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Lucii
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Bad Trip
#27004312 - 10/26/20 09:58 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I did shrooms for the first time a few months ago and the trip was nothing other than awful. I had to busted out my house and bolted into the woods to try to calm down. I won’t go into details due to it taking too long but overall it was the single worst experience of my life. Around I week later I tried again at a lower dose and had the same outcome. Now I’ve realized I haven’t came back yet. I saw myself in the mirror a few times and it was scarring. My face haunts me to this day. I see it everywhere I go. I see the outlines of people in my peripheral and I look then no ones there. I don’t know what to do. I can’t escape it. When I look away from mirrors it feels like my face is still there. Always staring at me. This isn’t a joke or some kind of story to scare anyone. I told this to only my therapist. He said if it continues he recommends I get treated as such. I just want to go back. I truly think I died on that trip. I have a lot of states of confusion and anxiety. I don’t exactly have friends and I just need someone to talk to who will listen. I tried to talk to people that I once considered friends but per usual I see the disinterest in their faces. No one will listen.
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Salac




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Re: Bad Trip [Re: Lucii]
#27004324 - 10/26/20 10:12 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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That definitely sounds like a psychedelic PTSD, I've had some bad experiences that I struggled to overcome for a long time. Feel free to DM me if you need someone to talk to personally!
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Mindri0t
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Re: Bad Trip [Re: Salac]
#27004351 - 10/26/20 10:30 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Same here, DM me if you want to talk and hear my similar experiences.
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big_country
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do bad trips happen often? I have never tried shrooms but i interested in trying it but now... not so sure.
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fahtster
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Re: Bad Trip (moved) [Re: Lucii]
#27006409 - 10/27/20 01:51 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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This thread was moved from Getting Started.
Reason: Better here
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Salac




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It depends. IF you don't follow proper preparation for set and setting, then yes, they can happen often. If you do have the right mindset (both long-term and short term) and are in a comfortable space with nothing that you can perceive as a threat (such as in a quiet place in nature) then your odds are a lot lower. If you do have a difficult experience, you are a lot better prepared to learn and grow from it.
The best thing you can do is give yourself time to integrate after each trip... For some that's 3 months and for others its 3 years or more. I've had awful experiences that I would never ever want to experience again, but ultimately they have changed me so much more than my positive experiences. They brought characteristic flaws that I was hiding and pretended didn't exist and it pulled those out and slapped me across the face with them. If it weren't for that, id be a lot worse of a person, doing a lot of hateful spiteful things that I was doing before.
That being said, a positive experience can be really amazing. My most positive experience has given me a much much greater appreciation for the absolute beauty of nature. These trips are quite common for those that have learned their dose, have their mindset correct, and never trip in a bad setting.
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CHUCK.HNTR
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Re: Bad Trip [Re: Salac]
#27035356 - 11/12/20 02:24 PM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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Lucii, I always have great apprehension before a trip because of the memory of bad ones I've endured. It's a wild thing opening yourself up in that way, the flood gates are open.
The strange thing is all my awful trips have been not very "psychedelic". In these experiences I feel unbearable dread and anxiety my surrounding, me and the world feel horrible. Even thinking about it effects me now. The first time this happened was in 2007 and I didn't trip again for many years.
Recently I have been practicing breath work (holotropic and wim hoff) whenever I feel that panic, fear or anxiety I remind myself that the fear reaction can only last so long 15min's usually until the body metabolizes it. As long as I know I'm not in real danger and trust it will pass the breath work really helps me get through it.
Hope you are doing well.
-------------------- "What is the practical application of a million universes?" -Alan Watts
   
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SandwichMan
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What were the dosages you took?
Were the places you were taking the mushrooms a safe place?
How long has it been at this point since your last trip?
Is it still continuous or does it come and go?
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