Calm

Open-monitoring meditation

Once the breath is steady, stop steering. Watching what shows up is its own skill.

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Nocebo avoidance

Stop reading side-effect forums before your first dose.

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Open-label placebo

Judge a supplement on a number you can measure, never on how it makes you feel.

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Serotonergic drug interaction screening

Check what's in your bloodstream before you take mushrooms or MDMA.

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Psychosis and bipolar screening

Ask your family about psychosis and bipolar before you ever take a psychedelic.

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Trip sitting

Don't take a psychedelic without two sober people in the room.

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Set and setting

Don't dose in a bad week. Pick the room and the sober mate before the day.

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Dextromethorphan

Don't drink cough syrup to fix your head. Especially not on an SSRI.

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Nitrous oxide

Leave the balloons. The gas strips your B12 and the nerve damage doesn't come back.

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Esketamine nasal spray

Switch the tablet first. The spray adds about four points on top of that.

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Fadiman microdosing protocol

Stop the every-third-day microdose. Placebo did the same job for free.

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