Regular weed user here.
If I’d have to describe my average weed experience in a few words, it would be fun, warm, soft, calm, soft fuzzy blanket
If I’d have to describe my few psychedelic experiences similarly (mushrooms only), it would be cold, hard, sharp, alone and from one horror trip (I was given way too much and after hours of nothing, smoked a little weed which I regretted 10 seconds later) chaos, mayhem, extreme loneliness from being the only person alive in the universe
Wife has similar experiences and after our last fucked up trip vowed to never again try it.
Are these experiences typical? I see so many positive experiences but I hated the cold and lonely feeling I had with it every time. How could I have a pleasant trip with shrooms, or say, lsd even?
I had a life transforming experience on psychedelics. I tried them only a few times.
One of the craziest trips was when I took hawain baby woodrose seeds. I entered a deep trance-like feverish state and I relived my whole life. It was insanely vivid. I could smell, taste, experience complex emotions, and see everything in color.
I was highly depressed then unable to process my childhood trauma. What I realised at the end was that I was concentrating on the bad parts. There were many good parts that I forgot about or gave little importance to.
It kickstarted my recovery.
I don’t do psychedelics anymore. I switched to meditation which gives me a steady and long term supply of happiness.
I smoked weed quite a bit for a few years. It is only to feel good and kill time for a few hours. It wasn’t helpful.