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slouch
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Registered: 06/03/11
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Tripping and Chronic Illness
#14554207 - 06/03/11 03:44 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello all,
I hope this isn't too personal, but I was wondering if anyone out there has had experience tripping with or as a person who suffers from chronic illness or disease. Recently, my girlfriend of two years has repeatedly expressed interest in taking mushrooms. She has an autoimmune disorder that expresses symptoms irregularly but has caused a lot of past pain and difficulty in her life. I think those experiences have been very psychologically complicated for her and she often has hypochondriacal anxiety and concerns about mortality and the passage of time/life that can be crippling. Of course, these are questions we all wrangle with, but they're particularly vivid for her given the circumstances. My limited experience with mushrooms (2 trips, both profoundly life-changing) leads me to feel like it could be a really valuable experience for her, but I also worry. Has anyone here found this to be true in practice? I'm not looking to talk her out of it or into it, I'm just hoping to be informed so I can be as supportive as possible.
Anyway, I was just hoping to hear from any folks who might have had psychedelic experiences in similar contexts. I'm hoping to get a sense of what I might expect, if it would be a good idea to trip with her or to be a relatively sober companion, if these things even tend to come up, or anything really. Maybe I'm thinking about this totally the wrong way? Any help would be huge. Thanks and take care.
-------------------- "The possibility that if I stopped clapping my hands in the void I would notice that I can't hold on to things..."
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Abnormal
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Re: Tripping and Chronic Illness [Re: slouch]
#14554951 - 06/03/11 10:42 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've got an autoimmune disease. One that might very well kill me some day. I trip fairly often and would consider mushrooms (and LSD) my antidepressives, or psychological 'vitamine-pill'. I let go of my death anxiety many years ago, and altho I can't attribute it all to psychedelics, there's no doubt that they have helped.
If her condition and mortality is a sore issue for her, there's no doubt in my mind that she would have to face those issues while tripping, more than likely in a brutal way, especially on medium to high doses of mushrooms. It could turn out ugly, or it could help her see things in a different light, appreciate the little things in life. Everyone will die someday. Kick back, relax, and enjoy the ride while it lasts.
There's no telling how she would react, so I'd say give it a shot. Start on a low dose and see how it goes. Who knows, it might be the bast thing that have happened to her.
Good vibes
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joemolloy
DMT is Bullshit


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Re: Tripping and Chronic Illness [Re: Abnormal]
#14556141 - 06/03/11 03:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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There's a chance it could be one of the defining moments in your lives. One of those eternal memories etched forever away and nothing will ever touch it, not even time.
Or it might be a big fucking panic attack with physically scary consequences.
I'd risk it, though. Tomorrow I'd give you a different answer.
-------------------- Don't PM me with bullshit. I don't sell or trade cactus and I don't know where you can get any, other than your mother's ass.
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