Oh no, that sounds like a really tough experience! Dosage very much has a lot to do with anxiety, but our mental states have a much stronger affect on such with the psychedelic in hand. If we have unresolved issues underlying in our psyche, psychedelics will put them in the forefront to be dealt with. This is the key to psychedelic trauma therapy. A psychedelic will force you to relive your traumas until you are able to reprocess them in a healthy manner. IMO, this is why so many people get anxiety and paranoia from cannabis. There is so much fear bred into our society, from terrorism to being stuck in a paycheck to paycheck cycle and more, that it unconsciously trickles out in the presence of a psychedelic. Most of the time, we are unaware of the unresolved issue and so that anxiety becomes overwhelming in the worst way. This is not to say that these drugs don’t cause anxiety in general, but rather that this generalized anxiety becomes much worse with underlying issues at hand. This is also why I do not believe in “bad trips.” I call them tough experiences, and that is because you are being faced with a side of yourself you’d rather not deal with. Often, we run from it and try to fix it rather than dive headfirst into the abyss and resolve the malfunction in our psyches. Neither way is wrong, but one way leads to release and contentment, while the other leads to attachment and comfort.
I am glad you enjoyed the interview, I had a great time conversing with @thetreeoflife! Thank you for the kind words. I hope you can find a way to get control of your own anxiety. <3
I had always had enlightening and beautiful experiences in the past and never had any bad ju ju. Clearly I'm trying to sort something out.. it's a process. So glad there are people to learn from here! I'm definitely a head first girl. I'd rather grapple than hide. X
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Psychedelics are very obscure in that manner. I used them for years in copious amounts and never experienced anxiety or paranoia, but then one day it all changed and I became extremely sensitive to these compounds and how they affected my chemistry. I'm a headfirst individual myself. Its difficult, but so much more rewarding, imo.