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vs2005
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Nothing like a "bad" trip -- is this naive?
#5830500 - 07/07/06 03:52 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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In 2000, I went to Burning Man and had a great (level 5) psychedelic experience. (I probably had two or three mild (level 1-2) experiences around that time.) I hadn't done anything like that until three weeks ago.
Three weeks ago, I had a level 3-4 experience. I was mostly in control of my trip. Two weeks ago, I had a more intense experience but I wasn't prepared (meaning that I consumed more than I should have and I was so tired I just went to sleep).
Finally, last week, I had the most amazing experience of my life--a level 5 or even more. It is simply indescribable and I am still processing all of it right now. These trips are highly introspective experiences for me and I take a lot out of them.
One thing I've noticed about reading all these trip reports is that I don't think many experiences that may be perceived as "negative" are really negative. To me, so far at least, there is nothing like a "bad trip". I've had certain thoughts and feelings I don't like come up (and I guess it might be "better" if they hadn't), but I consider everything that happens in the end to be positive--i.e., it's all good. It's like climbing a mountain--it's not always pleasant (nor is it meant to be) but the process and the final goal is totally worth it. Does anyone else feel the same way?
The other issue is that I'm really tempted to do it again and again but I think this is mostly because it's a novel experience (I don't drink alcohol and haven't most of my life). I also see this as a valuable tool for exploring the universe and one's relation to it.
[Note that my original post wasn't very clear since parts of it were missing, and I also moved this to the Trip Reports forum.]
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Phishe
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Re: Nothing like a "bad" trip -- is this naive? [Re: vs2005]
#5830876 - 07/07/06 09:10 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea, that is very understandable of the bad trip thing. It can be scary or just plain out weird during, but afterwards its just an accomplishment or an adventure. No matter how bad it is, it is an experience to enjoy. My mind somehow always wanders into the evil or the bad.
Good report.
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CptnGarden
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Re: Nothing like a "bad" trip -- is this naive? [Re: Phishe]
#5832419 - 07/07/06 04:10 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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yeah well theres trips that scare the shit out of you sometimes, and alot of the time it involves bringing up really intense matters going on in your life, like a breakup or a death in the family. things can get pretty amplified, and your body and the trip sort of forces you to deal with these problems in the raw. it can be really hard on you and make the trip difficult, but ive always found in the end it helped me more than most of my enjoyable trips.
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