I used to quite often integrate psychedelics into daily life, which was very un-safe. But I do miss just driving around with close friends while tripping. Or having to deal with the real world while tripping. I dont think I would enjoy it now aday's though.
The Big & Dandy Set and Setting Thread
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malakaix
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I've had both good an bad experience's with putting myself around sober society. I find the ability to see through into someones 'core' usually provokes paranoia on my behalf, which then reflects on my own ability to interact with them.. observing however without been payed attention too is rather insightful though i will add.
Whenever i do trip it is 90% of the time at a doof.. which is around people anyway, but there all just as tripped out as i am, if not more.. so its very easy to integrate.
The only downside i've noticed from using LSD in particular far to much has been my ability to pickup on peoples facial expressions when sober far too much.. i suppose most would see it as a benefit, but no one's perfect and i feel like i can see through there soul when reading there facial expressions.. the uncertainty, fear, lies, deceit, worry, concern, but then again the flip side is its easier to meet "genuine" people.
Whenever i do trip it is 90% of the time at a doof.. which is around people anyway, but there all just as tripped out as i am, if not more.. so its very easy to integrate.
The only downside i've noticed from using LSD in particular far to much has been my ability to pickup on peoples facial expressions when sober far too much.. i suppose most would see it as a benefit, but no one's perfect and i feel like i can see through there soul when reading there facial expressions.. the uncertainty, fear, lies, deceit, worry, concern, but then again the flip side is its easier to meet "genuine" people.
Hmm, it's a double edged sword for me: I (used to) like it when I was more fanatic in my tripping but it also gives me lots of anxiety. It's stressful and energy consuming because there is so much input to process but the experience is rich, interesting and indeed insightful at the best of times.
One time I also consider in public because it was at a party I didn't know people (only a few, not that long) and I dropped acid in the train there which kicked in the moment I stood on the doorstep. I was not so experienced at the time either. Then I proceeded to smoke joint after joint while the party got started - the music roared as if an airplane was lifting off! - and suddenly I found myself in a really freaky room FULL of k-tards. The atmosphere was sick, everyone was close but totally dissociated, I started to feel really weird - someone offered me a balloon of nitrous and I didn't know what else to do with it than accept and inhale it.
I felt extremely exposed there and had one of my biggest freakouts, it hit me like a sledgehammer and I visualized a giant cuckoo's clock and other insanity cliche's like:
It was surrounded with a turning ring of ancient writing made of light, reminiscent of the ring in Lord of the Rings. I was gone, this was all in my mind. Suddenly I thought I was somehow back on the street in front of the house in which the party was. And a cartoon police officer approached me!!! He started talking to me in the most caricature voice I have to this day heard in my life saying something like:
"Well well well what have we here! So little fella, I suppose you don't have any ID on you, nooooo" , it was totally intimidating. Plus he was like a psycho cartoon! :D
In an instant I was back in the K-room and people were like: dude are you OK you look really pale and shit.
Yeah that was a highlight, very high and low at the same time lol. Great memory though, I ended up leaving the party early commenting on a guy I know that he looked like this:
W...T...F...
One time I also consider in public because it was at a party I didn't know people (only a few, not that long) and I dropped acid in the train there which kicked in the moment I stood on the doorstep. I was not so experienced at the time either. Then I proceeded to smoke joint after joint while the party got started - the music roared as if an airplane was lifting off! - and suddenly I found myself in a really freaky room FULL of k-tards. The atmosphere was sick, everyone was close but totally dissociated, I started to feel really weird - someone offered me a balloon of nitrous and I didn't know what else to do with it than accept and inhale it.
I felt extremely exposed there and had one of my biggest freakouts, it hit me like a sledgehammer and I visualized a giant cuckoo's clock and other insanity cliche's like:
It was surrounded with a turning ring of ancient writing made of light, reminiscent of the ring in Lord of the Rings. I was gone, this was all in my mind. Suddenly I thought I was somehow back on the street in front of the house in which the party was. And a cartoon police officer approached me!!! He started talking to me in the most caricature voice I have to this day heard in my life saying something like:
"Well well well what have we here! So little fella, I suppose you don't have any ID on you, nooooo" , it was totally intimidating. Plus he was like a psycho cartoon! :D
In an instant I was back in the K-room and people were like: dude are you OK you look really pale and shit.
Yeah that was a highlight, very high and low at the same time lol. Great memory though, I ended up leaving the party early commenting on a guy I know that he looked like this:
NSFW:
W...T...F...
dspade
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its cool if im not trippin balls like if i can control myself but otherwise ive had to have other people make shit up before for me being too fucked up. (sometimes i dont think im as messed up as i am) once i went to the fountain walk trippin out by the bars and the hookah shop had alot of fun but when i entered the mall it changed completely almost scary too many people to handle at that point ended up leaving and watching the grass grow outside.
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Eh, I wouldn't say the golden rule of set and setting necessarily frowns upon this. Set and setting are to be considered by you and for you, and it follows that different people will have different preferences. I do think that tripping in public is not for everyone, and that for the sake of the safety of the general tripping public it should not be generally recommended.
However, some of my favorite trips have been in public places, one I specifically adore was at Venice Beach. And I do have an ambition to someday trip in a public place with a few friends. And all of us will be wearing tuxedos. Someday!
However, some of my favorite trips have been in public places, one I specifically adore was at Venice Beach. And I do have an ambition to someday trip in a public place with a few friends. And all of us will be wearing tuxedos. Someday!
azzazza !?
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very amusing, IF one can manage ones neuroticisms.
BiG StroOnZ
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Art Galleries are about as far as "public tripping" goes for me (unless we're talking about low dosages, because that's a different story)
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ChasingTheCat
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Used to trip in parks and the like when I was younger and had to hide from my parents. Once we sat there, tripping balls from mushrooms and a group of people walking their dogs came by. The dogs were interested in us trippers, came close and snooped et cetera.
It was sheer horror for me, sitting there, obviously on drugs, being watched by the dog's owners, not able to explain myself. It was probably the worst moment of my psychedelic career and left me unable to really enjoy mushrooms for years. (Didn't affect other pyschs luckily)
Meanwhile I do trip very often at goas and could imagine lower dosed trips at public (museums, parks, old towns,...) - but never on mushrooms again
It was sheer horror for me, sitting there, obviously on drugs, being watched by the dog's owners, not able to explain myself. It was probably the worst moment of my psychedelic career and left me unable to really enjoy mushrooms for years. (Didn't affect other pyschs luckily)
Meanwhile I do trip very often at goas and could imagine lower dosed trips at public (museums, parks, old towns,...) - but never on mushrooms again
morex
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yeah, I love to walk around my campus and around parks while tripping. Sometimes when I cross streets, I think that I've been waiting forever, and I think that I missed the crossing signal.
One time I got asked directions from someone, and even though I have a very good sense of direction, I couldn't figure out where the hell they wanted to go (they wanted to go to some volleyball court, but we have 4 or so on campus). I think they knew I was out of it
One time I got asked directions from someone, and even though I have a very good sense of direction, I couldn't figure out where the hell they wanted to go (they wanted to go to some volleyball court, but we have 4 or so on campus). I think they knew I was out of it
PepperSocks
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No public dosing for me. I like quiet time by myself. Like everything else... whatever floats your boat. 
Merging with the Big&Dandy Set and Setting thread for neatness sake.
Merging with the Big&Dandy Set and Setting thread for neatness sake.
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Whether you like it or not is a matter of personal preference, but I found they are worlds apart. If I trip alone, I fall inwards - great for analyzing my life and philosophizing - but tripping in public is where the fun is at, the play and the adventure. Pointing the magnifying glass of psychedelics at the outside world can be as varied and engrossing as at the insides of my skull.
I've tripped in museums, in the mountains, in city parks and around the city streets and it's always been a great experience.
I've tripped in museums, in the mountains, in city parks and around the city streets and it's always been a great experience.
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Psychedelic Wonderland?
What is the most psychedelic place anyone has ever tripped?
ID have to go with Las Vegas. I have friends that live out there and they DJ at the pools and casino clubs and everytime i go we trip and its insane! Fremont street (with the canopy and light show over top of steet) is NUTS! the casinos are huge and the lights well you can imagine the lights! my favorite place in the world!
What is the most psychedelic place anyone has ever tripped?
ID have to go with Las Vegas. I have friends that live out there and they DJ at the pools and casino clubs and everytime i go we trip and its insane! Fremont street (with the canopy and light show over top of steet) is NUTS! the casinos are huge and the lights well you can imagine the lights! my favorite place in the world!
cosmic charlie
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Rubulad in Brooklyn
probably one of the coolest places ever
probably one of the coolest places ever
mushmind62
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Festivals, walk'in around in the dark around wooded campin area's. Ya always get turned around and end up meet'in all kinds of cool people do'in the same thing. Kinda like the kegger on "dazed@ confused" But better!!
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yea im fortunate enough to have a camp ground by my house (nelsons ledges) that has festivals all summer long. the place is just miles of trails with camping throughout> you get lost all night and just walk around while everything set up in the woods is designed to intensify the journey! its fun. there is also a lake and a stage that bands perfom right on the sand . great place
PepperSocks
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Merging with the B&D set and setting thread.
Just watched the Orionid meteor shower from a nice secluded place, away from light pollution. That was great. Took some old mattresses with us and set up BEDS - complete with sheets and sleeping bags - outside facing the stars, and tripped the hell out to the rocks in the sky.
Sunrise afterwards was truly magical as well. We had an amazing view of nature from where we were. Easily one of my best trips EVER.
Sunrise afterwards was truly magical as well. We had an amazing view of nature from where we were. Easily one of my best trips EVER.
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magical mushrooms!
hey guys and gals, new to the site, and have to say it has a plethora of information!! My question involves shrooms and how to improve my trips. If this is in the wrong section or if i have violated a rule i apologize in advance.
I have only eaten mushrooms 3 times, and have yet to have a good experience. I am going to be lacking a lot of info about the amount i ate each time. The shrooms i get come in chocolates. The first time i tripped with 2 friends (1 male 1 female) and we each at 1 1/3 piece. Only my guy buddy had tripped before, and that was with LSD. We had a great time going around and looking at christmas lights and being all giddy and stuff. I had amazing visuals (trees swaying, everything seemed to breathe, paintings in my friends house did crazy shit etc. ) Everything was great until we were chilling in my friends living room. After a while all 3 of us noticed a real tense feeling in the room, like we were judging each other or something. we tried to talk about it and that everything was cool, but it ended with my buddy going to bed and this chick getting a ride home, and when we all went our separate ways i felt like my friends were maybe just negative vibes? i dont know.
I know this is long, i just dont know where else to get good info!
The second time i tripped i had a horrible horrible experience. I bought a lot of these chocolates to take back to school with me and have for myself and friends. One evening (after winning the BCS championship, wink wink) i decided to trip a little. I started with eating one chocolate, followed by 2 more about an hour later. I blacked out a bit or something because i cant remember all of the trip. I remember sitting on my couch having crazy crazy visuals, but i couldn't keep my eyes open i was so tired. The next thing i know is i am in my bed and it feels like someone is grabbing my legs, so i hop up freaking out and start turning on lights (mind you i have a small apt. ) . I went to my living room to lay on the couch and started hearing noises outside, like people yelling for me and banging on my window. I started freaking out again and went into my bedroom, only to find my blanket and sheets SMEARED in red chunks (i ate a lot of chili that night and had maybe 4 beers, and mind you i'm an old school pro when it comes to drinking). Once i saw the red chunks i thought i had killed myself and i was in hell or something like a different dimension, stuck there. I finally figured out i was not dead but i still couldn't figure out what the puke was (it didn't look like puke when tripping, it was definatly blood or something). Then i started thinking i had murdered someone and the cops were at the door, this progressed by me thinking that the world was ending and i had caused all of these problems and judgement was coming. I got on my laptop, thinking the internet had answers or something. I couldn't surf the web to save my life so i went into itunes... all of my songs were titled things like "its all your fault" "you are selfish" etc... basically all of the songs were pointing out every flaw a person could ever have (obviously these were't the real song titles). I thought the battery meter on my laptop was the countdown to my demise, and my computer was dying quick haha. Eventually i started coming down, and ended up chainsmoking almost a pac of smokes as i sat on my couch trying to figure out what was happening. Finally around 3 a.m. i was straight, but decided to just stay up because i was to scared to sleep plus my bed was COVERED in puke (i know i'm lucky i didn't choke on it i suppose).
So that was trip #2......not to good to say the least.
The last time i tripped was with 2 male friends of mine that i play hockey with. We each ate 2 ( my bad trip was only like 4-5 days before so i was a little nervous, but was excited and wanted to conquer my fear, plus take a lower dose).
So all 3 of us had 2. It started as usual (my description as "usual" is a light headed feeling and giggling and an overall rubbery feeling). Once the trip really started setting in we decided to watch "across the universe." It was cool, but a little to intense for me, so i would just look away from time to time and stare at things. I felt really hot, and was sweating in my armpits and hands. At one point, about 1 1/2 hours before the trip ended i had to break the silence and ask my friends if they minded turning off the movie because it was starting upset me.. hard to explain, i just felt really really insecure and an overall sadness. My friends turned it off, and i started to do better, but asked my friends if we could engage in actual conversation to help ease my nerves, so we talked about shit like the universe, religion, etc.. which turned my mood a complete 180, and about the time i was coming down i was wanting it to kick up again, but was outa chocolate.
Hey folks i know that was long, and I appreciate it if you decided to read it. I forgot to add some personal background info - i'm 23, and was in the Marines, where i fought in Iraq and was wounded. I know that is probably a HUGE RED FLAG for psychedelics, but the thing is even in my horrible experience, Iraq and the military wasn't even thought of, and i have tons of memorabilia and stuff in my apt, but never had anything negative from it. One other weird thing is that my throat feels swollen when i am tripping, and that always makes me uneasy. It feels kind of tough to breathe (plenty of air goes in, its just like mild hyperventilation) . I really want to enjoy tripping, but am obviously doing something wrong. I want to use it not only for fun, but spiritually since i have heard you can connect with different life forms and spiritual beings.
Please, any advise is better than none.
hey guys and gals, new to the site, and have to say it has a plethora of information!! My question involves shrooms and how to improve my trips. If this is in the wrong section or if i have violated a rule i apologize in advance.
I have only eaten mushrooms 3 times, and have yet to have a good experience. I am going to be lacking a lot of info about the amount i ate each time. The shrooms i get come in chocolates. The first time i tripped with 2 friends (1 male 1 female) and we each at 1 1/3 piece. Only my guy buddy had tripped before, and that was with LSD. We had a great time going around and looking at christmas lights and being all giddy and stuff. I had amazing visuals (trees swaying, everything seemed to breathe, paintings in my friends house did crazy shit etc. ) Everything was great until we were chilling in my friends living room. After a while all 3 of us noticed a real tense feeling in the room, like we were judging each other or something. we tried to talk about it and that everything was cool, but it ended with my buddy going to bed and this chick getting a ride home, and when we all went our separate ways i felt like my friends were maybe just negative vibes? i dont know.
I know this is long, i just dont know where else to get good info!
The second time i tripped i had a horrible horrible experience. I bought a lot of these chocolates to take back to school with me and have for myself and friends. One evening (after winning the BCS championship, wink wink) i decided to trip a little. I started with eating one chocolate, followed by 2 more about an hour later. I blacked out a bit or something because i cant remember all of the trip. I remember sitting on my couch having crazy crazy visuals, but i couldn't keep my eyes open i was so tired. The next thing i know is i am in my bed and it feels like someone is grabbing my legs, so i hop up freaking out and start turning on lights (mind you i have a small apt. ) . I went to my living room to lay on the couch and started hearing noises outside, like people yelling for me and banging on my window. I started freaking out again and went into my bedroom, only to find my blanket and sheets SMEARED in red chunks (i ate a lot of chili that night and had maybe 4 beers, and mind you i'm an old school pro when it comes to drinking). Once i saw the red chunks i thought i had killed myself and i was in hell or something like a different dimension, stuck there. I finally figured out i was not dead but i still couldn't figure out what the puke was (it didn't look like puke when tripping, it was definatly blood or something). Then i started thinking i had murdered someone and the cops were at the door, this progressed by me thinking that the world was ending and i had caused all of these problems and judgement was coming. I got on my laptop, thinking the internet had answers or something. I couldn't surf the web to save my life so i went into itunes... all of my songs were titled things like "its all your fault" "you are selfish" etc... basically all of the songs were pointing out every flaw a person could ever have (obviously these were't the real song titles). I thought the battery meter on my laptop was the countdown to my demise, and my computer was dying quick haha. Eventually i started coming down, and ended up chainsmoking almost a pac of smokes as i sat on my couch trying to figure out what was happening. Finally around 3 a.m. i was straight, but decided to just stay up because i was to scared to sleep plus my bed was COVERED in puke (i know i'm lucky i didn't choke on it i suppose).
So that was trip #2......not to good to say the least.
The last time i tripped was with 2 male friends of mine that i play hockey with. We each ate 2 ( my bad trip was only like 4-5 days before so i was a little nervous, but was excited and wanted to conquer my fear, plus take a lower dose).
So all 3 of us had 2. It started as usual (my description as "usual" is a light headed feeling and giggling and an overall rubbery feeling). Once the trip really started setting in we decided to watch "across the universe." It was cool, but a little to intense for me, so i would just look away from time to time and stare at things. I felt really hot, and was sweating in my armpits and hands. At one point, about 1 1/2 hours before the trip ended i had to break the silence and ask my friends if they minded turning off the movie because it was starting upset me.. hard to explain, i just felt really really insecure and an overall sadness. My friends turned it off, and i started to do better, but asked my friends if we could engage in actual conversation to help ease my nerves, so we talked about shit like the universe, religion, etc.. which turned my mood a complete 180, and about the time i was coming down i was wanting it to kick up again, but was outa chocolate.
Hey folks i know that was long, and I appreciate it if you decided to read it. I forgot to add some personal background info - i'm 23, and was in the Marines, where i fought in Iraq and was wounded. I know that is probably a HUGE RED FLAG for psychedelics, but the thing is even in my horrible experience, Iraq and the military wasn't even thought of, and i have tons of memorabilia and stuff in my apt, but never had anything negative from it. One other weird thing is that my throat feels swollen when i am tripping, and that always makes me uneasy. It feels kind of tough to breathe (plenty of air goes in, its just like mild hyperventilation) . I really want to enjoy tripping, but am obviously doing something wrong. I want to use it not only for fun, but spiritually since i have heard you can connect with different life forms and spiritual beings.
Please, any advise is better than none.