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This resource: Maps.org https://www.maps.org/resources/responding_to_difficult_psychedelic_experiences/185-handbook-for-the-therapeutic-use-of-lysergic-acid-di
by tranchms 8y ago
This resource: Maps.org
https://www.maps.org/resources/responding_to_difficult_psychedelic_experiences/185-handbook-for-the-therapeutic-use-of-lysergic-acid-diethylamide-25 https://www.maps.org/resources/responding_to_difficult_psych...
It’s all about mindset and setting.
We could discuss what that entails, but that’s a long conversation. Good attitude, good vibes, safe setting, comfortable and familiar. In your home. In familiar nature. I’d avoid public places and people.
And it’s preferable for the first number of trips to have a safe and understanding “sitter” or “guide” there who is reliable and calm and supportive.
As you get more experienced, you can explore the bounds of set and setting, to push your mind to places for therapeutic purposes.
Psychedelics amplify whatever thoughts or surroundings you’re in. They turn up the volume, so to say, for good or ill.
The bad trips are the most therapeutic. You’re working through repressed thoughts and feelings that otherwise go unnoticed or denied or suppressed as a natural psycho response to pain.
Ridding self deception is the root of all therapy.
When that negativity comes to mind during a trip it’s often uncomfortable as hell. You work through it. You accept it. You embrace it. You see it in the right light, with the right perspective.
What you don’t do is resist thoughts or feelings or experiences. That only causes more problems.
You can’t run from yourself.
- gepi79 8y ago> What you don’t do is resist thoughts or feelings or experiences. That only causes more problems. IMO MAPS are irresponsible promoters of psychedelics. If you are on a high-dose trip, you lose much control of your thoughts. I have read that some medical experts administer high doses in the hope to avoid bad trips often encountered with low doses. What if your unwanted thoughts and tendencies must be resisted to prevent further misery ? Examples: - Try to stay calm and refuse to succumb to overwhelming terror and panic as reported on this web page. - Try to stay calm and refuse suicide as reported on this web page. - Try to stay calm and refuse thoughts about murder as reported here: http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/29599/1/a-story-of-drugs-darkness-and-death-deep-in-the-jungle http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/29599/1/a... Do not use psychedelics to solve problems on your own. https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Set_and_setting https://psychonautwiki.org/wiki/Set_and_setting Let medical experts (therapists) use psychedelics as medicine as they see fit. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-psychedelic-miracle-128798/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-ps... https://www.livescience.com/16287-mushrooms-alter-personality-long-term.html https://www.livescience.com/16287-mushrooms-alter-personalit...