| ".are you experienced? If you've decided to take LSD, preparing for the the trip is a good idea. As with many things, planning makes for a better trip. Think about the setting - the environment, the people...are there going to be other people around? Are the other people going to be friendly? Will you feel safe? Will someone else know what to do if everything becomes too scary, too hectic or just 'a bit much'? Will they have access to a telephone? If you want to leave, will you be able to? Are you likely to be interrupted by something important, or someone else? Will you need to be somewhere else in the next 12 hours? And when you've done thinking about the setting, consider your own mind-set. How are you feeling right now, before the trip, in yourself, and about the experience that you will be having? With any hallucinogen, the state of mind of the person who is experiencing the experience will dramatically affect the experience itself. Are you relaxed? excited? happy? Looking forward to the experience? Concerned? anxious? worried? feeling down, depressed or angry? Planning to use LSD to enhance a 'good time', or get away from a 'bad time'? ..." |