The difficulty of remembering DMT journeys is probably of the same nature as the difficulty of remembering dreams so perhaps some of the practices that work for dreams like dream journals might help. This also means no cannabis! I wonder if working on remembering dreams would automatically improve remembering DMT journeys.
Maybe also having a fixed ritual and spending time preparing mentally for the journey rather than dipping in and out.
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@manifest_jynx Sakkadelic said it perfectly,
Also cannabis blocks hinders memories from forming real time, and it messes with your REM sleep which is crucial. Definitely quit cannabis 100%. It takes a moth to clear from the fat in your body so maybe give your body two months to recover. Healthy food and good sleep can help you recover faster.
Meditation can help you process anxiety. (just) Sit for an hour or two if necessary. Sitting metabolizes your fears as the rise up. It can take a little while sometimes for adrenaline in the body to get metablized. Sitting also builds momentum so if you have a lot of anxiety, having sat for 1-2 hours can have a snowball effect of centeredness and clarity. You are directly investing energy into your future mind when you sit like this. It does it of it's own accord too when you are just sitting.
The other day someone brought up beta blockers on this forum. Apparently they can make the DMT 'stronger', but they also might be able to help you with adrenaline.
You can also try learning to trance out using various methods. Some common methods adjust environment, and oftentimes introduce elements of sound, or fire, or scents smokes etc. The act of preparing this wonderful space can be a great way to ritualize before your psychedelic journeys, and it's a gift on your journey to have it in such a beautiful space.
@Sakkadelic The scent topic is so so so cool, since scent has been for me the sense of mine most strongly associated with memory. It isn't necessarily that I introduce scents into my trips, as much as it is, for whatever reason, my sense of smell is enhanced, and suddenly totally normal air has so much life to it. Just like the colors, or the sounds are intimate, so too becomes the ecstatic sex of multicolored air in my lungs, and it's coincidentally when my sense of smell activates that I start to breathe across memory-time. I would love to explore these things further and I'm really looking forward to the spring for this reason as well
if anyone has any good recommendations from their own personal experience I would love to know! I plan on using blue lotus and mullien so far.
