Psychologist dissects Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'

As a retired analytically trained psychiatrist, addictionist,  the analysis of someone’s work is often more about projection of one’s own conflicts into the music, not really dealing with the artist unless of course one has done a thorough examination in the proper setting.  
Having said that, my favorite “analysis” is Hotel California by the Eagles.  But, if you have never shot up an opiate, you really are not in a position to guess.  There is a lot of great music, and some of the greatest was created while using mood altering drugs.

DSOTM has had the a$$ played out of it, even WYWH is jaded. I prefer Ummagumma these days.

@msmoto80 Out of all I have read on this forum, the wording for the reference made to participate in self abuse, as an attempt to create a synthetic state of reality, has been the most discomforting to see put into text.

The whole concept of it seems quite traumatic. 

An interesting point made was about the intentional playing with time at the intro to "Time".  How coming out of the clocks and alarms is that synthesized tick-tock where we assume the downbeat is on the higher pitched tick. Until that first chord crashes down on the lower "tock" and we have to recalibrate our sense of time. Much like the band did after losing Barrett. 

@pindac 

interesting phrasing. I don't know if you're referring to getting high or masturbating. I guess it depends which moral framework you're coming from.