Was these the Aborts? I dont underestimate the aborts. once ate a abort the size of the key on the laptop, under a gram and I was rolling on the floor doing the curly shuffle.. I still lol..
Because not everyone knows how to the first time this happens, especially when you only had a couple of good trip experiences before this might come like a too big of a suprise for some peeps. It was in my case and I totally didn't expected it because I let my guard down since I was expecting the same good things. But a 'bad trip' is not as bad as it seems or has to be, I agree. And better to handle next time for sure, and if you can handle it (much more easier with a friend I think by the way) you can learn more from it or about yourself. I do think though that timing is pretty important for a good trip. Most of what I've learned from mushroom trips came afterwarths, most realizations I've had during the trips do get kind of hazy in my memory unfortunately.
Got to respect the mushrooms. 1 bad trip is no reason to never take them again though. You know now either to take a smaller dose for recreation or what a solid dose can do and learn to utilize that and prepare better like asmodean was saying.
Haha, I think the best way to tackle mushrooms is to constantly reassure and remind yourself that you are in fact on mushrooms I love them, but they can get the better of you. I have whited hugely on mushrooms, just lower your dose and raise your tolerance.
remember when you were little and you saw a really scary movie that scared you for a couple days after. same deal, give yourself some time, youll forget about it.