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[bobster]

LMAO @ Dead Diver.......man, you make me laugh, I want to party with you cowboy,

I'd say reassurance that everything is o.k., remind them that they are high, and atmosphere are key......course valium or zannies are priceless.
I have seen people over the edge before, WAYYYY beyond talking down(like DD's x-gf), in those cases it's definately drug/counter drug intervention time.
Man, I hate it when that happens

[morthos]

I had a breakdown on a trip once, alone. I shouldn't have been tripping anyway; it'd been a stressful couple months but I was on vacation and had a small window of time to trip without anyone around.

Had 4g, and tried to go canoeing on a lake as I had a great trip that way a few months before. This time however, the sun was too bright, it seemed hot, no clouds, and too many boats everywhere. I evac'd to my shack and sat in a chair, cried for awhile.

What got me out of the bad cycle was a little different; I verbally said "I give up" to all the problems & stresses in my mind. When nothing bad happened after letting my walls down, I realized things were actually fine. Sometimes we think if we relax our guard everything will fall to pieces and your demons will come for you, but often it's holding onto those fears that's doing the damage.

Had a nice trip canoeing with a sunset after that. Was a good life lesson too.

But I'm not sure advising someone to surrender to their fears is a great idea; our culture teaches us to keep control, and not to do so is thusly fearsome. Bugger is we don't have real control in the first place.

[Lazlo]

Man, no dought!!!

[meihoe]

One time I almost started to freak out. One of my good friends helped me simply by saying "Your tripping, enjoy it" and I did just that, but he still had to remind me a couple of times.


If you think snowboarding is bad. I knew some people who was tripping at Cedar Point, a huge amusement park with huge rides and crowds!!! I would never be able to do that cause sometimes you have to wait in line for two hours or more to take one ride. All those people would definitely be enough to make me freak!!!

[whitedeath]

Hey everyone....I'm new here, obviously. I'm also extremely new to the idea shrooms in general. So new, actually, that I haven't even tried them yet...My friends and I are just making plans to try them soon.

I was referred here by someone from another site, and I'm just getting all the advice and research in that I can before trying this. The person who referred me had some extremely good advice, although I doubt he knows it, and it helped to ease my mind a lot. I have a tendency to look toward the intellectual side of things, and sometimes I analyze things a bit too much. It isn't really easy for me to just allow my mind to go where it wants to and to let go of myself. But even though I know perfectly well that my conscious self is almost definitely going to attempt to resist the drug, I really can't wait to experience the kind of beauty and enlightenment that everyone associates with shrooms. I'm just hoping that I can overcome the little bit of fear enough to open up to the experience and enjoy it to its full potential.

I was wondering if anyone had any additional advice. My friend from the other site suggested that I trip alone, but I can't really...My friends are the ones getting it for me, and my own house is definitely not the best environment to trip, so I'm kind of stuck with other people.

He also suggested that I take 1 dry gram, max, to begin with, since I am a bit nervous. But I was wondering if that will be enough to give me a powerful first trip? I've heard that there's a lot of 'potential' the first time you trip, and I want to take advantage of that. On the other hand, I am only 100 lbs, so maybe that will make a difference? I also probably won't eat that day in order to get the full effect....I was wondering if everyone agrees with that dosage and if it will be powerful enough for my intentions.

Anyway....any and all advice is welcome. I'm really excited to begin this journey into psychedelics; I just unfortunately have a lot of resistance to overcome first. Thanks very much =)

[viraljimmy]

Dose low. Relax. Go with the flow.

[shedthemonkey]

Well, you are already at two strikes with set and setting being chaotic and uncontrolled. DO NOT DOSE LARGE your first time in this situation.

No one can really tell you how you will react to 1 gram. Some people it puts in hyperspace easily, others are hard heads like me and it takes 2.5 grams before I start to get a little lift off.

When you do start tripping, try hard to remember that it is only a temporary thing. YOU WILL NOT GET STUCK LIKE THAT! 5 - 6 hours max duration for cubies. And going with the flow is great advice, but after a few trips you will find you can stear the trip away from disturbing sights (violent scenes with lots of teeth disturb me and I always say "NO lets do something else" in my internal voice and the mushie is more than happy to comply. If your mind is strong and you dont clench up, this can be an extremely fun time. Curl up into a frightened panic ball on the floor and you will be in for a rough time. Neither is likely to happen under 1 gram.

DO NOT DRIVE while on shrooms. Even if you manage it safely, your eyes will be dialated huge and talking your way out of THAT is pretty damn hard at a traffic stop.

Start slow and save the incrementally larger doses for when you have 6 hours of safety and comfort available.

Good Luck!

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[whitedeath]

Thanks to all....I'm definitely looking forward to this experience, and I will keep you posted. Any further advice is always welcome. I feel pretty naive asking, but I guess we all have to start somewhere :)

[python]

just have fun

[destroy_erase_improve]

all the advice is good. start low and if you need too, gradually dose higher.
dose with friends if you desire, just make sure they are friends that can handle the drug so you can all enjoy it and not have to worry about them.
find an environment that allows you to let your guard down and relax.
go with the flow, even if the trip starts to turn "bad", let it run its course. remind yourself that you are only under the influence of drugs and itll be ok. then think about pleasant things.

and most of all, enjoy it

[reefer]

Wow, lots of good advice here already. I wouldn't recommend drinking any beer, though. I know for some people its fine and dandy, but for myself and quite a few of my friends it is a very unpleasant combination. When I have had beer and shrooms at the same time it has made me very sick feeling. Never again.

Smoking some herb always makes a trip more relaxed for me, though.