LSD and sociability

[Al_S_Dee]

So I went to this big festival I had been waiting for for a year. I was gonna candyflip but that's where things went kinda sour. I took 3 hits of good tabs and carried some good ass MDA caps with me to take later on. In I went into the festival and got in to the music. At some point, I started tripping kinda hard. Hard enough that I didn't feel like taking the MDA at all. Then my trip turned introverted where I was not bad tripping or anything and really enjoying the music but I had zero sociability. I was avoiding throngs of people, didn't talk to anyone, and kinda zoned out into my own world. I had a good time but, in hindsight, I wanted a more social trip which I didn't get. I mean I could have tripped like this at home.

I love L but now I have decided I am staying clear off it at festivals/raves/parties where social skills have to be used. I'll take L alone or with friends in a camping situation where we don't need to "act" a certain way or meet new people.

So does anyone else get sociability issues on acid?

 

[DiZzyBonne]

On higher doses of acid I get a little anti-social, which is why I refrain from taking it at raves as well. However, if I find someone else that's on acid as well, I'll start talking to them because I can relate lol.

Your reason is the exact same as mine, I don't like taking acid at raves because it takes me too far into my own little world.

 

[Leftley]

I've never had problems communicating with anyone on acid o.o.. there are moments where I will zoom off into my own little world, and ignore the whole world around me for a few minutes, but thats about it.

 

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

On very high doses of LSD during the peak I've forgotten how to speak, hear, comprehend, and understand human language.

I wouldn't want to be in public with random strangers when that was happening or on a very high dose of LSD.

At lower doses I was fine with communicating and being in public while taking college classes, even if I did giggle a lot.

 

[omicamushroom]

I have a hard time shutting up on LSD. As long as the people know I am on trips and there are comfortable vibes I can talk endlessly. Sometimes it can be strange if I end up in a place that I don't know if I should be in. I have gone into convenient stores during the peak of acid trips and been completely dumbfounded as to why I went in the store. But acid always makes me go further, so I let the moment up and and eventually figure out what I gotta grab. Acid makes my mind trail a lot and sometimes I get caught up in strange loops. They will branch out differently, but always have the same starting point. Or I have a lot of thought strands that start somewhere, go many places, and eventually round it back to the starting point. But mostly I won't shut up.


On mdxx type stuff I become a little more calm. I'm at ease, and don't feel as though I need to talk as much. I am content with not saying anything at all. For much of the acid trip I feel like everything needs to be said or else I will lose it forever. It is like this long process of getting all the thought loops inside of me outside of me. On mdxx I like to touch more... similar to when I eat mushrooms. touch is greatly enhanced.

I like communicating at certain points in a mushroom trip. But I feel like there a significant portions of time where nothing can be said, and that the users need to watch the trip and learn for a while. It is a stage where the users wait to be comfortable. When things have gotten way outta hand, and you have to chill out for however long, let your own little world develop and show you what its gotta show you. Then eventually you come out, and you either listen or you talk. communicating is very easy though. On acid sometimes, I feel like I overtalk people.

So yeah... acid makes me highly sociable if I am in comfortable setting. Highly social situations are perfectly alright with me. I have talked to many different people while under the influence of acid and sometimes in combo with other trippy materials. I generally have a wonderful enthusiasm, and somewhat of a child-like wonder. I become amazed by simple things... and i feel simple things are what people know the most. So it is easy to communicate simple things, and if you do it with enthusiasm people attach to it. With people I know very well though... I get into talking about the things I don't know very well... the things I don't quite have the right words for yet - the words waiting for time to come together. I can talk from the minute I dose to several hours later when I'm all strung out. Hours after coming down... when I've been smoking bowls non-stop... I'll just talk endlessly. 12+hour communication fests sometimes. Acid is pretty cool.

 

[ford442]

i have had pretty good times with a group of friends - like 5 - 12 other people, most of them tripping - but, i don't do quite as well with crowds of people i do not know.. the county fair was an example of having a weird time - everyone was a stranger, then i had to walk through the cops directing traffic to get out of there..

it has been advised a number of times on here to keep acid to private settings for safety and comfort..

 

[bunnyhentman]

Personally I love Acid and dancing to great music better than anything else in the world -- If I am too high to talk, I just dance. On large doses I have been both unable to communicate or understand other people, but I know I can at least move around however awkwardly and get lost in music.

I no longer take (a lot of) acid and go out to unfamiliar places though, I feel too vulnerable and it's not worth the risk to me unless I am in a big group of friends.

 

[aussieblues]

On very high doses of LSD during the peak I've forgotten how to speak, hear, comprehend, and understand human language.

Haha. This has happened to me on high doses as well. The worst experience I've had with this inability to comprehend and communicate was whilst being questioned by the police, though it was a great trip before I was thrown in the back of the cruiser.

Generally, I like to take LSD by myself or with a small group so sociability is never a great concern for me. If I trip in public or with a large group of people I prefer a low dose so as to be giggly and more sociable.

 

[azgaza]

I can often tak pretty well to people also on LSD; on a very high dose it becomes more difficult and puttig those thoughts in to sentences becomes nearly impossible. Simple communication like 'lets go there' or 'lets change the music' is often still possibly in any situation.

I find on any dose talking to sober people during the peak a little more difficult. I do think higher dose LSD is a bit unsocial, but with other trippers you have this mutual understanding of things so it doesn't matter.

 

[Al_S_Dee]

i have had pretty good times with a group of friends - like 5 - 12 other people, most of them tripping - but, i don't do quite as well with crowds of people i do not know.. the county fair was an example of having a weird time - everyone was a stranger, then i had to walk through the cops directing traffic to get out of there..

it has been advised a number of times on here to keep acid to private settings for safety and comfort..

I think you got it right: I am quite fine talking/socializing with fellow trippers who are tripping with me. But when it comes to a big party/festival where you would like to communicate with other strangers then I have a problem with it. Like at this festival, I had wanted to meet random people, especially cute females, but I was locked away in my own world. I even had the opportunity to drop some MDA and change the trip (my rolling friend was begging me to drop the MDA so I'd be rolling as well but I denied him). However, at the time, I felt quite satisfied with where I was. In hindsight though, I should have taken it.
Well lessons learned. I will take the advise to heart of keeping acid to private settings now that I have experience to back it up.

As an aside, I do feel that taking the MDA and candyflipping would have snapped me out my own little bubble enabling me to be more social.

Live & learn!

 

[malakaix]

Well considering at high dose's the concept of language itself can often become 'foreign' it's really no wonder

 

[Fractals]

For me, it's not really an anti-social thing as much as it is a total mindfuck into forgetting how to communicate with sober people.

This only happens to me on high doses of acid, but if I'm tripping hard enough, I will forget how to properly communicate with anyone who isn't tripping on acid. Spoken words will have no meaning. Curiously, while peaking on acid, though I will make absolutely no sense to sober friends, I can communicate with other people who are tripping. During one of my trips I spent an hour or two having a conversation with a friend (also tripping) through random noises, visual movements and facial expressions. We somehow knew what each other was saying, while my sober friend had absolutely no idea what was going on. Conversely, when I tried to talk to my sober friend, I made no sense and I could not comprehend what he was saying to me. I would hear the words, but they had no meaning and left me with a blank stare.

Such is the nature of the mysterious LSD.

 

[alantis360]

you took 3 hits man thats obviously way too much next time start with 1 or even half of 1 and then go from there. I can see myself doing the same thing if i went to a festival on 3 decent hits.

 

[pstyles89]

I know how you feel. I once took 2 hits of some good blotters at a rave in conjunction with MDMA. The MDMA still didnt make me feel better/more social. I had a good time, the music sounded amazing, but I didnt really feel like talking to anyone.

I feel like I would have been better off just taking the molly in that situation. I love acid, but it seemed too overwhelming in a public setting. I usually get pretty introverted on the peak of a good acid high, in which case I would rather observe and think than talk.

 

[caroline55]

Well no matter what amount of acid I take, there is only one thing I am able and want to do!! and that is stare into space, people there or not!! I dont talk, I dont walk, I dont use any body function at all, I just space out !!!!! and that is all I need to do!!!
Tomorrow I'll talk, dance, socialize!!! But right now I wont!!!

Have you ever seen a temporaly brain dead human with his mouth open just saying "bla blab blllabblammm" and eyes as wide as a black hole looking up into the sky with the odd tear running down his cheek!!
Well thats me even with the weekest amount of acid!!
Peace

 

[Al_S_Dee]

I know how you feel. I once took 2 hits of some good blotters at a rave in conjunction with MDMA. The MDMA still didnt make me feel better/more social. I had a good time, the music sounded amazing, but I didnt really feel like talking to anyone.

I feel like I would have been better off just taking the molly in that situation. I love acid, but it seemed too overwhelming in a public setting. I usually get pretty introverted on the peak of a good acid high, in which case I would rather observe and think than talk.

Yeah the music sounded amazing and I was totally into it. It's just a matter of if that's what I want at a festival where there are loads of people and lots of opportunities to meet them or am I content with being a wallflower just observing the awesomeness of the music and the lights. For me, the answer to that is that I can be a wallflower at home or with friends elsewhere so I'd rather not be like that also at a social event.
Now 2C-I at a party is fucking amazing! I'll stick to that as I know it works extremely well socially for me. I always have and always will love LSD but I feel like I am becoming a more intelligent user after this experience.

 

[ChronicHD]

Haha. This has happened to me on high doses as well. The worst experience I've had with this inability to comprehend and communicate was whilst being questioned by the police, though it was a great trip before I was thrown in the back of the cruiser.

Is there a story behind this that you care to share?

 

[you'd_neversuspect]

I have a hard time shutting up on LSD. As long as the people know I am on trips and there are comfortable vibes I can talk endlessly. Sometimes it can be strange if I end up in a place that I don't know if I should be in. I have gone into convenient stores during the peak of acid trips and been completely dumbfounded as to why I went in the store. But acid always makes me go further, so I let the moment up and and eventually figure out what I gotta grab. Acid makes my mind trail a lot and sometimes I get caught up in strange loops. They will branch out differently, but always have the same starting point. Or I have a lot of thought strands that start somewhere, go many places, and eventually round it back to the starting point. But mostly I won't shut up.


On mdxx type stuff I become a little more calm. I'm at ease, and don't feel as though I need to talk as much. I am content with not saying anything at all. For much of the acid trip I feel like everything needs to be said or else I will lose it forever. It is like this long process of getting all the thought loops inside of me outside of me. On mdxx I like to touch more... similar to when I eat mushrooms. touch is greatly enhanced.

I like communicating at certain points in a mushroom trip. But I feel like there a significant portions of time where nothing can be said, and that the users need to watch the trip and learn for a while. It is a stage where the users wait to be comfortable. When things have gotten way outta hand, and you have to chill out for however long, let your own little world develop and show you what its gotta show you. Then eventually you come out, and you either listen or you talk. communicating is very easy though. On acid sometimes, I feel like I overtalk people.

So yeah... acid makes me highly sociable if I am in comfortable setting. Highly social situations are perfectly alright with me. I have talked to many different people while under the influence of acid and sometimes in combo with other trippy materials. I generally have a wonderful enthusiasm, and somewhat of a child-like wonder. I become amazed by simple things... and i feel simple things are what people know the most. So it is easy to communicate simple things, and if you do it with enthusiasm people attach to it. With people I know very well though... I get into talking about the things I don't know very well... the things I don't quite have the right words for yet - the words waiting for time to come together. I can talk from the minute I dose to several hours later when I'm all strung out. Hours after coming down... when I've been smoking bowls non-stop... I'll just talk endlessly. 12+hour communication fests sometimes. Acid is pretty cool.

Omicamushroom.... I read your post and laughed aloud because you sound just like me.. I was so inclined to tell you this that I made a BlueLight account just to tell you.
"With people I know very well though... I get into talking about the things I don't know very well... the things I don't quite have the right words for yet - the words waiting for time to come together.I can talk from the minute I dose to several hours later when I'm all strung out. Hours after coming down... when I've been smoking bowls non-stop... I'll just talk endlessly. 12+hour communication fests sometimes."

Seriously spot on. I can not shut up!! I went out to Black Rock Desert recently with a guy i've been seeing and I don't think he was ready for how much I was going to talk and how much of it wasn't going to make much sense for at least a few hours hahahah. I don't think he'd tripped very many times either. We haven't talked much since. Hahah.. shit. lol

Just wanted to share that bit of my human experience with you.