Apologies in advance if this thread has been done before, or if it is not appropriate to the guidelines for whatever reason. But I have been thinking about this a lot in the last week, since my first proper mushroom trip (that worked), and I feel like putting it down on words, and hearing what other people's opinions on this are.
I know that no two drugs, especially psychedelics, are really "comparable" in that is is like comparing apples and oranges. But I was actually struck by how similar mushrooms felt to acid, more than i had expected it would anyway, but it was also the many differences that made the trip quite difficult for me.
I have taken acid at least 30 times in my life I would say, maybe more, and I have certainly had difficult trips, but nothing that I would ever call bad. This is because I find acid to be extremely analytical- my brain thinks through things at a million miles an hour but in an extremely mathematical, conclusional kind of way- and because of this, any difficulty that i come accross, whether it be an emotional, spiritual, material issue etc., i can "think" my way through it, and eventually come to conclusions about it and work through it. I feel like despite how strong the trip may be, I always feel some level of control over the trip, and over my mindset, and I have the trust that I can get through any negativity.
I had a lot of confidence that if I could handle acid I could handle mushrooms, but they really took me by suprise. The main thing i found was that, compared to acid- mushrooms are much more "feely", whereas acid is much more "thinky"- because of that, being both an analytical and emotional sort of person, with acid I can "think" my way through all my issues, whereas with mushrooms it was my very emotions that were telling me what was going on with myself- uncontrollable emotions. I felt as though I really had no control at all over the trip or over my emotions, and they were not necessarily feelings i could think through logically. I feel as though the traditional "set and setting" formula doesn't necessarily mean anything for the mushroom trip, as a bad trip could just spring out of nowhere- a subconsious negative emotion that you were not aware of prior to tripping.
I also found mushrooms to be much more visual, but not as focussed, bright and patterned as acid- just everything constantly moving in a really overwhelming sort of way.
I can totally see now why mushrooms have the potential to be both absolutely incredibly amazing, and also abolutely terrifyingly terrible, i think more so than acid. I personally much prefer acid I think, it's style of learning sits better with me, but I think mushrooms is the kind of thing i would do when really really really wanting/ready to spiritually shake myself up.
What do others think about this comparison, and do you have any other ideas as to their main differences?
I know that no two drugs, especially psychedelics, are really "comparable" in that is is like comparing apples and oranges. But I was actually struck by how similar mushrooms felt to acid, more than i had expected it would anyway, but it was also the many differences that made the trip quite difficult for me.
I have taken acid at least 30 times in my life I would say, maybe more, and I have certainly had difficult trips, but nothing that I would ever call bad. This is because I find acid to be extremely analytical- my brain thinks through things at a million miles an hour but in an extremely mathematical, conclusional kind of way- and because of this, any difficulty that i come accross, whether it be an emotional, spiritual, material issue etc., i can "think" my way through it, and eventually come to conclusions about it and work through it. I feel like despite how strong the trip may be, I always feel some level of control over the trip, and over my mindset, and I have the trust that I can get through any negativity.
I had a lot of confidence that if I could handle acid I could handle mushrooms, but they really took me by suprise. The main thing i found was that, compared to acid- mushrooms are much more "feely", whereas acid is much more "thinky"- because of that, being both an analytical and emotional sort of person, with acid I can "think" my way through all my issues, whereas with mushrooms it was my very emotions that were telling me what was going on with myself- uncontrollable emotions. I felt as though I really had no control at all over the trip or over my emotions, and they were not necessarily feelings i could think through logically. I feel as though the traditional "set and setting" formula doesn't necessarily mean anything for the mushroom trip, as a bad trip could just spring out of nowhere- a subconsious negative emotion that you were not aware of prior to tripping.
I also found mushrooms to be much more visual, but not as focussed, bright and patterned as acid- just everything constantly moving in a really overwhelming sort of way.
I can totally see now why mushrooms have the potential to be both absolutely incredibly amazing, and also abolutely terrifyingly terrible, i think more so than acid. I personally much prefer acid I think, it's style of learning sits better with me, but I think mushrooms is the kind of thing i would do when really really really wanting/ready to spiritually shake myself up.
What do others think about this comparison, and do you have any other ideas as to their main differences?
I never tried acid though