How do you feel about smoking DMT with friends?

Personally I don't really enjoy it too much even though it does make great friendships.
Something about other people there hinders my ability to concentrate on discovering myself and figuring things out.

I'm typically more of a solitary person anyway and I think this is what affects my opinion.

I cant shake the feel like im abusing it when i smoke it with my friends, idk thats just me ive done it before and its OK i guess. not really as sacred as an experience but thats just in my experience/opinion

it generally doesn't matter as they all disappear anyways.

For some reason they don't dissapear for me. In the back of my mind they're still there and I feel like I can't fully experience the trip because its jsut the thoughts that hold me back. What if one of them begins to have an unpleasant experience? That would ruin it for me.

oh well to be more specific we normally take turns. i'm the only one with a suitable DMT vaping device between most of my friends so it's only one at a time. though once we did get some changa and another vaporgenie and just kept passing them around. that was super fun. i guess i never fully forgot they were there that time, but i always get that "oneness" feeling. i was in full own ego death, completely melted into the universe and totally convinced that all my friends were as well. as i was coming down i kept saying "guys wasn't that incredible!!" i almost asked a sober girl how beautiful she thought it was. none of them knew what i was talking about so i made them all smoke more. but... back to my point, i guess it's never been an issue for me. as long as people aren't being distracting they either disappear or mesh into the same mind. a DMT trip to me always feels like it affects reality more than my head. i don't get confusing thought loops or any of that. it's simply "the room was here, and now it's not, so everyone with me must be in the same place i am because it's clearly not me who's making this happen." if that makes sense.

I prefer loved ones to friends for this.

Not that I don't love my friends, but they are friends, loved ones are more intimate in my mind.

There is something special about sharing the experience with a loved one.

I would never do it around people I was not very close to.

I've never tried it (I want to) but I would think it would be better to do it with friends or loved ones incase it gets bad/dark. I read that its always good to have a sober sitter.

I agree with Albert on this one. I've only ever done it with one other person. He isn't family, but I consider him as such. We have known each other for years, and we are on the same wavelength the majority of the time, I.E. finishing each others sentences and such. It was a great experience with him. Didn't feel held back at all. We took turns like Jackson said, and we both had an amazing experience. I feel as though it brought us even closer together, and would do it again in a heartbeat. Funny thing, his name is Albert heh.

Either way, I suppose.

Friends just throw a different dynamic into the mix. The most profound trips I have had, have been alone. It isn't to say that trips with friends have not been profound, because they have. They have just been profound in a different way.

For a brief stent, I went through a phase of trying to get all of my friends to try it. You can imagine how that worked out. I am now regarded as a weird-o by 95% of the people I know. I have since ceased bringing it to the forefront of anyone's attention. I will not broadcast the good news any longer. The only person I do it with is the same person who turned me on to it. I tried it with others, but apparently I am a shitty guide and their experiences always seem to collide with mine. I don't like it. There are few who will enjoy it and see it for what it is. IMHO

I will admit that I have had some fantastic times with my trip buddy though. The landscapes and epiphanies we share are priceless.

So, it really depends on what you expect from it, as to whether or not to do it with a friend. If you want ultra deep introspection, then opt out of the whole friend thing.

If you have friends near, prepare for anything.

I love to do it with like minded friends when out in the bush,
It is more intense by my self though


.If you ever start to freak out Just remember that you will not die, so just lay back or sit still till the train pulls up and deal with it!

it will all be ok in just minutes

given that the "right" group of friends is present, i find a joint or two shared among them to be one of the greatest joys on this planet... several have mentioned that the journey is "more intense" when done alone... myself, i find discovering and exploring love between like-minded people to be one of the greatest, most intense/profound experiences available & would not trade these experiences for any +4, entity-contact solo session... we are all in this together, after all...

With "recreational" doses, yes. My friends and I have been known to pass the pipe around, put on some Shpongle, and vibe out in the dark and talk about how great it is and how much we appreciate each others company.

Breakthrough doses? No. Those are for when I am alone. I don't think I would be comfortable doing that while under the stimulus of company. YMMV.

I like it because you can talk about the experience afterwards. I love talking about my visions, and thoughts afterwards. It kinda helps me sort it out and attempt to integrate it to my art, philosophy or beliefs. I can see how a break through dose would be hard with people around, it can also be distracting.

so true, I wish profoundly that I could find people like that to explore DMT with. I have resorted to posting ads on craigslist looking for psychonauts, none of my friends are psychonauts and I don't want to do it alone but I want to do it.

Please tell me you are kidding about the craigslist thing? lol

wow...

Not very wise to do that CraigsList thing you mentioned...........

That was my nice way of putting it!!!!