The LSD Solo Trip: More Significant Alone?

Everyone recommends that I do LSD with friends, and I have. But I've noticed when I'm with my trip buddy we always want to do different things. Last time we tripped I wanted to sit and admire the patterns in the sand and the movement of the ocean, while she wanted to go swim. We ended up going for a walk to a surf shop which became a fun house and made me quite uncomfortable. I felt sort of restricted because if I left her to do what I wanted, I feared I would get lost or something. What I want to ask is if you've had the more significant, revealing, beautiful LSD trips alone or with buddies? LSD isn't something that fits all situations :afro:..

 

Honestly I've noticed that compared to tripping alone I don't really like tripping with other people. Like you said I usually find myself wanting to just chill at home explore the introspective side of it while my other friends I've tripped with always wanna go out and party and be around lots of people or something. Not to say that's not enjoyable, I like going out on acid too. But, the most revealing and mindblowing experiences I've had with acid have always been alone.

Except for the telepathy thing that people talk about...

 

In my experience, the best psychedelic journeys are the ones that take place with eyes closed.
Psychedelics open up the infinite and wondrous world of inner space, so behind closed eyelids is where the most significant trips take place, IMHO.

 

Alone can be fun.

Tripping with others is nice too, you just need to be flexible about what you want to do. Do what everyone wants to do.

One person shouldn't be dragging everyone else around, and if someone wants to go somewhere or do something that makes you uncomfortable while tripping, tell them, and don't go/do it. They should understand, and if they don't, you should probably find a new tripping buddy.

 

K, I like a 'home base' strategy.
Just have a house you can trip in with a few other people. If you want to be alone, go in another room, if you want to do something else, go do it. If you want to be with the others, go do what they are doing unless they want to be alone.
This works out good, and it is really relaxing.

 

the best trips are when your with people, but your all on the same wavelength so you all want to do the same thing. doesn't always work out like that though.

tripping by myself, i feel like i tend to retreat within my own mind. i've had some great trips that way, but it seems like when i return to the world, or talk to my friends, i have gone through this great journey and they are still the same. so it creates a bit of distance between us.

having a home base is always nice. it works a little better if there are plenty of people tripping so that if you want to go do something else there will be people there too. but when there are only like 2 or 3 people tripping together your all going to influence eachother's trips pretty significantly.

what about tripping at shows? i find that i'm fine during short shows (1 and a half hrs) but for shows that are like 3 hours of music with a setbreak all the random people and spending so long in the same room makes my trip pretty intense and freaks me out a little. tripping at festivals is great though since there is so much space and so many places to go.

 

As other people have said, i also enjoy tripping alone AND with other people. I actually ate some lucy on Thursday in a very spur of the moment thing. I had a fun trip listened to music, infact it was the most absorbed in music i have felt in a very long time, wandered around some woods near my building for a little, and actually did some class work. Later on in the evening i hung out with a couple friends and smoked some bud which was very nice, complemented the lucy well.

As far as significance, i have a lot more time to consider and reflect on myself when i am tripping alone, because its just me...However when i am with friends i truly love having discussions, debates, and hearing what is happening with my friends while they are tripping and talking about feeling, emotions, and all sorts of other things that they, and I are feeling.

 

Agreed, playing off each other is one of my favorite parts.

 

...oh the tangents , the tangents! :conehead:

 

Ya shoulda just gone swimming... what the hell is wrong with you

I voted alone anyway

 

I would say alone. The highest state is obtained in utter aloneness. Even if you are with friends, if you start to reach the peak, you will become oblivious to outside world. If both of you can obtain this, there will be just a great presence, you and your bud will no longer be there.

 

Alone is good for introspection. Friends can be fun for the energy and stuff as others are saying, but also unpredictable, lol.

Have yet to have an experience outside alone. Trippin' in public is weird for me... they know :blush5:

lol, even though walking against traffic is weirder than walking with pedestrians... can't see the faces seeing you. "paranoia..dun dun dun..."

 

i usually always trip alone that way i can jam out and not look like a fool

 

Doesnt matter, I've had deep experiences with others around and by myself all the same. I've had sensations maxed out by jamming on the guitar alone and also with company having sex. I've experienced enlightening, engaging, humorous, contradictory, revealing, difficult and emotional thoughts and feelings in both situations. The profundity of the LSD experience is that its not limited to a dichotomy, its a blurring of the lines.

 

Low to moderate dose trips with friends.

Moderate to high dose trips alone.

 

tripping with friends has always been good for a fun time lots of laughs and crazy conversations etc. doing it alone tho gave me a new appreciation for the drug. i found tripping alone to be a much deeper experience even at a much lower dose. no distractions. the lsd becomes your friend. it became my personal savior.

 

When you trip alone. Its a different type of setting and reason for. Tripping alone gives more introspective and meaningful types of experiences. I prefer to roll solo. Especially on high, high doses. Its just you and it. Nothing to worry about in terms of composure or having someone hold you back to a point. Complete loss of self, like what a true and solid psychedelic experience should be.

 

i usually trip solo, but with my sober fiance present for part of the trip. this is a lot different than straight up alone, which i would prefer.

but, i think you can get (almost?) just as deep if you trip with your brother or best friend, and can both appreciate the introspective side of tripping.

 

I prefer tripping alone.

 

^ Agreed. If you keep it close. Your good.