Why I made this

This is for you to read when you land. Nobody is reading all these fucking words when they're in another dimension!

I posted about my first terrifying trip on this site. 

You can read about it here: My first bad trip

Throughout that experience, I felt like I was in hell. My main enemy was time. It seemed like it would never end.

During a brief moment of lucidity, I asked my room mate to open a note pad on my desktop and write down the time I dosed because I kept forgetting it.

During the next wave of lucidity, I realised that time meant nothing to me, so I also asked her to periodically change the notepad to display how long ago I dosed, and how long until it ends. 

This was an absolute fucking god send!!! This was the most powerful tool that got me through this shit!!!!

I decided to make this website to help other people find resources fast and easily.

I had a number of considerations when developing this site:

It must put the user at ease as quickly as possible. 

Big bold text saying You are ok! This will end!

All info on one page! There's no time to be figuring out how to navigate a website. Everything has to be on one page!

The timer

The timer is based on the fact that shrooms last an average of 6 hours, and acid lasts an average of 12 hours.

Hmmm... I need to make the timer intuitive for someone who has lost their grip on reality for 99% of the time! 

No tiny buttons, no small text.

Lucidity comes in waves and it doesn't last very long.  What the fuck is AM and PM? Who can figure this out while rollin' hard?

The timer needs to be easy to put your dose time into, and it must use logic to decide whether you meant AM or PM. 

You only have a few seconds until the next wave hits!

I developed it so it automatically assumes the time you dosed was within the past 12 hours, and calculates accordingly. 

Fuck figuring out a 24 hour clock, fuck figuring out whether its day or night time! I gotchu!

It must be fully visible above the scroll line on desktop and mobile. No scrolling, we don't have time for that shit. The next wave is coming.

The peak segment on the trip bar changed from red to blue. Red implies danger to a mind that isn't thinking clearly. Suggestion by Bardy on shroomery.org.

The video

If my room mate hadn't been there that day, I don't know if I'd have survived. But you have to. You have to stay strong. You need someone to help you and remind you over and over again. I found this incredible video on youtube that helps ground people and holds their hand through a bad trip. I have included this on the page. If you watch it 4 times, you will be almost through the ordeal.

When you're alone, you have to use what's available.

Also, it loops. We don't want you having to refresh the page and fucking up your timer. When it gets to the end, it starts again.

Breathing exercises

Forget how to breathe? Nope! But you think you have! Here's a reminder!

DBT Grounding techniques

C'mon, lets get back to reality for a sec.

Random nuggets of advice

Just some nuggets.