Can anyone tell me

I had a friend who took shrooms once and tried to kill himself, passed out and woke up not remmebering his suicide amept
does this happen often and can anyone guess why this happened

 

he probably was tripping really hard, far to hard. his mind could take it and he snapped. you know the aztecs had to sacrafice a human life in order to make the sun rise every day. they were all tripping on shrooms...i dont know though....who will ever know?

 

does he have a family history of psychotic conditions?

 

well my friends tell me that coming down you get depressed. even if ur in a good mood. so hes probly depressed to begin with. tripped fucking balls, and got even more depressed thus making him want to die.

 

Your friends lie. Everybody I have ever dosed with mushrooms felt absolutely great for a couple of days afterward.

 

If you get depressed coming down off
of magic mushrooms, then you probably
should not be taking them.
Because, even when I've had trips that
overwhelmed me, I still saw the beautiful
astral side of perception and when the
sillycibon wears off, the lingering
amazement rolls on......

 

I think I am always in the best mood coming down. It sounds like your friend has issues that he should deal with before taking mushrooms or, better yet, not take mushrooms at all.

 

sweeet. thanks guys. well my buddy *tom* lets say. tom said coming down ull feel depressed n shit.

anyways another question, how well is tripping alone? if ur just like chillen out doing w.e.

 

Doing it alone is worthwhile. Sometimes I like it better than with people, but I wouldn't want to alone every time.

 

I dont know if I like Tom anymore. :tongue:

 

alone is good for delving into your own subconscious

 

^^Agreed but only if one is experienced, knowledgable and respectful of psychedelic substances. Otherwise you could be opening a whole other can of worms... In my personal opinion of course...

 

No that is entirley true, even experienced people
have been known to bug when they take too
much by themselves.
I've definitley flipped on them when I was alone,
thought when that happens I tend to just run
it down by smoking cigs or meditating. ~
Though nothing can really help you once your
mind is convinced that you took too much.

 

* Besides mind numbing drugs, I mean

 

i wouldnt suggest alone for a first time obviously it depends on the dosage

 

i would disagree, at least on a personal level. of course, it all depends on who it is and what they can handle, but i almost universally trip alone. i dont like tripping with my friends, when they're usually mostly like "oh man, i'm so fucked up, i'm tripping so hard, etc."

i prefer to use psychedelics as a tool for personal reflection, exploration, and spiritual development.

my first time on most psychedelics was alone, in fact most of my times on most psychedelics were alone.

acid, mushrooms, salvia, 2C-B, 2C-E, DXM, DPT, HBWR and others. all alone for my first time, all alone most other times as well.

i've never had a "bad" trip, but i've had trips sometimes that were unpleasant for a while or that werent particularly productive. never really freaked out much, though. and i've often taken respectable doses of these things.

of course, on the other hand, i've known people to freak out from one or two hits of weak acid, or a half eighth of standard dried cubes...whether alone or with friends....so everyone handles them differently, its not for everyone, and you ought to use your own best judgment at all times.

and if in doubt, do without.

 

I think that you give great advice.

I must add that the only times I have ever felt like my trip was going awry has been from being around other people. I was alone the first few times I dropped acid and ate mushrooms and thought it was a good decision.

Being alone will probably not cause somebody to have a bad trip, but more things can probably go wrong if somebody trips alone and freaks out than if there are other people around capable of helping somebody having a bad trip.

However, my best trips have been with other people. When it comes to psychedelics, I really do see other people as a "double edged sword," as the cliche goes. From tripping together, I've become really close with some of my friends and don't think that I have a comparable relationship with people whom I have not taken psychedelic drugs with. Nevertheless, all of us were experienced with psychedelics before tripping together.

My advice is to either take them alone or take them together with somebody you are close to, trust, and like being around (all three). If you plan on doing it with some person who is just going to talk about how many drugs she is on or how "fucked up" he is, then prepare to be bored and underwhelmed.

Also, I try to avoid strangers. The last time I ate mushrooms was at some campground where it was socially acceptable, so everybody just kept pestering me to hook them up when they found out that I was tripping. Having people ask you for drugs every five minutes gets really old really fast. And I also found that most of the strangers I met who were tripping turned out to be pretty annoying. Most people aren't profound or deep and drugs can really showcase this.

 

thats weird. my come downs feel GREAT and i always have this life-is-good feeling for a few days afterward

 

yes, i know exactly what you mean. a lot of times when i take high doses of shrooms the peak will be incredibly intense, sometimes even overwhelming. the come down can be a comforting release from the mind havoc that has just been wrought on your conscious.

 

im 16 an live in mn, i did shrooms once alone but it wasnt a very meaningful trip, i only did 1.75 grams but i dont think thats the only reason, can u guys give me any advice on how to prepare and get into a good mind-set so i can truly expand my consciousness?