What makes a good/bad trip buddy?

[ganja god]

When your tripping with another or multiple other people, what constitutes one who seems congrous with the psychedelic experience and what annoys you?
Imo a good trip buddy...
1) Takes the right dose for themselves, i.e. doesnt over do it and get all wigged out and give you wierd vibes.
2)Doesn't feel the need to commentate on or laugh at every god damn thing they experience.
3)Is in control, as in not manic or loud or careless, like acting rediculous in public.
4)Can be funny but doesn't constantly vie for your laughter.
5)Not psychotic.
6)Doesn't get overly emotional with their interpersonal relationships. idk, might just be me, but i think it makes more sense to think about it while your tripping but bring it up later when im not floating around space.
7)Isn't the kind of person who always has a bad trip and just never learns.
8)Doesn't fuck with you.
9)Its pretty cool when someone is philosophical or poetic.
10) Understands how and how not to act around tripping people.
what do you guys think?

 

[Big)Sky]

A good tripping buddy for me is...
1) Someone who cares for my state of well being as much as there's and vise versa.
2) Someone who brings something to contribute to the experience.
3) Someone who doesn't always feel the need to talk when tripping ( as i like to get so lost in my own head space that i rarely speak until after the experience. just take it all in)
4) Someone who wants to do something besides sit around and smoke.

 

[caseface99]

A bad tripping partner is someone who you think will protray a general sense of fagotry. I have seriously stood up and left before due to people sitting there talking to me like im retarded and shit. Like seriously im tripping i don't have the downs shut the fuck up... And no you aren't convincing me of an delusions of grandeur. Either im tripping so hard i could care less about what you're saying, or im not tripping hard enough and you're making yourself look like a total ass hat.

A good person is -

Someone you trust and know well
Someone who is experienced with tripping (breaking someones psychedelic hymen with them can be fun, but its your responsibility as the experienced one to pick someone who isn't stupid/shouldn't be tripping)
Someone who isn't downright retarded

And that's about it really, pretty much everything listed so far is covered by these general parameters.

Things like being philosophical and such are bonuses, however not required for a good tripping partner.

 

[Symmetrical Daze]

Someone who knows when to keep quiet (being able to enjoy comfortable silence together)

Someone you are quite familiar with and can get along fine sober.

Someone that doesn't have a large height/weight difference from you (in my strange experience)

 

[ganja god]

oh also someone who doesn't not understand if you want to trip out solo and gets butt hurt when you don't want company.

 

[Tunnelfission]

5)Not psychotic.

This made for the scariest time ever... realizing a past friend of mine was schizophrenic AFTER we ate mushrooms for the first time together. so fucked up, I note that even though you can be lost with fear people almost always tend to snap out of psychotic states after time passes, usually the full length of the trip itself.

the person your tripping with has to be strong minded and hopefully not a noob at taking psychedellics, they need to be confident so you can have full confidence should the trip go less than perfectly

 

[X3DFX]

1. Someone who is highly (more than you) comfortable with themselves. They can occupy themselves, do not need any input from you in order to decide anything. They can attend to their own needs. They can keep their attention to themselves, and give it to you when and only when it is being asked for.


That is all.

 

[The Hebrew Hammer]

A good trip buddy is :

Someone with similar interests, but different opinions on them.

Someone who got decent grades in school , or has since got their shit together to an extent.

someone who knows how to and chooses to do the right thing, on a regular basis.

Someone who knows the RIGHT ways to assist the drugs.

Someone who knows when to stop assisting the drugs.

Someone that is comfortable solo, but desires to contribute to the group.

Someone that is journeying to live, not living to journey.

Someone the produces. (I hate tripping with people who's hobbies consist of watching TV and browsing youtube, and only other acts of consumption. Its great tripping with other artists, musicians, poets, writers, or even people who build model trains etc... I just hate being around a bunch of consumers when im tripping, I have to have someone else there to give something back to the world)

 

[THEALLKNOWING]

This made for the scariest time ever... realizing a past friend of mine was schizophrenic AFTER we ate mushrooms for the first time together. so fucked up, I note that even though you can be lost with fear people almost always tend to snap out of psychotic states after time passes, usually the full length of the trip itself.

the person your tripping with has to be strong minded and hopefully not a noob at taking psychedellics, they need to be confident so you can have full confidence should the trip go less than perfectly

this is the reason i usually trip by myself these days or with my lady as a sitter.i've seen my share of people/friends/family go psychotic while tripping and the rest of the trip was spent keeping knives/guns away from them,trying to figure how to disarm them when they do find a knife and it can be down safely btw but what a waste of a trip.i NEVER have a bad trip by myself.i eliminate the possibility of having one by going in solo . i guess im my own best trip buddy ;-)

 

[ganja god]

A good trip buddy is :

Someone with similar interests, but different opinions on them.

Someone who got decent grades in school , or has since got their shit together to an extent.

someone who knows how to and chooses to do the right thing, on a regular basis.

Someone who knows the RIGHT ways to assist the drugs.

Someone who knows when to stop assisting the drugs.

Someone that is comfortable solo, but desires to contribute to the group.

Someone that is journeying to live, not living to journey.

Someone the produces. (I hate tripping with people who's hobbies consist of watching TV and browsing youtube, and only other acts of consumption. Its great tripping with other artists, musicians, poets, writers, or even people who build model trains etc... I just hate being around a bunch of consumers when im tripping, I have to have someone else there to give something back to the world)

what could grades possibly have to do with it? Have psychedelics deconditioned you at all?

 

[SmokeNDose]

3) Someone who doesn't always feel the need to talk when tripping ( as i like to get so lost in my own head space that i rarely speak until after the experience. just take it all in).

This ones a great one for me. I love being comfortable enough with my friends that when silence hits, its not an awkward silence, its simply recognized as a time to take a break from conversation and go deep inside your mind.

One really memorable moment while tripping on mushrooms was when me and a friend were walking down the road and randomly had 5 minutes of silence and could listen to the sounds of the woods at night. Neither of us wanted to break the silence and by the end we were both so happy that we both understood the importance of that silence. Its a funny thought but it was truly inspiring.

 

[Pegasus]

I'd say the responsibility level in said buddy is the most important factor... Also a definite plus is when that person has previous experiences with psychedelics that did not end with psychotic episodes.

 

[MsSensitive]

oh also someone who doesn't not understand if you want to trip out solo and gets butt hurt when you don't want company.

Space is incredibly important. Your partner should be empathetic to what you want on a drug.

However, I get stuck thinking of this now, what if your buddy doesn't want to be alone in the same instance?

 

[knock]

what could grades possibly have to do with it? Have psychedelics deconditioned you at all?

I agree with this in the extreme. One of the most intelligent guys I ever knew got poor grades. There can be so many reasons, and it's not even relevant.

The saving grace might be:

"or has since got their shit together to an extent."

but on further analysis, what does it even mean? who's definition of "togetherness of shit"?

 

[ShadouXarcanuM]

Someone who doesn't usually annoy the fuck out of you and someone who isn't an attention whore (i.e. look at me, look at this, look what i did, pay attention to me) and someone who doesn't ask a lot of pointless questions.
I tripped once with i girl i know who fell into this category. she was constantly trying to make sense of everything on top of having all the attention on her. she would continuously ask questions like what is going on? what is this? what is time? after spending every effort i had to nicely tell her to shut up already, i gave up and just let her talk. after a while her questions started getting to me, then she asked the big one "is this what people do?" threw me and everyone else tripping into some crazy thought loops and bad trips. I went to a very different and unexplainable place from this world and spent at least an hour questioning life. because of her i will never trip again. i don't ever want to go back to that place..

Choose your tripping buddies wisely. ~PLUR~

 

[TerminallyChillNB]

In addition to being comfortable in silence, I should say, someone that can be silent in the first place... and the ability to speak in a normal voice when speaking [while tripping] is good too.

For me, someone who understands it's not always a party.

Someone who's not going to exploit (e.g. talk about to your other friends, record & post to the internets) the crazy sh*t you might do unintentionally etc. (Recording ok for private documentation, also called evidence).

Someone with experience, to avoid the bombardment of "is this normal?" and "I feel..." questions and remarks.

I think similar taste in music is almost always a plus while tripping with other(s).

Very important quality: Someone that's not going to keep secret, any other substances they may have taken on their own, beforehand or throughout the trip...

 

[OnePageMemory]

someone who confirms if something is real or not.

Someone who doesnt make you go on a bad trip on purpose and thinks its funny.

 

[Lucid Dream]

I feel as though I'm in disagreement with a lot of these opinions. A good trip sitter, is someone you don't even know is there. They need to be able to physically hold you down. These are the most important things a sitter can do. When I'm tripping, being around sober people really creeps me out. And if the situation arose that I needed my sitter to step in and stop me from hurting myself, he will have to be someone that can physically do that. If your not comfortable with this person, then all the stuff I said before will be irrelevant. Another important thing is to make sure your sitter is also experienced with tripping, so he can better handle situations if one were to occur.

I no longer use a sitter. When I trip off of hardcore compounds like DMT, I just lock my bedroom doors. I never can figure out how to open doors while I'm tripping that hard. And I have 4mg of Alprazolam ready to be swallowed at any given second during the trip. I do not recommend 4mg to everyone with a bad trip, thats my dose. Find your own.