Hello, hopefully this is the right place for this thread and sorry for the length--I can't help myself sometimes. Yesterday I had my first psychedelic experience and I'm wondering if anyone could perhaps explain to me something about some of the things I experienced. I'm young--college age--but if I had access to these drugs earlier I would have tripped much earlier. It's probably good that I didn't trip much earlier. I had some mushrooms with a good and helpful friend who was reasonably experienced and we went for a long hike on a beautiful sunny day. I was bombarded with new concepts and bizarre sensations. It was mind-blowing and monumentally confusing. I'm very thankful my friend was there or I would have been very lost in my mind (and probably in the woods). This experience felt very important but there was simply too much to take in at once. I could go on rambling about all the new things I would like to know more about, but for now I'll stick to a few interesting little bits that may be more simple to answer and leave the rest for me to explore in future trips.
1. I found myself automatically doing certain things. I felt I could have stopped doing them if I wanted to, but I didn't detect any danger so I went with it. I found my hands reaching for random objects on the ground when I sat down. I picked up a nearly rotting twig and said to my friend, "I don't know why I just picked this up." I later did the same thing with a long blade of grass and began twisting it around my fingers. Then I began to nibble on the end of it, and again, I said, "Why am I doing this?" He said it was very instinctual which seemed like a big theme in the whole experience. It made me think of the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. I of course can't back this up, but it's interesting to wonder if maybe, being that I was in such a new place of consciousness, my body reverted to a baby-like state of tactile curiosity and discovery. I figure these weren't uncommon things to do, and I think I remember hearing about this sort of thing, but what might you make of this?
2. One of the most beautiful and, somewhat to my relief, simple events was when we sat along a trail near someone's house and a dog walked over to us. It was a beautiful and friendly dog with wet orange fur and my friend said, "Oh, animals know when you're tripping." I was fascinated, though skeptical (although I'm not sure if that was meant to be taken completely literally), of that idea. In any case, I ran my hand through its fur and sat down. Sitting at the edge of the bench, the dog stood alongside me and I rested my hand on its back and pet the dog. I felt so close to this dog and I felt that this interaction was entirely mutual--that that dog did not come to me, nor did I come to the dog, but that we came together. And this is much the way I felt with my friend as we talked, constantly changed positions, but always seeming to mirror and be in tune with each other. (This was a big deal to me because I have social anxiety and normally am too nervous to act natural and change my position as it feels comfortable to me while being with other people. I did not feel that my anxiety was cured, but I have probably never felt so comfortable around others since I was little.) What sort of experiences have you had with animals? Do you think they sense something different in a person who is under the influence of psychedelics? While I'm at it, does anyone here also have social anxiety--and if so, how does it affect your relationship with psychedelics?
3. I'm kind of sad to say that so much of the experienced is wiped from my memory. I feel like I didn't hold onto perhaps the most important concepts that we discussed. Since there was such an overload of thoughts, this seems to make sense. Of course this was only my first experience and I can't expect everything to rise to the surface yet, but I'm curious to know if other people found this to be the case on your first experiences.
Thanks for reading all of this if you made it this far. I will appreciate any comments, personal accounts, or even academic reports that relate to some of my questions.
Edited by Ennessee (08/31/13 08:28 PM)
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Dogs can sense your bodylanguage and emotions i think. I'm sure they can atleast feel your euphoric presence and new to them behavior, which would ultimately excite them. I have some anxiety but I love tripping on acid with friends. With shrooms, I feel extremely withdrawn and only do it alone, or with ONE friend. Shrooms is really spiritual too, so i usually sit in silence most of the trip.
Edited by theRAPeutic (09/01/13 12:40 AM)
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I've raised my pitbull from a pup and he'll be 12 in december and I love him to death, he knows when I'm tripping lol, he gets this concerned look on his face and gets all up on me and cuddles with me lol. Dogs can definitely sense when you're tripping. As far as automatically doing things, I've experienced some of that too, for me it was because I wanted to experience and explore things since I was in a new and unfamiliar state of consciousness. And I don't have any social anxiety, but at the same time I'm not an extremely social person, I've tripped with one other friend, in groups, and by myself, all are great but I prefer to be alone, but it's always good to have someone with you for your first couple trips until you learn how to navigate shroom land lol
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Thanks for your responses, both of you. I appreciate it. That's interesting that for you mushrooms make you withdrawn while you're more sociable with LSD. For me, marijuana makes me withdrawn, so it was nice that mushrooms made me enjoy being with people, but I will also look forward to exploring the psychedelic word in a solitary setting at some point as well. Any other input is appreciated!
Edited by Ennessee (09/02/13 04:11 PM)
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