Is this an inevitability I need to get used to?

Is there anything I can do to lessen it's effects?? I don't love it TBH.

LR xx

Obviously the body load is part of the experience. To me it comes in different intensities at different times.
The intensity of DMT is something not everybody likes

I don't much like the term "body load" for reasons tele has described.

When you smoke enough DMT, you are leaving this world behind and entering something completely different.
Philosophical notions aside- yes, this is VERY INTENSE.

A low dose is a different story, but if you are smoking DMT to see what lies on the other side of the self
yes
the sheer intensity and amount of power you must face is something you not only must get used to
but you must adopt it
become it
and it will transform you.

...and no this is not an easy process

With time and "strenght" one can learn to love the "little death"

You can even love it as much as you hate it, because this bizarre phenomenal process goes way beyond our human emotions.

What helps getting through it is just remembering it is "intense." A word I like to use instead of good, or bad, it's just intense.
And not only is it intense, it's probably one of the more, or even most, intense things you will ever do.

If you want to reduce body load you might consider not eating or eating light before the experience. You may also want to meditate before going into it, and music may also serve as an ample distraction from the body load. In a handful of experiences, my body literally became the contour to the music, which is a whole other story. If it's something that becomes too much to deal with, then DMT may not be right for you. I used to love acid, but I hate the body load, so as a result I don't partake too much anymore. It's just too uncomfortable. DMT on the other hand usually relieves the sense of body load for me. If I'm on acid, it quite literally removes the body load and all the aches and discomfort literally fade away. I suppose everyone experiences these substances differently. My body and psyche seem to take to DMT's physical and mental sensations like soul food.

I usually experience uncomfortable body load when I dose low. Is there any change at different doses?

try a craft brew or 2 before hand? but not much more than that it apparently doesn't like the drunkenness before entry. but other than that power on through you won't even be thinking about physical feeling, body load included, in a second.

^This. Usually with a breakthrough dose I hardly notice any body load, though during the peak I don't notice a body at all!
Sometimes on the comedown the body load is so heavy I feel literally pinned to my bed or couch for another 5 mins or so. But most of the time a breakthrough dose of crystal freebase in the GVG feels very clean with little to no body load.

For me, the uncomfortable body load was because of the smoalking device. Maybe this sounds silly, but for me it really isn't. I smoked at first from a lightbulb (which was terrifying in terms of residual effects), then the machine (slightly better, but not perfect), and at last I bought a VG. But this wouldn't work the way I'd try it. Not with multiple filters, not with a bed of herbs. But with a metal mesh.

The body load is completely transformed, feels like a hit of LSD on low doses and waay cleaner than anything else I've tried - no anxiety, nothing but a pleasant, warming, energetic sensation. All I'm suggesting is, consider switching the equipment if everything else failed. And maybe try a little bit of meditation beforehand, helps tremendously as well.

Oh, and also don't eat heavily before dosing. Some fruit or veggies feel perfect for me, almost always on the comedown.

Smoking as opposed to (efficient) vaping comes with a completely different set of bodily sensations. Efficient vaporizing creates a rather "pure" experience.