No, no, no. We’re supposed to believe the anecdotes about the guy who thought he could fly and jumped off a bridge, or the guy who has thought he was an orange for the last 3 decades, rather than actual personal experiences.
The anecdotes of death and ruin (more often than not from people who have never even seen the stuff) are a lot more exciting than, "I tried it a few times in college, laughed my ass off. That was a long time ago. Now I have a normal, productive life, work and pay taxes."