This weekend, I had my first experience with hallucinogenics and DMT specifically. It was completely unlike anything I have experienced before in my life. I had not looked overly into peoples experiences on their trip to avoid having any impressions that could force mine into a certain direction. I am writing this the next day and also struggling to get across what I experienced literally so am trying to convey the essence. Anyway this was my trip and any feedback or similar things you have experienced would be much welcome to hear.

When I felt it hit, I knew it instantly. The blind over the curtains to my right was vibrating whilst staying still, a pattern was moving out of the white wall in front of me. I shut my eyes as I laid down to avoid the world feel like it was shaking as there was a buzzing in my ears. Once my eyes were shut the buzzing stopped and I was no longer in my physical body. The pattern I had seen on the wall was joined by 5 more layers of the same pattern all moving over each other in different directions, it felt like looking through 5 net curtains at the same time. It felt like I was moving on a road with a cloudy window with the scene beyond flashing and changing with bright colors yet an indistinct scene.
After this it all became clear, there were patterns/shapes/colors beyond my explanation which were moving and all linked, then I focused on an area that I can only describe like a mass of worms wriggling on a broken bookshelf that M.C. Escher would have drawn as it was leaning in on itself (and triangular) with the worms shapes writhing on it and around it. Despite the bizarre visions and the fear of the unknown I felt at ease, just a bit disorientated and struggling to process so much information.

However I then noticed in the middle of the mass a small stationary black circle which was in complete contrast to the mass of vivid moving colors in my vision (mostly reds, green, yellow). It instantly drew my attention and I knew that this was consciousness and the act of being still was a force of will to be noticed, when I focused on it I noticed the black circle was an open grinning mouth. I felt menaced by it not due to any active aggression but it showing its neutrality to my presence in such a welcoming environment to let me know I was not alone... and also that it was "bigger" than me so to be careful. But whilst looking at the mouth it was also and always had been a single eyeball and as I continued to focus on it it was two hands spaced apart both vertical... all of this time it was still the black circle had not changed in shape and strangely nor had the white/grey part of it. There was no morphing, it just was like it always had been each of them whilst each was a separate thing from the other all part of the same entity.

I snapped out of it with my eyes open to have my friend ask if I was back to which I replied yes, however despite being shocked out of the place I had been I realised I was still very much under the effects of DMT as I looked at the wooden floor and I saw Bob Marley's face made up of the knots in the wood repeated across the entire room. I have no idea why Bob Marley. However I had another deep inhalation of DMT and instantly fell back into where I had been without the transitioning period with the net curtains. I was cearly in a different place though the same realm. It felt like a pub/bar in the sense it was like a common public place which anyone was welcome (but not in the sense of being a structure of any sense as there were no buildings or definition between sky and land). Lots of different shapes and patterns and sudden cuts between the place I was without any jarring transition between the two. I cant even describe this part more clearly and somethings I cant even remember as there was so much sensory overload. I felt that I was struggling to process the information in such a different way to I was used to and my brain was interpreting/translating certain things to be able to deal with them. However then near the end of the trip it the colors seemed to dull and I had the feeling of when you are on a beach holiday, sat in the flat as its raining out and cant do anything. I opened and shut my eyes a few times to see what reality was like and if it was over or if I could continue for longer to realise it was the end. I laughed at how it felt more normal to be where I was than back in reality. I looked at my friend to see that he had two chins and the walls had patterns on but then everything resolved itself and I knew I was back down in reality once more.

Anyway that was my first experience, I am slightly hesitant in regards to meet the black circle which I think of as Sinkhole to make things easier to define, due to the sheer terror I felt in that instance. But other than that am amazed and feel both stunned and enlightened. I do not know if what I was seeing was the depths of the human brain or another plane of existence but either way it was breath taking and vastly exceeded what I expected with DMT.

If there is anyone reading this who has not done DMT, this is not a drug for everyone, it requires a specific interest and mindset. I cannot stress that enough after having done it. If you have any significant hesitation to do this then quite simply it is not the drug for you, you need to be interested and vaguely at ease to do it. Do not let anyone pressure you into it if you are not sure or comfortable. It blows apart reality and takes you completely out of existence.

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Wow that is a lot of text. I hope that it makes sense to those of you whom have done DMT.
Anyone had anything at all similar?

I haven't had any experiences quite like that, but I enjoyed reading your report. It amazes me how much people are able to remember of their brilliant, intense trips that only last a few moments.

It all sounds quite familiar to me.
I have had several visits from Bob as well. Are you a musician at all?

Glad it was interesting Julz, I agree its pretty interesting reading other peoples trip reports. I think as much as I remembered I forgot just as much, its complete sensory overload and it felt like I was gone for much longer than the 7min the trip took!

Eliyahu, strangely enough I am not a massive bob marley fan or musical at all (other than listening to music). Dont get me wrong I know the odd song by him but would be pushed to say when I last heard his songs. Glad I am not mental... or at least that I have company

SR,

Wow, what a great first experience! Fantastic trip report too! You know, as someone who has done DMT way too many times (me), I can definitely say what I love most about your report is how much detail you brought back - not just about your visions but also about how you felt. This was a great job at hyperspatial mapping in my opinion, a topic for which I have lots of interest.

It's not easy bringing it back. So few experiences and trip reports are as detailed as this delightful nugget you have chosen to share with us. Thank you!

I really liked your discussion of the sinkhole, your feelings about it and what it meant to you, how it kept changing, and yet how the previous form was always still there. For some reason I found it personally resonant of the psychedelic experience in general - there is a certain agreed upon "consensual reality" that we all exist and work within normally, but this is not the be all and end all of reality. Take a good dose, talk to a quantum cosmologist, talk to a neurophysiologist etc. and they will tell you what we think of as reality is in fact just a small piece of a much bigger and trippier picture.

Anyway, thanks again for sharing. Check the wiki for extraction teks. In the future you may not want to rely upon your friend for access to hyperspace . . .

Indeed, before I did it I must confess I thought people were kind of exaggerating how far DMT could take you. I also found half of the videos to be quite rambly and just words, however now watching them I understand. I find that describing it via how it felt is a lot easier and more accurate than visually... otherwise its like describing the taste of something by how it sounded... wrong sense describing it. Glad I did a good job attempting to get it across though, thanks.

I will give it a little bit before I even think of the next dose, it is something that I will do spaced apart to fully appreciate and contemplate on. Extraction may very well be the way forwards however from my perspective doing it with a friend nearby is how I feel is right for the protection that if anything happens there is someone around to help sort things out. Much like spotting someone at the gym. Perhaps with much more experience I would be comfortable soloing it but i know as sure as shit that isn't now! I ll be tied to a friend for my trips out of choice rather than obligation though, but agree with your sentiment of freedom (assuming that is what you meant of course!).

Yeah, the descriptions are difficult. I really had a good at this because I personally find DMT to be inherently synaesthetic - being able to see or taste sounds, etc. . .



There's a lot of great information on what we call "integration" in the Health & Safety section here. I believe you are wise to wait. Sometimes it's tempting to dive right back in . . . .and yet with such a . . well profound experience. . . . integration time is essential. These days, I put months between my DMT trips. I wasn't like that at first and I kind of regret that looking back,

Haha I did it in pure silence so no idea about the impact of sounds, that said at one point a plastic bottle made a sound in the room and its weird how completely separate it was from what I was experiencing. Never would have thought a drug would overwhelm every sense but leave one operating normally.

I will go and have a look in regards to the "integration" in the health and safety section. I did try a second trip later on that day but between my cold making my saliva thick and the fear of bumping into sinkhole again and knowing I would have to attempt to sleep within an hour of then I didnt inhale enough... so im not THAT wise