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LSD Sitter (first time)

tcfalala

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Hi, so my boyfriend is planning on taking LSD for the first time (I've never taken LSD either- dont know if I want to try yet) and I'm going to be his sitter. I want everything to be safe and if anything starts to go wrong, I want to know what to do. Right now I dont really know what to do, so if anyone could give me any tips or pointers that'd be great :) thank you!
 
Well I guess give him unconditional support. There is no telling whether someone may struggle with surfacing feelings or just have a careless trip, so try to be understanding even if things don't make sense. It's not his job to make you understand though, so that can be tough. See if you can figure out what he needs. Sometimes people get anxious or sensitive about something and they don't always find the words to express it. Like feelings of guilt or paranoia over tiny unimportant things. In such cases always try to comfort him by acknowledging your support and care.

In a lot of ways I think it can be like babysitting a small child. Emotionally people can get quite child-like on a number of psychedelics, but don't patronize them either because their intellect often does not regress.

If something goes wrong, offer to ground the tripping person. This can be tricky but it comes down to confirming a connection with something they can find certainty and safety in. Emphasize what is actually happening and that they are alright, help them not to get pulled into a boundless sea of unhelpful thought patterns.
However don't dismiss the validity of what they are going through, because even though a lot of it may not be real to you or even meaningful to the tripper... the experience as a whole tends to be meaningful in its own way. There can be lessons or insights despite potential confusion. Help the tripper to be guided through all of it and not to get stuck and fixated too much.
 
Read Timothy Leary's interpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead if he wants to get spiritual. It kind of explains (metaphorically) what one could go through (the first part about pure enlightenment could be skipped, don't think he'll experience that) and it offers some pointers of how you should handle the situation as a sitter in both good and bad times. It's only 30 pages or so and well worth your time.

But seeing as you're his girlfriend, don't think anything will go wrong. Being with someone you love is often enough to have a great experience
 
^ both sterling pieces of advice. Some extra practical tips for if things start to get difficult for him: reduce the amount of sensory factors (music, bright lights, etc) and build them up again from there. Sometimes if someone feels agitated while tripping it can be as simple a thing as needing to go to the toilet, eat or drink something, or get warmer or cooler, that they may not necessarily have identified straight away because their mind is on other things. Personally I find I need an adequate supply of good healthy, high-energy (and easy to chew and swallow!) food to give me enough energy to get through a trip.
 
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