> combat these feelings by the comforting information that LSD is a widely used, and well studied chemical
When you are in the thick of it you are most certainly not taking comfort in the fact that the LSD (you mostly likely purchased on the street) is a widely used and well studied chemical ;-)
In the past I went into the woods with nothing; later I brought a wrist watch. Being able to know roughly how long until the peak helped to ground me more than anything else. Of course, if you can't even read your watch, then all bets are off, as was the case with Hofmann when he took, completely out of any context (as you point out) for his first trip, a dose @ equivalent to 4 tabs of blotter, and lab pure to boot, yikes o_O
OT, but drinking 2 liters of milk to fend off the demons, hah, that made me chuckle.
I recognized the feeling/fear of going insane. One of my mushroom trips I had the same thing - not exactly fun. I'm not really interested in trying LSD due to the trip lasting longer - 4 hours (mushrooms) of pure fear is enough. Yes, I've had good trips too, but about half of them went bad at some point and that ain't fun.
In general, only take hallucinogenics if you're in a good, stable place... Not when you're worried or afraid of something.
When you are in the thick of it you are most certainly not taking comfort in the fact that the LSD (you mostly likely purchased on the street) is a widely used and well studied chemical ;-)
In the past I went into the woods with nothing; later I brought a wrist watch. Being able to know roughly how long until the peak helped to ground me more than anything else. Of course, if you can't even read your watch, then all bets are off, as was the case with Hofmann when he took, completely out of any context (as you point out) for his first trip, a dose @ equivalent to 4 tabs of blotter, and lab pure to boot, yikes o_O
OT, but drinking 2 liters of milk to fend off the demons, hah, that made me chuckle.