Closed eye visuals on psychedelics

On a dose of psychedelics, your visual perception is amplified. You may see things that aren’t real in the world, but are mere figments of your imagination. This is called closed eye visuals. It often happens when you’re tripping for the first time or taking a higher dosage than usual. Closed eye visuals are common and harmless, so don’t be alarmed if you experience them on psychedelics. But why do they appear? Read more to know more about it...

What causes closed eye visuals on psychedelics?

The visual cortex is the part of the brain where your visual experience is generated. This is the area that gets activated when you look at the world with your eyes. So when you take certain psychedelics, this area gets more stimulated and produces more visual information. This is what causes the visual cortex to “explode”, literally causing your eyes to break out in an uncontrolled fashion. This is why closed eye visuals are often accompanied by “sparkles” and “fizzles”. The visual cortex isn’t used to generating this much information. This overload causes it to “crack”, causing a visual “explosion”.

Closed eye visuals and their meaning

If you experience visuals when you’re on psychedelics, you might ask what the visuals mean. Well, this is tough to explain. Your closed eye visuals are a by-product of the visual stimulation of your brain. They aren’t a “message” that the visuals are trying to “send” to you. They are just visuals. So if you’re tripping and you see a “fuzzy” image in the corner of your vision, don’t take it as a “signal” or “message”. It is just an image. You might find it interesting, but that’s it. The same applies if you see “fractals”, “sparkles”, or “rainbows”. It’s just a visual. So if you’re tripping and you see a “fuzzy” image in the corner of your vision, don’t take it as a “signal” or “message”. It is just an image. You might find it interesting, but that’s it. The same applies if you see “fractals”, “sparkles”, or “rainbows”. It’s just a visual.

Examples of closed eye visuals on psychedelics

On a high dose of LSD, you might see small shapes that are very detailed and seem “real”. They might be triangles, squares, circles, etc. But these aren’t real. They are hallucinations. On other psychedelics, you might see complex patterns that look like a “digital glitch”. These are known as “digital fractals”. You might see “fractals” on LSD, psilocybin, and ketamine.

Conclusion

Closed eye visuals are one of the many things that can happen when you take psychedelics. They’re not dangerous and they don’t mean that you’re on the wrong dose. So don’t worry. You’re just seeing the visual cortex “cracking” under the load. So if you experience closed eye visuals on psychedelics, don’t interpret them as “signals” or “messages”. They are just visuals. And that’s it.