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The Big & Dandy Day vs Night Tripping Thread

Depends what im tripping on really.

Dissociatives tend to be more of a 'night' drug. Stronger visuals and hallucinations in the dark.

Your more classic psychedelics I have more fun doing during the day, outside in light, where the visuals are more colorful and evolving.
 
Cosmic Charlie said:
I usually enjoy dosing a few hours before the sun goes down, if it's going to be an outdoor trip.

That's so I can see all the color's of the sun setting while it's in full effect.

Then still have a large portion of my trip to experience the darkness of night.
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This. Both are good :)

Most of my best trips have been at night, but that's probably just because I usually trip more at night anyway to fit around other stuff
 
At night, although around sundown as Cosmic said is a fairly good time.
Tripping to early in the day just doesn't feel as 'right' for me.
I feel like theres too much to be doing/get done. I like to be fully relaxed by the time i dose!
 
Before I start, there's already a thread on this: Day or Night tripping? - by the looks of it, it's been merged a few times :)

Anyhow:

I've not kept count, but memory indicates that I've had more night trips than day trips, however this is simply a matter of circumstance. Both have their advantages.

Day tripping, in my experience, is a colourful, magical experience, with many things to enjoy seeing and appreciating. I'm more awake and energetic. Emotional themes are usually intense but simple, and change quickly: giddy euphoria, wonder at the natural world, wonder at the world we humans have built for ourselves, once or twice intense anxiety (of the OMG EVERYONE CAN SEE ME TRIPPING IN PUBLIC I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE variety). Visuals are small, extremely detailed, and omnipresent.

Night tripping I find to be more mellow, but only slightly. I attribute this difference to mere fatigue at the end of the day. Night trips often have a more muted emotional aspect, not in intensity - my most profound realisations have been during night trips - but in subtlety. Universal oneness, existential terror, and feelings of ultimate and lasting peace are some of the themes I remember from night trips. Visuals are less defined but appear much larger.

Oh, and there's stars out at night, too :D

All that said, I recommend everyone try the following:

  • Watch a sunset.
  • Watch a sunrise.
  • Watch a moonset.
  • Watch a meteor shower. Holy shit.

Good times. :)
 
meteor shower time! never tried that sober, let alone in a trip, though i suppose it is amazing...

personally I started out daytripping, and loved every one, and only recentrly fell in love with nighttripping. they are different experiences, but like others before me, now i prefer doing it so the trip includes a sunset (sunrises for me are always a source of concern for some reason, so i dont particularly like them)

now for the very lucky, one might even get to see an eclipse (solar) while tripping. now THAT would be IT... probably a long wait though
 
Night tripping is amazing and very calm. I even saw spontaneous fireworks in the sky one night, wouldn't expect that during a day trip. It's a very intimate type of trip.
I still feel I prefer day trips though. The sun just gives me this incredible feeling in my body. Have you ever been tripping during the day, feeling the sweat in your hair and then a cool breeze blows right over your head.. Wow.
The cool thing about either is when you're hit with a contrast. Like going into a dark house after tripping outside in the sun, or going into a store with bright lights after tripping outside in the dark.
 
^^^ very true

yes, completly forgot about contrasting environments! once while tripping in the night i came back for food and the brightness in my kitchen was almost unbearable! plus it made every food available look incredibly tasty...
 
i kind of like day tripping, but being an insomniac, it makes more sense to trip at night... plus if you wander around, people think you're drunk but maybe not an alcoholic.

i want to go to one of those indoor star shows (am blanking on technical name here)... i went to one when i was 10 and they played the whole beatles soundtrack.....i want to go to one where they play the wall or something.....
 
not being as experienced as some of you out there (YET) , I would say on shrrooms i've had more bad trips indoors at night , and better ones outside during the day ... but maybe thats cause I'm a naturalist and get kinda clausterphobic ...
if your the type thats very observant of your mindstate most of the time (if u meditate etc) you will notice that even sober your mind state varies greatly from the day time vs the night and weather etc..... your more likely to have depression bouts during the night than the day for example
 
I used to be stricly a daytripper. Would love to go to the beach to trip, go out in nature, etc. Now that I have gotten older my time to trip is usually sandwitched in between work and fam time. I love to drop a psych like 2c-e around 7pm, and start tripping face in my little trip roon I have set up....any music I want, super comfy pillow, earplugs, and a "do no disturb sign on the door". Getting older can be fun :)
 
Depends on substance and setting. But generally at night, so i can relax in the low light and do nothing but listen to music and explore my mind. Whereas if i trip in the day i am compelled to wander around like a crazy loon!
 
I used to enjoy tripping during class lol, dxm or MDMA sometimes psychedelics but I am a night time tripper for sure it just feels a lot more natural dunno why tho lol
 
I'll give my three favourite ways of tripping and from these you'll see that I definitely prefer it during the day. My big thing is I don't really enjoy the experiences nearly as much when I am inside or in an urban area. I suppose a little 2c-b at a club can be a crazy time but for me that's not so much tripping as getting fucked at a club. I guess I view tripping as an actual fun project you undergo for the day and not merely as a way to unwind or party at the end of it.

Anyways out in nature I find I like to dose these three ways:

1. My first and favourite is 2c-c in the morning just before the sky starts to lighten predawn. The stars are still bright and looking over the lake the waters are dead calm. As the sky in the east starts to turn lighter grey I can feel the come up, and I peak right throughout the glorious colours of sunrise. Finally as the air starts to warm and wind picks up the comedown leaves me content and still able to have a full day of activities basking in afterglow.

2. After a peaceful morning on a hot muggy sunny day I like to take mescaline around high noon. Perhaps its the whole cactus/desert mentality but a lazy day lounging around in the heat just watch a fly buzzing about is incredibly enjoyable. Come down round sunset for a good nights sleep.

3. The last thing I really like, though less than the others, is taking LSA (HBWR) at night. Perhaps I really just don't like night visuals but LSA gives me a good thoughtful time sitting around the campfire and gazing at the stars talking about space travel, the big bang, quantum mechanics and stuff.

As you can tell if the thread were winter or summer I'd be summer all the way. That being said this weekend tripping 2c-c at a friends cabin in the snowy snowy woods so we'll see how that goes.
 
On a day I choose to trip I tend to have a full yet relaxing day then I sleep in the evening for 1-4 hours before I wake up and dose. depending on the drug i'll eat a little or just have a protein shake right before I dose.

I almost exclusively choose to dose between 8 pm and 10 pm after those naps, usually timing my high to come up and start by midnight leaving me with a decent frame of reference for keeping track of time. and dosing late enough to catch the sunrise near the comedown of my trip!

day trips are much more rushed and difficult, dodging the public, trying to act normal daytime hallucinations are far less geometrical and more wavey and mild. I also feel more social and contemplative at night so being well rested and dosing in the late evening is my strategy.

Edit : she was a DAY-e-yay-trippah, sunday driver yeah, and it took me soooooooOOOO long to find out, but I found out.
 
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I really love mushrooms as a day trip type thing... 2cs, phenethylamines in general i like durring the night...

LSD is fun both ways...

DMT ... anytime is a great time for DMT...
 
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