Bad Trip

Just tried acid for the first time this weekend. And well... i dont think i'll ever be touching that shit again. At least not for a good long time. Dont get me wrong, i had a blast, and i saw the most amzing shit in the stars. But during my peak and for pretty much the main part of my trip, i dont think ive ever been so scared in my life. i saw bugs and rats EVERYWHERE! every alteration in the ground turned into a bug or spider. and im deathly afraid of those! god it was horrible. I could even feel them crawling all over me and biting me. i kept slapping myself and just couldnt look down. Thank god i happened to meet someone that night who was nice enough to watch over me the entire night and help me calm down and actually enjoy parts of my trip. Cause my friend who i did acid with left halfway through the night and kinda just ditched me.

Well my question is... can i ever do it again and have a good trip? Like if i did it again in a good enviroment and a good state of mind, could i have a good trip without worrying about my past experiences with acid? im afraid that if i do it again i'll think about what happened last time and make myself go through it again :[

 

hmmmm well 1st off tripping alone will very often result in a bad trip so will the wrong environment
but it sounds alot like it may not be for you
the halucinations you describe are not typical at all, and sound more like paraniod delusions..

you can certainly try again, but i would STRONGLY suggest the best environment possible, like a gathering..
theres youd have tons of people who are on the same wavelength, as well as ppl who know how to handle bad trips

if thats not an option, then have 3-4 tripping buddies who will not leave ya, and keep a good supply of vitamin c & b complex on hand to end any bad trip

& do not smoke pot unless the trip is good because it can throw a trip into overdrive & increase the intencity exponentialy

 

My advice would be to wait at least 2 months before trying acid agian, but only do it again IF you want to, there is no hurry, you have to take it when you feel ready, when your in a good mood, and when your passionate about doing it.
I would recomend it during the daytime where its warmer and safer and the sun is
happily shining down on you.
Also I would recomend doing it with just a few close friends, being alone is not good.
Also take a lower dose next time

If you take lsd again and start to feel as if your going down with another bad trip- just focus on a simple everyday activity to take your mind off things, and have a person to talk to.

 

when you feel like your going into a bad trip you need to remind yourself that its just a drug that is altering your consciousness and making you see this stuff. i agree with soaring eagle that those sort of hallucinations arent typical of an acid trip... how many blotters did you have>? x x x

 

I don't know - I've never done acid but many of my friends have described bad trips where they see bugs and spiders and feel like they're crawling on them or falling all over them....
But like I say - I've never done it (doesn't really appeal to me) so... yeh.

 

sounds like a meth comedown lol

 

when i was on a bit of acid recently i got paranoid thinking a moth had got in my kitchen through the door (i hate moths) and suddenly because of the fear i was seeing loads of crawling bugs on the ceiling, it was alarming but it didn't matter cos i told myself i was tripping, ignored it and soon forgot about it. If you allow things to frighten you on lsd or you concentrate on them then fear will consume your mind and your trip, next time make sure you embrace everything wonderful about it and if you see anything that scares you, keep a really strong mind that it simply is not real. Hope you have better luck next time, and above all make sure you don't go into the trip around the wrong people or feeling anxious in any way at all.

 

i dont see how there are people who are deathly afraid of insects and dont want anything thing to do with them, but yet they trip on acid all the time. why are people afraid of bugs? look how fucking small they are.

 

dont get to mad at your friend. yeah, he ditched you. but when your trippin on acid, you do things you wouldnt normally do. you do things for yourself, because in that state you need to do exactly what you want to, or you freak out. if i was on acid, i dont know how i could cope with somone who was freakin out, when i was on acid, i mighteve seemed selfish to my own needs, but i felt like it was a requirment in that state.
you's may or may not agree with me, but im being honest from my experiences. im never normally selfish or put my needs first.

 

Don't take acid if you have any phobias they will be magnified.

 

Dont touch it, you dont need it, you are not ready for it, stay away from it.

You dont need it to feel better or special, and is it worth it? NO.
dont take acids, you deserve bette rin life than taking acid to experience else and new. If you want ot see stars, go out the country side and watch the stars. A trip to the mountains will be far much rewarding than an acid trip. Feel one with the nature around you with the stars too and you will get the most fantastic experience ever.
You dont need them, you dont need those, all you need is you.

 

i took two hits. and thats what i did, i just kept reminding myself that it was all in my head. and it helped a little.

there were swarms of them man...

 

yeah, thats sad, its like a de-evolution thing, people being afraid of things they shouldnt have any reason to fear, unless they are allergic, which is still a possible de-evolution factor. we are supposed to be the top race of everything on earth, which i dont agree with, and yet there are thousands of so said people.

 

i dissagree.
through out my life i have developed about 4 irrational phobias. 3 of which i wont mention(because they are very embarrassing), but i will mention my biggest irrational phobia, which is Fireworks. since i was a little kid the simple mentioning of fireworks, firecrackers, sparklers, etc. has scared me. i never leave the house on the 4th of July, and have anxiety when going outside during the entire month of July. its very debilitating mentally.

anyway when i was at a festie last summer there were nightly armature fireworks displays. when i say armature, i mean rednecks with illegal fireworks. during the festie the only time i wasn't tripping i was sleeping. when i was tripping i felt no fear of the fireworks and even enjoyed watching them. i was amazed by the colors and the sounds that they made. every time they stopped i was excited for the next blast of color.
but in the past/not tripping this would of sent me running for the nearest shelter, being it a tent, port-a-john, anything.
I'm not sure why the acid had this effect on me and not spiral me into a bad trip.
i still have the irrational fear, just not while tripping. thats one effect i never expected from acid.

 

Seems to me like this is a clear cut case of letting the acid run away with your mind.

Thats why i always say for first time users NEVER dose alone. When you trip with another person, particularly a good buddy, your having such a good time with conversation, or just enjoying each others company that that mental aspects of LSD seldom focus on the internal (yourself). In a group trip, the mental aspect usually pertains to the experience you and your friend are sharing together.

When your by yourself the trip goes immediately inward. You focus and dwell on your life, your problems, your fears (spiders, bugs, etc). LSD can play some INSANE tricks on your mind. And if your not used to the intense mental effect of 2 hits of strong acid then you can convince yourself of some fucked up shit that could never reeaally happen....but in the moment seems about as inevitable as the sun rising. Tripping with a friend keeps you grounded in reality, gives you that crutch. Since you were by yourself, you experienced an internal trip that you simply wernt ready for.

I wouldnt rule out acid. Dont listen to the people who say "you dont need it, dont ever touch it again"...i mean lets be honest; does anyone NEED acid? Of course not, but its not like heroin. Its a beautiful drug that has many positive and immediate benefits to its use. So i say try it again with a buddy and see what happens. If you like it then continue using it, if you still dont dig it, then stop.

 

You see, When I had my first acid trip, I never set my mind in over drive to scare me.. For instance, when anyone would get scared or some shit, you simply have to say, "It's all in my head."

 

exactly^

 

haha thats why i love my weed

 

LOL

why are you afraid of bugs and spiders? no wonder you had a bad trip.

unless you can get over your absolutely ridiculous phobia - i would never do acid again.

look at the bright side - you spent hours of being in fear, completely covered in bugs and spiders... now you are here today to realize how stupid you must of been to be afraid - NOTHING happened. your ok. lol...

 

i always find with my more naiive friends who dont know about "bad trips"...they all seem to have really beautiful and positive ones...x