First Post!!!
I’ve only done acid a couple of times but I have always had good trips. The key is the environment in which you do the acid. I learned this from experimenting with shrooms before ever having taken acid. Firstly…take all of the cuishons in your house (including sofa pillows, bed pillows, duvets etc) and put them in one room (doesn’t matter which really, as long as it’s not lk a bathroom or anything with a hard floor or tiles. A Bedroom is probably best because it will most likely have quick and easy access to a toilet). Secondly, get the biggest TV in your house and put it in the cuishon room. You must then have light (preferably cartoon) comedy playing at all times (Simpsons, Family Guy etc) my personal favourite is Danger Mouse (‘cos it brings back chidhood memories lol). Thirdly, set up a stereo/ipod dock ir whatever with at least six hours of ambient, quiet, peaceful music. I would reccomend Binural beats frequencies, Enya, whale song, Moby, but nothing too emotional like coldplay or Snow Patrol. Acid is a highly emotional experience and can be useful to delve into your innermost perceptionn of yourself. It’s intruiging and eligtening and needn’t be terrifying or psychosis-inducing. That is of course if you carefully select your environment. Also you should prepare mentally to a degree at least three days before tripping (this helped loads when I had a really bad succession of nightmare shroom trips). For example, before you go to bed just cheer yourself up while you’re trying to fall asleep; think of soemthing funny, try not to laugh and then simply let go and smile. When you wake up, try to remember your dreams in as much detail as possibly; set your alarm clock to give you forty five minutes of lying in bed before you must get up. Not only will this tecnique help you to be more alert an focused in everyday life it will also help your trip become more vivid, lucid and enjoyable. Remember, a positive mindset produces a positive trip. Another good thing to remember is, if you should find yourself panicking in the trip, just reassure yourself that whatever you’re being subjected to “cannot be stopped”. If you think for example that you’re being attacked by a giant space lizard for example just relax and let it eat you. Due to the nature of acid you cannot control what you see and you cannot break free from the hallucination. The one thing you can do is choose to accept it and relax into the experience. One last thing…If you are not in a good mood, suffer from depression or any psychological disorder at all you should never go near acid, I have read countless nightmarish accounts of people who have taken acid and gone into a full-on mental collapse. It’s ugly and brutal and if you have any mental disorder it simply isn’t worth the risk. Be in a good mood, be positive and let the experience guide you as opposed to trying to guide the experience. relaxation is the key!
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