Doing my first real/big lsd trip. Should I do it alone? (+ other questions)

[Betterself]

In a few days I will do my first real/big lsd trip. I have done lsd once before but then I only took 50 ug, while I got some interesting insights, it’s unclear if it was because of the psychedelic. I also got no visuals.

I do 15 minutes of meditation every morning and have done so for about 8 months, have watched actualized.org videos during roughly the same period. During the las two months I have had a few “Sober trips” (more intense than my 50ug trip) where I have felt really connected and stuff and gotten lost of insights. I’m present most of the day and don’t get stressed, but I feel “hopeless” sometimes for short periods.

My goal is to have an ego death experience and find even more peace in my existence.

I have a few questions:

1. Should I do it alone or with a (sober) close friend? I’m not really scared of having a bad trip.

2. 150 ug is a good dose, right?

3. Should I do it inside or in nature? It’s really cold up here in Scandinavia though... Was thinking of a little of each. I often get insights while in nature. But many recommend just doing it in a dark room.

4. Should I have background music? (Pink Floyd/ Shpongle)

Thank you all in advance! Hope this can help others with their first trip as well 

 

 

[cirkussmile]

Not scared for having a bad trip is all you need. You are well prepared! 

I don't know so much about dosage but 150 seems to little! Correct if I'm wrong

[WaveInTheOcean]

Do it alone. Especially if your (sober) close friend hasn't tried tripping himself before.

Remember to have your whole day off, no plans, nothing to do, no-one to disturb you .. including the next day which will be the recovery/contemplation day. Phone on flymode.

If you live close to nature I would actually recommend at some point during the trip, either come-up or come-down to go visit the nature, I think that would be very nice. Most of the trip in-door contemplating/meditating/being for yourself though imo.

Have some nice music ready/a playlist ready, yes. You can decide for yourself during the come-up/the trip if you want to listen or not. but the music should be prepared and easy to turn on/off.

If you know the LSD is clean and strong, I would stick with 100 ug for your trip, since that's already a 2x your previous dose. Trust me, 100 ug is going to be a looot stronger than 50 ug. 150 ug is also a good dose, but you can always do 150 ug in some weeks/months after your 100ug trip.

Try not to have too specific goals. Do the trip because you want to learn. Do it to learn yoursel deeper and learn reality deeper-- to get new perspectives on things. Maybe you'll get an ego-death experience, maybe not. Maybe you will find more peace in your life, maybe not, maybe the opposite, who knows. Just go with the flow during the trip and chill and surrender to the experience. Sure, contemplating is fine, but don't try to force anything, don't try to control too much, just let go and let the LSD do the work while you observe and learn and get absorbed in the experience, which can be both enjoyable or painful... if it's enjoyable, enjoy it, if it's painful, let it be painful, don't resist:)

After all, the one who wants to have an ego-death experience is you, the ego..., so...;) 

[Betterself]

@WaveInTheOcean Thank you for the advice!

The only thing I'm a little scared of is if I for some reason would panic with or without a reason. What do you recommend doing in that case? Call a friend? Put on some happy music? Change Enviroment? 

[WaveInTheOcean]

26 minutes ago, Betterself said:

@WaveInTheOcean Thank you for the advice!

The only thing I'm a little scared of is if I for some reason would panic with or without a reason. What do you recommend doing in that case? Call a friend? Put on some happy music? Change Enviroment? 

Don't worry, really, even if you panic at some point and get scared/bad trip -- which probably won't happen, you seem well-prepared -- all that is gonna happen is that you will have a hard time for some hours and then you will come back to your sober state again and be able to think clearly about why you freaked so much out ... and as you ponder about that you'll grow a lot, cos you will see it was for pretty silly reasons that you freaked out;)

There is no reason to panic. LSD is super safe, you can't overdose on it. You will ALWAYS come back. Always. It's a myth that you can be stuck in a trip.

Also you won't do anything that's really stupid while on LSD as long as you're in an environment you know and that you know is safe (your home)

If you at any point really, really panic, just remind yourself that it's going to get over in a couple hours, and just try to lie down, put on some really calm music, and close your eyes, feel your breath and enjoy the closed-eye-visual bouncing around while listening to the music.

But yes, changing environment, changing music, can totally change the vibe of a trip.

Don't call any friends while your tripping. bad idea imo.

It's just important that you don't have too many things on your mind while you're going to trip. It's important that you have the whole day free, nothing to do. It's important that you also have the whole next day free as well - no plans! If you have these 2 days free, then you won't be stressed about anything. Start your day off -- after a good nights of sleep - with maybe taking a walk/a jog in the nature, and meditating, eating some light vegan/raw meals, then take the psychedelic around midday. You don't have to do the trip in a dark room. When you get more experienced with tripping you can try some specific settings like a dark room, but for your first real trip here, I would suggest just doing a regular normal well-prepared solo-trip in your home during the day (not the night) with maybe 1 or 2 vists out in the nature if you feel like it. 

also remember, if you walk into any other human beings during your walk in nature, don't worry, they will not know you're tripping. It's all in your head. from the outside you will look pretty normal.

Edited December 23, 2017 by WaveInTheOcean