I am going to be a sitter

My friend is doing shrooms next week for the first time, he is buying an 8th and said he would probably do almost all of it to try it out, what do I have to know as a sitter?

What can I do to help avoid a bad trip for him?

What do I do if he starts having a bad trip?

Any help appreciated, I'm pretty much just a a weed man, I don't know much about shrooms.

 

Just keep him relaxed and make sure he knows he is under the influence of a drug at all times, so he knows anything he is feeling will end in a little while. I'm sure he'll have fun though, so I wouldn't worry. Have relaxing music playing.

 

Don't fuck around with him. Things could spiral downward. Faggots trying to be funny/scary really harsh the vibe, so to speak. Just chill with him, make sure he's comfortable & in a safe environment. If he does start freakin out, tell him not to fight the experience and reassure him he is perfectly safe, and that things will be normal again soon. Hope I helped.

 

i kinda like to be fucked with when im tripping. I even told my friends to do too it, since i think it makes it more fun. But if its his first time it could really freak him out if he has never tripped before.

o and if he starts freaking out dont give him weed cause you think it'll calm him down but it wont. Weed will just make it more intense.

And go do something fun like take him for a drive and go real fast with the music up real loud, i really like to do that when im tripping.

 

Thanks for the help guys I'll remember this stuff, I don't plan on screwing with him, especially since it will be his first time. But I guess we'll see how it goes, any more suggestions are welcomed and I'll be checkin this thread for at least a week or two until he gets them.

Another problem he is having is a place to do them! Where can he do them safely if his parents will be home?

 

well if his parents are gonna be home that could be a problem if they talk to him and shit but if they leave him alone he'll be fine just keep him quiet. Just make sure they go to sleep first and stay in one place like his room or the basement. Or if you want to waste gas you could drive around and when he is normal enough to function in public go see a movie or get something to eat.

 

Well if it's warm enough outside you can do them outside, nature and psychdelics work very well together, or you could wait to they're sound asleep and do them in his room, be warned though if he does them in the room, he's going to have a very strong desire to leave the room probably at one point, hell I know I wanted to go on the roof on shrooms, in fact the only reason I didn't was cause I figgured it'd be too hard to get out the window while tripping.

Also, if you have weed, bring it, smokin definitly helps get rid of the nausea in the come up.

If you're gonna be inside I'd also say bring something good to watch, to hell with all those people that say don't waste your trip watching TV, TV is awesome on basiaclly any drug, and shrooms is no exception.

 

If your gonna watch tv watch VH1 or MTV. The best week ever shit is crazy when your tripping plus those people are really funny. Music videos are also great too.

 

Working with Difficult Psychedelic Experiences

Somewhat silly, yet incredibly informative.

 

Read up on Shrooms/LSD so you have a better understanding of what they really do. Read up on all the myths and truths. The myth that yer brain may bleed due to LSD use for example is a pretty damn scary image to have created in your head IF you believe it's true or simply don't know it's false whilst on a psychedelic.
This also assists in case the person on shrooms only knows the MYTHS. You need to verify truths and destroy falsehoods.
Something like that.

The video suggested above, just as Bran stated is a bit silly, however it is very accurate with how you could/should deal with a person being overwhelmed by their intense thoughts and feelings.

 

and listen to herbie hancock's herad hunters album aswell, dont DARE forget man, dont DARE forget that.. phew.

 

and listen to Herbie Hancock's 'head hunters' album aswell, dont DARE forget man, dont DARE forget that.. phew.

its time to meet watermelon man

 

I also gotta say, if you're gonna listen to music, and you're gonna listen to any Floyd, put on Interstellar Overdrive, I listened to that the 1st time I did shrooms, and it felt like I was flying through space when I closed my eyes.

 

Keep him hydrated and make sure to keep him comfortable (i.e. if it's warm, keep him cool...if it's cold keep him warm).

 

I hate when people say "you have to listen to THIS CD, YOU BETTER DO IT" cuz not everyone likes the same kind of music, and just because you're on shrooms doesn't make you like every kind of music. Have him listen to whatever he wants to.

Just be normal, don't be any different just cuz he's trippin. Try to let him do whatever he feels like, as long as it isn't harmful to him or might get the two of you in trouble.

IF he has a bad time, remind him that it WILL end eventually, it can also help to remind him that he is having a good time if he thinks he isn't. Sometimes all it will take is a walk around the block, sometimes you just have to wait it out.

It's kinda hard to know how to fuck with people that are trippin if you've never tripped before, but some of my friends did it to me without seeming like they were tryin to fuck with me.

For example:
Bad: "like, for example, I can still see that emergency blue light pole over there"
"dude, what pole?"
"fuck you, im not trippin like that yet, im talkin about the blue pole over there"
"seriously, there's no pole"
"fuck off"
There was a blue pole over there, I wasn't trippin yet, and this dude was tryin to fuck with me - made me pretty mad and ruined the vibe for a little bit.

Good: I'm sittin in the room with my buddy, while our other buddy is takin a shower. Buddy two comes back in the room and starts flippin the lights on and off...
"DUUUDE, what are you doing??"
"No it's ok man, I like doing this sometimes. It's cool don't worry about it."

In case of a bad trip: DO NOT be afraid, BE VERY CALM. Don't seem at all mad, or upset, or scared - it will only make it worse. He will pick up on subtle things and likely read them wrong (one time when a friend was trippin, our dude came home mad from bein at work and fighting with his girlfriend, trippin dude asked if AJ was mad at him). Remind him that there's nothing to worry about, it will end eventually. Buuuut...I don't see it turning sour, more likely it will be a really good time for the both of you.

Almost any cartoon movie will be fun...actually any funny movie will probably be fun too. Toys can be quite fun too, I remember having a lot of fun with a slinky my first time. My first time was with a friend of mine who was also trippin shrooms for the first time, we felt like my basement was a funhouse; exploring got us into some really fun experiences. Such as...getting me lost in a blanket, me wearing a cookie as a hat, seeing 3d balls in the wall from a Lite Brite.

Bottom line: find a trip toy, watch a funny/random movie (nothing scary or weird), listen to music he likes or feels like listening to (maybe pull out some old tapes of music that isn't really too modern), don't be at all afraid, scared, upset or anything of that sort if he freaks out, keep him safe (away from knives, blenders, stoves, etc), if he's having a bad time remind him that it'll end eventually, and most importantly BE YOURSELF. Also try not to leave him alone too much.

And read the "help talk my friend down" sticky thread in the LSD section.

 

Neuronaut pretty much got it right. You should just be normal and chill like you guys would any other day. the only thing i would like to add to that is your friend shouldnt go into the the trip worried about having a bad trip. Just be easy, think good thoughts.

 

When I did shrooms for the first time, this one kid fucked around with me. I had a really bad trip at the start and I punched him a couple of times, but after he left I hada good trip.

 

I kinda like whispering nonsense in a room full of tripping people. Make some very quite nonsense whisper noises, and when they look around act all nonchalant. Wait about 15 seconds and do it again. It fucked with me when done to me, but was quite funny in retrospect.

 

so how did the trip go?

 

Good: I'm sittin in the room with my buddy, while our other buddy is takin a shower. Buddy two comes back in the room and starts flippin the lights on and off...
"DUUUDE, what are you doing??"
"No it's ok man, I like doing this sometimes. It's cool don't worry about it."


AHAHA! oh yes! can imagine that man!! good post btw