TIL that philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once took mescaline and imagined himself attacked by sea creatures. For years afterward, he suffered from intrusive thoughts about crabs and persistently thought crabs were following him around.
https://daily.jstor.org/that-time-jean-paul-sartre-got-high-on-mescaline/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/17od0jb/til_that_philosopher_jeanpaul_sartre_once_took/
@todayilearned Well, that's one to tell your middle school kid.
@todayilearned that's funny, I always felt the crabs were on my side
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@todayilearned @edwilk @TidalFlats @12thRITS @AlterNewt @Biff52 @keithmorrisnm “intrusive thoughts about crabs" is a diagnosis I aspire to