In this video Tom and I discuss the dark side of the psychedelic experience in depth.

He has had intense, traumatic psychedelic experiences with both ayahuasca and iboga. The trips were enough to make him consider deleting his entire channel.

He has also had amazing, life altering, positive experiences with ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms as well as other substances we didn’t discuss here but he said himself that some dark psychedelic experiences can be enough to completely cancel out even the most profound positive shifts. He is a big advocate for safe use and harm reduction. Hopefully others can learn from Tom’s mistakes so they don’t have to experience these traumas themselves.

I think this discussion will give people a strong indication of what to expect if their psychedelic experiences turn out to be negative but I still think any individual who uses these substances should only do so after a lot of careful research and preparation.

If you would like to see his documentaries about participating in ayahuasca ceremonies at retreats in the middle of the Amazon jungle in Peru, or consuming iboga under the watchful eye of Adam from PsychedSubstance, it’s all online!

You can also watch this discussion on Youtube.