Is there a good way to change course during a bad trip? I’ve done LSD once and mushrooms three times.
LSD trip was bad because I was dealing with anxieties I thought I’d processed. Not in the “walls are melting and the KoolaAid man wants to eat my brain” way, but just recursive thought patterns around the source of the anxieties. In this case, my narcissist parents. Was around friends I trusted and in a beautiful environment (sand dunes on Lake Michigan) but outside of the giggly come-up and some color trails around stuff couldn’t focus on anything else. If anything it made me realize I needed to put a bigger focus on my mental health and cut myself off from my parents.
First time with mushrooms was the most feel-good I’d been in a long time and that feeling lasted for months afterward. Second I was solo at home, watching Into the Spiderverse and playing video games. It ruled. Popped on the first Ghostbusters and couldn’t make it past the opening scene in the library basement. My then-gf came over after that and everything was pretty chill.
Third time with mushrooms was my first time listening to music on psychedelics, and tripping with my then-GF. Didn’t realize how much that would affect things. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles came on and it made the vibe so heavy and scary, especially that recursive guitar riff at the end. I was in the kitchen making a cheese and sausage plate and she goes “don’t murder me.” I’ve gotta say, I’m not a violent person at all but her intrusive thought while I was holding a knife scared the shit out of me and really affected the trip. We skipped to the next song (“Here Comes the Sun” felt like it was next up for a reason) put on upbeat poppy music and watched Arrested Development. Was awesome after that. But the intrusive thought was still lingering there.
Tl;dr I suppose is, how can you fight those thoughts or recover from a trip on its way south?
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Is there a good way to change course during a bad trip? I’ve done LSD once and mushrooms three times.
LSD trip was bad because I was dealing with anxieties I thought I’d processed. Not in the “walls are melting and the KoolaAid man wants to eat my brain” way, but just recursive thought patterns around the source of the anxieties. In this case, my narcissist parents. Was around friends I trusted and in a beautiful environment (sand dunes on Lake Michigan) but outside of the giggly come-up and some color trails around stuff couldn’t focus on anything else. If anything it made me realize I needed to put a bigger focus on my mental health and cut myself off from my parents.
First time with mushrooms was the most feel-good I’d been in a long time and that feeling lasted for months afterward. Second I was solo at home, watching Into the Spiderverse and playing video games. It ruled. Popped on the first Ghostbusters and couldn’t make it past the opening scene in the library basement. My then-gf came over after that and everything was pretty chill.
Third time with mushrooms was my first time listening to music on psychedelics, and tripping with my then-GF. Didn’t realize how much that would affect things. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles came on and it made the vibe so heavy and scary, especially that recursive guitar riff at the end. I was in the kitchen making a cheese and sausage plate and she goes “don’t murder me.” I’ve gotta say, I’m not a violent person at all but her intrusive thought while I was holding a knife scared the shit out of me and really affected the trip. We skipped to the next song (“Here Comes the Sun” felt like it was next up for a reason) put on upbeat poppy music and watched Arrested Development. Was awesome after that. But the intrusive thought was still lingering there.
Tl;dr I suppose is, how can you fight those thoughts or recover from a trip on its way south?
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