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Crystals

37 replies

uka888 · 10/09/2020 20:45

Does anyone here use crystals? I really don’t know much about them at all but have heard it mentioned a couple of times recently and it sounds intriguing!

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CloudSingsAloud · 10/09/2020 21:13

I do. Mainly sucrose and sodium chloride, very noticeable when I forget Grin

BigBlondeBimbo · 10/09/2020 21:16

Yes....meth Wink.

No, I don't use crystals and don't know much about them. I don't believe they could have any effect whatsoever, but perhaps someone can enlighten me.

CloudSingsAloud · 10/09/2020 21:20

Sodium carbonate crystals are apparently very good for cleaning a washing machine.

D4rwin · 10/09/2020 21:24

Big fan of the sodium chloride Grin

CodenameVillanelle · 10/09/2020 21:26

'Use' crystals? What would you use them for?

AriettyHomily · 10/09/2020 21:27

Are you talking like Heidi and Spencer's? No what a load of bollocks.

However there's a lot to be said for crystals in general

Callardandbowser · 10/09/2020 22:50

No, it’s a load of flim flam.

Lockheart · 10/09/2020 22:55

Love some bath crystals me.

DameHannahRelf · 10/09/2020 22:58

You could try the "are there any witches here" thread op?

OhioOhioOhio · 10/09/2020 22:58

Heidi and Spencer! What happened to them?

GlummyMcGlummerson · 10/09/2020 22:59

I knew a girl at Uni called Crystal who pissed the bed when she drank alcohol. Which was a lot. Wasn't much use for anything

MaskingForIt · 10/09/2020 23:00

I’ve got some shiny bits of rock I can sell. They’re good for what ails you.

ShinyGreenElephant · 10/09/2020 23:01

I wear an amethyst crystal to help with my anxiety. Its almost certainly a placebo effect but I feel better when I have it on and hold it in my hand when I'm stressed and it helps. It has absolutely no scientific basis obviously but I do love it

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 10/09/2020 23:03

Sodium carbonate crystals are apparently very good for cleaning a washing machine.

I just bought a big bag of soda crystals Smile. Put a load down my plug hole in my bath as when i have a bath i do go a little all out with dried roses and all kinds, and dont fancy it blocking up my pipes!

As for things like rose quartz etc, i have a rose quartz necklace. It's pretty.

I also have an Onyx head (think Easter Island statues). He's called Bob and lives on my bookcase. Occasionally he is called into action as a makeshift pestle & mortar.

CarolVordermansArse · 10/09/2020 23:22

Health wise I don't think they do much. However putting rose quartz and amethyst in a little water fountain seems to create some kind of energy, although it might just be the movement of the water. Palm stones are nice, but again, I never noticed anything other than a nice smooth stone.

I like sugar crystals on a lemon cake...

Manolin · 10/09/2020 23:31

No it’s pure escapism fantasy bollocks

nancybotwinbloom · 10/09/2020 23:46

I'm really interested in this too op

caringcarer · 10/09/2020 23:52

During lockdown D's tried to grow a crystal but nothing happened.

Ishihtzuknot · 10/09/2020 23:52

I have some on display in my house, mainly because I think they look pretty. I hope they do something but I don’t feel the powerful changes that were promised to me just yet Grin

nocoolnamesleft · 10/09/2020 23:55

I have a smokey quartz crystal ball. Because it's pretty.

ghostyslovesheets · 11/09/2020 00:05

yes I regularly shove rose quartz up my bum yo ward off farts

nancybotwinbloom · 11/09/2020 00:10

@ghostyslovesheets

yes I regularly shove rose quartz up my bum yo ward off farts
Does it work? Haha
ghostyslovesheets · 11/09/2020 00:13

of course it works - it's all that magic woo stuff Hmm

the cat does terrible farts though - normally when sat next to me

TheFormerPorpentinaScamander · 11/09/2020 00:15

I don't think I believe they have any powers, other than a placebo maybe.

But having said that I had a necklace when I was younger, a cage type thing with a crystal in. Whenever I wore it I got a migraine. I changed the crystal and it was fine after that. Confused

nancybotwinbloom · 11/09/2020 00:17

Joking aside I believe in woo stuff.

Off to shove a crystal up my DH arse Shock