I would never say I'm an experienced tripper, I've done LSD 3 times
2c-b twice & 2c-I once

I have always had amazing trips, although I think that's
More due to preparation than anything. I've seen some amazing
Thing & have taken time to appreciate the things I've seen.

The problem is I'm always worried that my next trip will
Be the trip that destroys me. I've seen glimpses of not so
Nice thing while I've been tripping, but I've always been following
A path & so I have never been pulled into the darker side

It may sound odd & I don't know if any one else has ever
Experienced "evil on the sidelines" I guess I could put it, but it makes
Me very apprehensive, I always go into a trip with the utmost respect
For the substance I'm using.

I don't know if I will get rid of this fear, or is it best I keep it
There just to make sure I never lose that respect?

If this makes no sense I absolutely apologise aha, but it definitely made sense
To me

Peace&love

It's all about how much you want to see...no pain no gain Just try to be optimist if bad things happen,it usually works.

I feel that any "darkness" you feel on a trip is a part of your psyche, or your subconscious trying to tell you something about yourself, most likely. It can be other things perhaps, but this is what I generally think. This reminds me of a couple years ago at a time that I'd dose acid in my room at night (living with parents) and trip out in darkness for hours, diving deep. There was this one particular trip where I heard my dad on the computer right outside my room and I seriously felt schizophrenic for like an hour just curled up in my bed wishing time would pass because I felt an impending doom for whatever reason. I was afraid of confrontation I suppose.

Nowadays, I actually try to fully integrate and make sense of things that happen in my trips. Back then, not so much. I learned a lot, but wasn't integrating them right. Looking back on that trip, I think it was social anxiety being shown to me that I had and didn't know about until the past few months - months in which I have drastically changed my paradigm and now I don't let anxiety control me, just let the light shine. It's all about fear or love, I think. Which one will you let carry you?

Nice Botanical Bliss. Its so nice to get passed that! I just did the same.

Thanks for your interest in my topic,


I had wondered whether it was an insight into
Myself, and whether these darker shadows were
A depictation of another side of me, or maybe even
Insecurity if myself as a person.

A lot of the time though, I feel that everything I see
Hear or feel is full of joy & happiness. I guess that's a good sign

Also have any of you guys ever experienced tasting or hearing colours?

Just as darkness exists in consensus reality and inside us, it also exists when fiddling with the nature of the reality we experience.

My belief is that the psychedelic experience is a reflection of ourselves and the world around us (whatever that may be). I have found the darker side of the experience very useful at some points and it has helped to realign/reset my thought modes at some problematic times in my life. I have invited the less friendly side of the experience at times, I don't think that's something that fits many but it works for me.

Outside of the semi-deliberate creation of dark and difficult experiences I think we should ready ourselves for the possibility of it surfacing as, in my experience, it can come when everything seems to be totally fine and every step has been taken to create a good environment and headspace to work in.

If you don't want to deal with the possibility of being shown darkness at extreme levels spice and other hyper-powerful psychedelics are not a game to play.

I believe from experience that invisible darkness is all around us in the form of evil entities.
I really want to share my story, I will in the future.

Don't assume that this destruction is really a bad thing. Sometimes our experiences shake us in a way we don't expect. You can't become something new until you wash away the old.

Check out some Buddhist and Taoist ideas on darkness, maybe you can find some peace within it.

I feel that the "fear" of a "bad trip" is a healthy and much needed feeling. It forces you to have the respect for the substance that it deserves. When you lose respect for the substance...you will make bad decisions when preparing to experience the substance. That in it's self can lead to the "bad trip" that you fear.

I have never hear or tasted color, but while tripping on Shrooms I did feel colors as I was engulfed in a sea of colors. Incredible experience. What can you share about being able to hear and taste color?