Integration

[Walter D. Roy]

Integration IS part of the psychedelic experience. Without it you are missing an essential part of the psychedelic experience.

Like a meal, you have the appetizer, the main course, and then dessert.

Not integrating an experience is like missing the dessert!

Anyone have thoughts on this?

Peace!
Walter

 

[Nathanial.Dread]

You're kind of preaching to the choir here I'm afraid. We're big fans of the importance of integration on The Nexus. There is even a stickied topic somewhere that aims to provide help to people struggling with it.

I personally feel as though integration is key, although sometimes we stress it to the point that it can be a source of anxiety. I remember having a rough mushroom trip a few weeks back and in the hours afterwards, I was exhausted and anxious, struggling to integrate it because "I had to."

Finally, I gave up for the night and it caused me great suffering. A few days went by, I refound my footing and lo-and-behold, the process of integration started to happen on it's own.

Not integrating is bad, but it's also not something you can force, really.

Blessings
~ND

 

[anrchy]

It kind of becomes automatic once you understand the whole idea. In the past I didn't even know. I would trip and it was fun but no more thought was really put into it.

Looking back I see that what I learned from the experience just became integrated into my life on its own. Heavier experiences for me required a little more effort. It was was hard to even wrap my mind around my strongest experience.

It's actually a really crazy thought. We trip, we learn, we apply. If only this was more understood by more people there would be a much different mindset about psychedelics than the current view.