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OfflineResidue
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Am I ready for shrooms?
    #14470942 - 05/17/11 11:36 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I've been wanting to do shrooms for a while now. I've done lots of research but I'm still somewhat unsure if I'm ready for them. I've read that you need to be mentally strong enough for the experience, and I'm not really sure what that means, or how I could know that I'm not gonna be overwhelmed. I smoke weed a lot and other than alcohol, it's the only drug I've done. I fully understand that shrooms and most psychedelics aren't just something you dive straight into to 'get fucked up.' I really want to learn something from them and have a life-changing experience. If I do decide to do them, I'm ready to completely give myself up to them, and not resist the trip. I'm either going to take 2 grams, or an eighth, and I'll probably be somewhat nervous before taking them, but I'm gonna have nice music and be in a good and safe environment.

I know you're probably going to say that only I can tell if I'm ready or not, but I just want the experienced shroomers take on it. Thanks.

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Residue]
    #14470962 - 05/17/11 11:39 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

You don't need to be ready for em  if your just gonna take 2 grams. It should just be a fun time. Give it a try and see what you think, 2 grams wont overwhelm you, and you'll know if you like it or not..

The kind of trip you're talking about 'life changing' takes an immense dose, and you wont be ready for it. 2 grams to an eighth shouldn't provide such a profound experience like you're thinking. Again you'll have fun but it wont be what you're thinking at that dosage. Large dosage, out of body experiences, thinking your gonna die for hours on end, that goes with mega doses.

I don't advise that kind of terror trip, but whatever man..

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: psilocybinjunkie]
    #14470989 - 05/17/11 11:44 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Well, there's only one way to find out.


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: psilocybinjunkie]
    #14470993 - 05/17/11 11:45 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I don't know... are you ready for shrooms?

you're the one eating them. so really you are the only one who will know they are ready.

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: PoopyGonzales]
    #14471043 - 05/17/11 11:58 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

You're overthinking before you've even eaten the shrooms. Just eat them, relax, have a good time, and if you learn something along the way awesome.


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Joolz]
    #14471068 - 05/18/11 12:04 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

judging by your post you'll be fine, have fun, start low (2-3 dried grams; lower than that is pointless) and work your way up

set & setting

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Wooden Spoon]
    #14471173 - 05/18/11 12:31 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

I say you eat less than half an eighth, for a first time. Just to see. I had a bad trip my first time. Then again i was stuck in my room with my gf my whole trip at night with my parents in the other room sleeping. Just get exited for it and pumped have a good vibe, and you should be good :smile:

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: theaidenboy]
    #14471224 - 05/18/11 12:51 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

If you are willing to, you are ready. My guidance, if you choose to hear from your heart is this:

Please do not expect or assume any thing to happen based on an experience with another medicine. The sacred mushroom is very unique and peculiar.

Setting is a very good thing to prepare. A peaceful setting with a -- more or less -- controlled environment is very beneficial (eg: a concert for first time is not a good idea ime, somewhere crowded like a city is also not, nature is a great idea ime)

Believe in yourself! No matter what comes at you, know you are still you and taking a medicine. Nothing is permanent; 'the only constant is change'.

And go with the medicine. Forcing it to go a certain direction doesn't always work out :wink:

I Love you, Love yourself and do them when you feel the time is right but fear not, for the mushroom is gentle with those of kind heart.

Blessings,

In Lak'Ech Ala K'in

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: OneU]
    #14471501 - 05/18/11 02:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

The nervousness you are feeling is just simply because you've never experienced it before and have heard about bad trips and stuff like that. You are "fearing the unknown." Believe me, everything will be okay. Like what everyone else says, you sound ready to me too.

A few things to think of as guidance that I recommend to all inexperienced trippers:
1. You are NOT dieing!! You did NOT take "too much!!" A few people have had feelings like they are dieing. They are breathing normal, everything is normal, but for some reason they feel "dead" within their minds. DO NOT PANIC if this happens, it is IMPOSSIBLE to overdose on both shrooms AND LSD. All that happens is that you just trip harder and harder, and a trip is ALL IN THE MIND. Just let this feeling pass and let the shrooms do their magic. Just let the trip "flow." Usually what this "dead" feeling is is that your mind will feel like it is someplace other than the physical body. You may feel "detached" from the world. Don't worry, you will still be in full control of yourself. If you want to read peoples' experience with this particular feeling, I made a thread here: Feeling like you're dieing during a trip.
2. Like stated above: EVERYTHING IS ALL IN YOUR MIND. The mind is a VERY powerful thing. The mushrooms will show you this.
3. Life changing experiences usually happen at higher doses. Small realizations can occur with smaller doses, but aren't super life changing or anything. BUT, they can still be quite "revolutionary." I say start with a half eigth, or about 1.5 grams. It will give you very mild visuals and it might make you laugh A LOT. And I'm talking more than weed makes you laugh. At higher doses, like an 1/8 (I'd say an 1/8 is strong but not TOO strong, basically, it's a typical dose.), you will get GOOD visuals, you will laugh A LOT, much like the mad hatter in alice in wonderland, you feel like you're in "another world" and your mind is fully delved in the trip.
4. The number 1 rule which I did not put as number 1 just because it's a given, is make sure you are in a good set and setting. Make sure everything is CONTROLLED. If you need to use the bathroom, be someplace where you can use the bathroom comfortably, if you need a drink of water, make sure you are near drinking water. If you are in a nature setting, bring PLENTY of water, like a gallon. If you need to eat make sure you are near food or if you do it in nature, bring something light like fruit or something, and make sure to bring enough. If you need to have someplace where you can have a "quiet space" if you start having anxiety, make sure you set aside a room for you to do that in or if you're doing it outside with nature, be familiar with your location.

If you have a little bit of time, read Albert Hoffman's book, "LSD My Problem Child." Just skim the book but when it gets to the part where it starts talking about how LSD acts on the mind, really read that part. It will really get you familiar with how psychedelics work on the mind. It also talks EXTENSIVELY about set and setting. All psychedelics are "mind" drugs, they all work on the mind in varying degrees and slight differences. That book is really for all people interested in any psychedelic, not just LSD, though it goes into the history and everything related to LSD. The link to read the book is right here in its entirety: Erowid: LSD My Problem Child by Albert Hoffman, RIP

All in all, you really have nothing to be worried about, although I do have empathy for how you're feeling. Above all, have a good time!! You WILL have a good trip!

Edited by occollegeboi (05/18/11 02:53 AM)

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: occollegeboi]
    #14472016 - 05/18/11 07:36 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

What OneU said...

Relax... Enjoy... Don't fight it...


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Joolz]
    #14472081 - 05/18/11 08:04 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Chances are you'll have an average trip, not an extreme good or bad one. Relax, have fun, and see what unfolds.

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Residue]
    #14472189 - 05/18/11 08:52 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Residue said:
I've been wanting to do shrooms for a while now. I've done lots of research but I'm still somewhat unsure if I'm ready for them. I've read that you need to be mentally strong enough for the experience, and I'm not really sure what that means, or how I could know that I'm not gonna be overwhelmed. I smoke weed a lot and other than alcohol, it's the only drug I've done. I fully understand that shrooms and most psychedelics aren't just something you dive straight into to 'get fucked up.' I really want to learn something from them and have a life-changing experience. If I do decide to do them, I'm ready to completely give myself up to them, and not resist the trip. I'm either going to take 2 grams, or an eighth, and I'll probably be somewhat nervous before taking them, but I'm gonna have nice music and be in a good and safe environment.

I know you're probably going to say that only I can tell if I'm ready or not, but I just want the experienced shroomers take on it. Thanks.




If you're asking these questions and having these apprehensions, you're ready.
I'd keep it low the first time: 2g is perfect.


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: ifoundwaldo]
    #14472283 - 05/18/11 09:31 AM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Ha cool sig pic! :awecid:

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Wooden Spoon]
    #14473043 - 05/18/11 12:19 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

Wooden Spoon said:(2-3 dried grams; lower than that is pointless)




You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Ignorant kids like you make shrooms and psychedelic seem bad.


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: psilocybinjunkie]
    #14473059 - 05/18/11 12:23 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

My first shroom trip was when I was at the tender age of 16
I ate about 60 psilocybe semilanceata's.

I was only gonna eat like 20 but once i started feeling the effects(t-1 hour 30 min)

I was like huh.. that's it??.. so I started munching down on my baggie and went outside to meet up with some friends which had prepared a HUGE joint, which i smoked probably around a 3rd of..
That's when things started getting really crazy,as the shrooms were just starting to(really) kick in.

So we went to my friends car and started driving and all of a sudden the shroom weed combo hit me in the face.

I could not comprehend anything that my mates were saying and that made me really scared and I felt like somehow my voice was outside my body which made talking a really strange experience.
For the first 30 minutes of the comeup the only thing I managed to say when my mates were trying to talk to me was "I have no idea what's going on" and then tried to form a sentence which usually failed.

So they saw  that I was tripping hard so my mate who was driving drove to a secluded place in my town were we parked and stayed the whole night,
there my ego dissolved (almost) completely I felt I was experiencing life squared i.e. "I" was looking at the root of things as they are and not through the ego and feeling connected with the whole universe and all it's dimensions.

I remembered I had a name and a past but I did not identify with it and I just flowed through time and space.

trying to describe the experience any further would be futile, as the things you experience on mushies can not be described in words(which annoyed me during the comedown as I could not really express my feelings).

This was my first and one of the most profound experiences with fungi I have had.

And even though I was scared to shit during the beginning, which I attribute much to the  anxiety the weed brought on(I smoked way too much of that huge ass joint)

the plateau and comedown were extremely profound and wonderful and left me with a feeling of awe.

This is what I think is useful(spiritually) about psychedelics, they can give you a real experience and are not just words on a page.

With that said I think psych's are not the "answer" but merely a tool that can be used to better understand yourself and your environment.

:shineon:

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: qream]
    #14473077 - 05/18/11 12:29 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

the fact that you made this thread shows that you are treating psychedelics with the respect they deserve, that you are not doing it to get "fucked up", and to me that's a pretty good indication that you're mature enough to begin your journey of experimentation.

just remember set & setting, and I hope the experience does for you what it has done for so many of us here.


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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Pigasus]
    #14494176 - 05/22/11 01:46 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Thank you so much to everyone! Your posts made me feel a whole lot better about tripping. For the past couple days I think I've became fully ready to experience the trip. I've pretty much already accepted whatever the shrooms may throw at me, whether good or bad. I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to just go with the flow and experience it. I can't wait to get my hands on some shrooms!

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Re: Am I ready for shrooms? [Re: Residue]
    #14495193 - 05/22/11 05:37 PM (12 years, 9 months ago)

Just remember to breathe. If things get rough, take a deeeeeeeeeep breath. If you are at all worried about forgetting the intention, you can write down some notes for yourself on the 'other side' of the veil ;-)

Blessings :heart:

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