Bad trips don't exist there are uncomfortable trips as my buddy puts it, comes on strong and destroys you. Its suppose to duh. Ego death, loss of control all of these things in the end are personal to you people who have no respect for the nature of any of these substances learn it quick and its what fucks em up everytime....Ive said it before just because you eat a 100 ug tab or a dime of shrooms dont say you are tripping face because you are not. Those are what I would call a social/party level. This thread is not a lie or bullshit none of these Psychs has been proven to cause mental illness. The issue is with you and it left an impression on you as its suppose to bro thats why eating a bunch of anything should not be taken lightly. .02
While I agree (we seem always to do so)
We would have to define bad trip. " not what I expected" or "uncomfortable" in my opinion are not bad trips
Loss of "control" is, I believe, a part of the point. As is ego loss (not often for God sake, it is a tough road and enlightening it is, just never fun)
But what I experienced was far more profound. Ego is always seen as a total "me" but the emotional aspect is so overwhelming at such a deep level and so crushing that I quit afterward. I never feared permanent mental instability, having been a veteran I knew that reintegration might take some time but it was inevitable.
I also suspect that this was a deep seated fear and it was only a matter of time till I would be struck in a place I could not previously comprehend.
Everyone laughs on acid. Many love that, chuckling at the cosmic joke.
Most feel majesty, joy, exhilaration, ecstacy and of course some of what might be considered ""negative" emotions which really aren't at all.
But they are always reasonably . Thino about your father's death, feel sad. Sense an improper response on your part, see the intinteraction from a third party perspective, feel embarrassed or shame.
But roll into dozens of inappropriate feelings with huge power and it gets far weirder than imaginable.