Setting - Visualization Programs While Tripping

[Squeekz]

SWIM is going to try shrooms for their first time and has been looking into it so he knows all about set/setting, and the correct dosage and stuff, but is wondering what everyone thinks about watching visualizations (the trippy colorful graphics that you see on the "now playing tab" of Windows Media Player that go with the beat of the music), while tripping. SWIM likes to watch them after smoking weed especially, and even when sober, but worries that they could be too intense for a mushroom trip and cause a bad trip. SWIM really wants to try it, so what is everyone's experince with mixing visualizations and shrooms, feel free to get into some stories too.

Squeekz added 13 Minutes and 9 Seconds later...

And another thing, SWIM likes all kinds of music, especially techno. There is a subgenre of techno called Goa, or psychadellic techno that they like and would like to try listening to while tripping, but this kind of music seems like it could be intense for a first time tripper. Any suggestions on this?

[JaWill88]

swim thinks that swiy may become much, much more consumed/interested by other things when tripping, especially the first time. in swims opinion swiy will not feel the need to watch "artificial" visualizations as swiy will have plenty of visualizations already! but if swiy does decide to do it while tripping then it is fine. it definately would not be the cause of a bad trip. bad trips imo are caused by intense feelings, not visuals. anyways it seems swiy is on the right track by preparing for settings and dosage. swims main advice is to be somewhere comfortable and not trapped or limited for what swiy wants to do. if possibe be around people who know and except what swiy is doing. also just start out easy with a low to average dose not a high one. anyways hope that is of some help. have fun and be safe.

[AetherPoison]

swim feels watching tv/videos almost wastes a trip, it can be fun to chill and watch tv if swiy is tired, but not during most of the trip. as said before swiy will have swiy own visuals hehe. it would not cause a bad trip though, neither would techno, techno is very fun to listen to while tripping

[Richi]

My friend would say to try it out. If he enjoys it, go ahead. If not, do something else...

[ReAlitY-HoLds-NonE]

Give it a shot what can it hurt, cant see a bad trip emerging from something like that unless SWIY is hypersensative!... Personally though SWIM claims that its a bit to much of an effort and doesnt work, it feels as if something is missing, and additionally, looking at any type of screen, computer or tv, will often lessen the effects of triiping, as it seemingly gives a frame into the material reality, which is not what ou are looking for when you trip...