I have tried them several times but my most recent experience was my best.

I was overwhelmed with a monumental sense of tranquility. My body was completely relaxed and I felt just so at peace. I had no worries whatsoever. I remember thinking while tripping -- "Why don't you always think this way?? Why do you constantly worry about all the **** that you do??"

I've tried to carry these carefree thoughts and peace back into sobriety, but it ain't easy.

This! I've thought the same thing. Excellent post.

So many people who have bad trips are using them wrong or misusing them. It's not a "fix it all cure" for having a ****ty life ffs. It is good to be in a good place when you take them. Also don't just shroom up and go down to the pub cause you will most likely have a bad time. Have it in a place you feel safe and happy.

Also when saying "shrooms" it is important to differentiate between different strains because potency varies a lot. Also how the shrooms were dried matters a lot so it can vary within the same strain as well.

I love shrooms for introspective looking and I always feel better about life afterwards. Most people who flip out try to fight the trip hard and think they can "sober up" mid trip which will not make things go well. Also they have broken a lot of other rules like not doing it as a fun thing with BROSKIS just cause to "trip out maaan". It is so far past weed it's ridic. Read up on trips and what do do before you do them and don't think its a ****ing background substance you can just go around doing other **** on.

Given I am leaned towards taking huge doses to try to hit some new level but a super small dose compared to a larger one is like two different drugs as well.

This just isn't true, kingofcool.

Gotcha.

Pretty easy to grow your own, with minimal legal risk.

Word for Word = Success

I read this one. Crazy story. Funny as hell too.

http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=81421

did shrooms a few times growing up. my 'problem' was that i love the taste of them. 3 grams my first time when i was about 14 or 15. couple more times after that. never a bad experience.

people who trip bad are already screwed up in the head in general, just helps us normal people identify and avoid them.

shrooms are the closest thing to drugs i've ever done.

you love the taste of cardboard?

I hope you mean that you like what it does to you and not the taste? cause they taste like dirt from the forest.

Also shrooms is heavier drug than cocaine/amphetamine/marijuana and most regular drugs in how much it affects your perception during the trip. Sure it's not as bad physically for you but I've seen too many partyboys who think they can handle psychedelics cause they've dabbled in cannabis,amphetamine and cocaine

Alright, enough with all these "ah-ha" moments.



Let's hear about everyone's "ho-hum" moments.

shrooms are not drugs. they are a plant and taste yummie

Most drugs come from plants.

fyp

Yes obviously I would want it to be so well that all "natural" things would be non-drugs. But thats not how it is. Drugs is just what is demed illegal by the state at that certain point. Even RC aren't called drugs. It's research chemicals, before they have been classed and becomes "drugs". I suppose a better name would be narcotics here.

Yes, everyone should try shrooms once.

You will be an improved person after because a good trip is like a journey into your own soul.

Do em. Make sure you verify that they are legit first.

I almost agree with this. But people need to realize setting and dosage and research is very important for this to work well. People misuse it and judge the entirety of a possible life changing experience when it goes south cause they suck.

That was disturbing.

God made man from clay. Looks like they skipped the metaphor with that one and went literal in the video, except Satan makes man in this one.

I think if you take them when you're fifteen/sixteen (as I did), they are pretty mind-expanding. People keep mentioning having the realization that everyone has their own path and perception of reality, and that reality itself is subjective. LSD/shrooms make this realization almost unavoidable, as one minute you are yourself with the brain you're used to having, and the next minute everything's melting and your hands are amazing. I remember my version of this epiphany as a realization that life is all gray area, where before I had thought everything was black and white.

This is profound stuff when you're a teenager, but not so much when you're 30, and anyway it's something I think most people realize at some point without hallucinogens. I'm not sure they offer anything spectacularly consciousness-expanding, even though they feel like they do when you're on them. But that's b/c your brain is on fire and you think thoughts like "This is real, right now," are incredibly profound, because they feel profound. Has psychedelic culture really provided mainstream culture any mind-blowing philosophical discoveries? Not any of which I'm aware.

Anyway, at this point, I think mushrooms are really mostly cool, for me, in small doses as a sort of experience-enhancer. Took a little the last time I was at the beach and had a super-intense time bodysurfing, but my face wasn't melting or anything.

I agree there's way more to it than what I said.

Things to make it a good trip

-get a babysitter ie a close friend to watch you. I am against solo tripping unless you are experienced at it (Which I am not).

-smoke/vape weed once before and once during the trip. it will calm you down and make me feel much more relaxed

-eat em raw. I think its better this way

-think of shrooms as medicine.. Not a drug. You are doing them to improve yourself as a person, not to feel good.

-do them in the safest environment you can think of. Ie, your home, your living room, where ever you feel the most comfortable.

-THINK POSITIVE AT ALL TIMES. If you ever feel panicked, DONT FIGHT IT. DONT FIGHT IT EVER, it will only make it worse. During those scary moments, ROLL WITH IT. Accept your new reality and know IT WILL PASS. I can't stress this enough.

-if you don't believe me, do your own research. You want to feel as comfortable as possible going in. Its like a life exam...know your ****ing material before going writing the test.

well don't freak people out about thinking positively. it's not that crazy. you're on the trip, wherever it goes it goes, remembering all capital letters THINK POSITIVE is about as useful as a towel and a reminder to not panic

Anyone ever stumbled upon this guy while tripping?

The only things I've hallucinated that weren't just distortions of reality but entirely imagined were giant fireballs in the sky.

When I was tripping, staring into the stars, I had a few profound insights.

1) Life is a kind of dream-state. When our lives are over it will be similar to waking up from a dream and we'll realize it was no more real than our minds made it. We will look back at how seriously we took ourselves and laugh.

2) We never die. There is no death of "us". Our. Bodies and minds will die but our consciousness and (for a lack of a better term) soul will live on forever

3) I love everything. Sitting against a wall and staring at nothing in particular. My mind moving freely at an elevated rate, landing on any thought or sensation that felt right. Everything that I could think of filled my heart with love. Every horrible person or atrocity had a silver lining that was more beautiful than its cause. Nothing at all in the universe was less than complete perfection.

It's a strange concept if you haven't done hallucinogens, but in the moment, I KNEW these things to be true. Most of our "knowledge" isn't knowledge, it's just some combination of memory and belief. Receiving these "insights" on drugs is wonderful and wild, but really only matter if you can integrate them into your day-to-day life somehow.

damn now I wanna do shrooms again.