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Mushrooms - First Time - Very bad shroom trip

Gungho510

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To give you a little background of my previous drug experiences, I had smoked a ridiculous amount of weed, rolled once, and smoked salvia various times. None of these drugs could have prepared me for my first shroom trip.

My buddy and I picked up a quarter ounce of very potent shrooms, according to my dealer, they were the strongest he'd ever had. We smoked several bowls of dro, and thus began our journey. So my friend and I went to a quiet, trippy pine grove on some country land and divided up the bag. I had around 5 or 6 smaller mushrooms, along with a giant tumor-looking one. They tasted horrible, and we didn't have anything to wash it down. In retrospect, i think I ate far more of the bag than he did, I really don't remember. Estimate ~~4.5g.

Immediately after we finish eating, my dad calls me and is pissed that I left the house because I'd promised I'd stay home today. I didn't have my car, so he told me to have my friend drop me off at Burger King in 20. I met him there, and at this point, I felt a little bit higher than before, but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. My dad dragged me and my siblings around town for about a half hour, and towards the end of the errands, I noticed my brother's hair starting to warp and change colors. In addition to that I felt an overwhelming paranoia taking over my body.

We arrived home, and I felt fucked out of my mind. My dad told me I was helping him cook hamburgers, and I told him there was no way that's happening. I went in the basement to try to relax, and my cousin was playing a heavy metal song on guitar hero. Even though I love metal, it was scaring the shit out of me. I grabbed my cousins arm and said, "You are my last portal to reality". He told me I should go take a shower and try to calm down. I stumbled upstairs to our double bathroom, and started to undress. As I took off my shirt i noticed a ripple in my abdomen. I touched it, and my skin stuck to my fingers and melted off, exposing my intestines. This was the visual that set me off spiraling into insanity.

I was extremely nauseous, and sat down on the breathing, oscillating toilet. After getting something out, I flushed the toilet, and it.... overflowed and started leaking shit water all over the bathroom. I started experiencing horrifying breathing and growling auditory hallucinations, and the walls started to bend and wave. I climbed in the shower to escape the flooded bathroom, and turned it on. The water looked like it melted off strips of my skin. So I step out into the bathroom, infront of the mirror, and right before my eyes, my face melted off. I grabbed my belt from the floor, and it started to morph into the body of a snake. At this point, I started to believe I was dying.

My dad came upstairs to see what all the commotion was, and I was sitting on my bed, completely naked. He asked me what was going on. I told him I "ate a bunch of mushrooms and was freaking the fuck out". Dad: "What do you want to do?".
Me- "What do I want to do? I want to go to the fucking hospital so I don't die!"

To wrap up the rest of the story more concisely, I had to drink a bottle of melting charcoal, and was stuck with over 8 needles, all whilst tripping balls. That weekend I scared the shit out of myself and my family, and had a hefty hospital bill which I had to pay for myself.

I apologize for the length, It was just such a traumatizing experience that I've remembered every detail word for word.
 
wow that sounds intense man sorry to hear u had a bad time man. My first time on mushrooms i ate a few my mate had picked. I started to feel weird as hell when they kicked in and the mental part of it really messed my head but once they finished i felt alright but just off if that makes sense. I never got any visuals but i decided they were not for me. Next time remember set and setting if you choose to try them again, best of Luck and remember what you learnt from the experience.
 
My buddy and I picked up a quarter ounce of very potent shrooms, according to my dealer, they were the strongest he'd ever had. We smoked several bowls of dro, and thus began our journey. So my friend and I went to a quiet, trippy pine grove on some country land and divided up the bag. I had around 5 or 6 smaller mushrooms, along with a giant tumor-looking one. They tasted horrible, and we didn't have anything to wash it down. In retrospect, i think I ate far more of the bag than he did, I really don't remember. Estimate ~~4.5g.

Immediately after we finish eating, my dad calls me and is pissed that I left the house because I'd promised I'd stay home today. I didn't have my car, so he told me to have my friend drop me off at Burger King in 20...

I read your whole trip report. Sounds pretty traumatic, but the above quote at the beginning is all that's really needed. This is your first time trying a psychedelic drug, you ate a seriously high dose and then you realize that you had promised your dad you had to be with him for the day...? Hun?

Not trying to make you feel worse, I'm sure you learned your lesson well, but this was seriously irresponsible behavior. Hopefully your story is a lesson for others. These drugs are not toys: either you have the time/space/environment/privacy to do them, or you don't. You clearly didn't, and shouldn't have eaten them because of that.

Sorry you had a bad trip, hopefully you'll get to try again one day and have a good trip. :)
 
yeh dont let this bad trip discourage you from experiencing a good one mushrooms can be amazing and out of the few psycadelics i have tried they are my favourite so far
sounds like you had an awful time but it clearly was all down to the setting you were put in, if you do decide to take strong psycadelic drugs again just make sure you have no prior commitments and you are in a relaxed situation
 
I'm sorry you had such a rough time. :( It's important with psychedelics to only use them in the correct settings. It's essential to make sure you have no outside stresses and are in a controlled situation. Parents home is never a good idea, as it creates a potential stressful situation, and if they encounter you, you're unprepared to be able to handle it. And even having to handle something stressful and unexpected like that can cause a lot of stress and trauma, as you experienced.

I hope this teaches you to be more respectful of set and setting when you do drugs. Especially psychedelics. :)

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In retrospect, I realized this was an incredibly stupid idea, with a terrible set/setting. Any other day it would have been a great experience. I actually have tried Shrooms again since then in the company of close friends, and had a wonderful time. I'm not letting one bad experience scar me forever, I'm just gonna have to learn from it.
 
^ Exactly! Set and setting would have changed this completely. I would NEVER trip around my parents, it would freak me out way too much. You always need to have a safe place with safe people set up for your trips, in case you have a strong experience like you did.

Um, and yeah, never take more that 1/16-1/8 your first time on shrooms unless you are well experienced with other drugs. Shrooms can kick the ass of even very experienced trippers.

Also, there was no need to apologize for length of your report, it was not too long at all :)
 
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