despite being present within most traditional [[dissociative|dissociatives]]. It can be described as the place a person finds themselves at once visual disconnection becomes powerful enough to leave the person incapable of receiving external sensory input. This replaces their visual input with a space that subjectively feels as if it is outside of ordinary reality. | ||
The visual appearance of this space, hole, or void can be described as a vast, mostly empty and darkened chamber which often feels and appears to be infinite in size. This space is usually dark black but can occasionally display itself with large patches of slow-moving amorphous colour clouds or subtle [[geometry|geometric patterns]] across its horizon. At its higher levels, these voids are often populated with hallucinatory structures which are comprehensively described and documented in the subsection below. | The visual appearance of this space, hole, or void can be described as a vast, mostly empty and darkened chamber which often feels and appears to be infinite in size. This space is usually dark black but can occasionally display itself with large patches of slow-moving amorphous colour clouds or subtle [[geometry|geometric patterns]] across its horizon. At its higher levels, these voids are often populated with hallucinatory structures which are comprehensively described and documented in the subsection below. | ||
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'''Structures''' are the only feature found within what would otherwise be empty and uninhabited voids. These manifest as the visual experience of monolithic 3-dimensional shapes or structures of an infinite variety and size which float above, below, around, or in front of a person as they gradually zoom, rotate, transform, or pan into focus and become unveiled before the person's line of sight at a gradual pace. | '''Structures''' are the only feature found within what would otherwise be empty and uninhabited voids. These manifest as the visual experience of monolithic 3-dimensional shapes or structures of an infinite variety and size which float above, below, around, or in front of a person as they gradually zoom, rotate, transform, or pan into focus and become unveiled before the person's line of sight at a gradual pace. | ||
These structures can take the form of any shape but | These structures can take the form of any shape but common examples include vast and giant pillars, columns, tunnels, blocks, buildings, slides, monuments, wheels, pyramids, caves, and a variety of abstract shapes. They are often fractal in shape and can manifest in a variety of colours, but usually follow darker themes and tones with an associated aesthetic that is sometimes subjectively interpreted as "alien" in nature. | ||
Structures can be broken down into the 4 basic levels of complexity and visual intensity described below: | Structures can be broken down into the 4 basic levels of complexity and visual intensity described below: | ||
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*'''Structural transformations''' - Structures can switch between each other by transforming or shapeshifting in a static and comprehensible way. This is something that usually unfolds in a gradual step by step morphing process. | *'''Structural transformations''' - Structures can switch between each other by transforming or shapeshifting in a static and comprehensible way. This is something that usually unfolds in a gradual step by step morphing process. | ||
*'''Structural panning''' - Structures can switch between each other by remaining static in their shape but merely panning out of view until they are no longer within one's field of vision. It’s from here that another structure usually comes into view from outside of one's peripheral vision within a few seconds to a couple of minutes. | *'''Structural panning''' - Structures can switch between each other by remaining static in their shape but merely panning out of view until they are no longer within one's field of vision. It’s from here that another structure usually comes into view from outside of one's peripheral vision within a few seconds to a couple of minutes. | ||
*'''Traveling over great distances''' - The third method of transitioning is experienced when the structures appear to be stationary while one is floating silently between them over what can feel like extreme physical distances. This floating is sometimes felt to occur on an invisible rail through the vast and infinite dissociative hole.</onlyinclude> | *'''Traveling over great distances''' - The third method of transitioning is experienced when the structures appear to be stationary while one is floating silently between them over what can feel like extreme physical distances. This floating is sometimes felt to occur on an invisible rail through the vast and infinite dissociative hole. </onlyinclude> | ||
===Psychoactive substances=== | ===Psychoactive substances=== | ||
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{{#ask:[[Category:Experience]][[Effect::Visual disconnection]]|format=ul|Columns=1}} | {{#ask:[[Category:Experience]][[Effect::Visual disconnection]]|format=ul|Columns=1}} | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== | ||
*[[Responsible use]] | *[[Responsible use]] | ||
*[[Subjective effects index]] | *[[Subjective effects index]] | ||
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*[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]] | *[[Psychedelics#Subjective_effects|Psychedelics - Subjective effects]] | ||
*[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]] | *[[Deliriants#Subjective_effects|Deliriants - Subjective effects]] | ||
[[Category:Sensory]] | [[Category:Sensory]] | ||
[[Category:Disconnective]] | [[Category:Disconnective]] | ||
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|Belongs to=Miscellaneous effects | |Belongs to=Miscellaneous effects | ||
}} | }} | ||