That's an interesting observation.... Come to think of it, while I have been getting less disoriented on psychedelics lately myself, the ones that were a bit heavier in that way in recent memory did have a little bit of nausea compared to the others. Though, something that seems significant about that now is that, again, my MiPT and 2C-C purge experiences actually had no nausea whatsoever, nor any disorientation. Both times, and a good number of other times I've had similar reactions from other psychedelics, it really wasn't anything more than the equivalent of a sneeze: I suddenly knew it was coming, went to the sink, did it, and it was done, with no discomfort at any point during the experience other than the grossness of getting it out, and afterwards felt amazing and clear compared to how I had before dosing. Though, now that I am thinking about it, I also recall that the second time I used MiPT, when smoking it, there was a little bit of disorientation
and a bit of nausea, with no complete purge. In retrospect this is really just making me become even more convinced of the idea of it relating to some inner tensions now... though, to be fair, I increasingly think nearly everything I experience from psychedelics is related to this, so I may be biased. But what stands out to me is the fact that I observed that psychedelics, at least when I take the ones I like most and dose high enough, seem to put me in a state where I can no longer treat feelings of inner tension passively, and am forced to either actively release them or actively hold them back, the former leading to extremely positive feelings and the latter leading to extremely negative feelings, and when considering it from this perspective, it seems totally obvious to me that the purge is the positive form and the nausea is the negative form of the same kind of tension build-up. Perhaps the reason my purges are simply coming and going so readily is because nowadays I have learned not to resist that form of tension in any way, and thus the nausea often never even develops, it just comes bursting out of me and gets itself over with? And maybe, similarly to how I was theorizing with the DMT-like hallucinogenic effects, I'm simply sensitive to this type of psychedelic pharmacology in general, and thus I still am getting a high enough dosage to force a purge even if I wouldn't feel the nausea otherwise, but otherwise I might be similar to how you've also stopped feeling that nausea, which would correlate with how I also have stopped feeling so much of that disorientation. Hmmmm.... Interesting to consider, and just some food for thought.
Hehe, probably for the best.

While camping sounds great though! Man, it's been even longer since I took them in that kind of setting myself, I definitely need to give that classic some of the attention it deserves again. Well I hope you have another awesome hike. :D DOC does sound like a better option for that from what I remember from your past stories too, though I could certainly see LSD also being awesome in that kind of setting. I'll probably run through my lysergamides while hiking myself before moving on to many other things just because they'll work better with the timeframes I'll be working with, plus I'm sure they'll just be awesome out in nature anyway. Have you tried AL-LAD while hiking? I know you at least took ETH-LAD outside... but I'd probably go for AL-LAD sooner in that kind of situation, seems a bit more forgiving and allowing in multiple ways at least based on how they've affected me so far. The lighter headspace than LSD seems like it would be a particularly big plus in such a situation.
Oh man, I can relate to that so much. For the longest time I was pretty much convinced that it was impossible for me to have that sort of completely profound and life-altering experience, on psychedelics or anything else, because it seemed like no matter what I took, no matter how often, and no matter what dosage, I would always only ever just approach the threshold of something big relative to what I was seeing apparently easily come to tons of people around me from something as simple as like a single street blotter or what have you, and I just really didn't get it. In retrospect, I really just had a lot more baggage I had to work through before I could even come close to having that kind of complete release that leads to such powerful experiences and it would take me many more years to fully comprehend that, but eventually I really started getting it and making more and more progress... though, totally honestly, that reaction you said you've fantasized for her of suddenly seeing things from a new perspective and opening up to herself more, I feel that only just finally fully happened for me a couple weeks ago, specifically from that post-2C-C AL-LAD trip I mentioned before, so I can
really relate quite heavily. I considered writing a report about it, but even I have some things I don't feel the need to make too public... but profound, healing, and instructional are pretty good words for it; I even specifically "spoke" to my subconscious and ended up letting go of about fifteen years of psychological tension and dissociation because of it, and have noticed my imagination working in a very obviously and consistently different way ever since the trip, it had such a huge impact in a way that definitely is not going to just fade with time. So I definitely get that.... After that one experience I went overnight from being where she is to being where you are, I even went around telling my friends who have their own issues and insecurities who my instincts were now blaring at me seemed to be stuck in the same patterns of thought and behavior I used to be to tell them how much they NEED to have this kind of experience so that they can finally be free and happy, while flying high on a feeling of connectedness and understanding totally sober that rivaled all of my best drug highs. Pretty intense stuff....
It took me a long time to get here in part because I just had a lot to work through but also in part because I'm just hardheaded in the way that makes me want to figure things out for myself rather than relying on others and also just wasn't really lucky enough to know anyone in person who was too heavily into psychedelics in the way I am, but I'm sure your girlfriend will have no problem getting to that kind of experience much more readily with you to guide her.

It's definitely just one step, but I do agree that lying down and listening to music while tripping is a great way to get that ball rolling.... Anything that gets me into a more meditative headspace and especially that simultaneously satisfies my senses really goes a long way to make my trips more powerful specifically in the ways that bring out my inner workings and shows me new things about myself or what does or doesn't need to be checked up on and such, all of which was key for me towards actually reaching that more fully opening experience. That is curious that she becomes sad after using mushrooms, but again, I think that's potentially a good sign as it just goes back to all that stuff about revealing inner tensions and conflicts and stuff.... No one said it was supposed to be all fun after all, or they didn't know what the hell they were talking about if they did!
Well, I hope that all goes well and smoothly anyhow.

I still haven't had any of that ALD-52 myself actually, I've really got to try some while it's around....