Why There’s No Such Thing As a “Bad Trip” with Psychedelics
Challenging trips, yes. But always for a reason.
Earlier this year, I lived through what one can only describe as a full-body exorcism during an Ayahuasca ceremony.
For six hours straight, I found myself in a death loop, cycling through the different ways one can die. Suffocating, melting, drowning, you name it. Every fiber of my being was penetrated with immeasurable discomfort as I was crying and screaming. I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Multiple helpers had me pinned down in an effort to console me, unsuccessfully.
I did not have “a bad trip”.
In fact, I believe there’s no such thing as a bad trip. There are challenging experiences, yes, but that’s not the same thing.
Over the last three years, I’ve worked intensively with different psychedelics to heal depression, PMDD, PTSD, and an eating disorder. I read every book and watched every documentary out there. I flew across the country for the world’s biggest psychedelics conference to hear top researchers and practitioners speak. Along the way, I encountered tons of personal journeys.
I’ve never met someone whose life was negatively impacted by psychedelics. This doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, it just shows it’s rare.
