I really like my sitter/therapist as a person, but when Im tripping I become very attracted to him. Now the day after I still am, and I havent been this horny for someone for years. I have a boyfriend and I feel bad and confused.
Hi - are there any reddit subforums, FB groups, etc - where you can find friends to trip sit with (I will sit with you on such and such date if you sit with me on such and such date)? I am NOT talking about websites that do this on a fee basis - I mean literally folks who want to trip but need a sitter, and are willing to do the same for the other person.
None of my friends are 'into' this, and some think it's a bad idea. Some would sit with me - but would be giving me the side eye the whole time (not in a bad way! Just that they would sit with me but would not really be 'ok' with me doing this).
Any groups like that around?
My dms are always open. I’ve been pretty selfish at times so I’m tryna give back to the communities that have helped me through so much of my shit
I was suppose to go away with my boyfriend for a few days after Christmas (27th - 31st). We have 2 cats and a dog, so had Sarah look after the pets during this time and water the plants. She has looked after 1 of our cats before pre covid (first trip since) but have had two new additions since then. We were initially unsure if she'd want the job as 2 cats and a dog are more difficult than 1 cat, but we've used her in the past and have a good relationship, so she agreed.
On the 30th, we wanted to extend our trip but a few days, returning on the 5th instead of the 31st. I called my sister who lives nearby, and asked if she'd be ok looking after the pets for us until we got back, which she was fine with. I called Sarah and told her we wouldn't be returning on the 31st but that my sister was going to look after the pets and thanked her. She said she'd be fine looking after the pets, and told me not to worry about it and she'd be happy to do it. This was better for everyone involved so I agreed and told my sister Sarah was going to look after them.
We got back on the 4th 5th and Sarah was there when we arrived. I thanked her for helping out and for looking after the pets when we extended the trip. She said it was fine and asked if I'd send over the money today if possible. I agreed and sent it on the spot. Usually we do cash but she requested PayPal. She looked at her phone for a second confused before asking me if I'd be giving some of it in cash. I was confused as it was double what we'd initially agreed on. She said I'd given late notice on extending when she'd look after the pets, and that it was also a public holiday and interrupted her plans. She said that if I didn't have the money now, I could send it over within the next few days before leaving. I wasn't sure if that was what I was suppose to do and asked my boyfriend, but he said that we didn't owe her more money after paying her what was agreed beforehand.
Edit: wrong date oops
Edit 2 for clarity: Sarah was paid for all days 27th - 5th, not just the initially agreed dates.
I've tripped just shy of a dozen times in my life, and every time has been with others who are also going through the experience. For me that was a great comfort, knowing that whatever wackiness I was experiencing, that I wasn't alone in it.
I find it difficult to imagine having someone around who is not tripping and is hanging out with the sole intention of making sure you're okay or "Holding the space". It seems to me as if that would induce anxiety about having someone monitoring me. As well as guilt for going through such an experience and having them take time out of their lives just to watch me do it.
But that's just my framing, how do y'all conceptualize trip-sitters?
i just need someone to talk to rn if anyone is available
Little backround: I tripped about 10 years ago on a couple gs of shroomies and had a great time. Then a month ago i started microdosing and I’m taking a break from it now for a bit.
My question: I want to macro but don’t have anyone that can be a trip sitter and I guess I’m just nervous to without one. I don’t want to jump into a heroic or anything like that but I want to do maybe 2.5-3.5. Any advice for what I can do. I get anxiety about it so I don’t want that anxiety to mess with my trip. Thanks in advance.
Thinking about going for it and want the sitter to be compfortable/prepared, anything they should know or expect?
friend and i (both 19) are gonna trip for our second time in a few days. we’ll be in a cabin in the woods, BUT my parents will be down the street working on construction so idk if they’ll stop by. the first time we did it we only took 2g and neither of us tripped and we felt very capable. maybe i’m just getting last minute nerves. i just don’t want anyone getting in trouble or hurt.
Hey everyone. So my partner is new to psychedelics, I’ve been doing them for about 2 years. Acid probably 15-16 times, mushrooms 5 or 6. I’ve also had the fortune to try ayahuasca so I think that experience really impacts my expectations of psychedelics.
My BF has tripped on acid twice now, both with me, the second time was last night. I wasn’t tripping (I think this was a bad move, honestly), just hanging out with him. It started out fine, but I could feed his trip in my head and it definitely put me in a different state of mind. I can empathy trip (I guess would be the word for it?j) pretty intensely, like I’ll get the same headache, visual distortions especially with color, trouble concentrating, unusual/open thought patterns, like I took a microdose of whatever the person is on and I wasn’t expecting to feel so different this time but in just like a halfway way. I don’t know who started getting sad first but after a few hours we both started feeling pretty heavy and talking about some dark emotional stuff. I can really struggle with compartmentalizing, especially on psychedelics, and once the emotions/thoughts started coming up I felt like I couldn’t get out of it. Like I just no longer had the energy to try to and be happy when I wasn’t. I didn’t mean to drag him down to somewhere he didn’t want to be. I always get depressed when I do trip at some point so I think I don’t see it as a problem in others and just as part of the experience. But basically I think he was expecting to just have a good time and for it to not get so emotional or difficult for him. We both deal with severe depression and I guess I’m trying to ask if anyone has things they do while tripping that always lift them up emotionally. Like guaranteed mood boosters or things that help you guys redirect. I’d appreciate anything. Thanks.
Edit: Guys I am blown away by this response. Thank you all so much. I'm doing homework right now but I will get to reading/responding tonight. <3
it's always said it's good to have s trip sitter, and you really should have one when tripping first time. where you can even find one? you guys just have friends to trip with?
If anything, they can increase anxiety during a trip, because being with a sober person while fucked up is awkward af.
Do drugs in a group kids. You won't regret it.
Namaste.
I’ve been thinking about doing a more profound trip with an experienced sitter or guide for a while, but haven’t been able to find any so far.
I have experience with psychedelics and with guided ceremonies, but I’m a family guy with kids now and my friends are not really into this stuff, so I thought I’d give Reddit a shot.
I have my own stash, so the sitter or guide won’t be providing any drugs if that’s a concern.
I’ve thought about an ayahuasca ceremony which I’ve done before and I know where to find one here, but this time I want to do do psilocybin mushrooms or LSD, and not in a big group.
I’m triple vaxxed and my family is fully vaxxed as well, I work from home and I’m very careful when I’m out, but happy to get a test as well to be extra safe.
I’m on the SF Bay Area, hit me up if you know anybody that does this professionally.
Thanks! 🙏
None of my friends would be good at it either I don’t think. They don’t do any “brain exploring” so they just don’t get what I’m experiencing. I wish I lived on some land so I could just vibe outside instead of needing to be driven places. Im sure my apartment neighbors think I’m weird enough already lmao.
THE ROLES OF THE SITTER The sitter has three essential jobs. The most important of these is to keep the person, and others who may be present, safe. This comes before all else. The main danger is accidental injury. Your job is to be a gentle guardian. Be as unobtrusive as possible, but remain alert in case the person should suddenly start moving about recklessly. Do not use physical force unless nothing else will do. Use of physical force may result in injury. It could be misinterpreted as an assault. NEVER LET SALVIA BE USED WHERE FIREARMS, KNIVES, OR OTHER DANGEROUS OBJECTS ARE PRESENT. Take the person's car keys for safe keeping before the experience begins. Keep the person safe from falls, head banging, sharp objects, walking into walls, walking into furniture, walking through windows, wandering out into the street or other public areas, open flames, hot surfaces, and breakable objects. But let the person move about in a safe area. Do not grab or try to physically restrain him/her, unless absolutely necessary. Redirect. Speak softly. Gently take dangerous objects away. Use the minimum touching necessary (in their altered state, the person may think your touching is an assault and react to the imagined danger). You may have to handle unexpected intrusions of strangers and other awkward social situations.
The second job of the sitter is to reassure. Often, simple repeated explanations may help if they appear frightened, e.g. "You're safe, I won't let anything harm you." "You're just having a Salvia experience, you'll feel better in a few minutes." "Your name is........." I'm your friend ........" If speech is not called for, be silent. Silence is often less threatening to the person than trying to decipher what a sitter is saying.
The third job of the sitter is to help the person to later recall the details of their experience. There are several ways. Use a notebook and record the person's actions. Later you can ask about these. This may help jog the person's memory about what was experienced. Another technique, if the person is not too far gone to talk during the experience, is to ask repeatedly "what are you experiencing now?" A notebook, or a tape recorder, can be used to record responses. Since some people will prefer that you remain silent and don't record, clear it with them in advance.
Hello, I am planning to undergo a psychedelic session for my long-term mixed anxiety-depression problems. My main issue is generalized anxiety disorder (panic attacks, social anxiety, PTSD...), depression is a secondary disease as a result of years of social isolation.
Through the retreat.guru site, I've come across a few providers, mostly from Spain and the Netherlands (I am based in Europe). Some of them are reasonably priced and some also offer private sessions. I've been thinking to go with this "Spanish psychedelic society", but I couldn't find any reviews or anything about them, on reddit or elsewhere.
I was wondering if anyone could recommend them or perhaps some other provider for this type of therapy (preferably from Spain)?
I am mostly interested in psilocybin and MDMA private therapy sessions, but the latter is still illegal (except for some underground providers) so that's out of the question for now.
Thanks in advance for any advice, recommendations, you might have!
Hey guys!
I'm pretty experienced with acid, having done it 15+ times at least, but I've never done more than 200µg. I've read quite a few posts and trip reports about what 300µg might be like. It seems pretty intense, so I was thinking about having a good friend tripsit; that said, it might be more developmentally beneficial for my psyche to experience that mindfuck alone. I'm not sure, though. Any advice on this front?
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My partner and I have never done shrooms. I regularly use cannabis, but my partner has never used any mind altering substances other than alcohol. We plan on trying mushshrooms for the first time, but I’m torn on how we should do it. I’m leaning on us tripping together, but if we do, do you suggest having someone with us who isn’t tripping? Or maybe we would do it individually so we can be each other’s trip sitters? There really is no one near by who either of us with feel totally comfortable being in a delicate mind-state around. Would it be a bad idea for our first time to just be us alone?
My friend who would be willing to trip sit doesn’t have a lot of free time, and when he does it doesn’t align with my schedule very often at all. He’s one of the only people I’d trust to trip sit me and keep me chill, so it’s not really an option to find someone else. There are very few people I know in person I’d allow to trip sit me. So my question is, would it be too risky having a trip sitter over discord or something? Or should I just wait and hope our schedules align one day?
What to do if I am planning to trip for the first time but have no one to trip sit? Any ideas? I know there are states where you can hire someone to do it, but I don't think that's an option here.
If I tell my mom I’m worried about our cat (cause having someone come see her every other day means she’s alone for almost two days) she starts shouting that I’ll sound paranoid and annoying and that I’m exaggerating. When I insist she just brings up how I don’t have any close friends who I could ask to babysit my cat so she had to go through a lot of trouble to get my godmother to check on her every other day so I have to shut up.
I know cats are independent and like their alone time a lot but they still need to interact and play everyday. My baby always slept in me and my brother’s chests every night, I don’t know how she’s feeling alone for 34+ hours on her own. Also, is she managing all right with her big pile of food? I read online that when cats get separation anxiety they might eat a lot and get sick. Did she somehow escape and got lost?
I’m in the verge of tears but if I break down now my parents will get annoyed and tell me to stop being so sensitive and anxious. I couldn’t sleep last night.
Please can another catmom reassure me? And tell me everything will be alright?
