“What if you run into a crazy person!”

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I get lazy bc irl I get to just rely on my authority instead of actually explaining myself lol

There’s a broad push in the therapeutic psychedelic community to use the term “challenging” instead of “bad” because semantics and framing matter. I know it can be annoying, but some words carry an unfortunate connotation that’s best subverted by using a different word altogether.

I do take issue with the words “bad” and “good” in general, but I wouldn’t say that there are no experiences which can be described as bad. (I’m also an amoralist and believe nothing is inherently “bad,” so at least I’m consistent, however unpopular)

I recommend Frankl because I realize this sounds inherently invalidating, but if anyone is allowed to say it, it’s a holocaust survivor. I’d recommend “Man’s Search for Meaning”, which he wrote shortly after being liberated from a concentration camp.

Kind of, yeah. If you think this is dumb (beyond your reductionist take, I mean), I’d genuinely recommend you read Viktor Frankl (I ignore the religious stuff tho, personally, tbc)

It’s a specifically important distinction to make for psychedelics though. If you go into it thinking bad trips are real, you’re more likely to have a challenging trip, and you’re more likely to have a defeatist attitude afterward creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Especially when using psychedelics therapeutically, it’s extremely beneficial to go into it with the mindset that there’s no such thing as a bad trip. It reduces the odds of having a challenging trip in the first place, makes them less challenging when they do happen, and improves successful integration of challenging trips afterward

People don’t like to hear it because it sounds like invalidating toxic positivity, but you’re right. Aside from fringe cases, there’s no bad trips- only challenging trips. It may even be traumatic, but that doesn’t make it an inherently bad trip; it’s all about how you respond to it and what you do with it after.

When I was a young moron, often making long drives at night on unlit roads, I would watch videos while driving by placing my phone on the dashboard and watching the reflection on the windshield

I found this, which you might also find interesting!
https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/positive-anymore
I hate it tbh

I’ve always wondered about people who use the word “anymore” like you do. Can I ask where you’re from?

https://xcancel.com/ShelbyWx_/status/1985893358720438345

Is this qrstuv’s alt lmao

Why do elephants paint their scrotums red?

To hide in apple trees

What’s the loudest noise in nature?

Giraffes eating from apple trees

My older brother used to call me “butt munch” all the time as a kid. I never stopped to consider what that even meant, let alone consider he’d end up quite correct

Lol @ @muttmutt@lemmy.world downvoting everything in this post

You have only your shit party to blame

Thank you for coming; I’ve almost fully recovered- I probably just need a few more weeks

Actually if it’s alright with you I’ll just tell the parts I’m comfortable with

Please stop abusing me

Thank you for coming