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May 12 โ€ข Chat๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿ‘ฃ
Talking About Psychedelics with Family๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง
As I've been MIA for a lil bit I got to spend time with family out on the West Coast. Uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents were all present.
I talked about the normal things you talk to family about: work, hobbies, relationships. But still--after years of knowing these people I love--I still felt nervous waves when I mentioned this community and my interest in psychedelics/ altered consciousness.
So, if any of y'all are in this situation, here's some tips for gently bringing up the topic of psychedelics and your experiences.
๐Ÿ. ๐†๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ
Immediately bringing up psychedelics can cause an immediate defensive reaction due to their illegal status in the US. Ask questions like:
"๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ?
"๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ?"
๐Ÿ. ๐…๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐€ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐š๐ฒ
Instead of focusing on the drug itself, emphasize the universal human experiences the (or your) journey touched on. Sprinkle in topics or words that people can understand.
"๐ท๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›"; "๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”"; "๐‘€๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ "; "๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”"
๐Ÿ‘. ๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž
Family, especially if you're very close, has a tendency to worry for each other. Psychedelics can definitely be used in a reckless manner, so highlight the positive outcomes from the journey:
"๐ผ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐ผโ€™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ."
"๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก [๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’]."
"๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ/๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›/๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š."
๐Ÿ’. ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž
Avoid terms like "tripping" or "hallucinations," which can sound recreational or scary. Try these out with your own flair:
"๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’."
"๐‘…๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ ."
๐Ÿ“. ๐€๐œ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ
If they react negatively, understand that this can come from a place of fear. To those that have family members who have/had addiction problems "drugs" in all sense of the word will seem frightening. Make sure that purposeful use of psychedelics is what you're trying to achieve :
"๐ผ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ผโ€™๐‘š ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’."
"๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›โ€”๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š."
Question: how did you start talking about psychedelics with someone?
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Talking About Psychedelics with Family๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ง
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