For what it's worth, DXM is very different depending on the person. And also remember that something like LSD could 'fuck you up'. But I can write better on DXM, play soccer better, socialize better, etc. If the dose is not too high of course, otherwise it lends itself to spiritual things or it would just fuck me up, it's a matter of being focused and present. Psychedelics are more right-hand-path drugs because they heavily dictate a "trip" that you'd do best just to go with the flow of it. Disassociatives are more left-hand-path drugs, and particularly DXM, as you have so much choice in the process, it really opens up your awareness perspective, and the difference between choosing to wander off in indulgent fantasy or become present and mindful is vast and profound. Disassociatives teach you more about yourself like this, in terms of your actual 'component parts', how your conscious control agency is seated in your body, how your will and intend come into play, what freedom of will means, what is desire and how does it flow along the spine, etc. Right hand path drugs operate more on an external level, philosophical, if you will. You can have great philosophical realization on DXM too, but you would have to choose to go that route. I'm not saying left or right is better, on the right you also learn about accepting more positive emotions, *finding* your way as opposed to learning how to *create* yourself. It's much easier to abuse something like DXM.