So I tried shrooms for the first time last weekend.
I shroomed last Friday with 2 of my friends, one of them I feel that I'm pretty close with, while the other I feel I got a little more closer to after the trip. So I didn't quite know what to expect even after someone experienced telling me what it was like (that's usually how it is the first time right? like with ecstasy
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So the discomfort in my stomach lasted for quite a while (45min-1hr?) and it seemed like it started travelling upward in my neck area, which started to actually make me feel nauseous and feel like I was about to vomit. I loved the wavy visuals when I looked at posters and the kaleidoscope effect while looking at a white ceiling...but the nausea was really getting to me. During the first hour of visuals I was feeling mostly negative thoughts, and anything that someone would say, would make me overanalyze and be kind of pessimistic/worry about it (I'm the type to usually care what others think of me, I try to please as many people as I can, etc.) If my friend said she felt like she needed to yak, I felt like I needed to yak too, so I was up front enough about it to tell her that I didn't feel comfortable about her saying that cuz I didn't want to bad trip. Also, every little melody in a song would affect me a LOT...it would make me think a lot. And the first hour to 2 hours I was COLD.
So basically every few minutes I was on the verge of a bad trip, getting into that infinite loop. I guess you could say I was bad tripping, but not too bad. I was always trying to think positive, or at least tell myself that I was gonna get something good out of it. The 3 of us went outside for a short walk, and there was a HUMONGOUS tree that looked kind of like a mushroom..the houses looked the SAME, like we were on a board game or a popup book, and no one else was outside so it was kind of eerie, like we were walking around in a ghost town. And let me tell you my depth perception was REALLY bad... :D
When the visuals started to wear off, I kinda felt like I was in a blissful state...but when my friend turned on "DJ Mystik - Close Your Eyes", I think that's when my happiness started...I was super happy for the next 3+ hours, I think I was happier on the shroom comedown than when I'm on ecstasy to tell you the truth...when one of my friends was getting a bit anxious, I would just pour my happiness onto her. I smoked a bowl (I'm glad I didn't smoke more because I felt like it might have changed the trip for me) and about an hour later I drank a little bit.
I would say this was a good experience overall...though during the peak, there were so many different emotions (mostly negative) that was too overwhelming at times, but I'm kinda glad I went through it. I realized that your feelings fluctuate so quickly, everyone else just bounces off each other on shrooms. I wouldn't mind doing it again, I just wouldn't be looking forward to the nausea...and I think that my almost bad trips were partly due to the fact that before I took them, I was AFRAID of getting a bad trip, that might have influenced it..
Would you guys say that the second time on shrooms is better than the first? Because you'll know what to expect and handle yourself better, etc? And I've always wanted to try LSD, and I might do it soon in the near future - how does LSD compare to shrooms based on my trip? Thoughts, comments, suggestions?
