Yeah, I think I allowed it to be too vaguely interpreted.
A bad trip is when you’re mind is flooded with negative emotions and negative thoughts that keep looping over and over and you can’t get it out of your mind. The whole trip goes south and you just want the trip to end. It’s usually triggered by bad set and setting. This is normally an LSD phenomenon, but can happen with other psychedelics for some people. The terms “bad trip” and “set and setting” have their origin rooted in LSD usage. They were termed specifically for LSD, but now people use the terms very loosely.
A “bad trip” is not simply being shown something bad about yourself. Mescaline can show you things about yourself. That’s enlightenment. It’s a “bad trip” when the negative thoughts keep hammering in your head over and over, in a loop, along with negative emotions, and you can’t stop it. You feel extremely emotionally depressed during the bad trip episode.
A “bad trip” is not being scared by horrifying visions. Freebase bufotenine can show you horrifying visions, and yet emotionally, you are fine. You might be a little scared, but you are not stuck in a depressing emotional loop that you can’t get out of.
A “bad trip” is not having negative body effects. That’s body load.
If you haven't done so, please take a look at the other thread:
What psychedelic is most likely to cause bad trips?