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Tripping in large groups

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A friend of mine has tripped with her boyfriend a few times in the past (10-15 times) on both lsd and mushrooms. Recently, she took 20 mg of 2ce with her boyfriend and a group of her boyfriend's friends (I think 8 or so in total). She did not enjoy tripping in the large group. She felt overwhelmed at points and had a borderline "bad trip" at one point (for less than 30 minutes). It is important to note that as a whole, her trip wasn't bad. Her boyfriend has no problem tripping with large groups, and has tripped with strangers in the past. He claims that tripping is a really good bonding experience, and he has made friends while tripping. My friend thought that it was awkward tripping with the people that she did not know well. Is there a reason for this? Should she steer clear from group trips from now on?
 
Friend being you?


If you want to be able to trip in larger groups I'd suggest working your way up through group sizes, then if during a small group trip you still have bad reactions you know 'yeah this isn't for me'.
 
for some people tripping is a personal introspective thing. ive tried tripping in groups and didn't enjoy it. cant trip in groups, gets too distracting and messes it up
 
I prefer tripping by myself, especially if it's intense. Small groups of good friends are OK. I feel uncomfortable with large groups or people I don't really know, unless it's a fairly light trip.

Emotions get quite enhanced while tripping, so any normal uncomfortableness with strangers can get magnified or blown out of proportion. And the more people, the more overwhelming this can get.
 
20mg is quite a lot for 2C-E. It's not at all unusual to feel uneasy around people you don't know well, especially at high doses.
 
In addition to not feeling comfortable tripping yourself in large groups and/or with strangers (which I don't like either) the more people that are tripping, the more chance that someone will have a bad trip that will negatively affect yours. Seeing a genuine psychedelic 'freak out' can be very distressing sober so obviously much worse on psychedelics.

There is always an element of unpredictability with psychedelics and a risk of a bad trip. I only like tripping in situations where I have sufficient control over the situation to give myself the best chance of having a good and safe time. Tripping with a large group and/or strangers creates a lot more variables and takes a lot of the control out of your hands.
 
I think this all depends on individual personality and ones comfortableness in social environments. I personally am not the most comfortable in large group settings when sober so when I am taking a psychedelic any social anxieties will be amplified. My most difficult trips were in large group settings so I don't prefer them, however, I was able to learn an incredible amount about how I socially function and have been able to analyze why I am this way. It has helped me develop strategies to overcome my anxiety in general.
 
I personally enjoy tripping in a group, but in an area which there is room for exploration and self reflection if necessary. First few times I tripped on 2c-e, we ventured to the woods and were all in the same mindset really. the occasional "bad trip" moment arose, but you can detach yourself from it quite easily i found, and it soon passes. As i became more comfortable, I didnt mind loading up on psychs and venturing off with people i wasnt too familiar with. Regarding the couple of solo attempts, i find them to be less enjoyable, and i seemed to feel constricted

to acidclouds: last time that happened to me, i just put a tshirt over my head and put some nice music in my ears and all was well :)
 
No, no and no. For me 3-4 persons is the absolute maximum. But then again I'm an introspective tripper and gets most out the trips alone. I lose focus and get confused when there's too many people around me, and get anxious especially if they're all talking much (too much input, I try to analyze all words and it becomes a mess). Besides I have to trust them 100%, and there's not many people I trust so much that I'd share a trip with them.
 
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