Have A Good Trip: 5 Tips for Your Psychedelic Journey.
By: Alexandre Porto
Tags: Growth, Self Improvement, Psychedelics, Journey, Mindset

One should not adventure the psychedelic landscape without proper preparation. I recommend that you find for yourself the perfect way to prepare the environment in a way that gives you the confidence to face even the most challenging experience.

I prepared 5 topics to keep in mind before, during, and after the trip:

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1 — Have a Clear Objective

Scientific research reveals that the psychedelic state is one of increased disorder.

This means that to get meaning out of a psychedelic experience one must have a clear idea in their minds of what they want to achieve and exactly what kind of growth they are looking for.

Psychedelics can help you tremendously, but you need to know how to direct the trip.

I recommend that you write down your objectives and mentalize them during the experience.

2 — Find The Appropriate Substance

Each person has a different objective and to each objective, there is a different substance.

You must study your objectives and make an educated decision on what substance you should use.

Don’t worry about availability. The psychedelic world is brand in the sense that there is a legal psychedelic option available to every person in every country in the world. You must find what is available to you.

The main trouble is to discover what substance induces the experience that you are looking for.

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3 — Find A Familiar Place With People You Trust;

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To me, this is the most important point.

The best way to have a firm grip on the psychedelic experience is to set the environment before the trip.

If you consume the substance in a place where you feel comfortable and with no chance of being interrupted by someone else, you will be able to handle even the most intense self-confronting mystical experiences.

If this is not true, chances are that you will subconsciously fight against the effects of the substance and you will:

a — Limit the experience;

b— Create an uncomfortable situation for yourself;

It’s important to be with someone you trust because you don’t want to be with someone you can’t be yourself with. Especially because the sacred substances that induce psychedelic journeys have the notable characteristic of bringing to the surface intimate sides of ourselves that are hard to reveal to strangers.

4 — Prepare Your Inventory

I always tell my customers to understand and always keep in mind during the voyage that they already carry all the tools they need to handle any level of challenges the psychedelic world can offer them.

The issue is that during the trip it may seem extremely hard to get a grip on reality and the beginner usually needs time and practice to successfully navigate the psychedelic landscape.

Because of this, I recommend that you carry with you some external tools to serve as a psychological crutch in the moments that we feel like panicking.

Increase Serotonin

Bring with you foods that can increase your serotonin levels, like chocolate, nuts, fruits, among others.

Decrease Cortisol

The most popular psychedelic substances act on the serotonin receptors. This being so, during the metabolization of the substance the patient's body may reach a point in which it stops producing serotonin and instead balances the system out by increasing the Cortisol levels.

Cortisol is a hormone that can make us sad, angry, on the verge of panic.

To decrease Cortisol: Vitamine C.

Vitamine C can be found in most citric fruits and it helps the body to metabolize Cortisol. So if you feel like you are about to engage in a Bad-Trip, I think it’s a good idea to consume sources of Vitamine C.

Bring with your clothes for the ocasion. Prepare to spend the entire day in the place that you choose to trip in.

5 — Explore In Real-Time

An effective way to have the journey under control.

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I found that a good mindset to trip is to see it as a self-exploration. I see myself as a mind-explorer and go into the trip with a beginner’s mind.

I try to forget everything that I think that I know about psychedelics and the experience and go into each journey like it was the first. If things don’t go the way that they usually go I will not be surprised, I’ll just explore it in real-time.

In order to do this, the psychonaut must train their spirit to stay present. They must have the flexibility of mind to end verbalization and focus on what is going on externally.