Kind of in a bad state of mind...would shrooms be a bad idea?

[tastethealex]

I just hate trying to get someone out of a loop, it feels like my spiritual obligation to help a brother but I get desperately worried when a tripper asks me repeatedly "What is going on?" with no way to even communicate with them or reassure them.

This reminds me of an experience with 2C-E. My friend took 20mg and I took 25mg. My friend had never taken any psychedelics other than Shrooms multiple times, and always had a great time, I had no Idea what I was in store for. Basically, he "Lost his shit." He was looping so hard he couldn't remember 30 seconds prior. at points he would walk in tight circles because he got lost in a train of thought. Me tripping hard as well was being pulled into these loops like a vortex except I was on a mission to find the key to breaking him free of the cycle. I could never tell if any progress was being made as each time was something different. at one point he reverted to only speaking in korean and I would have to spend sequences asking how to say certain words in korean so i could get him to switch back to English. He didn't trust anything or anyone in this state of mind. although he wasn't "freaking out" he did not like being told what to do (i.e. "stop walking in circles"). Normally I would just make sure they don't hurt themselves, but due to my own intoxication I was on a mission to fix things. this went on for roughly 8 hours, eventually he fell asleep on the couch woke up about 30 min later, although still tripping, the was back to reality. as much effort as I put into helping him break his loop cycle it was a pointless quest.

 

[Sega420]

sometimes its best to just let them get on with looping,
keep engaging their questions, keep talking to them, even if its a lot of trippy otherworldly galactic nonsense to keep them in awe and quiet.

on top of everything else if someone is looping, make sure they stay away from windows, ledges, things with sharp corners,
or anything they could accidentally or intentionally hurt themselves with.
(ie walking in circles babbling to themselves and they end up tripping over a phone cord and taking out their eye on the corner of the coffee table)

safety safe.

 

[Jblazingphoenix100]

I would say that the trip could and most probably would very easily bring out those negative emotions. It could be a "horrible" experience but you could also learn a lot from it. But on the other hand, it could go severely wrong and have some major consequences.

If I were you, I would refrain from taking the mushrooms at this point in your life. I think it is important to have a positive mindset when taking psychedelics, especially mushrooms. The negative emotions could be overwhelming for you and could possibly lead to some harm to yourself, physically, or mentally.

Get yourself in a MORE positive mindset by just sitting down sober, or stoned and contemplating the whats and the whys shit has gone wrong, and try not to be hard on yourself.

If you were going to trip to gain some insight - make sure you're by yourself, or with a very close confidante, and don't fight where it's going if you wanna sort through some stuff.

Make sure your dose isn't too high - I'd say 3g Cubensis wouldn't be too strong at home by yourself or with a friend.

But I would make sure to at least try and sort things out in your head a lil by yourself beforehand - get yourself into a positive way of thinking about your problems - that they are lessons on how to act in the future, and to concentrate on how to change those things in your trip.