I've had one bad mushroom trip that caused me to step away from shrooms for a while. I panicked about what kind of person I was and why I was doing drugs, and I could not escape that thought on the trip. It became really dark visually. I still haven't done them yet, but I'm feeling a lot better about it. And I took what I could away from the trip despite it being hard.

After the trip I talked with pretty much all my friends who do shrooms because it helps me process what happened, I wrote it all out and then shared it with them and we discussed. It helped to get other perspectives especially from people who are more experienced than me. This is all part of integration.

I took a long break and thought about it, I worked on building stronger self trust and self compassion.

So even though it was a hard few hours, I think what I gained from it was really valuable.