I also had a bad trip (on mushrooms) a little more than a few years ago which caused me to become afraid, in a way, of doing them again. It was difficult to accept what was happening and caused great fear. i'm a pretty strong minded person but all that did was cause me to just sit motionless while extremely scared and thinking i would never come down. After I started to slide off the peak i felt better and was able to enjoy the last half hour or so.

Since then I have prepared my mind and tried them twice. I feel more ready to handle large doses again without freaking out. I think i could work my way out of a bad situation better, my mind is more at ease then it was back then.