[tbastos]

You don't seem to know what you're talking about... the chance of bad tripping with DMT is about the same as with other psychedelics. It's just waaay more intense and has a shorter duration. And actually, most people argue that Ayahuasca is more likely to give you an easy ride than pure DMT, which can be "just too crazy".

[rosser]

Absolutely agree. I've taken ayahuasca dozens of times, and am pretty comfortable with it (not to say I don't still experience at least a momentary frisson just before drinking most every night), but I still have tremendous trepidation about straight DMT.

As a friend who's done both described the latter, "Load universe into cannon, aim at head, and fire."

[TylerE]

Arguably the short duration helps quite a bit... bad trips don't start instantly....they are more of a gradual building of anxiety that builds to a sort of panic attack.

[tbastos]

If you smoke DMT and don't have a breakthrough you may feel a lot of discomfort, which may cause anxiety. That's exactly what happened the first time I tried DMT, and I was already pretty experienced with other psychedelics...

[researcher88]

You are absolutely right and I should had said a proper or significant dose. A small dosage of DMT can be very uncomfortable and cause anxiety. But if you take 3-4 hits, or otherwise get a proper dosage, I have never experienced a negative result.

And, as I said in my original comment, drinking DMT in Ayahuasca can take you through a hellish experience.

[anonbanker]

corroborating the grandparent's post. I've personally done DMT more than 10 times, and haven't experienced a bad trip yet. I've had bad trips on mushrooms, several, in fact. Not a single bad trip on DMT.

[tbastos]

Well, I have the exact opposite experience. I've always had pleasant trips with shrooms (over 10 trips) but at my first DMT trip I experienced some anxiety (didn't break through)... nothing traumatic but I could imagine it going much worse. Because of that I went on to read "The Psychedelic Experience" as it contains lots of advice on ego death trips, and if you read it you'll realize bad trips on DMT are just normal.