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is it a good idea to just think during the entire acid trip?

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ok so i'll be tripping later this week for the first time (lsd), and my main goal for this trip is just to think a lot. i pretty much just plan on lying on my bed and thinking about my life etc. will this get boring and end up in a bad trip, or is it a good idea to be just thinking for the entire trip? like just lie on my bed with no other source of entertainment, except the features of my room and my thoughts? thanks
 
An acid trip is an easy 8 hours so you'll want to at least have something to do other than sit and stare at things.

At the very least I suggest you pick up a box of brightly colored crayons or felts, and some manila poster paper. Doodling on acid is fun.

In the end, you'll know whether or not you can handle it.
 
You're likely going to do a lot of thinking whether you do something else or not. You're going to need more stimulus.

Psychedelics are meant to take you on an adventure, in your mind and in the real world at the same time. In fact there's no real difference between the two. They will show you things and you will learn.

For example, I took san pedro a couple of days ago, and everything I saw, san pedro saw through my eyes. It unlocked latent capacities in my mind and it said, "Here, listen to the distant sound of human pollution - traffic, planes, people making noise in their houses. Did you know the nocturnal creatures in the trees are perenially on edge because of it? Think about it, those kinds of strange noises have their fight and flight mechanism constantly triggered. How unpleasant must that be?" Or, "See that graffiti? If you look closer, you'll find it resembles alien symbols. The teenagers who put it there must have felt so isolated. Like aliens stranded on the wrong planet saying, hey, assholes, we need help, we're not from around here! Yet all society does is condemn and force them to 'grow up'." Etcetera.

So if all you give acid is closed eyes and your own thoughts, it won't have all that much to go with. That's why it's best to be spontaneous, and to have an open and stimulating environment.

Having said that, my first acid trip was alone in my room, and all I really needed was my computer, to write down tons and tons of thoughts and to listen to music. Having said THAT, my next trip was in the bush, and it was a much better trip.

Of course, none of this necessarily applies if you're just looking to have fun. But it doesn't sound like that's your main concern. Good luck with the questions on your mind - it will also help if you go in with no idea what to expect. You won't have a bad trip if you take a safe dose. And it will probably be a little different from what you're imagining. Hope you enjoy it!
 
Yeah just be careful about your back dude. Generally I always need to move around and stretch a few times during a trip so just make sure you don't lay there for hours on end. I laid on an air mattress on shrooms for a few hours once with my computer and when I got up my back muscle felt like death. It was crappy...
 
It is a good idea to leave your options open so you can do something else if you feel like it. Like someone suggested above, having drawing supplies handy if you feel like using them is a good idea. Same with musical instruments, or whatever you need for what you normally do.
 
Naturally, due to the length of an LSD trip, you will end up doing more activities than you initially thought you would be partaking in. Thinking will most certainly be in the agenda, but just be aware that random things will pop up that sound great at any particular moment :) Have a wonderful time!!!
 
Make sure you have music too. IMO, acid while listening to music is a very different experience from acid without music.
 
drawing and listening to music is all you need when youre on acid.

Sometimes I tend not to think of anything at all when im high on cid because you can end up getting caught in thought loops which can bring on negative vibes, alot of the time I just meditate and think of nothing.

Peace rude dogs
 
drawing and listening to music is all you need when youre on acid.

Sometimes I tend not to think of anything at all when im high on cid because you can end up getting caught in thought loops which can bring on negative vibes, alot of the time I just meditate and think of nothing.

Also going on 'stomping' missions is quite a good experience aslong as youre not in the public eye. countryside + ACID = Heaven/paradise
Peace rude dogs
 
i've had 3 or 4 trips where all i did was sit half-lotus....literally, all i did.....i got up after like 8 hours on mescaline in one spot, my legs were totally numb, and i had to piss like no other... :)

if you feel the vibe, ride it out man...a lack of stimulus, is sometimes the most stimulating ;)
 
try not thinking...that'll mix it up for ya....6 hours of intense contemplation...6 hours of zen transcndence....=one hell of a trip
 
It really depends on your personality and how you are specifically effected by acid. To be honest, just sitting staring at a wall and thinking is the easiest thing for me to do on acid, it's probably the part of acid that I enjoy the most (being able to think coherantly at hyperspeed, being able to 'feel' my thoughts), I've had dozens of trips sitting on the side of a particular hill in that forms one side of a valley in a particular spot where I have literally spent the entire trip sitting, pacing, lying and occasionally dancing within the same 5m x 5m space thinking and looking at the stars. If you are going to stay in one place and think there are far better places than your bed- somewhere in nature with a great view or somewhere where you can see the stars without too much light pollution.

At the same time, as other people who have responded have said, you may find it infuriating to have nothing to occupy yourself with. You will think a lot whatever you do when you take acid- even if you tell yourself that you're going to do all this awesome drawing half the time you end up spending ages looking at the crayons thinking about all of these associations that you have with crayons, strange forgotten memories and tangents, then you'll pick up a particular crayon, something seemingly significant will occur to you and you'll jot down a couple of sentences in crayon on a piece of paper. Then you'll forget what it was you were getting at and start thinking about something else, do some doodling around the words you wrote then get bored and go get an orange. Then you decide you need to go to the park and look at flowers....if you get what I mean?
 
Well I see nothing wrong with it if you feel like it when your tripping.
But I would not assume I would stay in the bed the entire trip.

My advice is to prepare for lots of stuff, drawing, music, art, toys,things to eat ( fruit, candy, chips ).
This way you can start the trip in bed and stay there is it's you like the feeling and if you don't like it you can always do other things with a lot of hassle.
 
with a fair few buds of heavy indica and an average strength tab it is easy to find yourself lost in thoughts and only thoughts
 
i think of all my trips as journeys.

think of a normal car ride. you have a car, you have a destination, and you plan on driving there. now thinking beforehand that you will just be driving, stiffly looking ahead and turning the wheel every now and again... that doesnt sound like a very interesting time.

but then you have the twists in the road, the scenery, the music on the radio, perhaps someone in the passanger seat, a light conversation, some clouds in the sky and then you have a journey.

let the trip do its thing, have some stuff ready (but dont worry if you dont have everything on everyones list) and you will see the thoughts will come either way. relax, have something nice around and time will fill itself.

best of luck
 
LOL at the idea one can so precisely "plan" what is gong to happen on a trip. There is no point whatsoever if you do not enter in with a sense of adventure and mystery, and just SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

Music is a must, IMO... absolutely nothing will take you deeper and expose you to the true power and usefulness of psychedelics more than MUSIC!!!
 
You don't have to stay still to think a lot during your trip! Take a walk, changing scenery is fun and gives you new things to think about, it may even spark insights you would not have otherwise had. The night air, maybe get somethin' sweet to drink and have a smoke, look at the moon and stars, all things can inspire thought.

Herb also definitely helps.
 
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