i) I understand 'difficulty' as resistance caused by a friction between previous patterns of perceiving and relating to the environment, and the new ones. For me, a difficult integration is one that feels like it demands a radical change in behavior. After a psychedelic experience it's the easiest to notice these new patterns, and a choice is presented between creatively exploring new ways or patterns of being and 'forgetting' these new patterns.

ii) Coping with these difficulties is finding a balance between what I called 'forgetting', and growing or expanding. It can be hard because a psychedelic experience caused by a substance can sometimes leave the valve (of creativity, etc) open, so to say, until the substance stops acting.