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Nice to know that several years of chronic anxiety problems and panic attacks was "just" a bad trip. I'm not on anti-depressants and haven't been for years, bu

by quasque 14y ago

Nice to know that several years of chronic anxiety problems and panic attacks was "just" a bad trip. I'm not on anti-depressants and haven't been for years, but your advice seems completely bizarre. Why on earth would I risk taking the mushrooms again after it fucked me up so much the first time? There's no way I'm ever touching them again.

Alex3917 14y ago
"Nice to know that several years of chronic anxiety problems and panic attacks was 'just' a bad trip." It's roughly analogous to if you get PTSD after getting raped. That doesn't mean that rape causes chronic anxiety per se, even though it's a common outcome. I'm not trying to say that mushrooms didn't have an adverse effect on your life, only that it wasn't due to psilocybin directly altering your brain. "I'm not on anti-depressants and haven't been for years, but your advice seems completely bizarre." That advice wasn't for you specifically, I'm just saying that it's the standard advice. But it normally applies for people who have had a bad trip a week or two ago, not several years ago. The idea is that the only way to come out of it is to follow whatever you were going through until you get to the logical conclusion. Here are a few guides in general to dealing with 'bad trips': http://vimeo.com/16702478 http://vimeo.com/16702478 http://www.maps.org/videos/source4/video9.html http://www.maps.org/videos/source4/video9.html http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/psychedelic_crisis_faq.shtml http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/psychedelic_crisis_...
- quasque 14y ago
  Sorry, I was a bit abrasive in my last reply. Thanks for the information, it was interesting to read and watch.
  - Alex3917 14y ago
    No problem. If your interested in psychedelics as a catalyst for personal development, Neal Goldsmith's book Psychedelic Healing is pretty good. If you ever wanted to go back and revisit the experience it's one of the books you'd want to read first, along with James Fadiman's book is called the Psychedelic Explorer's Guide. These substances are reasonably safe and even beneficial, but only if you have a few books worth of knowledge before partaking and actually follow best practices.
  - Alex3917 14y ago
    For what it's worth, you'd probably be a good candidate for this Johns Hopkins research survey: http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/1795sk/the_psilocybin_research_team_at_johns_hopkins/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/1795sk/the_psilocybin...

by quasque 14y ago

Alex3917 14y ago

"Nice to know that several years of chronic anxiety problems and panic attacks was 'just' a bad trip." It's roughly analogous to if you get PTSD after getting raped. That doesn't mean that rape causes chronic anxiety per se, even though it's a common outcome. I'm not trying to say that mushrooms didn't have an adverse effect on your life, only that it wasn't due to psilocybin directly altering your brain. "I'm not on anti-depressants and haven't been for years, but your advice seems completely bizarre." That advice wasn't for you specifically, I'm just saying that it's the standard advice. But it normally applies for people who have had a bad trip a week or two ago, not several years ago. The idea is that the only way to come out of it is to follow whatever you were going through until you get to the logical conclusion. Here are a few guides in general to dealing with 'bad trips': http://vimeo.com/16702478 http://vimeo.com/16702478 http://www.maps.org/videos/source4/video9.html http://www.maps.org/videos/source4/video9.html http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/psychedelic_crisis_faq.shtml http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/faqs/psychedelic_crisis_...

quasque 14y ago
Sorry, I was a bit abrasive in my last reply. Thanks for the information, it was interesting to read and watch.
- Alex3917 14y ago
  No problem. If your interested in psychedelics as a catalyst for personal development, Neal Goldsmith's book Psychedelic Healing is pretty good. If you ever wanted to go back and revisit the experience it's one of the books you'd want to read first, along with James Fadiman's book is called the Psychedelic Explorer's Guide. These substances are reasonably safe and even beneficial, but only if you have a few books worth of knowledge before partaking and actually follow best practices.
- Alex3917 14y ago
  For what it's worth, you'd probably be a good candidate for this Johns Hopkins research survey: http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/1795sk/the_psilocybin_research_team_at_johns_hopkins/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/1795sk/the_psilocybin...