Will LSD help me move on?

[djstrip]

Hey everyone,

I've been posting more about this in the "ecstacy discussion" area, my girlfriend and I separated about a month ago and I'm doing a lot better then I was, but she's still on my mind here and there. The first trip I had on LSD was a very renewing experience for me and changed me as a person for the better.

My question for the experienced acid users here is, will tripping help me move past the residual feelings I have for her?

Let me know what you think, thanks a lot guys.

-djstrip

 

[anarchogen]

you might move past it, or confront it. its up to you mostly.

 

[Unbreakable]

I broke up with my ex of 2 years who was living with me.... about 2 months ago... and tripped and had GREAT fucking time.... Pretty much showed me that i don't need no one in my life that doesn't want me in theirs....I also meet a pretty chill girl that day who now still hang out with....She saw i was tripping and having a blast... long story short i meet this cool as girl on Lsd who i tripped with and had a good time

I was after-glowing the next day like whoaaa

 

[djstrip]

you might move past it, or confront it. its up to you mostly.

By move past it I basically meant confront it. I'd like to just get over the feelings themselves. It's like I'm right on the cusp and I just can't seem to shake the feeling.

I broke up with my ex of 2 years who was living with me.... about 2 months ago... and tripped and had GREAT fucking time.... Pretty much showed me that i don't need no one in my life that doesn't want me in theirs....I also meet a pretty chill girl that day who now still hang out with....She saw i was tripping and having a blast... long story short i meet this cool as girl on Lsd who i tripped with and had a good time

I was after-glowing the next day like whoaaa

Nice! Yea that's basically how my situation was except I was living at her place helping out with her family and around the house (going to school, working, etc.) I got really close with everyone in her family and when we broke up it wasn't just like losing her it was like losing everyone. I just don't want to trip and end up just ignoring the feelings, I want to work through whatever it is that I'm holding onto so I can move on. I'm soooooo ready to be over it.

Thanks for the response amigos,

-djstrip

 

[DoctorPepper]

However it can also make fell overwhelmed with thoughts of her. I would advise you to stay away from lucy in your current headspace.

 

[Newbierock]

I Don't wanna go against the grain here, I broke up with my missus of 4 1/2 years earlier this year, shit hit me really hard but when I started balancing out I thought a mushroom trip would set me straight and help me through that shit. Bad idea, 4 hours of hardcore tripping/feeling alone.

But saying that, you sound like a much mature person than I was at the start of this year. So i'd go fo it, just beware that a deep introspective trip can turn nasty if you let it. :/

 

[djstrip]

However it can also make fell overwhelmed with thoughts of her. I would advise you to stay away from lucy in your current headspace.

That's one thing that's keeping me from going forward with it, but then again I just think about my first trip and how I just faced my demons and felt completely liberated and renewed. Idk Doc, this is such a hard decision!

I Don't wanna go against the grain here, I broke up with my missus of 4 1/2 years earlier this year, shit hit me really hard but when I started balancing out I thought a mushroom trip would set me straight and help me through that shit. Bad idea, 4 hours of hardcore tripping/feeling alone.

But saying that, you sound like a much mature person than I was at the start of this year. So i'd go fo it, just beware that a deep introspective trip can turn nasty if you let it. :/

That's another thing I was worried about, tripping hard and feeling alone, but I would be tripping with a group of girls that I've become good friends with again. I was good friends with them in high school and I've reconnected with them since the breakup and we're good friends now.

Really difficult decision,

-djstrip

 

[surf.shaman]

this is a what should I take post... right?

 

[djstrip]

this is a what should I take post... right?

No, more just trying to figure out whether dropping would help or hurt me through the tail end of the shitty after part of a break up.

-djstrip

 

[surf.shaman]

without knowing you really well - how is somebody going to know that?
even then - its really up to you.
since your questioning - the only acceptable advice to give you is - don't do it...

 

[djstrip]

without knowing you really well - how is somebody going to know that?
even then - its really up to you.
since your questioning - the only acceptable advice to give you is - don't do it...

I ask because, while you don't know me very well, I figured seeing how LSD has helped or hurt you work through emotions in your own past experiences would be worth a shot.

I asked because I would rather see if any of you had used LSD to work through problems then to just go into it blind.

-djstrip

 

[Ismene]

Only you can answer this. "We're all individuals" and what helped me might not help you. LSD always helps me come to terms with any painful feelings.

 

[Devourer]

I've been having problems romantically and emotionally also -- I just came down off of a few hits of cid and I'm still completely confused on what i should do in any case.
I thought the same as you, maybe the mental uplift would make me see a calling or something, a way to get out of my clusterfuck -- but fuck no, all the cid did was made me over analyze everything more than I already do sober.

My two cents;
Drugs are drugs no matter what, taking them to get over something isn't really going to help you get over them.
If anything just eat lots of dissociatives,
It seems as if those and alcohol are the only things that keep my emotions and overly-analytical mind at bay.

 

[slimvictor]

About 6 months after I broke up with my girlfriend of 7 years, I was still missing her deeply.
I felt like half of myself had been ripped away and was gone.

I took some LSD in order to confront my feelings. When the acid hit, I immediately had these thoughts:

"It was beautiful,
But it is finished"

I spent 15-20 minutes digesting that, and put it behind me.
I spent the next 8 hours feeling free, listening to music, totally immersed in the music.
I never went back to the bad feelings.
I was free after that in my life.

However, your results may vary!!!

Also, if you do it with friends, you may not get the chance to explore your own inner self. And you could feel very alone, even with them.

So, you know yourself best, and you have to decide if you want to try it.
You also might decide to wait a bit in order to make more progress "naturally" before asking for the LSD's help.

That said, you don't sound very deeply broken up about it, so it may be an easy choice.

(Taking a smallish amount may be prudent in this situation, if you do decide to take it.)

Good luck!

 

[Legerity]

It's up to you what you make of the experience. I have used psychedelics to help me work through certain issues, although not LSD.

I had a huge amount of rage toward my mother for a several month period. After an ayahuasca trip where I was able to see the situation from a different perspective, I was finally able to speak to her and work on fixing things without that rage that had been there for months. It's still a work in progress although the trip was a catalyst for beginning the healing process.

My suggestion would be that if you do take the LSD, just keep the intention of facing your demons, rather than having a "fun" trip. Then whatever comes will come.

No pain, no gain, right?

 

[CatfishRivers]

I wouldn't specifically recommend making this the purpose of your trip. It may get to be too intensely focused on emotional issues that you're not ready to have amplified and possibly confused.

However, if you were to proceed, it's probably best to stick to a low dose and have someone with you whom you feel comfortable talking about vulnerable issues with. To be hones tho, in my own experiences, I have had more success process emotional/relationship issues during dissociative experiences. Again, I can't recommend this to others, and i would certainly stick with low doses and having some experience working with dissociative drugs prior, but there is something about how they improve depressive mood states while at the same time (in my experience) bringing one slightly outside of the usual constructs that build up a personality and ego, with the body being slightly numbed so to speak, it seems like the body-mind circuit is disrupted just enough to give me some decent insight into what thoughts are tangled with what emotions.

But like everyone said, it is really going to depend on the person, the approach, the history, what your personal chemistry is at the moment, etc...

if anything, you will probably gain more benefit from doing something like hiking and thinking things through. Exercise and being nature has always proven to be my best medicine for emotional issues. Much better and effective than any drugs usually.

 

[Sega420]

i went through a very taumatic breakup a while back.
had 2 psychotic meltdowns on acid. one a week after the first.
all because of my feelings for her and not being able to have her :/

i still love her with all my heart but im not as mopey as i was.
you could say ive been put through so much shit by her that im past the point of caring,
(but i still do care for her immensely, and always will),
but i learned my lesson-
when emotionally and psychologically traumatised from a fucked up relationship or breakup,
it is NOT a wise idea to take acid.

lsd is a drug that works heavily on the subconscious.
unless you are FULLY prepared to deal with whatever emotional shitstorm may or may not crop up,
dont do it.

good luck bro.


(ps- first time was mainly just a mental breakdown due to tripping 2 days solid on 6-8 tabs,
and being strung out and dirty and tired.
2nd time was on 2 leftover tabs exactly a week after.
that breakdown was all about me and her. but really my fault as i decided it would be a good idea to play songs that reminded me intensely of her.

either way i would NOT recommend you do this, amigo.)

(PPS- we still talk often and we are still good friends -it is a verrrry complicated situation btw-,
and two nights ago me and her tripped together on amazing acid. never got emotionally overwhelming at all,
but as usual i wanted nothing more than to hold her in my arms. same as when sober. everyday is hard so i guess all ive been through has toughened me up to whatever lsd may throw my way)

 

[djstrip]

Only you can answer this. "We're all individuals" and what helped me might not help you. LSD always helps me come to terms with any painful feelings.

Understood

I've been having problems romantically and emotionally also -- I just came down off of a few hits of cid and I'm still completely confused on what i should do in any case.
I thought the same as you, maybe the mental uplift would make me see a calling or something, a way to get out of my clusterfuck -- but fuck no, all the cid did was made me over analyze everything more than I already do sober.

My two cents;
Drugs are drugs no matter what, taking them to get over something isn't really going to help you get over them.
If anything just eat lots of dissociatives,
It seems as if those and alcohol are the only things that keep my emotions and overly-analytical mind at bay.

Yea I'm not really in the middle of the depressed emotional point anymore, just on the tail end of it. I don't want to drop to take my mind off it, I was thinking about it from the standpoint of looking into myself and what it is that keeps her there (me missing her or just wanting to help her or whatever it could be). Just like maybe it could help me see what it is about me that I need to work on.

About 6 months after I broke up with my girlfriend of 7 years, I was still missing her deeply.
I felt like half of myself had been ripped away and was gone.

I took some LSD in order to confront my feelings. When the acid hit, I immediately had these thoughts:

"It was beautiful,
But it is finished"

I spent 15-20 minutes digesting that, and put it behind me.
I spent the next 8 hours feeling free, listening to music, totally immersed in the music.
I never went back to the bad feelings.
I was free after that in my life.

However, your results may vary!!!

Also, if you do it with friends, you may not get the chance to explore your own inner self. And you could feel very alone, even with them.

So, you know yourself best, and you have to decide if you want to try it.
You also might decide to wait a bit in order to make more progress "naturally" before asking for the LSD's help.

That said, you don't sound very deeply broken up about it, so it may be an easy choice.

(Taking a smallish amount may be prudent in this situation, if you do decide to take it.)

Good luck!

See with me, I've accepted that it won't work between her and I'm ready to move on. Just want to get the renewed feeling, maybe it could help pull me out of my rut.

It's up to you what you make of the experience. I have used psychedelics to help me work through certain issues, although not LSD.

I had a huge amount of rage toward my mother for a several month period. After an ayahuasca trip where I was able to see the situation from a different perspective, I was finally able to speak to her and work on fixing things without that rage that had been there for months. It's still a work in progress although the trip was a catalyst for beginning the healing process.

My suggestion would be that if you do take the LSD, just keep the intention of facing your demons, rather than having a "fun" trip. Then whatever comes will come.

No pain, no gain, right?

LSD wasn't about "fun" for me, I went into my first trip with questions I wanted answered about myself. Psychedelics for me are purily spiritual and about self growth. I'm not the guy sitting there playing with glowsticks talking about the pretty colors, haha.

I wouldn't specifically recommend making this the purpose of your trip. It may get to be too intensely focused on emotional issues that you're not ready to have amplified and possibly confused.

However, if you were to proceed, it's probably best to stick to a low dose and have someone with you whom you feel comfortable talking about vulnerable issues with. To be hones tho, in my own experiences, I have had more success process emotional/relationship issues during dissociative experiences. Again, I can't recommend this to others, and i would certainly stick with low doses and having some experience working with dissociative drugs prior, but there is something about how they improve depressive mood states while at the same time (in my experience) bringing one slightly outside of the usual constructs that build up a personality and ego, with the body being slightly numbed so to speak, it seems like the body-mind circuit is disrupted just enough to give me some decent insight into what thoughts are tangled with what emotions.

But like everyone said, it is really going to depend on the person, the approach, the history, what your personal chemistry is at the moment, etc...

if anything, you will probably gain more benefit from doing something like hiking and thinking things through. Exercise and being nature has always proven to be my best medicine for emotional issues. Much better and effective than any drugs usually.

Yea if I did it would be one or two hits. Excercise is the only thing that has always pulled me through my problems and this time it wasn't any different. I'm in the gym five days a week and i have some great family that I hike with so I got those bases covered.

i went through a very taumatic breakup a while back.
had 2 psychotic meltdowns on acid. one a week after the first.
all because of my feelings for her and not being able to have her :/

i still love her with all my heart but im not as mopey as i was.
you could say ive been put through so much shit by her that im past the point of caring,
(but i still do care for her immensely, and always will),
but i learned my lesson-
when emotionally and psychologically traumatised from a fucked up relationship or breakup,
it is NOT a wise idea to take acid.

lsd is a drug that works heavily on the subconscious.
unless you are FULLY prepared to deal with whatever emotional shitstorm may or may not crop up,
dont do it.

good luck bro.


(ps- first time was mainly just a mental breakdown due to tripping 2 days solid on 6-8 tabs,
and being strung out and dirty and tired.
2nd time was on 2 leftover tabs exactly a week after.
that breakdown was all about me and her. but really my fault as i decided it would be a good idea to play songs that reminded me intensely of her.

either way i would NOT recommend you do this, amigo.)

(PPS- we still talk often and we are still good friends -it is a verrrry complicated situation btw-,
and two nights ago me and her tripped together on amazing acid. never got emotionally overwhelming at all,
but as usual i wanted nothing more than to hold her in my arms. same as when sober. everyday is hard so i guess all ive been through has toughened me up to whatever lsd may throw my way)

See I couldn't do that 6-8 hits would be nuts. I wouldn't ever take a drug like that when I wasn't prepared to handle my emotions and I've had my melt down sober already haha. Breakups are rough, but I've worked through the hardest part.

To everyone,

Now I'm on to the healing part of the breakup and that's where I think I should have started this thread. Thanks everyone for the great responses.

-djstrip

 

[Devourer]

I take it back,
now that I actually got my sleep, I felt pretty good today, so the acid did help in a way.

 

[Devourer]

If anything Acid made me want to trade girls for a nice 808 drum.