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Why do we keep going back?

danielf123

danielf123

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Why is it that many of us keep going back to our psychedelic wonderlands?
Even after experiencing horrible mind destroying trips that leaves us feeling damaged for a bit? Even after such horrible trips, if we experience one, we say never again, yet....after its over we feel the need to go back....
Idk Why, but i think my friend Guardian put it well in what he said VVVVVVV

"A sudden shift i change again. but into what this time? to much progress or is it? what the fuck is really happening? no longer able to tell, i swam away. foresaken myself but why do i even care? I have no choice but to return to the light no matter how much it burns - This is our Inhebriation
Why a long time ago, in a place far beyond any reach. Why do these feelings arise? I put my hand out but i must hold back, but for how long? Why have you?"

what are your thoughts on why we keep going back even after experiencing very bad trips?
 
Because, although they're horrible at the time they happen, most people will learn from them and somehow grow as a person. I also think that, unless someone is unlucky and has only experience bad trips, they will have amazing memories to tempt them back.
 
Seventeen said:
Because, although they're horrible at the time they happen, most people will learn from them and somehow grow as a person. I also think that, unless someone is unlucky and has only experience bad trips, they will have amazing memories to tempt them back.
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yeah, this past weekend, my friend had her first LSD trip. unknowingly to us, these were very very potent and high dose tabs
she experienced ego death her. this is her first trip so she fought back all she could and was scared and confused and said never again, she wont ever trip again. a day later, she has had time to sober up and contemplate her thoughts and she says that she would do it again but she wanted our other friend there who is experienced in psychedelics. But just a dat ago, she swore totally off them and she said she doesnt know why, even though it was such a difficult trip, she feels compelled to return
like i said, i think my friend Guardian caught it perfectly in the line "I have no choice but to return to the light no matter how much it burns - this is our inhebriation"
 
Curiosity plays a big part for me. My favorite trips have been ones that were unlike any ordinary trip and somehow suprised me in one way or another. This has been accomplished in small doses as well as large.

I find something really intruiging and reassuring about the psychedelic experience.
 
Bardo5 said:
Curiosity plays a big part for me. My favorite trips have been ones that were unlike any ordinary trip and somehow suprised me in one way or another. This has been accomplished in small doses as well as large.

I find something really intruiging and reassuring about the psychedelic experience.
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yeah, but i mean, after repeated use, eventually, evn if its not a bad trip, mathmaticly, your bound to have a difficult experience.

honestly, ive met people who almost trip is very difficult yet they go back again and again. and they feel compelled to go back. I think its simple curiosity, wanting to know something we dont, go back cuz we always feel like we missed something we think shoulda been obvious

we humans are very curious and interesting creatures arent we? lol
 
for me its more like reminiscence. Ive pushed the limits and plunged the depths. Destroyed and rebuilt myself over and over again. Seen the most magnificent and most malign. I would be honestly surprised if anything could push me farther than ive already gone. Honestly I dont really care if it can. Ive gotten my message from it. Tripping now just brings back fond memories and reminds me of my connection to the universe.
Its easy to get caught up in this material world. Every now and then its good to change your mindset and remember what you really are and where you really come from.
 
The trips that had me swearing 'never again' at one point in the experience usually end up being incredibly profound and beautiful experiences by the end of the night. Then again, I was lucky enough never to have an unexpectedly intense trip in my early years of psychedelic use, and at this point I'm experienced enough that, at the very least, any trip powerful enough to truly scare me for more than a brief time will have plenty to teach me and leave me much to reflect on the next day. The only psychedelic I've had in a while that's pushed anywhere near that extreme is DMT.
 
It's like waking up with a hangover and saying, "I'm never drinking again". Once the negative effects subside, you remember the positives.
 
^ i was about to say the exact same thing. Also, while i've never had a trip that was uniformly from beginning to end bad, i've certainly had some very difficult moments during some trips. I've found that often the ones with difficult moments are usually more productive than the lighter ones. YMMV
 
Because each trip is a new trip. You cant write off psychedelics as a whole.. thats like saying.. im not ever walking again because one time i walked somewhere and someone stabbed me.
 
Roose said:
I learn something new every trip, good or bad.
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Well said, this is my view on psychedelics and dissociatives as a whole. While the experience can go either way and be pleasant or unpleasant, you are going to learn and gain from it either way.

If you are using psychedelics for the "fun" aspect alone then maybe you need to rethink that or look at other drugs that are more appropriate for recreational purposes. Psychedelics and dissociatives for me are like ancient teachers, sometimes the lessons can be harsh, or boring, or long and drawn-out - but at the end of the day I always learn something new.
 
because you can never stop learning

unless you become supremely enlightened of course, in which place you wouldnt be "here" anymore :)
 
I haven't had outright bad trips, I've had bad parts but overall each trip is useful (although the last ~2g shroom trip seemed just confusing, a higher dose may be needed) to some extent.
 
rm-rf said:
because you can never stop learning

unless you become supremely enlightened of course, in which place you wouldnt be "here" anymore :)
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Yeah, basically.


I wouldn't describe any of my trips as "very bad". A lot of times, after the peak of a strong trip is behind me, it'll suddenly and quickly spiral downward, and I end up in a very uncomfortable place. But I view it as part of what comes from eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge -- I get to see both sides of the coin. It's a trivial price to pay for the unspeakable love that psychedelics can teach.
 
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