Any medication that is not taken correctly can have adverse effects on the body. Psychedelics, like other drugs can naturally have negative side effects. They may disrupt how the body functions and causes hysteria, confusion, hallucinations, headaches, and such-like feelings. In medical terms, this is referred to as a bad trip.
A bad trip is acute intoxication of psychoactive drugs that result in a bad frightening experience. It often occurs due to hallucinogen intoxication from drugs such as magic mushrooms (psilocybin) and lysergic acid (“LSD”). It is called a trip because you’ll feel as though you are not in this world. Most of the time, the feeling during a bad trip is unpleasant and full of fear and distress.
It is common to have weird thoughts and hallucinations during a bad trip, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to a bad trip. In other situations, you may experience interesting or funny thoughts, rather than frightening experiences, and they don’t last long.
Factors that May Cause a Bad Trip
Neuroticism
Neuroticism is a personality trait whereby a person may exhibit mood swings or experience negative feelings. The higher the neuroticism traits, the more likely that they’d suffer bad trips with psychedelics.
State of mind
The place and setting when taking hallucinogenic drugs matters a lot. It isn’t advisable to mix substances, take alcohol, or consume it late into the night without a plan.
Will power
The inability to accept and deal with the experience as it happens may prolong a bad trip.
How to Avoid/Stop a Bad Psychedelic Trip
Stopping the negative effects of hallucinogenic drugs isn’t possible, but you can change it into a more positive one. Here’s how to beat it.
Acceptance
Acceptance can help reverse the negative psychedelic experience. Learn to accept the emotions and let go instead of trying to fight it.
Self-Talk
Whatever is going on in your mind is probably negative. The best way to counter this is through compassionate self-talk by reassuring yourself that you’ll be okay through an outsider’s perspective of addressing yourself in the third person. You can practice self-talk even when not having a bad trip, just to get used to talking to yourself in this way.
Create a Ceremonial Atmosphere
This strategy will prevent you from abusing the hallucinogenic drugs, or other substances. By so doing, you’ll experience some positive change because you’ll stay grounded. For instance, you can practice a little mantra ritual before the psychedelic experience as this will help prepare you emotionally. Listening to soothing music is another great idea.
How to Move on from a Bad Experience
First of all, you shouldn’t blame yourself for it. Even though the immediate impact is frightening, understand that you can work through the experience. The best way to go about it is to integrate the entire process and learn from it.
Secondly, you can opt for therapy. A therapist can help you work through the experiences by offering insights into what you were feeling.
Consider reducing your doses rather than stopping altogether or continuing with the same high dosage. It will lessen the impacts.
Overall, an important thing to take note of is that bad trips are completely normal. The experience is a reflection of our deepest fears. However, don’t let a bad psychedelic experience define you. Learn from it and move on. It is a journey to learn about yourself, and experts say psychedelics companies like Psy Bio Therapeutics encourage people to have a professional guide during this journey.
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