How to Work With Difficult Psychedelic Experiences - MAPS

This video drama is presented by MAPS - the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (maps.org). We provide four basic principles to help someone having a difficult psychedelic experiences:
1. Create a safe space
2. Sit, don't guide
3. Talk through, don't talk down
4. Difficult is not necessarily bad
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[@matcohen3251]

"I definitely feel a lot less crazy when I'm not trying so hard to control everything."

[@joyitas]

mAT Cohen it even applies to day to day life!

[@rolffds4553]

Yeha =D let it flow =D

[@d3ly51d]

In my experience, when dealing with someone who's freaked out it's also very useful to use positive language. Even something as small as pointing out that it's a beautiful evening or that the weather out is nice, can turn a trip to a positive direction. In a bad trip, people often have a narrow view of reality and can only focus on one thing, like little children do. By turning their attention towards something positive you can have a big effect on their whole stance towards the experience.Peace

[@eugenehvorostyanov2409]

Seems legit. Thank you brother.

[@brid12452]

Interesting. It seems like a normal response to meet negative with positive. But it also seems like a distraction to not go through something that might be important. Shouldn't you help them through it, not away from it?

[@DerHammerSpricht]

Just make sure you are not minimizing or silencing something real they are observing or experiencing. We often shut out the hush the fringe voices that are trying to warn us of things we can't see the danger in... doesn't mean they're wrong.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

It makes no difference if they are happy or freaking out. The brain is damaged equally regardless.

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 Do have references for your assertion? I think you may be underestimating how many people do or have done LSD

[@shinzantetsu]

Worst thing people can do is play the "nurse/doctor" role when someone is having a bad trip, it just makes things worse.

[@bernymcbilly1008]

Thank you MAPS for your commited mission on creating public awareness on establishing intellectual processes of working with the psychedelic expereince, it's very beautiful.

[@17popsquare60]

Run on sentence. Shame shame

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

MAPS is a well funded project to spread the use of LSD to another generation, with the goal of destroying millions of brains. They are one of the worst organizations to ever exist. Every use of LSD causes severe irreversible cumulative brain damage.

[@nemovox]

LOL, what?

[@rylanfrengel986]

The dude actually was acting like he was on acid, very accurate behavior 👍

[@JohnSmith-dr8dh]

Ok whoa, If a person is just concerned about his/her physical safety that is NO reason to call 911. That is like a last resort option.

[@solidaritytime3650]

This was the very first thing I thought to say down here.

[@Beautifulcoil]

I called 911 one time (I was alone and it was a huge dose). It was a huge mess. Nothing bad really happened but it was just a mess.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

@@Noah-wv4td it's not the first option to explore. That's all. It's not that you shouldn't call but you should be more aware of what you are taking. Test kits exist to help identify these drugs.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

@@Noah-wv4td but you just reiterated our point.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

@@Noah-wv4tdyeah at festivals and such they had to create drug awareness tents because of idiots. But all you've done is state the same point over and over. Clearly calling 911 is not the first thing to be done. People do not only take psychedelics at parties or get-togethers. Those are the instances where the drugs become dangerous. People buy thing with the intent of getting fucked up and sometimes they do. I personally don't do these kinds of drugs in public anymore and I test my substances of unknown orgins. There is a lot of reasonable advice out there and we can't be nannies 24/7.

[@neniv]

This is a great video. I absolutely love the fact that this information is out there for people to take in. I have gone through a few "bad trips" myself, and there really is nothing like having somebody there just for the sake of being there. If you haven't had an experience like this then it may be difficult to understand, but when you're all alone in your mind, the physical presence of a living being that you can trust is one of the most comforting things around.

[@ianfowler8743]

3:43 "I'm Tripping my face off".... Don't worry bro, I've been there xD

[@DonPeyote420]

face/off?

[@Irishmule169]

GelatinousNimrod Me too 😂😂😂😂

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

Dropping acid at a party like that was his first mistake lol. Drop that shit out in the desert and wander or just drop it in bed with a sleep mask and an 8 hour prog rock playlist.

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

I wouldn't take it in the desert, though the last suggestion sounds like absolute bliss.

[@StationOfTerrapin]

ive been there haha most of the time nobody was there to help, but one time a guy i knew from biology class took time to help me. and when it wore off, it was nice and peaceful. great video

[@FocusReborn44]

I'm a big believer in the idea that psychedelics should always be taken by yourself in a quiet and private space which you're familiar with. Social interaction can not only become difficult under psychedelics, but it can also create feelings of anxiety and unease. You're better off by yourself, on a day when you know you don't have anything to do or are going to be disturbed.

[@1337Figaro]

Totally agree. It feels really weird when people try to talk with you and you can't understand what they're saying and you're barely capable of speaking a sentence that makes any sense :P

[@JanCarol11]

Apparently you've never experienced the amazing synchronicity of "group trip." I recommend this, and recommend sharing with loved ones whenever possible. Two can go further, deeper, than one, and challenge each other. A group experience is constantly challenging, and rewards corresponding to the challenge.

[@solidaritytime3650]

@@JanCarol11 I would say a small group of 2-4 is cool, but beyond 5 is pushing it. Too many Simmelian interactions to keep track. My best trips have been alone or with 1 or 2 other people. I've had a really good trip with 6 before, but I don't know that I'd do it again.

[@JanCarol11]

@@solidaritytime3650 I agree with the intimacy of a couple of close friends. But there is a different synergy when the entire campground is tripping with you. It helps when everyone is Experienced, so that there aren't any freak outs to deal with - but when a whole tribe is on the same wavelength, there is something primal, uplifting, and amazing with this level of synergy. It can't be a random group though, it has to be one which you know and trust. That is, indeed, rare. I know I am lucky to have experienced it, but I doubt I ever will again.

[@solidaritytime3650]

@@JanCarol11 That sounds amazing. Yeah, I didn't consider the prospect of a festival or tribe tripping in accord. I was thinking more along the lines of 7 individuals tripping balls in a house in the suburbs. Anywhere "civilized" I think would be a bad setting for a larger group. But yeah definitely if you're out in the woods with a hundred other psychonauts, that's gonna be a helluva time

[@wiltonhall]

Really surprised MAPS tells people to call 911 if there is concern about a person's safety. Safety issues can almost always be addressed much better by the community. 911 and police often make a situation unsafe; even someone who doesn't come down and is in an extreme state just needs a safe space, loving attention, and patience, not hospitals and jails.

[@shrederiffic2380]

I would strongly recommend doing them with close friends your first time.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

and make sure those close friends are actually your friends

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

I would strongly recommend to never take any of these chemicals, as they cause severe permanent cumulative brain damage. There is no safe dose, the mechanism of action is brain damaging.

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

@@annaclarafenyo8185 have you ever taken LSD?

[@breakingthroughinside]

Please enable the option to allow collaboration in the subtitling of the videos, so this information can be passed on to more people

[@ThePathOfEudaimonia]

I really found Neal Goldsmith's chapter "Things can go wrong: what you need to know" very helpful. The chapter can be found in both "The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide", written by James Fadiman, and (orginally) in Goldsmith's own book "Psychedelic Healing". 🌍❤☀️

[@daveidduha930]

Thank you guys for this. I feel like I've been perma tripping for years and this video is super comforting. Cheers!!!

[@DonPeyote420]

I took my first trip with a person who did EVERYTHING wrong, this messed psychedelics for me for quite a while. Never do psychedelics with people you've met for the first time in your life, you might not get along with them, and then it's gonna be unpleasant.

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

It can be unbearable even if it's with people you know. It unveils how intolerably draining some people can be!

[@Ghoopty]

I think just hearing this girl's beautiful voice that's narrating would calm me down and make me feel better.

[@minna420]

MAPS is my hero, but I can't help but laugh at this video. It has the tone of something you would watch in health class but... not. XD Great information though. It serves the public better than any other PSA I've seen.

[@joyitas]

Joel H hahaha exactly! It has that tone you would expect from an anti drug video but is actually really teaching and supportive. It feels like a parody but with actual important info lmao.

[@burnpoi86]

this was an excellent and informative video. i especially like the statement "sit dont guide" it is all to true. trying to force smeone away from the experience they are having is not going to help any. thank you!

[@michaelbressette2599]

This video was shorter than I expected but it did offer me a bit of insight as to how to confront any difficulty for myself when i use Cannabis. I am a new user of cannabis for the purpose of managing disease, on occasion I will get a strain that is unsuitable for me & when it alters my mind in a standrd that scares me I have been learning to talk myself threw the experience & I usually have a favorable response & am able to gain control. I am not typically tolerant to drugs of most types even alcohol. This can also help me relate to others experiencing issues & help them without making them panic. Thank you for this video, brief, but it offered enough for me to utilize the information in conjunction with my own experiences to help another person threw.

[@JewTubeSux]

I can speak from first hand experience that calling 911 is the absolute worst thing you can do. There is nothing healthy about being strapped to a bed having police coming in and out of the room, attempting to interrogate you about "where you got your drugs." In some states, if you test positive for a substance, you can be charged with possession.

[@dahpizzaboy6149]

Man does this bring me back to some bad times. The far more good times make the few bad ones well worth it.

[@youtubejunkie8053]

A bad trip usually begins with Set & Setting. Change that and you'll change the trip.

[@Chickenbone263]

CowBoys Buds exactly the best advice I’ve ever had is when someone is having a difficult or bad trip the best thing to do is get them to stand up or walk through a door basically to distract their mind by exposing them to a different stimuli

[@ScreaminToad]

Its completely dependant on the type of mushroom you are referring to. If you are talking about Psilocybe Cubensis (probably the most common) Then you really shouldnt consider doing anywhere NEAR 30g! A 5-7g trip of cubensis is considered an extremely strong trip with almost assured ego-death.

[@calimedazh1939]

You are the oasis everybody needs

[@irishelk3]

Am i right in saying that the emergency services wouldn't really know what to do?

[@joyitas]

IrishBard yes and no. More yes than no.

[@solidaritytime3650]

Yeah, don't call 911. If someone is on acid and thinks they're dying, flashing red lights and a strapped-down spaceship ride to a sterile fluorescent medical facility is the last fucking thing they need.

[@curlAygurl]

Yes... I ended up in the mental hospital for 3 weeks.

[@solidaritytime3650]

@@curlAygurl holy shit, sorry to hear that mate.

[@HaroldnolikeGerald]

They usually put you in a dark room which is terrible.

[@StationOfTerrapin]

trippin my face off

[@microbet.4081]

Thats when you say Let me see you are...oh oh...your face man...I think it's...oh man you are tripping your face off look in the mirror! lol No but really never ever do that. Unless you are like sadistic and stuff.

[@julian-xd6iz]

Stop taking the piss out of this very REAL mediction dismissed by governments/Pharma/Law........GROW UP, you may really need it one day, Like me.

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

@@julian-xd6iz Blimey mate lighten up!

[@julian-xd6iz]

@@AmanitaWoodrose Blimey mate Enlighten yourself up! Soon!

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

@@julian-xd6iz I would say the ability to laugh at oneself is enlightened! It's a huge relief not to take things totally seriously all the time, you should try it !

[@gutierrezp49]

Dr Ingrid looks stoned

[@maaaaaaaaarcel]

+yung tuols hi af

[@Robocop-qe7le]

+maaaaaaaaarcel maybe she is stoned.

[@DoodieSmoothie]

Was looking for a comment like this. I couldn't be the only one noticing her stoney eyes xD

[@dirtdemon6]

"Hey man, I got something that will calm you down, man. Yeah. Here just eat these. ....Oh, wait man don't eat those! I almost gave you the wrong shit man. You already ate it! LOL X) You just ate the most acid I ever saw anyone eat!" -Cheech and Chong

[@Stgfre]

Some drugs cannot be taken recreationally

[@learnedax4700]

thank you so much for this video, please keep up the brilliant work guys!

[@ashleyawbrey1200]

Okay. I really respect the work of MAPS, but I can't say this video is very good. A couple things; first of all, it's better not to talk the whole time he or she is tripping. I am referring to the tripper himself/herself. Don't talk. Get reassurance if necessary. Then find a quiet place, and be ALONE. A trip sitter is good, but should only step in to check up occasionally. Why does the author of this video, or MAPS feel it necessary to be present the entire time? For some people, or really MANY people, others can be the primary source of anxiety when using psychedelics. Also, it is difficult to fully let go into the experience when someone is sitting there asking the person to describe it. Lol. So I've heard.

[@mokamo23]

Ashley Awbrey this sitter spoke a few words in a several hour session. just enough to give reassurance to the tripper, so they can relax into the experience. their accepting presence is key.

[@joyitas]

Brandon Nelson couldnt agree more.

[@Irishmule169]

Ashley Awbrey People around me when I’m in that WTF place is bad for me .. I do it alone ...

[@yahwehhooie]

“Create a safe space” Male “I feel like something is trying to suck me in” (said several times) 6:00 “Try to help the person connect to what he or she is feeling and facilitate them on their journey by promoting trust and security.” So when he worries about being sucked in by something the she should help him work through his problem. And the guy is supposed to lean back and go with it; wow what a release. My new favorite pick-up line: “I’m tripping”

[@VinnyDoesLife]

THIS. IS. GOLD.

[@thelakeysisters]

Thank you for this video! It's very good advice.

[@flagwaver1969]

@dagda16 It depends on the dosage of each blotter, gel, etc. In the 70's-80's there were 500-1000 mic blotters that would easily take you out of this world.

[@triple_gem_shining]

a gem

[@Unity-Mack]

My fav psychedelic video.

[@Clara-jl9rd]

I recommend this dude, ship discreetly & swiftly, he's got shrooms, Lsd, etc. Hit him up

[@Clara-jl9rd]

@mycotenn

[@Clara-jl9rd]

On IG

[@TakeThisWeight]

@dagda16 If two hits won't do that for you, you're probably familiar with relatively weak doses of LSD. 200 mics of white fluff per stamp could take you there on one. Also, that stuff exists now; it's not a relic of the 1960s (not the 80s, other person -- I don't know where you heard that the 80s were a good era for LSD.) The stuff floating around my area right now is 150 mics of what felt like silver per hit. Two hits of that could definitely take you where this guy is. It did for me.

[@Starkstone]

The information in this video is sound. Terrific job.

[@TheBigBeavis]

So next time you're "tripping your face off!" just remember this vid and you'll go to a happier place lol

[@kurortniy]

people what music plays on the party? its wonderful!

[@RobbiePfunder]

set and setting look terrible is the very first thing I notice

[@shaddowrend12]

is it just me or is the lil ol lady havin a good time ;)

[@04dram04]

She been through what he's been through. And knows he will laugh about this later one day.

[@SeanCothrine1]

very informative i just wished most people would do this type of thing.. I recommend not taking it unless you have someone around you who has not taken it.

[@IamWillMatos]

this is awesome! thank you for making this video!

[@scottakin6658]

Do not call 911

[@psyvientx7407]

Great video!

[@psyvientx7407]

an astral experience

[@psyvientx7407]

LUCY

[@factotum75]

I dont know where you guys get your lsd, but 2 hits(500 mircograms each) of pure lsd is MORE than enough to do that to someone. You guys must get weak or cut lsd.

[@joyitas]

Allow collaboration for subtitles so this information reaches more non english speaking people

[@joyitas]

Excellent video

[@LeafFreedom]

This sounds more like a guide on love making. :)

[@gallilos]

"since you have 3 more hours of this trip".......bad.....very bad what do you think

[@DonPeyote420]

+gal lilos Nah, telling someone "this isn't gonna last forever" is sometimes important, especially when a person "thinks he's going crazy" and that "he's gonna stay like this forever". Just a few hours doesn't seem that bad compared to infinity.

[@Robocop-qe7le]

+PufferBluntman you have to say: the less you think about it, the less will last. Just let it go. Or try suggestion: is ok to have fear, fear lasts a bit then euphoria comes. Suggestion is very important, music is important and distraction. Eg: look how nice is th light, try to beat together with music, etc.

[@solidaritytime3650]

@@Robocop-qe7le don't say the first thing. That's when a brain like mine says "shouldn't think about it? Time to fixate!" "Fear is natural, explore it" is a waaaay better method.

[@timmyt603]

@@solidaritytime3650 amen dude....I try so hard to not-think about something that I can't help but think about it....by thinking about the fact that I shouldn't think of it lol

[@solidaritytime3650]

@@timmyt603 exactly! Better to confront the thoughts outright, ask them why they're there.

[@painterchick34]

This is very useful!

[@Amoncaco]

this will help me so much on my first ever trip this friday(or saturday, if possible) not taking acid or shrooms, but rather 'philosopher stones'(as they are nicknamed). not officially shrooms, but they basically do the same thing

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

Philosophers stones are very Ren & Stimpy esque I find! How did it go? :)

[@Amoncaco]

@@AmanitaWoodrose Bro this was ten years ago

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

@@Amoncaco I know girlfriend! I took them 20 years ago and I can still remember it!

[@falconhoof6]

2 hits of 200 mics per tab could, 2 tabs of 50 mics probably wouldn't but it still couldn't be ruled out as possible. "2 tabs" could mean anything and is not an accurate way of discussing dosage.

[@joyitas]

willow yes and it sucks but its the way we have, with dealers often lying about the ugs in the tabs (saying 200 when in reality is more like 120, 150, if not less)

[@dagda16]

touche. legit point.

[@GodShine]

@dagda16 2 hits of good acid would! depends on the strength as someone else said 1 hit of string acid would!

[@ivanhoe4mag]

:)) more of this videos

[@daviddevalle]

There's some useful info here, but I feel a potentially serious omission. A single woman should never lead a man into a room alone with her while he is "tripping," even to create a safe space. She should communicate to others that this person needs support and ensure that someone she trusts can check in with her periodically, if she does this.

[@Irishmule169]

Taking psychedelics at a social gathering is a disaster waiting to happen !!!

[@SailorBarsoom]

@TheNeoPsychedelic That's it! I was thinking that this reminded me of something, and that's it exactly. This is like "I Am Joe's Heart" or some such. Well, it probably helps a lot more people than "just say no."

[@phreddy87]

when i trip i usually lie down and try to think happy thoughts

[@Binstone]

@dagda16 UMMM... yes, that can happen. i have seen some very powerful hits, where one hit sent my friend into a paranoid free fall.

[@primaledge2916]

Thumbs up if Ingrid looks baked.

[@Eryan724]

So fill in 6 hits in your mind or whatever, the dose doesn't matter. He has a difficult experience and that can happen at the lowest doses to some people .... I've seen people freak out even more than this, by taking two hits ..... of pot!

[@dariusmichael6167]

Lmao you aint lying there.

[@narahs22]

..... depends on how strong it is

[@HitBang_]

Thank u very much

[@Clara-jl9rd]

I recommend this dude, ship discreetly & swiftly, he's got shrooms, Lsd, etc. Hit him up

[@Clara-jl9rd]

@mycotenn

[@Clara-jl9rd]

On IG

[@weeeppp]

“Two hits of acid”

[@AkitaMix]

Would it be recommended to take shrooms alone the first time? I don't know anyone who have takes it around me so I cannot possibly have someone to sit with me.

[@MaynkorX14]

"I'm trripping my face off!" : P

[@celebpaws]

is there a version with Spanish subtitles?

[@ventilator98]

Wonderful video. I have a question. I'm 49.3kg, well I was when I was weighed a couple of weeks ago. If I took 30g of shrooms what kind of trip do you think I might go through?

[@kels_ball]

Did you end up taking 30g?

[@cameronhoward6083]

Rule number 1. If they can tell you to take them to the hospital, don’t take them to the hospital

[@stoffeboyei]

@AtariTandy Whats DOI????

[@AresCassell]

Jason in this video looks like Brandon Lee.

[@crieverytim]

is this the kid from the Room??

[@prismstatistic]

he needs some milk 🍶

[@dagda16]

yeah, 2 hits would definitely not do that to you, however this video does have some very good advice. best line "i'm tripping my face off"

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

One hit could do this to you if it was strong enough!! Oh yah baby!!

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

just turn on Grateful Dead

[@MDProdTV]

That's some bad acting..check out 4.00 "Are you tripping right now??".Yeah Im tripping my face off!!..Cool special effects..what software was that done with.. LSD 25??..where can I download that!

[@farceadentus]

MILK DRINK MILK!

[@farceadentus]

+WhyDoesKZbinNeedToKnowMyName Milk stops the effects of the psychedelic drugs.

[@farceadentus]

+WhyDoesKZbinNeedToKnowMyName it will alleviate the effects for LSD and Sacred psilocybin Mushrooms.

[@DonPeyote420]

Preferably with vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, or some of the other veshches :)

[@prismstatistic]

HE NEEDS SOME MILK YALL 🍶

[@messyties]

No it doesn't

[@ditisnietpablo]

First of all, it is impossible to fit "a few hundred doses" into a single hit, a blotter just can't hold that much lsd. Secondly, no dealer is going to put large amounts of acid in one tab because that is not economically in their advantage. Why the fuck would a dealer put 250mics in one blotter when he could put 120 mics and advert it as being 150 mics? Anyways, you can still go bad from 2 blotters. It depends on how much experience you have, your mood, the setting, your biochemistry, etc etc.

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

The best acid comes from those who aren't in it for the money!

[@trailblazer4220]

@IndigoWaffles hah! You beat me to it

[@triple_gem_shining]

1:28*shifty eyes* welll, DONALD (dudes name is donald, not don, donald) said they both took two HITS of ACID a cOuPlE of hOuRs ago he said LOLL

[@rainblaze.]

DON'T EAT THE BROWN ACID DUDES .... I cannot stress this enough. DO NOT EAT THE BROWN ACID!!! Now excuse me will i paint this fence invisible

[@Clara-jl9rd]

@mycotenn

[@Clara-jl9rd]

On IG

[@Clara-jl9rd]

I recommend this dude, ship discreetly & swiftly, he's got shrooms, Lsd, etc. Hit him up

[@irvingmdomin62]

Loom at where hes at tho. It looks like a dungeon witg weird ass people

[@johnmay242]

i want to provide a C D C safe home

[@bboschboi]

He's probably talking about wet mushrooms.

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

Good trip or bad, all trips cause permanent cumulative severe brain damage.

[@chienthinh834]

jablinski

[@TakeThisWeight]

I am actually having an extremely difficult trip right now WHO THE FUCK ARE THE CHILDRENOFLIGHT!?!?!?!?

[@windowpeeper]

friend took too much shrooms and I kicked/screamed at him out for mumbling lol im a f ahole

[@solidaritytime3650]

WOOOOOOOAH! FULL STOP! Are you serious?! Your advice for someone who thinks they're in physical danger is to call 911? Jesus fuck, just what they need... in 10 minutes when the ambulance has arrived theyll be interrogated under flashing red lights, strapped down, and put in a spaceship. Stick to your clinical expertise, and leave the recreation to us professionals.

[@IndigoWaffles]

Damn, that lady looks stoned out of her mind.

[@JanCarol11]

These techniques should be considered for "psychotic experience," which is often induced by psychiatric drugs, ergo, a psychedelic experience, albeit an iatrogenic one.

[@nickshelbourne4426]

A psychotomemetic experience - it is not 'true' psychosis

[@AmanitaWoodrose]

Psychiatric drugs cannot be likened to an LSD trip. Psychedelic and psychotic are not the same thing. Have you tried LSD?

[@JanCarol11]

@@AmanitaWoodrose You misunderstood me. The psychiatric drugs can induce a ***psychotic*** expeirience. I learned to navigate psychosis via psychedelics. Psychedelics taught me many tthings, such as "this is only your mind," and "this, too, will pass." So - these techniques could be useful for navigating the "spiritual awakening" (the natural phenomenon, often induced by over-meditating) as well as the "drug induced psychosis" (often induced by psych drugs, but other ones can be implicated). Actually, one of the early uses of LSD in medicine was to induce "psychotic states" so that practitioners could better understand them. It's not the same - but there are parallels: you are disconnected from others (albeit, if you can connect to G-d, it's awesome), you are in your own head, your traumas can come up, and much of the experience can be symbolic. So they are not the same, but share some similar qualities. I recommend you examining "Spiritual Awakening" or "Spiritual Emergence" (used to be called "spiritual emergency" but we decided to use gentler terms).

[@narayan581]

hahhaahah

[@bittlemd]

Call 911 and take him to the hospital. How will you know when he is about to deteriorate physically. What if he dies in front of you. That's a very difficult trip.

[@gillbeatsisback01]

what can occur is splicing (where somone goes in and out of real life and remains with a combination of information from different events) visual ilussions!!! friends changing faces/seeing demon like things/accidents looping where the trip takes a repeat, this might be the worst even panic attacks might get fixed or at least you have somewhat the feeling of agency,most of the time on too many mushrooms. time dilation the worst it can get is lifetimes ,eternities,where you think youre long gone or crazy,or lived many lives and cant even remember your name,or that you took any drug (you have to establish reality a phone that measures real time and comparison with the experienced passage of time usually does the trick/introducing new stimuli he didnt know before, an event that happened in the meantime /proof he took a drug etc/talking about something else than the bad tripper ,he might feel other people are projections of his mind if all the focus is always on him) resisting ego death -you might get the feeling that you are actually dying,are poisoned ,youve broken your brain,had gone crazy,you desintegrate,forget your identity (just accept,know that your high and surrender) words ,events ,interactions gaining a lot more meaning bad trip specifics-panic attacks,fear,distrust in your friends(even thinking they want to kill you),overdosing where the organism bearly manages to keep you functioning,meeting cops,known persons,a fight breaking out,stray dogs,traffic, at parties being overwhelmed,not seeing enough of "reality",to remove yourself from the situation,not being able to act normal, huge discomfort about needing to puke or go to the bathroom and not being able/socially accepatble./ not being able to talk/perform actions,walking/getting frozen/going blind/having shivers that only go out with the feeling of pressure ,so layers of clothes and not heat. sleep paralysis+astral rape and who knows what else when you combine them or have alchool or antidepressants, or other stuff already in your system at the moment of blasting off/getting bad impure stuff or at least fearing it. being left by your friends so they avoid legal problems ,if something medical goes wrong.