Got a quick question The other night I ate 1 1/2 tabs and smoked a cone of synthetic weed. Then proceeded to get very weird thoughts of paranoia and confusion. I dosed with a few friends and after a while kept thinking they wanted me gone or to stop tripping. Is this what people class as a bad trip?? also are there any ways to stop this once it starts happening?
what happened here is that you smoked some "synthetic weed", likely a JWH chemical, those all can cause way more intense paranoia and anxiety than even weed itself, which causes way more paranoia and anxiety than acid . . . this is not a bad trip, if you have to ask if it's a bad trip lol
Cheers guys, it made me curious because I have dosed higher and been fine. Next time I'll stay away from the cones
I would say that's a good idea. Also, IME, the most minor of thoughts we have everyday that are usually thrown out as absurd or invalid when sober, can take hold and amplify while tripping. I agree with Writer, if you have to ask if it was a bad trip, it wasn't. But I would contemplate how that thought progressed, as to me that was the beginning of a bad trip, and being able to recognize that, moderate it and properly handle it so it doesn't become difficult is a good tripping skill.
Also agreed.. Avoid weed on acid, unless you are super comfortable with it and never get any paranoia. I still smoke when I trip, but I've been with people whose trips have taken a turn for the worse after they smoked weed. If you start tumbling down that spiral of negative and "weird" thoughts (for me, the weirdness of it all is one of the big draws) and you can't stop it by changing setting/something, a benzo should calm you down. I also agree with opiates for such a situation - I try to always keep valium, xanax and codeine handy when I trip.
Bad trips for me seem like bad negative thoughts. If i am preoccupied by some seed in my head to get through a "bad trip" I try and work through the problem and find a solution. Kind of like looking for the positive in something that is negative
Sometimes when I trip I think about how weird it would be if my legs bent backwards like a bird. But if you get paranoid just try to keep reminding yourself that youre tripping and the way you perceive normal things is different. And I agree with fisticuffs... Bad trips usually seem to be a manifestation of stresses and junk in your life, it's something that needs to be faced. So face it, and figure it out and turn a bad trip into a great one
