And It's also great that you are mature enough to post in here asking for advice, that shows that you have a brain and it's working pretty well
Not saying that I can tell for sure, but yeah, this is a sign that you might be one of those rare people that are mature enough early on to appreciate psychedelics.
I took LSD in my early 20's and I remember thinking damn I wish I'd had this experience and these insights when I was about 14, 15 or 16. It would have saved me a lot of confusion, a lot of pain trying to figure out the adult world, my parents, social skills and stuff, also I wouldn't have taken life so damn seriously as a teenager.
This is an interesting point. I definitely think a lot of people could derive a lot of good from doing psychedelics in middle adolescence for those who mature a little more quickly and late adolescence/early adulthood for most other people. They have the potential to help the user discover and create the person that the user really wants to be. A lot of young people in contemporary Western society are still lost and searching for this several years after graduating high school. If you can answer the big questions of adolescence (Who am I and what do I want to do with my life?) a little earlier, you could save yourself a lot of trouble down the road.
With that said, I still think 14 is pushing it. You are in quite a ride for the next several years of your life, friend. In as little as three years you will probably look back at yourself (not just for wanting to trip at 14, but for a bunch of other stuff, especially in the Sex, Love, & Relationships department) and have a little embarrassed laugh at your old self.
Dont do it around straight people, take your time to organize a perfect location where you wont be disturbed, get to a beach or up in the mountains or out in the desert somewhere, have trustworthy friends with you, not too many of them, take plenty of fluids with you, make sure you are well rested and physically healthy, (like dont do it if you have the flu or a cold or any nagging things like a toothache).
I am not sure what the quoted poster means by "straight people". Sober people are fine to interact with tripping, so long as they are understanding of psychedelic usage (that is, have experience to relate to you with). People that are not okay with illegal drug use are definitely to be avoided if possible.
MDMA (small dose).
This will not be as intense as LSD but will definitely give you a psychedelic experience way beyond anything you've experienced on weed.
No. Unlike most psychedelics, MDMA
is bad for your brain. It is a stupid risk to take that young.
Whatever you decide to do, treat it as a special occasion and take the time to make sure you are in the right place with the right people, it will make all the difference.
Absolutely. Everyone with sense will tell you this, but you literally cannot understand why setting is so important before you trip balls. Psychedelics are extremely powerful for the same reason they temporarily make you extremely vulnerable. A strong trip is like tilting a plug-in fan all the way up, putting strips of paper representing your entire understanding of reality on the fan, and turning it on full blast for several hours. When the fan turns off and you are coming down, you can, moreso than any other time, reassemble the pieces in any way you decide.
throw the nutmeg away or use it for cooking.
Oh, absolutely use it for cooking! It's delicious!
14 is too young to take acid for the same sort of reason it is too young to get married, not for the same reason that it is too young to drink alcohol or smoke pot.
Well said. However, I think there is a substantial age difference between when it is right to start tripping and when it is right to get married. I already elaborated above about a good age to start tripping. In developed modern societies, I think marriage should be a couple life stages down the line from that: after at least several years of living freely, not cohabiting with family, and fully exploring life for oneself.
Nutmeg wasn't as bad,for me, as you might think, but it is something to be avoided. to be pedantic though it is a psychedelic (a phethylamine) not a deleriant. But it is toxic and almost everyone hated it.
No, nutmeg is definitely a deliriant. It is not a phenethylamine either. The active components of nutmeg are myristicin and elemicin. These are phenylpropenes, which are chemically similar to phenethylamines but not PEAs.
I hope you find a wise person with psychedelic experience to have with you through this journey, to guide you and to relate to you. You will find that very few people, especially at your age (even those who have tripped), will not be able to really have meaningful conversations about psychedelics with you. I could see it being more difficult to venture into psychedelia with inexperienced friends since you would not have anyone to tell you "You're not going to die. You took a physically harmless drug and its effect will wear off in several hours." If you find good friends (or even just one), I think you will discover that tripping is an amazing bonding experience. There is nothing you can share with another person like having your mind ripped wiiiide open then come back to sobriety.
I met the person who is now my best friend when I was 15 and he was just 16 but had experience with psychedelics. They had helped him totally change who he was for the better and start to overcome difficult demons. He got me interested in psychedelics but he purposely did not help me have my first trip. An amazing opportunity with another friend's large, parent-free house arose during summer break when I was 16. My cotrippers (I think I just invented a word, yay!) were 2 years older than me and had plenty of experience with psychedelics.
I understand now why my friend did not just hand me some mushrooms when we first met. It is difficult to explain. I know if he did, I would most likely have a good time and possibly get something important out of it. However, in retrospect, I just did not need to start that young. It is not necessary in a similar way that 7-year-olds do not need to smoke cannabis or anyone does not need smoke cannabis daily (aside from medical reasons). I feel like psychedelics entered my life at a perfect time and in the perfect manner and I am really happy about that. At that point in my life, my friendships from early adolescence (14-16) were dying and I was growing apart from those friends—not due to dramatic bullshit but just because we were all changing. It was similar to the shift of friendships between childhood and early adolescence. Psychedelics gave me a new interest and pushed me towards different sorts of friends at a time when I was just starting to discover what I truly love in life. I know I cannot change whether or not you trip soon, but I hope at least that this post helps you understand why we are telling you to wait.
Random miscellaneous suggestion: have something to write on and something to write with available. IMO this is the best way to take the most out of a trip.
Much love, friend
I feel that you will find psychedelics to be a wonderful addition to your life, but I am not so sure it is time to throw them in there yet. Feel free to ask questions.
Wow, this is the longest post I have ever written on here.
so heres my advice:
