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Personnaly, I tend to take the opnion that - you are responsible for your own trip, and it should not be upto those around you to try and baby you through your trip to make sure nothing goes wrong. That isnt to say you dont try and help out someone if they are starting to freak out - but, I really do think that in the end of it - you are responsible for yourself.

For me, I've found that even while on high doses / near lvl 5 trips / etc - I can usualy talk myself out of a bad situation, or do things to calm myself down without placing the burden onto those around me. I've also found that if things are starting to go bad for me, having 'help' from other people dose more harm than good, and I'm better at getting myself out of a 'bad trip' more than other people - but, thats personal I suppose.

Anywho, some tips/things I do.

If you are feeling uncomfortable - I pretty much have a mental check-list of things that /may/ be making me uncomfortable. ie:

- am I cold?
- am I hot?
- do I have to go pee, fart, or shit?
- am I thirsty?

I've found all of the above have been sources of anxiety for me in the past before. All I knew was "something is wrong?!" - my body was trying to tell me something, but I was to high to figure it out. Instead of freaking out, I pretty much went down a check list

- am I feeling cold? - try putting on a blanket or a sweater to see if it helps.
- or, am I hot? - try taking off clothes / etc
- go sit on the shitter, maybe I'm uncomfoy because the pain in my gut is just gas - no need to freak out.

Some times, I've been too -?!$?' to know what exactly it is - so I'd try all of the above until I got myself back into a comfy happy space. I remember first going through this at an outdoor party. I was terribly uncomfy, getting pretty anxious and not knowing why - so I just started to do things like - try and pee, put on a blanket, find water - and all of these things helped.

My body was trying to tell me things - but my mind wasnt able to interpet them 'automatically' like it normally dose - so I had to put my brain into manual, not automatic


Then, there are the obvious ones : change setting and/or music. Are you feeling closed in, closterphobic? maybe you need to go outside - instead of running around the house freaking out, step outside and see if that helps. Are things simply too intense and your brain cant keep up? cut out stimulation - turn off or change music, turn off the lights - or, if that makes it worse - turn them back on. I've often found that if I'm feeling anxious, it can simply be because its TOO bright and I'm getting stimulation overload, and a bit of darkness can do wonders. Some times,. maybe the music is too fast or too angry - turning it off, or changing it to something more relaxing can help.

Try and remind yourself of things like
- It's ONLY a drug. It /WILL/ end.
- "I've read trip reports of people who went through this - they are fine now, I will be fine too"
- Mushrooms (or LSD) are not fatal, they cant killl you

the 1st time I felt a mush trip starting to go bad, my initial thoughts were "OMG, I've done too much, this is never going to end, I am going to die, I've lost it" and started to panic abit. But, I forced myself to stop, and started to remeber all of the things I read about mushrooms, all of the trip reports, etc and was "wait no! I will be fine", and quickly snapped out of it.

- Dont fight the trip, dont try and end it - trying to do these two things will just create more fear, fusturation and anxiety.

- Dont sweat the small stuff - cant find your keys? cant find your wallet? - unless you're 100% reliant, life depends on those items - just let it go. Its not worth spazzing out over.

I remeber awhile ago, tripping with my BF, we were out in a park and he asks me for my lighter (had just bought an expensive butane torch one). Anywho, I couldnt find it - we start to panic for no real reason, running around trying to find it - and just having things get increasingly annoying. Then, I was just "fuckit, the lighter isnt worth getting upset over", stopped myself and him from looking for it and just carried on enjoying our trip. Turns out it was in my back pocket - and I found it shortly after stopping to look for it. But, letting little things like that ruin your trip is NOT worth it.

Dunno, maybe its because I've tripped solo so often - I just find that it really should be the trippers responsability to look after themselfs while tripping or on any drugs really. The only exception to this is if someone is supplying you with something for the first time.

ie: first few times I do E, or shrooms with a friend who's doing it for the first time. I'll put extra effort into looking out for them, but there comes a point of 'ok, if this is your 1000th time, you should know how to handle things by now'.

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mjw0 said:
if you ponder something bad for just a few seconds, that might be enough time for you to not be able to get it out of your head for quite some time.  stay positive.  clean your environmet up before tripping.  ie, your house.

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