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The Big & Dandy Solo Trip Thread

chinacat311 said:
^^did you ever make it up to the mountains? its been a few months since this thread was started
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No not yet. My solo experience simply took place in my bedroom, which was good because I found the experience very very intense and appreciated the ability to manipulate my setting. Nothing went 'wrong' as such but the current batch of acid in our possession is exceptionally strong (for blotter). I've seen quite a few people struggle to handle it, even on halves! As a result, I fely very drained by the time I approached the 6th hour, and spent the next 6 rather annoyed at my inability to get any sleep. The flesh was willing but the mind was being rather uncooperative. And I've never had access to benzos or anything like that.

So I'm still working through everything I experienced that balmy afternoon. Tripping alone certainly did give me a chance to work through some deep personal issues much more effectively than a group situation would have allowed. But I'd be lying if I said it was a profound and life-changing trip, because a great deal of the experience was spent adapting to the fact that I was alone and tripping hard. I feel more comfortable with the idea of solo tripping now, and once everything's worked through in my mind I will certainly be heading up to the mountains.

Here in Australia it's only Spring time. I've just finished my degree and so have the entire Summer before me in which to make such a journey. Hopefully when the time comes my experience will warrant a proper trip report.
 
Being able to master taking LSD alone is truly one of life's most rewarding lessons.

It is like a test to pass... an experience to cherish... but carefully planned.
 
Well I must be one of those wizzes that doesn't study at all and just aces the test. Because the very first time I did LSD I did it alone, and did rather high dose. I had a few rough moments at first, but I learned rather quickly what to do: let your mind go. LSD works in the mind so if you let your mind go it can't touch you. Of course, letting your mind go means you go without a mind. However you don't need a mind to sit there and do nothing and going without a mind is, in fact, quite liberating ;)
 
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^ It's also helpful to achieve a state of no-mind before you drop. At least get yourself above thought into a nice state of silence..
 
gloggawogga said:
Well I must be one of those wizzes that doesn't study at all and just aces the test. Because the very first time I did LSD I did it alone, and did rather high dose. I had a few rough moments at first, but I learned rather quickly what to do: let your mind go. LSD works in the mind so if you let your mind go it can't touch you. Of course, letting your mind go means you go without a mind. However you don't need a mind to sit there and do nothing and going without a mind is, in fact, quite liberating ;)
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Yeah, I did LSD alone the first time also, but I'm really glad I did many other drugs before in life. MDMA/MDA/cocaine/mushrooms/pot etc.... If not, I don't know if I would have gone with the flow like I did. I was so prepared, read, informed etc about LSD by the time I did it... and it was still a mindblowing experience!

It's all about control. You have to know when to keep it, and when to let go.

Does this make sense: "You're mind does not need the ego to think and perceive."

It's like on acid (For example), even when you "let go" you are still thinking, feeling, reacting.. it's just that the perceptions are washing over you... it's so liberating.
 
Does this make sense: "You're mind does not need the ego to think and perceive."

It's like on acid (For example), even when you "let go" you are still thinking, feeling, reacting.. it's just that the perceptions are washing over you... it's so liberating.
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You can say it that way if you want. You don't need an ego to think and percieve, but you do need an ego to function as a person in society. In order to have relationships with others, in order to focus on academic or professional work, and even to focus on every day chores, you need a comfortable and secure sense of who you are. When you take LSD this ego functioning seems to become impaired, which can be quite painful if the ego resists and tries to function. Thats why it is important when you take LSD to avoid stressful settings where the ego will be under pressure to try to function, as well as to avoid stressful worries that also make the ego try to function. Then you can just let go, forget that sense of who you are, and just be.
 
I notice there are two types of tripping personalities.

There are folks that need other ppl around them while there tripping and have the need to talk and talk; they wont keep there mouths shut!! I find this very annoying. Talking simply keeps your mind grounded and drastically lessons the IMHO the full impact of the LSD experience.

Its ok; dont get me wrong, it's just something i try and avoid. I'm sure other more experienced user feel the same way.

Talking in my experience, while on higher doses of LSD seems to keep one from reaching the farthest places possible. So yes tripping alone has many benefits to it.

Talking is good If the trip does gets a little wiggy on you, turning on the TV or IM a friend will bring you down a bit. Also playing your favorite tunes helps too, like Pink Floyd does for me.

The other type like to avoid at all coast having to have to verbally communicate, interact and make damn sure that no one distracts them. They find that when they have to communicate it brings them back to there senses. I guess it's a fear thing that keeps them yacking, It does take practice to not fear the fact that your ego is sliping away! Hey thats the fun part for me.

I found a cure for the talker.
years ago when we brought a newbee into a session and they started to yack and it always happened during the peek. Simple light up some incense walk over to the yakker and try to, in a non threatening way persuade them to watch the smoke float around the room. Hopefully this will teach them to focus on there visuals. It worked on many occasions.

There are only certain folks i trip with now a days.

Does anyone relate to this?
Cheers
 
Toltec said:
I notice there are two types of tripping personalities.

There are folks that need other ppl around them while there tripping and have the need to talk and talk; they wont keep there mouths shut!! I find this very annoying. Talking simply keeps your mind grounded and drastically lessons the IMHO the full impact of the LSD experience.

Its ok; dont get me wrong, it's just something i try and avoid. I'm sure other more experienced user feel the same way.

Talking in my experience, while on higher doses of LSD seems to keep one from reaching the farthest places possible. So yes tripping alone has many benefits to it.

Talking is good If the trip does gets a little wiggy on you, turning on the TV or IM a friend will bring you down a bit. Also playing your favorite tunes helps too, like Pink Floyd does for me.

The other type like to avoid at all coast having to have to verbally communicate, interact and make damn sure that no one distracts them. They find that when they have to communicate it brings them back to there senses. I guess it's a fear thing that keeps them yacking, It does take practice to not fear the fact that your ego is sliping away! Hey thats the fun part for me.

I found a cure for the talker.
years ago when we brought a newbee into a session and they started to yack and it always happened during the peek. Simple light up some incense walk over to the yakker and try to, in a non threatening way persuade them to watch the smoke float around the room. Hopefully this will teach them to focus on there visuals. It worked on many occasions.

There are only certain folks i trip with now a days.

Does anyone relate to this?
Cheers
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I LOVE solo tripping and can't stand yakkers. I think tripping is something deeper than another social experience. Some think it's selfish when I won't trip in a group but run off and do it alone. It's not meant to be that way I just feel like I have more to gain on my own and will actually be able to gain that bit by simply being alone. I have tripped alone and in groups on both LSD and Shrooms and love time with myself the most! %) Perhaps if everyone enjoyed tripping along then I'd love tripping in groups, it seems like a different understanding of the substance. :D
 
Well for me i take acid with friends mostly for recreational purposes except a few times i have a medium trip with 2 close friends but mostly for my self exploration and discovery i prefer alone, to be honest i must of tripped alone at least 100 times, but i've drastically cut down since the mix of acid and k all the time (seperatly made me really really alienated and im still trying to adjust. Acid alone is not at all retarded or wrong or junkie like in my opinion. ps i feel sorry for cid barret n many others in his mind state
 
When tripping alone its alot easier to let go. I like laying in the pitch dark with or without music...its a trip.
 
word of warning: when tripping alone do not try to tear apart and reconstruct your personality. . .

i spent the next day being someone else's personality trapped in my body, then became very anxious and uncertain of who I was for months afterwards.

i think letting acid take its own path rather than forcing something on it is great for personal development though!

Definitely try it alone - ive had the best times all on my own.

Also if you're worried about anxiety etc, I find reading trip reports can really get me in the mood - if you know what I mean, those "magical" seeming ones that just leave you in awe imagining how the people felt.
 
FisheyeLens said:
When tripping alone its alot easier to let go. I like laying in the pitch dark with or without music...its a trip.
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Yes that's the hole point of it > Letting Go < surendering to the feeling! Then coming out of it reborn, so to speak!
cheers
 
The Solo Trip Thread

Every time I take acid I like to go and spend a bit of time by myself, and it's always during these times that I have the most enlightening experiences. But i've never done a complete trip by myself, its always been with friends and then going off by myself for a bit.

I've been interested in doing a 100% solo LSD trip for a while. I'm somewhat experienced without being very much so, but all the experiences ive had have been really positive.

Im visiting home for the holidays at the moment and it's my favourite place in the world... out in the countryside with rolling hills and beautiful forest to explore. Tomorrow my parents are out for the day so I have the place to myself.

So i was thinking... wow this would be a great time to eat some acid by myself. However the place is pretty isolated, so if anything goes dodgy there wouldn't be much i could do. Also if i just have 1 tab would I be right to face my parents about 10 hrs after i drop?

From people who've done totally solo trips before, what's it like? Is it easy to get bored or lonely or freaked out? Is it very different to tripping with friends? Reckon i should go for it?

Peace fellow monkeys
 
After one tab, I think you would be straight to see your parents after ten hours. Do your parents question your drug use and are always on your case? Can you brush off being 'tired' etc.?

Tripping alone is actually really fun. You don't have to worry about what other people want to do. You are in charge and have complete control of everything. The rolling hills sounds like a perfect setting.

Have fun.
 
I've done this once on LSD, and I was bored to tears after the first four hours. LSD is such a long acting substance that the thought of doing it alone again seems pointless and uninteresting to me.

I would love to try solo tripping again, but on a chemical that will inhibit me for a much shorter period of time.

Although come to think about it, your setting does seem very nice for the occasion %)
 
i did it alot my first year at college when i first got here. i was looking for LSD my for most of high school back east but never found it. i came out here and it was pretty easy to get so i did it a lot. many times were alone, actually most of the first ones were. so in this respect you will be more prepared because you have done it with other people and know what to expect, somewhat

one thing you should keep in mind though, without other people to talk to and keep you grounded, you are likely to trip a lot harder when you are alone. your mind just kind of wanders where it wants without interruption, so dose accordingly. maybe take half of what you usually take just until you are used to it.

also it would be nice if you had a friend or two nearby so you could go see them (or they could come to you, even better) if things went downhill.
 
ive never done lsd alone, but ive done 2ce more times alone than with others. from what i know, when i take it alone, im more consumed in my own thoughts, if i do it with others its more like laughing about and talking and listening to music. i woulndt say i prefer either , as they are both fun in their own ways.
 
the first three times i did LSD i was alone in my basement, and it was aweosme, no complaints. tripping with friends is much better, but something about being alone is kinda cool
 
I've done most of my tripping alone. Personally, I found it much easier to trip alone than with people, especially when I didn't have as much experience with tripping. It seems to me now that this was because I'm quite sensitive to social vibes and people's energies normally, and when tripping this becomes extreme. Even a year and a half ago, I was, under the surface, quite insecure with some aspects of myself, and I would either catch negativity from someone or misread something, and it would make me get very uncomfortable.

The solution was to trip alone. Doing this was always easier for me because I didn't have to deal with other people. Part of this is that I only have a couple of friends that are comfortable with tripping at all, and tripping with those who aren't can be nerve-wracking, for me at least, because I take on their fear and negativity. The first few trips alone had some rough spots, but they also helped me tremendously in facing myself and beating some demons. Also, they were some of the first trips in which I was able to keep my composure the entire time and actually got something productive out of it.

Nowadays, tripping alone is extremely easy for me. With the shorter-acting substances, I have very fulfilling and fun trips all by myself. Some of the longer ones are fun, too, but lately I find it's better to go out of my comfort zone, especially with things like LSD and DOC, and trip around people. I've discovered so much and gotten so comfortable with myself that I don't encounter anything new a lot of the time unless I'm with other people, in which case my trips become so much more vibrant, difficult, glorious, and so forth.

So the short answer is that I think solo tripping is a very good thing, almost in a way an important step in the psychedelic experience, because it allows you to come to know yourself and delve into the depths of your mind much more fully and easily. It also makes tripping with others easier (in my experience). But tripping solo is only part of the experience.
 
i ALWAYS trip solo on 2c-e. ive only tripped on 2c-e twice with someone else and ive done 2c-e at least 200 times if not more and in the 60-100mg ranges usually. ive had oobe and nde experiences, and become enlightened more than most will ever know about the true nature of what human beings percieve as reality. i never expeirenced anything supernatural in all my life until i began using 2c-e with sleep deprivation induced OOBE hallucinations. each one makes me feel more complete and knowledgable about my true purpose in physical reality which is to be become as fully self aware as possible before physical termination. im gonna make a thread about my method to induce OOBE & NDE hallucinations on 2c-e soon as i've successfully done it 4 out of 6 attempts.
 
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