Inability to talk when tripping

Lately when I trip I've found it very hard to formulate sentences and think about what to say to people. It's hard to interact with my peers. Obviously this is problematic as I can't get as much out of the trip and have as much fun as possible. What can you suggest to get me in a more social mindset? I've had many strong trips and still been able to engage with people, so the dosage isn't the problem.

 

This is going to sound weird, but years ago I went on holiday and drank pretty much a week strait with friends. I came home and thought, fuck, i'm tired- i'm feeling a little slow.

Thereafter, I was convinced my head wasn't functioning properly, I thought i'd fried the sucker. I couldn't construct sentences, was becoming nervous because of it and not having much fun when out.

Then I just figured it out. I had never thought about anything I was to say before so drastically, turns out when you do it's really easy to stutter and forget what you should say etc- talking is a natural thing that though your subconscious and mind do play a part, it is ultimately something that is completely spontaneous.

Long story short, you're over thinking it by worrying. Seriously, rest assured you're fine, and I hope by me telling you this you will become more relaxed. You will forget all about it, have fun and by the end of the night probably think 'oh yeah, I was worried about that'.

It's not dosage, it's mindset (your brain is too busy thinking about the wrong things. Consider you worrying about this, and you will start to realise why you aren't as sociable. You haven't been fully absorbing what other people are saying around you). It's just a touch of paranoia.

Maybe i'm wrong, but that's just my own recollection. Good luck and happy tripping. Be careful what you take, though.

 

Writer is gonna tell you to forget talking and go in your head and explore and stuff. 'Cuz that's what he likes to do.

I would personally not worry so much about being unable to talk. It just means you are tripping and thinking deeper than second for second speech. Perhaps think of yourself as a little guru who says things once in a while that he has to formulate.


Or simply just take less acid lol. If you wanna trip hard, eventually you will lose the ability to function -- it's a choice you have to choose.

edit: Like imaginary also mentioned, a lot of it is self-inside-self paranoia. People around you do not feel the paranoia or think the thoughts you are. All in your head.

 

when you trip you tend to over think the way you explain things.

 

sometimes it's hard to translate your thoughts into spoken language..especially when your thoughts are psychedelic

 

i like imaginary's comment, but if you are talking specifically about while you're tripping, then i can very much understand you. when i was younger and in my beginning years with lucy i could talk and communicate easily on acid. recently, it's been a bit more of a problem. i've literally lost the ability to communicate easily on a few trips. it may have something to do with me getting beter L now days, I'm not sure.

It really sucks in social circumstances, been there are only a few times. in fact, as i write this i remember i had this experience the first time i ate mushrooms.

i like the, just go in your head and explore yourself idea too, because ultimately that's the purpose. Why not follow the lucy and spiral out.

i really don't know what the solution is, other than perhaps lower your dose when you are tripping in a situation that you want to be able to communicate. i frequently tell the people i'm gonna trip with that there is a likely possibility that i will not be able to communicate very well in the next little while, and onward. clears up some of the awkwardness, though it shouldn't be too awkward its lsd man.

 

There is no solution. You are on a psychedelic journey. If your dose is high enough you will simply have difficulty communicating. Hell, I get this from pot all the time. If you see yourself struggling with communicating, and this is causing anxiety or analysis, simply ask yourself whether the communication is important enough to cause anxiety/analysis or maybe you are simply trying to have a phone call while sky diving.

 

Just enjoy the fact that you are so beyond language it takes you awhile to step back down into the world of words.

 

maybe it has to do with your company too and their various levels of judgment..even reserved judgment...and picking up on it subconsciously. when i had trouble speaking it was around people who thought acid was "crazy" and saw it as a negative thing..even though they wouldn't come blatantly out and say something to the effect of judging me as such for having taken it. but i recall tripping once and explaining to a friend who i am absolutely sure held no negative judgment on me that sometimes i have trouble talking while i was tripping and being clear what i meant..and his reply was "i had no trouble understanding you at all."
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not being able to talk on a trip is just showing you how unnecessary most of our dialogue everyday is.

 

What you are saying to me is strange because ive almost had the reverse happen. Ive found talking getting easier and easier the more I trip. I remember when I first took mushrooms I would be quiet for hours simply because I had a feeling like I was going to puke if I talked too much and I couldn't control my thoughts. For whatever reason now I feel much more in control of my thoughts when tripping.

If its really bothering you maybe try different drugs. Stimulants are an obvious ones that come to mind if you are looking for sociability and recreation. Hallucinogens for me are pretty much solo or like 1-2 other people max unless I'm at a show or something. Contrary to what you said I believe you get far more out of a trip in a relaxed, low key enviornment but that's not to say you can't have memorable nights from tripping around alot of people either.

 

smoke some dope and you won't have any trouble communicating, you won't be able to shut up

 

One of my first trips I remember sitting in a circle with a couple friends and everyone was talking, and I would sit real silent for most the time not talking, but at random moments I would just say one really meaningful sentence.

Just let it come, maybe all you need is one meaningful sentence to come out rather than talking a bunch of blabber all night.

Sometimes a whoooaaaaa to yourself is all you need to realize, okay I can shut up now, something is happening I need to take watch of it right now.

 

When I'm trippin', every sentence seems to come out wrong, clumsy, awkward... but it's okay cuz I'm usually pretty quiet and enjoy just soaking up all that's going on around me.

 

Are you sure this is a real problem? Have you asked a sober sitter to assess your ability to communicate while in this deep state.

i ask because i was convinced my speech was slow and slurred coming out of DMT trance, but my husband/sitter kept confirming that i sounded completely normal, just like my usual self. Thus it was MY perceptions that were distorted, not my ability to communicate

Just something to consider . . .

Peace & Love,
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uhm wait what?..

you have to expect that kind of stuff i mean you're ingesting a chemical that distorts your brain chemistry/. take a break from lsd.. maybe hang out with your friends more sober,. work on your charisma .

 

I realised it was a problem when my girlfriend told me how little I said, and that she really wished she could communicate with me on acid. I want to do this too, but I can't. It's not like I'm "tripping too hard to talk" it's more that I'm just not in a social state. And I really want to be. I think I might try watching some funny things and stuff to get me in a really good mood.

 

try candy flipping? add a little molly to mix up the flavor.

 

I wish I could Find LSD to candy flip on

 

After years of tripping from my experience if i was talking with someone most of the time i could talk fine. If i was flying solo and hadn't said a word in an hour or two it can be hard to spit words out. Almost as if learning to repeat words you hear as a kid.

So talk talk talk! Even just a little should fix your problem from my experiance