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🍄 Trip Like a Movie

I often enjoy psychedelics with others like I enjoy films...

I like to be with someone I trust, but with our attention on the experience of the film, not talking all the way through it.

How I like to partake in group psychedelic experiences is on my mind because a new friend asked if I'd like to trip with them. I told them yes, but I'd like to sit down and talk about how we like to trip first.

That's because different people have different ideas about how to share psychedelics. Some people like it like a tea party; chatty, social, enjoying the conversation. But for me, I often enjoy tripping with others like I enjoy going to the cinema.

When I see a film with someone, the fun part is choosing it together — picking the day, the cinema, the snacks. But when the lights go down, we watch the film.

Maybe there’s the odd whisper at quiet parts, but mostly we’re in it. Fully immersed. Afterwards is when we talk. We debrief. We share our favourite parts, what it meant, what we felt.

That tends to be how I like psychedelics too.

We choose the day, the dose, the setting, the soundtrack, but when the trip starts, we’re in it. Together, but inward. Later, we sit down and unpack it all. That debrief conversation after is gold, one of the simplest, strongest forms of integration I know. And for me, possibly the most important part of connective tissue for a group session.

So if you’re planning a journey with someone, talk about this beforehand. Do you want a tea party or cinema experience? Inward dive or deep conversation? Or maybe a bit of both?

Try to align expectations beforehand for a smooth group flow. It can make for a smoother more uccessful experience, and will avoid an awkward situation where someone is trying to close their eyes and focus on an emerging insight, whilst the other is excitedly trying to talk to them about the beauty of the clouds!

How do you like to trip? Tea party, cinema or something else?
Hit reply and let me know, always lovely to hear from you.

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John Robertson​
​Psychedelic Facilitator & Educator​
​Maps of the Mind​

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