The other day I went on my first real "trip" while on acid, and it was really, really great. I had a fantastic trip: I was with a great friend of mine, I was at a beautiful lake, and soon I was at home enjoying some good music. I had a lot of introspection and a lot of great chat with my friend, really nothing bad happened at all. It's been about 2 weeks since I did it, and the day after I said I never wanted to do it again; it was nothing like anything else... ever. After awhile I've come back around and realized that tripping again would be a fun and beneficial thing to do. But the real reason I posted this thread isn't so I could tell you all about how dandy my acid experience is. The problem here is that I cannot quit thinking about acid. Everytime I smoke pot I think about acid, everytime I hear music I think of acid, anytime I think of anything, I think of acid! It's like everything around me reminds me of my acid trip! I don't understand why it's so unsettling, because I really had a fantastic time, but I just get really nervous and kinda scared everytime I think about it. At night I have trouble sleeping now because I start thinking about all of the insane things that COULD'VE happened while I was tripping, or I start thinking about where I would be or what would happen if I had a flashback. I've started to wonder what things would look like while I was tripping, or even thought I was bringing myself into a flashback with how much I was thinking about it. I can't even sleep without some kind of nightlight now (it's pathetic really haha) because the darkness kind of symbolizes to me the uncertainty of an acid trip. I think I'm still trying to really wrap my mind around what happened during my trip, but considering how it went really well and there weren't really low points, could I just be psyching myself out? Or is this just routine stuff in the beginning? Can anyone tell me if this is something I have to take care of, or will it take care of itself? Like I said I would like to do it again, but if this ghost won't quit haunting me I don't think I can continue with further trips. Thanks a lot for your help everyone.
dont worry about it had the same problem. Started acid about 1 and half years back you just gotta reliez that u cant do acid everyday of your life just doesnt work. But when the time comes to do acid take it to its full advanged and enjoy. When the time comes when u are not takin acid think that u are gonna do it again and when the time comes u are gonna have a kick ass time. peace and have fun.
no offence, your a pussy, i really dont get what the fucking problem is? i think about acid, probably casue its sweet, its not a bad thing, looking at a tree reminds me of E/ACID/WEED/SHROOMS/BEER, whats the real problem, dont worry about flashbacks... just enjoy life brahhhh
ey bro im kinda feelin you.. i tripped my fucking face off last night and im still kinda drippy and shit.. i pretty much just oozed around my room in a gooey pool of really intricate designs and music in its life forms while my senses morphed and overloaded...fuck
To be perfectly honest, I think the OP is overreacting a little if he's not actually HAD a flashback and he's paranoid that he might. That doesn't by any means make him "a pussy" though. Nobody can know exactly what it's like for him right now. Our minds all work in different ways. I've had some scary ass trips but I never worried about flashbacks or even thought about my trips in a negative way, until I actually had a flashback, which was genuinely disturbing, and yea it rattled me to have that happen, and I wouldn't sleep with the light off for a few weeks, because at one point I was literally at the stage where if I was in darkness for more than a few minutes, my mind would turn to thoughts of my bad trip. For a while I could only get to sleep by nodding off in front of the TV. When acid goes bad, rationality goes out the window, so you people who don't know what the fuck you're talking about, need to shut up and accept that not everyone is the same as you, and that doesn't make them any less of a person either.
Thanks a lot guys, minus one. Let me clarify a few things: 1.) I said I'd never do it again because it was BY FAR the most INTENSE experience I've ever dealt with. Nothing could ever touch that. 2.) I was scared about a lot of shit because even though I've read the fucking book on acid, I don't know how it affects everything after you're through. Flashbacks are mentioned, but they are never given any kind of details. No one ever says how they are triggered, for how long, or what the possibility of getting one is. All of those uncertainties should make people feel a little hesitant towards acid, because it's taking a leap of faith to do it. Also, I'm not a pussy. I don't need a 15 year old "brahhhh" from canada telling me that I can't take an acid trip. You have no clue who I am or what's in my head, so why don't you ride your fucking zamboni back to your igloo and leave the talking to the smart people.
And actually, lemme try to give you an idea of what my trip was like. Have any of you ever seen the devil's advocate? Well, my trip was similar to the movie in that everytime I closed my eyes and listened to the music (zero 7, simple things) I went somewhere deep in my mind. It seemed like once I found that place, I could completely relax, and that I was exactly where I was supposed to be. And it seemed to me that I was there for an extremely long time. But everytime I reopened my eyes, the clock had only read like 1 minute or less. So the best way of putting it is that when I closed my eyes, the entirety of the devil's advocate played, but when I opened my eyes, it was the ending; just standing there by myself, in the same moment in time. Does that make sense? It probably would without the analogy anyway haha. I also witnessed a battle between good and evil at one point, which was really incredible. There have been quite a few accounts of that, so I'll leave out those details. The craziest thing though, was that I traveled backwards in time. Like I said before, we were at a lake, and while we were out walking along the outer sidewalks (and I pieced this together the day after), we would see people walking by us. But because it was a rather large lake, people couldn't walk all the way around, so when we decided to walk more, we would see the exact same people! The really really weird thing about this is that after I discovered I was time traveling, the things my friend said to me started to sound like they were being spoken BACKWARDS. My friend actually remembers this and told me that there were about 10-20 mins (which is nothing I know) where I couldn't be spoken with, because I demanded that all of my friends speak FORWARD, otherwise I would leave them stranded in time. I also saw neon colors and animations on the sidewalk we were walking on, and I actually saw a complete story about a block man traveling with a wild rainbow. That's pretty impossible to describe completely though... I think that those would cover the high points of my trip. There was also the standard growing/shrinking of some things for awhile, then also flowers dancing around in shapes... which was cool. But I would really like to go back to that place in my head that I found... it was so beautiful!
hahaha welcome to my world bro...A.D.I.D.A.S (All Day I Dream ABout Syd). I know what you mean about the nervousness though. I went into my first ever 5 or some odd trips nervous as FUCK. I was so scared I owuld hav e a bad trip, or something would go wrong. The set and setting had to be real relaxed, chill and just downright perfect or i would get sketched and freaked out. When I first started i would wait like 1 or 2 months between trips, but i was so intruiged by the drug that ide always go back to it...it was so alluring to me. After you trip for extended periods, and if your really passionate about turning on, those worries fade...and you start to realize that the only way you could have a bad trip is if you were boarderline suicidal. Im not saying that if the problem was set and setting related that your trip might get a litttle unenjoyable, but its nothing that a walk outside with the old IPod cant fix. This is only the case for me i cant speak for others...many of my buddies agree with this philosophy though.
way to go - make yourself look like another ignorant dumb american!!! i am from canada - here we drive cars and fly planes, we have satellite dishes on the roofs of our houses and more,, hell - its pretty much just like the states... except we are educated enough to know about our neighbors to the south! i have nothing against americans - its just that it bothers me when some can be so ignorant about a neighboring country.
YO! im waiting till the summer, n trippin on the beach/bay/ and home with some good music thats a great idea the beach is 2 minutes away (walkin distance), bay is 1 minute away (walkin distance) ill drop UNO DOSE lol and chilllllllllax
I really have nothing against Canadians, I just wanted an insult. I suppose I shouldn't have even of responded, but it just seems like a terrible idea to call someone a pussy who's doin acid. That how people end up taking way too much.
iv just discovered the brilliance of acid. just wondering how acid use effects you over time? cause i want to do acid again, but i dont want to spoil this utter happyness i have discovered. i dont want to spoil it with fear and terror, and feeling lost and disconnected. How many trips have you guys taken, and how do you's feel?
well over 50...i lost count a while back...i dont feel any different....welll i guess i do, but for the better, not for the worse
i lost track... i have been doing lsd for the last ten years - usually once or twice a month when i have some,,, i have gone a few months at a time without any - but only a few times... over 1500 hits at least and i feel great - better then great,,, i am clear headed and very happy in life... my musical and creative abilities are thankful i use acid. no paranoia, no fear - just love, acceptance and a good belief i have lsd to thank - i had a very difficult childhood with both parents alcoholics... without acid i would have probably ended up just like my pathetically worthless parents.
Interesting you mention alcoholism, I just got off erowid and one of the statistics said children of alcoholics are more likely to try lsd. My dad was an alcoholic as well.
