i posted this in the psychedelic bump thread already, but i want to post it here as well, so it doesn't get lost. i had a pretty solid trip from the two smallest hits i had. i started out with a jagged, torn off "tenstrip," but i've eaten 5 "hits," and i still have like 6 more. and 4 of them are noticeably larger than all the rest. i really enjoy watching the birds on psychedelics, and yesterday especially. once you sit still for awhile, they start to become more active. it's cool when the jump from a tree branch and just glide to the ground...do a couple wing flaps to land lightly. when they fly, they were leaving subtle trails behind them...that seemed to be, i dunno, connected to something - everything seems important when you're on that stuff. it was like i could trace back the trail to the original position of the birds, and in general they spread out, so it was like a sprawling out pattern that it made. and after watching the birds, i decided to try out some mountain biking. i was going down some pretty steep hills. i would bike or walk to the top of a hill, scope out my path down, and then just let gravity take me and hope i don't crash music was amazing as usual, but it never ceases to impress me. i didn't listen to a lot of music, since i was enjoying the sounds of nature. but before my bike ride i was blown away by some Stick Figure (thanks CannbisSoul). i posted the song on the previous page. i got some anxiety and got a little bummed near the end of the trip. the outside was smelling terrible like smoke, right after i took a bong hit and blew it out my window. smoke got in the apartment, and i felt like i was gagging on it. ...like i had no control over my environment, like i had no escape. i hate my neighbors, they are so fucking rude it's becoming unbearable. i talked to my wife about it a little, and just vocalizing it helped a lot. but then i had to assure her that i wasn't getting acid-depression - she gets it way worse which is why she doesn't really trip anymore. also, i was thinking how i maybe shouldn't have taken that acid, on a sunday, with work the next day, and with no special setting in mind. i gotta save the rest of my stuff for camping with my brother or something. maybe i'll chow down the 4 big hits this summer, after i get my Ph.D. and once it got to be like 9:30, 6 and a half hours after i dosed, and i realize i'm still tripping pretty decent. the peak is over by this time, the trip is lighter overall, and comes more in waves, but still....when i take acid, i need to remind myself "you're gonna still be tripping in like 7 hours, so you better make sure..." those last two paragraphs were kinda minor thoughts during the trip. they didn't ruin it or anything, but i think they are important aspects. later on, i spent some time reading about "humans" on wikipedia. i did so they other day, and it made me feel like an alien or something, reading about these bizarre creatures. try it, i guarantee you will learn something. then i got reading about the "most recent common ancestor" of ALL life on the planet. and how there may have been bottleneck population effects in early humans, which reduced the population to a really small number - the reason why we are all so genetically similar. these things were kinda blowing my mind. head feels kinda funny today, in a bit of a haze. and this dose kinda did a number on my stomach. gave me a kinda hungry, hollow (mild) pain. eating food didn't help. i think it's pretty much acid-gas. i've heard people say that acid gives them gas or the shits. wish i could thank the guy that i got this from. i was skeptical at first, and never tried it til several months later.
Good stuff, you ever feel like you are channeling or contemplate Hoffman's bike ride when riding your bike on LSD?
yeah i have thought about that. i think i said after a different LSD trip where i rode my bike that Hoffman got a few things right! i've enjoyed riding my bike on several LSD trips. on other psychedelics, it's not quite as fun, or do-able. my most memorable psychedelic bike ride was through the cemetery, when i rode about as fast as i ever had and let out some screams that reminded me of the Na'vi from avatar. i remember you posted a comment on that report as well.
I liked that idea of reading about humans. I've always liked to look at our own habits from an outside perspective I liked this report, because it felt like a seasoned reporter giving very specific details of a trip rather than explaining a trip. Acid-depression is a new term to me, I'd have to look that up, does this happen every time you trip, or is it a trigger of some sort?
cool glad to hear you are still dosing pork. i had a good trip recently as well. a friend gave me a free concert ticket and a hit of acid... now THAT is a good friend. i plan to take more this weekend.
i'm not sure that "acid-depression" is a commonly used phrase. my wife gets it way worse than i do. on the comedown and particularly the next day...nothing seems awesome to her anymore. it's like since the trip made everything seem so amazing...it doesn't seem so anymore when she's sober. i think i get it to a small extent on most of my trips. when the trip is over, i'm a little bummed. but nothing too serious. i even recall it happening on my very first LSD trip, and the girl i was with trying to coach me through it. what concert did you see, desos?
This can happen to me sometimes. It's not a full blown depression but I do feel lethargic and less outgoing. I'd say it's more of a need for recovery time after the experience.
I myself interrupt your description as afterglow, particularly a negative one I think Pork is mentioning the comedown itself right?
for me, the slightly bummed out feeling comes at the end of the trip, yes. but for my wife, the bigger problem was the next-day depression. it got pretty strong for her.
You told me that LSD can release some serotonin Pork so perhaps it like a mild MDMA comedown. The body is just low on serotonin.
well MDMA will actually release serotonin. LSD literally connects to your serotonin receptors like a puzzle piece. Beyond that I'm not the scientist. But it is a different process
well i'm not 100% sure on that, and i don't quite feel like looking it up. like i said in the report, i'm really not too concerned with that effect, i just felt it was worth mentioning though. anyone wanna talk about birdwatching on LSD? :sunny:
First off, sounds like a pretty pleasant trip overall, except for when you the smoke started bumming you out. But sitting out in nature is so nice. I wanted to say its funny that you noticed this because just the other day I was in my backyard, and I wasn't tripping but I was sort of high and meditative, but I began to see these lines of energy connecting between everything. Now its not the first time I've seen them. Maybe the first time was tripping, but I see them all time during different circumstances. Its basically grids of energy that go through the branches of trees and connect things. It seems like it can change tracks too and evolve depending on influence from conscious beings. Anyway point being that the birds seemed to be flying through the trees along these grid lines. They would zip and zoom through the trees so fast without hitting anything, but they kept following the same patterns through the trees, right over top of the grids I was seeing. Even in open space, there seemed to be longer straight lines that connected. Idk if birds can see the grid or their just in-tune with it or what but I feel like defiantly something is going on their. It makes complete and perfect sense if you think about. We know animals are in-tune with subtle forces, that's how they detect storms coming and volcanoes are gonna erupt. Very interesting idea, your not alone in thinking/witnessing it!
i think after sitting in the park and talking about the birds with an old lady, i qualify as a real "birdwatcher." haha that sounds pretty similar to what i was describing, inthydreams. but i wouldn't say that the birds were flying along the grid. to me, it looked like the grid was being carved out by the birds flying through the air. i don't necessarily think there is a "real" grid there though. i have seen the grid before on LSD though...unrelated to birds. just a grid overlaying my field of vision at night time.
