After my first psychedelic trip, I was a completely new person. This is the experience of many people. If you’ve had an intense trip or are considering taking psychedelics, it’s important to be open to change and new experiences. They will happen, and the more optimistic you are about them, the better off you’ll be. Here are …
This site is dedicated to helping you heal from a bad experience with psychedelics. “Bad trips” are extremely common. Even though they may only last for minutes or hours, they can have an immensely powerful, negative effect on a person’s life. Many of the site out there don’t provide balanced, in-depth resources for people dealing with …
My bad experience with psychedelics and how I healed Read More »
A traumatic psychedelic trip is like a box of puzzle pieces, sitting there in your mind, waiting to be put together. The first step, as with working any puzzle, is to open the box, dump out the pieces, and start to separate and organize them. Understanding and healing from a bad trip is no different. …
Neutralizing the sting of a bad trip through self-expression Read More »
“Trauma,” as a word, sounds dramatic, like something that occurs only in the ER or in the dark alleyways of places we don’t want to go alone at night. Truthfully, trauma is a pervasive human experience that we have all gone through at one point or another – if you’ve had a bad psychedelic trip, …
Discovering, understanding, and healing from trauma: the real trip Read More »
There may come a time, in dealing with the lingering effects of a traumatic psychedelic trip, that you may desire the help or guidance of a professional. When I say professional, I’m referring to anyone who is trained in some discipline or system and offers help, counseling, or guidance in exchange for money. This could be …
Recovering from a traumatic psychedelic trip is an incredibly personal journey that you must, for the most part, go on alone. This is a large part of what makes it so difficult – during a time when you deeply crave support and empathy, many people simply can’t understand what you’re going through and many more …
How to talk to people in your life about your bad psychedelic trip Read More »
I had been away from home all day, and there I was, stuck in an unexpected Saturday rush-hour, tired, hungry, and restless. The infrastructure criss-crossed all around me like a gray forest blooming everywhere with red brake light berries, and that’s when it really hit me – for the past several weeks, I had been …
Recovering from a bad trip: the mind-body connection Read More »
In my earliest experiences with psychedelics, men seemed to take the reigns. While this is certainly not the case for everyone, I think there is a pattern of women being introduced to psychedelics and other substances through boyfriends or male friends, which can lead to a unique palette of issues and troubled experiences. Its important to …
Truly understanding what happened to you during a bad trip can take a lifetime, but beginning the process of analysis, processing, and understanding is one of the best things you can do to demystify the experience and make it less hauntingly frightening. What you experienced was a journey through subconscious landscapes where nothing is masked …
To cut right to the chase – psychedelics are not “bad.” What we refer to as “psychedelics” are a group plants, fungi, and molecules that, when smoked or ingested, result in a unique, powerful, and usually visionary experience. Nothing is inherently bad or wrong with them – a “magic” mushroom is no more bad than …
