Re:Michael Pollan on Psilocybe Azurescens
by pmoriarty on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @01:38PM
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I've learned far more from my bad trips than from my good ones.
It's important to look at whatever happens as a learning opportunity rather than trying to push it away.
Re:Michael Pollan on Psilocybe Azurescens
by QualityReboot on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @01:37PM
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This is correct and that's what I would recommend as well.
It is 100% better to be able to work through a bad trip than to take the escape hatch, but I sure wouldn't go into the experience knowing that my only option is to work through whatever happens. Knowing there's no way out might make it impossible to work through things where I would otherwise say "ok, I can go a bit further, I can always bail if I have to".
However I would add that working through a 'bad' trip or 'seriously uncomfortably weird' experience can be the exact opposite of bad. More often than not, the inability to let go or a fixation on something negative happens for a reason. (Not to say this is the case every time - sometimes hitting the panic button is the right reaction).
These drugs amplify and reveal what's happening in deep parts of the psyche - subconscious, unconscious, habits, 'ruts' we have been stuck in so long we forget they're ruts. In my experience, the most profound growth and change comes from diving headfirst into the discomfort and following it all the way down to its origin.
Source: 50+ psychedelic experiences