What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowid's trip reports

Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by Traubenfuchs on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:32AM (#43173179)

I once took Ketamine, "fell through the bed" and spent half an hour in a different dimension, peacefully floating above and close to incredibly detailed, dull and dark colored patterns while unable to form language-based thoughts until I suddenly snapped out of it. The music I was listening to (HUSBANDS (Run Along, Son, etc.)) helped a lot and was just incredible, though I am still not sure if I could have had the same great experience with different music.

It was THE single most amazing and out-of-this-world thing I ever experienced and I highly recommend it to everyone.

I don't know if it helped me in any way with my depression though. No hangover. No lasting changes.

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by anon84873628 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @12:13PM (#43174602)

You might want to seek out a formal therapist who uses medication assistance. They will have a series of regular sessions first to prepare/prime you for treatment. Set and setting matter a lot with these drugs!

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by throwaway183785 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:40AM (#43173310)

I had a similar experience with ketamine listening to different music. It felt almost like I was engulfed in the music, in a very positive and beautiful way. Having experienced opiates, MDMA, 2C-E, 2C-B, LSD, shrooms, and DMT, ketamine is still the experience I am most fond of. I sometimes wonder what certain music would feel like to experience on ketamine.

I experienced severe depression in my teenage years. Towards the end of them, I had this ketamine experience (well, a few sessions, but this one stands out in particular.) My depression has never come back nearly as strong as before (it's been over 10 years.)

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by FuriouslyAdrift on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:41AM (#43173336)

Love the shroom experience, hate all the yawning and sore jaw after.

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by Traubenfuchs on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:44AM (#43173372)

One time I snorted ketamine with a bunch of hairy middle eastern guys on a club toilet in Tel Aviv and the next day I was courageous enough to rent myself a car and drive to the dead sea, when I had given up navigating the shitty bus booking websites for dead sea transports the day before.

There might be something to it. Unfortunately, the last few times I tried to buy Ketamine I got scammed with Cocaine, which I abhor.

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by tayo42 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:55AM (#43173514)

Idk how people do ketamime recreationally or in public. I did one little bump and was couch locked, managed to do two more and was laying on the floor with the world spinning, eyes closed, trying to manage motion sickness

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by kouru225 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:10PM (#43222557)

Calvin Klein is the answer. That’s how people do k recreationally.

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by spidersenses on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:50PM (#43223544)

That wasn't very helpful...

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by rizz0 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @02:26AM (#43228190)

It’s a riddle

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by kouru225 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @08:24PM (#43237314)

Coke and ketamine

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Re:What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowi... by apatheticonion on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:50AM (#43241687)

I must have fake K. Only ever made me sleepy. Maybe I got a benzo

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