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tripping to move on

Soulgasm

Soulgasm

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Does anyone have any experience tripping after a bad break up? Did it help you move on or just amplify your feelings of sadness? I'm talking acid here btw. Because I could see it doing both. Would a low dose be good for trying to get over someone and analyzing your feeling and moving on with life? Or maybe a really high dose :) ?
 
If you trying to move on and learn from your trip. Then do it in the company of others you trust, and others you can about your breakup with.

I would strongly advise against doing it alone...
 
I could see it possibly having a profound benefit, but its playing with fire. It might be fairly safe for some people, but not in the event of an anxious separation, it would be more suited to alleviating more of a depression and apathy centered mindset. Depends on the type of person doing it as well, their experience level with psychedelics, and their general perceptions. As far as dosage I would think it would be best to go lower than what you would normally. I think a high dose would be very reckless with the sole exception of DMT, when you destroy any remaining residue of earthly perceptions all earthly fears leave.

But I think psychedelic use in this context could diffidently backfire big time though. The bottom line is that it is something to be EXTREMELY wary of, I would not recommend it to anyone that was not remarkably stable psychologically, and comfortable with themselves. Do not do this lightly; and if you do it, please be careful.
 
I'm not sure tripping is the best way to deal with negative life situations, not for me anyway.

Maybe do some MDMA and talk it out with someone?
 
It's interesting that people seem more hesitant to use psychedelics for therapeutic rather than recreational purposes. You cannot predict what the experience will be like. If you are willing to examine your thought processes and to experience whatever painful emotions come up, then it has the potential to be helpful. If you just want the experience to distract you from your emotions then it may not be as helpful as you would like.

Just be honest about what you want to get out of it, and if you do it don't expect it to necessarily be fun.
 
Legerity said:
It's interesting that people seem more hesitant to use psychedelics for therapeutic rather than recreational purposes
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I rarely use psychedelics for recreational purposes anymore. My experience with taking psychedelics after negative events in my life (death of a parent) was not a pleasant one. For me being in a state of mental anguish is not a good set/setting.

Of course it may be possible to gain some tremendous insight about the problem and get over it easily and happily during a trip but it didn't work that way for me.

I think working through problems on psychedelics is a wonderful thing but if you are in a lot of emotional pain at the time it may be better to wait.
 
I once went to a festival not long after breaking up with a young lady who I'd fallen hard for, but was totally incompatable with (the conversation leading to us splitting up had her saying something more or less along the lines of "I love you but I can't be with you", because, among other things, she was totally against any and all alcohol and drug use ...)

Well anyway for about the week before the fest I did a lot of trying to think about anything but her, so as not to prime myself to get stuck on that whilst spun out ... But, of course, as the acid sunk into me, in that acidy way all of those thoughts immediately descend ...

And it wasn't so bad. I was able to approach the whole situation with a radical acceptance that wasn't there before, to simultaneously love and let go, and at the same time to realize that the whole scenario had lessons for me to learn from it ... And it was an incredibly beautiful experience.

The key thing here is, indeed, acceptance, and love, unconditional, for yourself, for the situation, for the other person involved ... All of it. Psychedelics could be a great help in accepting, letting go, moving on, catharsis, etc., but also, it could be a disaster ... Alldepends on your approach and state of mind. Only you know the answers and only you know what you are comfortable with.
 
villian said:
I rarely use psychedelics for recreational purposes anymore. My experience with taking psychedelics after negative events in my life (death of a parent) was not a pleasant one. For me being in a state of mental anguish is not a good set/setting.

Of course it may be possible to gain some tremendous insight about the problem and get over it easily and happily during a trip but it didn't work that way for me.

I think working through problems on psychedelics is a wonderful thing but if you are in a lot of emotional pain at the time it may be better to wait.
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It's true, the trip isn't guaranteed to be helpful, it may just make things more difficult. And some things are just easier to work through without using any kind of substance. I just find it interesting how our tendency is to want to avoid difficult experiences as if feeling uncomfortable is inherently bad, when it is actually sometimes necessary.


SomeKindaLove said:
I once went to a festival not long after breaking up with a young lady who I'd fallen hard for, but was totally incompatable with (the conversation leading to us splitting up had her saying something more or less along the lines of "I love you but I can't be with you", because, among other things, she was totally against any and all alcohol and drug use ...)

Well anyway for about the week before the fest I did a lot of trying to think about anything but her, so as not to prime myself to get stuck on that whilst spun out ... But, of course, as the acid sunk into me, in that acidy way all of those thoughts immediately descend ...

And it wasn't so bad. I was able to approach the whole situation with a radical acceptance that wasn't there before, to simultaneously love and let go, and at the same time to realize that the whole scenario had lessons for me to learn from it ... And it was an incredibly beautiful experience.

The key thing here is, indeed, acceptance, and love, unconditional, for yourself, for the situation, for the other person involved ... All of it. Psychedelics could be a great help in accepting, letting go, moving on, catharsis, etc., but also, it could be a disaster ... Alldepends on your approach and state of mind. Only you know the answers and only you know what you are comfortable with.
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Great reply...acceptance and unconditional love are essential for peace of mind IMO. I was in a similar situation lately...dated somebody briefly and broke up mostly due her disapproval of my substance use. We were probably not really compatible but it's still difficult to let go once there is that attachment :\
 
Tripping alone is sometimes the only way I feel capable of handling the intensity and oddness that I will project during an emotional trip, stuff i'm sure I don't want anyone to see, quiet well set trips are where I do most of my personal development work, when people are around emotions are on standstill, you act to one another and hold things back, deep things.

Tripping alone is life changing if you have the heart for it, but if the thought scares you don't bother you need to have the ambition to trip alone to get the baggage out of the way.
 
no i wouldnt recommend it. only trip if you are in a good state of mind
 
went through a traumatic breakup a few months back.

ended up having 3 experiences with high dose lsd, on my own, even thought i knew my head was fucked.
i had faith, and took the acid with the intention of working out the issues.

long story short,
it amplified my emotions and sadness, i saw things from different perspectives, and i had psychotic meltdowns/
heavy mental breakdowns, each time.
self inflicted i guess.

now, people may say that what i did deliberately is NOT healthy,
but i feel fine, and these experiences helped me IMMENSELY to let go of a lot of grief and pain.
to this day i still love that girl with all of my heart and we are still incredibly close.
not going to get into the drama side of things but i will say things with us are a LOT better than they were :)


take into consideration that some people like myself can handle, and enjoy high dose lsd, and deliberately
explore the darkness and deep recesses of their minds.
this is not for everyone, however i personally enjoy playing with my perception, staring into mirrors making scary faces etc, i fucking love it :D


if you trip with the intent of sorting your head out, you NEED to know that there is a high chance that you will need to deal with some very difficult thoughts etc,
ie reliving everything done and said in your mind, thinking about why it happened etc.
however i think if you go into it with the intention of self help, your chances are far better of coming out better than before
than if you were just wanting to eat some acid some random weekend for shits and giggles, not realizing that tripping with a fuckedhead is dangerous :P

have faith my friend, and ask the universe to look after you and guide you in your journey.
as weird as that may sound, i did it, and i am far better now :)
know yourself and be careful though, the human mind can be a dangerous place for explorers.
 
I trip when times are good and I trip when times are bad... My trips when times were bad have proven to be far more valuable then my trips that were taken in good times ever were... And thats about all I have to say about that
 
LSD helped me get over my OCD. I was anxious on the come-up but it's hard to think about your OCD when the entire structure of your thought process is being broken down and ressurected
 
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