polytrip said:
I think everyone who disagrees with the statement that LSD is a psychedelic that compared to other psychedelics can easily cause a bad trip, has not much experience with it. If you've taken LSD a few times and only had fun trips, i can very well imagine that 69rons statement seems subjective. But if you are very experienced with this substance you know better. I think it would be a miracle if you do it hundreds of times without ever having a bda trip, but even if you never would have had a bad trip, i still think you would agree with this statement. LSD is very euphoric, often. But it's that energy with wich it's euphoric, that emotional 'thrust' it gives, that can cause it to go wrong. People who're realy familiar with acid would know what i mean with 'thrust' or 'energy' and they would have to egree, even if they only had euphoric trips, that fighting, or trying to control emotions that are powered-up this much is an almost impossible task.
look, I know you guys are older and all, but SWIM has already had also over a hundred lsd trips and more of other psychedelics, and is in contact with several people who are related to it, both young or also old school people with a lot more experience. There seems to be a big difference between different individuals.
Maybe its just SWIM but he is not one to have bad trips in general. Maybe its because he takes care he only takes in good situations, or that he doesnt have pending business when he does, and also he doesnt have too many hidden weird unconscious dark parts or traumas, and is quite healthy and balanced so the psychedelics 'spare' him of the bad part, or its just his own organism, metabolism, psychological inherencies and so on. SWIM may be an exception but psychedelics is really his thing, his way. Its also not a matter of dose as SWIM usually tends for the higher doses. He doesnt use any other drug, no alcohol, cigarretes or even caffeine. He really loves psychedelics (and maybe a bit of good smoke) In any case it goes to show that not everybody is the same way.
LSD was SWIM's first psychedelic, and one he experimented with in a lot of different situations. SWIM never really had a bad trip, only difficult moments related to set and setting but that were all quite quick (like needing to take a crap in a dirty festival toilet while the whole thing is swallowing you haha). Nowadays SWIM preffers other entheogens, specially ayahuasca, mushrooms and dmt, not because of bad trips of lsd or anything but because he feels he learns more from them. Though an acid trip in a nice nature place or listening to some good music is still great
I never said that there are absolutely
not more LSD bad trips than others. I said that
for me, LSD doesnt cause bad trips (obviously if one took it the day a loved one died its possible, but also for example with mushrooms too its just as possible, IMO).
I also said that any generalizing afirmation regarding LSD causing more bad trips is bound to be limited because of the difference in amount of people that have taken LSD compared to other psychedelics, the set and setting involved in LSD taking, the amount of misinformation that was spread related to it and all those sorts of things.
Any scientist knows how important it is to consider the hidden variables (which in this case are huge) when trying to make generalizations.
