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Trippers FAQ
FAQ about tripping
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Why trip and why not trip?
- Why do some people throw up while coming up?
Sometimes, the body regects your mind's suggested mushroom dosage.
- Why do people trip in nature?
The first trippers tripped in nature.
- Why do only a select group of people like to trip?
When a person ingests psychedelics they face a form of reality where their conventional beliefs about what is real and who they are are challenged.
- Why are trips so hard to talk about after they are over?
The trip experience transcends all mortal language... as do all experiences, when it comes down to it.
- Why are mushrooms legal in some countries and illegal in others?
Some governments legally allow psilocybe mushrooms while others governments have made them a very serious legal matter.
- What size dose should I take?
Is dosage the same for first time trippers and experienced trippers?
- What is, and how can I avoid/reduce come up anxiety?
Anxiety is a complex combination of the feeling of fear, apprehension and worry, keeping the mind in a state of painful uneasiness.
- What is the link between spirituality and tripping?
If you think tripping is a spiritual experience, you will be proven correct.
- What is the history of magic mushrooms? What is the history of tripping?
Shrooms became very popular among trippers in the 1970s
- What is the Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder / HPPD ?
Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder is a long-term visual disorder caused by taking hallucinogens.
- What is some good tripping music?
This is a VERY subjective question, but here are a few suggestions.
- What is set and setting?
Why are they important?
- What is ego loss?
"Ego loss"..sometimes called "Ego transcendence" or "Ego death", is the state of mind when one temporarily bypasses, sees through, or otherwise transcends the limits of the ego.
- What is comedown anxiety and how can it be avoided/reduced?
Comedown anxiety is wondering "if" and "when" you'll come down.
- What is and how do I control tripper's paranoia?
"Tripper's paranoia" is a natural occurence wherein one who is tripping has a paranoid thought that, due to the accelerated mental activity occuring during a trip, tends to consume the tripper in a manner that can make the tripper very paranoid and stressed.
- What is a trip guide?
Do I need one or am I one?
- What is a mushroom hangover like?
You will wake up feeling like you've just slept after a journey of a thousand miles.
- What if I take too much?
A great article extolling the virtues of accurate scales.
- What do the different trip levels (Lvl 1-5) mean?
Levels are a way to describe your trip.
- What can meditation do for me while tripping?
Meditation allows you to silence the 'inner noise', and focus your concentration.
- What are the differences between the different methods of ingestion?
How should I ingest my mushrooms
- What are some of the things to avoid while tripping?
This is an assembly of suggestions from Shroomerites.
- What are some good trip toys?
Trip-toys can greatly enhance a trip, especially in a group setting. These "toys" can include anything from Music visualizations to blacklights to glowsticks.
- What are hallucinations really, and what do they look like?
A true hallucination is when one witnesses something that appears to be real, yet no actual stimulus has occured.

