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Like a relationship with a person, a relationship with a substance might also not work out. This might indicate that: 1. This is the wrong person/substance fo
by gnosis 14y ago
Like a relationship with a person, a relationship with a substance might also not work out.
This might indicate that:
1. This is the wrong person/substance for you.
2. You're not ready. Perhaps if you worked on yourself (through meditation, mindfulness, yoga, spiritual practice, therapy) you could get more out of future experiences.
3. You're abusing the relationship. You're not treating the person or substance with enough respect. All too commonly, psychedelics are used as "party drugs" rather than used constructively in a deliberate therapeutic, spiritual, religious, or shamanic context. This can lead to all sorts of problems.
4. You don't have the right guide or purpose. A therapist skilled in psychedelic therapy could be a great help, as can some serious introspection about exactly what it is you need to get from the experience.
5. Another problem that's all too common is that trippers fail to integrate what they learn on a trip in to the rest of their lives. This could lead to lessons forgotten and backsliding.
6. You might just need a break. Doing psychedelics too frequently is bordering on abuse.
- virtualwhys 14y ago"get more out of future experiences"? Where is the future and what is there to get?
- gala8y 14y agoYou caught him.
- jpdoctor 14y ago> Like a relationship with a person, a relationship with a substance might also not work out. Somewhere between stage 1 & 2.
- pharrington 14y agoAre you saying healthy psychedelic use must be in a "therapeutic, spiritual, religious, or shamanic" context? Yes, you do have to give these immensely powerful mind altering substances respect, the same way you have to go into a flight lesson with respect for the machine you're flying, but combining that respect with the primary goal of having a fun time seems perfectly valid to me. After all, no matter how profound or world shattering the experience may be, it's still just your own brain working on slightly modified parameters.
- sneak 14y ago> All too commonly, psychedelics are used as "party drugs" rather than used constructively in a deliberate therapeutic, spiritual, religious, or shamanic context. This can lead to all sorts of problems. Bullshit. Some of my most profound life-altering psychedelic experiences have happened while losing my shit on a dance floor. Don't be a pompous ass.