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Would it upset you too much to explain how this went down?
It could help people that are worried about something similar.
I just got so many panic attacks during my trip. Of course, I didn't understand what they were but thought I had lost my mind for good instead. Time stopped, I couldn't think straight, couldn't calm myself down, at times I couldn't parse other people's speech and everything was just damn scary the whole time. And felt like an eternity.
After the trip, I was afraid of anything I deemed "not normal" for months. I got scared by my vision going black when blinking, the occasinal weird joke someone would make, bird noises in the winter, awkward social situations, anything you could imagine being "not normal". Now after ten years, I occasionally get that when something peculiar happens, but it's not a constant thing as it used to be. Maybe once a day I get "half triggered" by something but usually I can calm myself down.
I think the whole bad trip was caused by me being generally prone to getting panic attacks (which I hadn't even realized yet), and bad set and setting. Dark outside, with friends that I didn't fully trust.
Did you mean you regretted not having a sitter present?
Not meaning to discount your experience at all I just want it clear what you mean to people reading.
I think trip sitters are a downer even when they're a pschonaut. They could be a pure soul just there to help or whatever but they can't vibe.
I've always, except for one time, been able to calm friends or even people I barely know. One man I just met that day, the brother of a friend, asked me to hold his hand while we were blasting through the crazy part. Of course I did. I held his hand for what felt like forever while we all lay in the floor together.
The only person I've been unable to calm is my wife. We have our issues. But if you're a person's easiest target when they don't know what to do with their feelings, it can be tough. When that person literally tells you to go away and not bother them while they make a bad trip for themself, how could I violate that.
I don’t think it’s helpful to tell people that bad trips are avoidable. The probability can be lowered and consequences can be mitigated to some extent but the risk is always there.
Edit: Towards the end of the trip, my friends tried telling me it’s gonna be alright and you are just under the influence of a drug.
I'm so sorry that this happened to you.
If you will please entertain my question?
When you say "I didn't understand what they were" what did you think you were taking?
I'm grateful that you can recognize that your reactions were not necessarily due to what you took but external factors.
I personally believe this PTSD could be permanently fixed by trying again in a safe place with people you trust. I am happy to answer any questions you may have publicly or privately, or just talk. I'm not a qualified expert, I've just taken a fucking shit ton of mushrooms over the years.
As I mentioned, I didn’t understand that I was having a panic attack. Mind you, there were periods of time when the words of my friends just felt like gibberish to me. I was not capable of coherent thought.