How to Trip Alone: Set and Setting (+ Bonus Tip)

How to Trip Alone: Set and Setting (+ Bonus Tip) // Today, we're going to talk about an important principle for approaching psychedelic substances: set and setting. This concept was popularized by Timothy Leary, who writes that "bad trips" are not fundamentally a matter of dosage. I could've titled this video "How to Prevent a Bad Trip" ...but it's apparently not politically correct to use the term "bad trip" anymore. Bad trip.

0:00 - INTRO
1:07 - Why the term “bad trip” is problematic
2:03 - A quote from Timothy Leary
2:47 - The correct way to approach psychedelics
3:36 - SET AND SETTING
3:48 - Set (mindset)
5:16 - Setting (physical and social)
6:12 - Bonus tip: microdose before macrodosing
7:18 - CLOSING THOUGHTS

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[vonStahlhelm]

A good advice: If dark entities show up in a trip, remember, you are in the psychedelic realm, you can do what ever you want. So - simply put a red carboard nose on his face and ridicule him, thats the one thing they can not stand at all and they disapear quicker much quicker than they showed up. They feed one fear. And hate humor and laughter. Allways remember that. Its an universal weapon against all sort of negative entities.

[XxUSAFRExX]

I am/was depressed I wouldn't say I was suicidal but I definitely dreaded existing in the first place. Then I took a psilocybin trip and it gave me one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. I felt so loved, that the act of not only existing but being alive was beautiful, How wonderfully beautiful life was. How everything I would consider wrong about my life would work itself out. It changed my outlook on life completely. its kind of funny but every time I describe this trip to people I literally start having tears of joy.

[elizabethwilliams]

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.

[wolfman]

i've learned to enjoy tripping alone for the reason that more times than none that another person will totally mess the experience up in some way or another...

[mgeller]

I tripped alone at home at night once, and it was amazing how detailed every sound in the dark was amplified to almost allow me to imagine what the type, size, and actions of each animal that interacted in the bushes/forest near me. I could hear a rat run across the powerlines and could picture whether it was raccoon, possum, or cat rummaging through bushes, I overcame a fear of the dark that night with pure interest in every noise made me realize how untuned we all are to the environment unable to recognize sounds and jump to fearable conclusions. Predators don’t attack the people who are aware of them ready to defend, they tend to go for the unsuspecting dummy oblivious of their presence unable to defend, a truly aware person is almost immune to surprise.

[AskChristian]

When explaining about bad trips, you should avoid adding images or footages of bad trips because you can actually spread fear and anxiety in people who doesn’t know what to expect. I think it’s enough if you talk about it, you don’t need to go all graphic

[Presario]

Lemon and ginger actually works to not feel ill.

I am still a beginner in this but I do about half my dose first, then 20-30 minutes later I do the 2nd half. I think it makes me a lot more comfortable with the whole experience, and the first part I think is the most important part. Thats where I meditate, and prepare what I want to do on the trip.
My best routine:
I make a shroom tea with lemon and honey and take what the pharmacy calls "car sickness" pills (its ginger).I go for a walk for around 10-30 minutes by the pond nearby my house and chill with the ducks a bit. I finish my tea outside and take the 2nd half of the dosage within 30 minutes. I come home and when things kick in I have grapes and blueberries and maybe some light food ready and for some reason the grapes feels so comforting and healing and the grapesugar really sets the table for pure happiness.

I love chocolates but fruit works so much better for me on the trip. its like my body really embraces the natural product. I think it might be the acidity that calms the stomach or something.

[stevensmith]

I've tripped over 100 times and I'm still loving how to trip videos lol. It's all personal. No one can tell you how. It's all about the things you need to learn internally or whats nessary for your evolution of the soul. Maintain a vibration that emulates your daily character and get back the experience intended for you at the moment. It's all vibration of your entire being. Time does not exist. Mind, body, soul. Period....I love you all

[locksand]

To me, alone is the only way to trip. I can't conceive of taking a psychedelic with another person. Its always been a deeply internal experience for me.

[nikkiwang]

I have been feeling “stuck” lately and not interested in many things anymore. I am goin to have my first solo trip tonight because I am ready to become the humble student! Thank you for your videos!

[lucahebenstreit]

Its crazy how fast your mood can change on a trip like this from extremely happy and relieved to anxious and just to much thoughts about everything in the other second.

[BraveCat]

I had a very challenging trip 2 weekends ago, and while it was terrifying and I'm still feeling some of that trip energy, I ended up processing so much more about me, myself than I ever have. there was a simple set and setting error that spiraled more intensely than I ever could conceive, and I ended up outside from midnight to 6am, and I took it the acid at 8pm. the 4 hour mark on 300mics got weirdly intense cause I just wanted to breathe fresh air and walk, but it was late at my friends house and I was just trying to find an indoor vibe. Once It felt like I couldn't handle being inside any longer, its like 500mics of acid came out of nowhere cause once my body started freaking out, the visuals and inner conscious experience became untamable and intense beyond words. got to the point where I said "I want this to end now, I wouldnt wish this on anybody, I never want to take it again" and I barely remember saying or even feeling that, I had lost all control by that point. I went through a temporary and intense psychosis when I freaked out on my friend and literally walked out. On a trail in some shallow woods I couldnt see, not even just cause the dark but cause the visuals were so intense that no amount of illumination could show me the way. I got lost and trapped in reeds, vegetation, TWICE in the same spot lmao. the second time I absolutely couldn't get out, lying on my back breathing extremely heavily, I went through the full peak of all the subconscious crap that was flowing through me at the time and the psychosis started to fade, I knew I'd return back to normal and the awful and intense thoughts I had were just very pervasive illusions brought by my small but catastrophic set and setting error, which could have been avoided by meditating enough. I did a bit but I realize now you need to practice meditation a TON in order to beable to get through a challenging trip unscathed. I could have sat and breathed for long enough to get through the icebereg I crashed into, but it was so intense focused breathing pretty much made me hyperventilate and think more. But I am feeling ok now, definitely taking quite a bit of time before I try again but If theres any message here, its that you are the shit, we are all the shit, and going through any kind of mental breakdown is just a way to try and repair yourself instead of running from it, take all the time you need to get the right message from it. and usually on psych's, the more powerful and lifechanging the message you receive, the longer you should put the phone down and just be here now, without that stuff.

[conacc]

Hi there. Just had my first trip, alone and it was amazing. I would describe it as an orchestra of emotions, there’s a really cool playlist designed by the John Hopkins institute to guide you through your journey safely. Mindblowing. I cried, I laughed, I learned. Kudos to you for your tips on set and setting, it was of tremendous help. At no moment did I felt fear, just love (I know this sounds cliché but in the end, it all comes back to love). Thanks, this video inspired me to embark on this journey with confidence. You seem like a really authentic, grounded person. Hope to see more vids coming.

Keep it safe people.

[jeffruebens]

For a few weeks, every Saturday morning I take 2 gel caps of magic mushrooms for my 195 pounds. I often soak in a hot bath with epsom salt added. No hallucinations and no throwing up. At 61, it seems like my vision, hearing and smell go back to what they were like at 20. A couple of times I started seeing eye floaters again, but after awhile my brain learned to not see them again, as useless and annoying.

[Sventovic]

All my trips were pretty challenging but I’ve learned a lot and never regretted taking it

[XenoTravis]

I actually don't like tripping with others unless it is a low dose. I get anxiety fast around others. I just lay down and breath alone.

[davytyler]

I want to try the micro-dose exposure before my next trip. It is like peeking into the door before opening it. Oftentimes the anxiety of taking that first cap is pretty strong, so to provide some distance between that angst and the actual lift off is a brilliant paradigm shift.

[mrjepguy]

I like the microdosing before tripping tip. I have worked with an ayahuasca shaman who does a similar thing, when he guides individual ceremonies. A very small ammount of ayahuasca will be drunk in a "non-formal"-way and then we take a walk for about 30-60 minutes, and then the "proper" ceremony begins. It takes a lot of the initial anxiety about going in to the experience away. During "normal"" ceremonies, whenever I sit with the glass and am about to drink it, it always feels like this HUUUGE decision. "Am I now opening the gates to hell? Will I even be able to return? Is THIS the time I go insane?". Taking something informally first hints to my anxious mind, that this is just another step on the road. 6 hours of hell or not it will just be another step. The same would probably apply to a mushroom trip. Good video!

[TOON.MUSIC.]

Tidying room and having snacks and liquids is so key Haha seriously though

[grandelfe]

Having a trip sitter is a common beginner mistake.They phone 911 if you look in the wrong direction, and then you find tripping in a squad car is no fun at all.Alone is the only responsible way to trip .I have safely taken up to 12 dried grams but could barely walk afterwards.It completely floored me .