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Appreciate you sharing that experience, Thrice.

I've had a similar integration experience with psychedelics where the empathetic part of the trip killed my social anxiety permanently.

Things like that prove to me that psychedelics have a real power that needs to be harnessed. You get hit with so many things that can change you personality in so many ways. It's important to know what characteristics are really important to you. From there, you can let the substance take you in the right direction.

I think this is where sober psychonaut activity is important. Your ego needs to have the right alignment before you dissolve the barriers between it and the rest of your subconscious/the universe. Otherwise you'll be directionless and catch yourself resisting the change you desperately need. In response, the drug might beat the fuck out of you.

I've found that mountain hikes and camping are the things that help orient myself before a powerful trip. Not to mention every really powerful trip is more rewarding when you prepare yourself for it.

A solid week of clean eating, consistent sleep, hard exercise and treating people right is the best way to potentiate a trip and have it go the way you want it to. Those things, not coincidentally, are the most powerful "sober psychonaut" activities for me.

Heavy squats, deep sleep and good friends are spiritual things.

Edit: Definitely interested in hearing your psychic sex experiences. I need to get my astral pussy notch count up haha