> at the very least tripping like this puts people into an internal experience that is otherwise hidden from us Oh yes, I had a fun one on truffles. There were

> at the very least tripping like this puts people into an internal experience that is otherwise hidden from us Oh yes, I had a fun one on truffles. There were a few minutes (or more) where I couldn't parse the world anymore. All I knew and understood was "don't move and you'll be safe" (I was on a bed). I was so scared of everything beyond the bed! I could barely understand the bed itself, so I knew being on there was safe. Everything else felt so terrifying, because I had no understanding of what I was looking at. Were the objects in the room friend or foe? What happens when you fall of the bed? Do you fall in a dark pit, does your reality change, or do you simply fall 0.5 meters? I don't know. Heck, even describing this assumes much more knowledge than I had back then. But it did teach me something: when I don't know something, it seems that one of my base emotions is fear. And I've seen it at certain moments when I've been sober as well (like not knowing what's going on). Since then I've told myself: "Mettamage, whatever you don't understand, you're gonna be fine." And that helps :)