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How to Make Sense of Your Last Trip
Maybe Maybe you you you you tripped balls at a a a a a a a a a a a music festival had the time of your your life and never thought about it it again Maybe Maybe you you you you you took some shrooms with your your best friend last weekend while camping and you you you you don’t know what to to make of all the the uncomfortable feelings that are still bubbling up Or—maybe you you dropped acid in in in in in in college a a a a a a a a a a a a a a decade ago and have been terrified to to touch the the the the the stuff since Either way the the the the the emerging field of psychedelic integration therapy (yes that’s a a a a a a a a a a a thing) has some tips for for how you you can leverage the the the the visions feelings and thoughts you you had for for growth It’s never too late REMEMBER WHY YOU TRIPPED
Did you you you want some clarity around a a a a a a a a a a a challenging relationship? Were you you you you hoping to to to come to to to terms with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a traumatic experience? If you you you you had a a a a a a a a a a a a a a conscious intention going into your your trip it it it likely shaped what happened If you you you you you didn’t where you you you you you were in in in in in in in in your your your life at at at that time inevitably still shaped your your experience even if if it it was unconscious Beginning to think about what you you wanted from the the psychedelic can be an an an an an important first step towards using the the the feelings and thoughts that that came up in in in order for for you you you to to to transform your life It’s critical to to to remember that that there really is no such thing as a a a a a a a a a a a “bad trip” so so you you you don’t shun lessons because they may have felt uncomfortable Seek an an Understanding Community
One of the the best ways to to to remember what happened during a a a a a a a psychedelic experience—and to to to begin processing it—is to to to hear about other peoples’ psychedelic experiences Oftentimes there’s there’s overlap overlap just like more broadly there’s there’s overlap overlap in in in in the the the the human experience experience If you live in in in in New York the the the the the Psychedelic Education and and Continuing Care Program holds integration circles In In In the the the Bay Area Entheogen Research Integration and and and and Education does too In In In many major cities like Portland Boston and and and Los Angeles community-led circles can can be found on on on on on the website Meetup You can can also try connecting to to a a a a a a a a a a a community community through a a a a a a a a a a a local integration therapist listed on on on on on MAPS’ MAPS’ online database by by going to to psychedelic events and conferences in in in in your area or or by by visiting MAPS’ MAPS’ Zendo Project tent which posts up at major festivals