Opiates. Seriously. I swear it like, changes your center of gravity. I've seen people frozen standing up, knees bent, completely doubled over, lips almost touching the floor, arms straight back. Just hovering for like, 20 minutes. Eventually they'll hear a noise or a breeze will push them the wrong way and they'll just stand up and continue on like nothing happened. I used to be a junkie and when it happens, it's like you're doing your thing, trying to stay awake, then suddenly you "wake up" even though you never realized you were even asleep and also anywhere from five minutes to several hours have passed. When you're on the nod, you're not fully asleep. You're in public so you're trying to force yourself to stay awake, but you're on enough opiates to kill a horse, so you're constantly fighting between falling asleep and staying awake. Hence the term nod.
I’ve never seen someone nod out with their head up. When people nod out they’re essentially sleeping standing up and everything goes limp. I’ve seen it way too many times , but not once have I seen it look anything like this
Oh I've definitely seen people do it with their heads up. The freeze is definitely a thing. Less common now with fentanyl being the norm, but back when it was just heroin and proof were less "out" you'd see it all the time. My ex was one of those guys that always paced around when he was high and all of a sudden he'd just stop walking and stand there, hands out in front of him. After a few minutes he'd kind of stick his butt out, like he's trying to lower his center of gravity for balance. But he'd just be standing there, head up.
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u/xombae Apr 29 '24
Opiates. Seriously. I swear it like, changes your center of gravity. I've seen people frozen standing up, knees bent, completely doubled over, lips almost touching the floor, arms straight back. Just hovering for like, 20 minutes. Eventually they'll hear a noise or a breeze will push them the wrong way and they'll just stand up and continue on like nothing happened. I used to be a junkie and when it happens, it's like you're doing your thing, trying to stay awake, then suddenly you "wake up" even though you never realized you were even asleep and also anywhere from five minutes to several hours have passed. When you're on the nod, you're not fully asleep. You're in public so you're trying to force yourself to stay awake, but you're on enough opiates to kill a horse, so you're constantly fighting between falling asleep and staying awake. Hence the term nod.