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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by gcr on Sunday January 22, 2023 @08:18PM (#34484272)
the point of the above comment is that it's often beneficial to take a solo trip, rather than to take the trip with someone who wants to "guide" or "control" the subject through a certain kind of crafted experience

you're focusing on the particular means of the solo experience, which misses the point

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by 56friends on Monday January 23, 2023 @03:28PM (#34494507)
Got it! If by “wilderness” they meant an unguided psychedelic trip then my advice would be similar to what I said earlier.

Do not go on an unguided trip if you have no experience and have mental issues. It could help you or could traumatize you severely. Psychedelics must be taken very seriously - advising to just take them and hope for the best is dangerously foolish.

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Re:How do we experience the pain of other people? by ghoogl on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:13PM (#34541242)
nah people elect mental illness always will so choose or lose
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