After images
{{#ev:gfycat|https://giant.gfycat.com/PepperyMedicalAfghanhound.webm%7C400x225%7Cright%7CAfter images by StingrayZ - This image serves as an accurate portrayal of the commonly experienced psychedelic effect known as after images. There is also a significant amount of visual drifting within its background.|frame}} After images are a visual distortion that can be described as an image continuing to appear in one's vision after exposure to the original image has ceased. A common form of after images is the bright glow that seems to float in one's vision after looking into a light source for a few seconds. This effect is similar to tracers, but differs in that it does not create smooth blurs behind moving objects.
During hallucinogenic experiences, still overlayed images of moving objects are commonly left in place of where the object once was. This creates a series of overlayed images across one's visual field which become less distinct the further away they are from the moving object's current position. Another manifestation of this effect can be described as being able to see the external environment for several seconds after one closes their eyes before it gradually fades away.
After images are often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as tracers and drifting. They are most commonly induced under the influence of moderate dosages of psychedelic compounds, such as LSD, 2C-B, psilocin, and mescaline. However, they can also occur less commonly under the influence of certain stimulants such as MDMA or MDA.
Psychoactive substances
Compounds within our psychoactive substance index which may cause this effect include:
- 1B-LSD
- 1P-ETH-LAD
- 1P-LSD
- 1V-LSD
- 1cP-AL-LAD
- 1cP-LSD
- 1cP-MiPLA
- 25B-NBOH
- 25B-NBOMe
- 25C-NBOH
- 25C-NBOMe
- 25D-NBOMe
- 25E-NBOH
- 25I-NBOH
- 25I-NBOMe
- 2C-B
- 2C-B-FLY
- 2C-D
- 2C-E
- 2C-P
- 2C-T
- 2C-T-2
- 2C-T-21
- 2C-T-7
- 3C-E
- 3C-P
- 4-AcO-DET
- 4-AcO-DMT
- 4-AcO-MET
- 4-AcO-MiPT
- 4-HO-DPT
- 4-HO-DiPT
- 4-HO-EPT
- 4-HO-MET
- 4-HO-MPT
- 4-HO-MiPT
- 5-MeO-DiPT
- 5-MeO-MiPT
- AL-LAD
- Alcohol
- Allylescaline
- Amanita muscaria
- Ayahuasca
- Benzydamine
- DET
- DMT
- DOB
- DOC
- DOI
- DOM
Experience reports
Anecdotal reports which describe this effect within our experience index include:
- Experience: 15mg 2C-B (oral) - A pleasant low-dose evening with Nexus
- Experience: 200µg 1P-LSD (sublingual) + 12mg CBD - The Vortex of Empathy
- Experience:1000mg / 1200mg / 1400mg / 1600mg - heroic doses
- Experience:100ug 1P-LSD - A Fear and loathing into Bliss
- Experience:120mg - Garden of The Gods
- Experience:120µg LSD - First Bad Acid Trip, Psychosis
- Experience:300µg LSD - Togetherness and the Silent Dusk
- Experience:4-AcO-DMT + 200mg Pill
- Experience:5.3g psilocybe cubensis - Dimensional Circumstance and the Fabric of Understanding
- Experience:5g Mushrooms - Failed attempt at a Terence Mckenna style trip.
- Experience:LSD (230 ug) - An amazing adventure by vikilikepsych
- Experience:LSD (400ug, Oral) - An afternoon in "a" garden
- Experience:Mushrooms (~0.5 g) - Autonomous Voice
- Experience:Nutmeg (8 teaspoons) - My Mom Introduces Me To Genesis and Other Things
- Experience:Psilocybin Mushroom (0.16 g, Oral) - Dosage Independent Intensity
- Experience:Zopiclone hppd?
See also
- Responsible use
- Subjective effects index
- Psychedelics - Subjective effects
- Dissociatives - Subjective effects
- Deliriants - Subjective effects