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Get active.
In my experience, it's been that simple. I get pretty bad come-up anxiety on most trips, especially when I'm taking more of a substance than I've ever taken before (which is most times). It tends to happen, funnily enough, while the effects themselves are at their least noticeable or intimidating; it's simply that the sudden reality shift, and the anticipation of the unknown to come, is highly unnerving.
Now, last time I took shrooms, a potent batch at 3.5g, I sat around my room looking about anxiously for a little bit. Last time I'd taken a dose like that, things got very fucked up, very fast. I was scared of ego death and losing my mind (and, as it happened, both those things did occur later on, though it wasn't as bad as I'd expected). I came to realise, though, that the cause of this anxiety was thus:
With nothing to direct your altered, hyper-analytical state of consciousness towards, it turns inwards upon itself. And with nothing to focus on but how rapidly things are changing, the feelings of fear and anticipation get enhanced the same way any other feeling does on a trip.
Therefore, move.
Do something with that nervous energy. Some people have recommended watching a video to take your mind off it; I imagine this could work well, but it's still a passive activity. One thing I like to do is dance, which might sound stupid, but there are few feelings so amazing as letting the psychedelic spirit possess your body and do amazing things with your sense of rhythm and coordination. It feels like becoming comfortable and at ease in a new energy-body, instead of waiting around getting jittery while it forces itself upon you. Another thing that often works is simply walking. Walk through nature, observe the initial effects, have a goal in mind, a destination to get to. Whatever you do, do something other than turn inwards on the looming experience. I predict you will soon find that the effects are much milder and less intimidating than you were making them out to be.
Hope that helps.
In my experience, it's been that simple. I get pretty bad come-up anxiety on most trips, especially when I'm taking more of a substance than I've ever taken before (which is most times). It tends to happen, funnily enough, while the effects themselves are at their least noticeable or intimidating; it's simply that the sudden reality shift, and the anticipation of the unknown to come, is highly unnerving.
Now, last time I took shrooms, a potent batch at 3.5g, I sat around my room looking about anxiously for a little bit. Last time I'd taken a dose like that, things got very fucked up, very fast. I was scared of ego death and losing my mind (and, as it happened, both those things did occur later on, though it wasn't as bad as I'd expected). I came to realise, though, that the cause of this anxiety was thus:
With nothing to direct your altered, hyper-analytical state of consciousness towards, it turns inwards upon itself. And with nothing to focus on but how rapidly things are changing, the feelings of fear and anticipation get enhanced the same way any other feeling does on a trip.
Therefore, move.
Do something with that nervous energy. Some people have recommended watching a video to take your mind off it; I imagine this could work well, but it's still a passive activity. One thing I like to do is dance, which might sound stupid, but there are few feelings so amazing as letting the psychedelic spirit possess your body and do amazing things with your sense of rhythm and coordination. It feels like becoming comfortable and at ease in a new energy-body, instead of waiting around getting jittery while it forces itself upon you. Another thing that often works is simply walking. Walk through nature, observe the initial effects, have a goal in mind, a destination to get to. Whatever you do, do something other than turn inwards on the looming experience. I predict you will soon find that the effects are much milder and less intimidating than you were making them out to be.
Hope that helps.
