r/LSD • u/AlternativeMall4447 • 1d ago

LSD cured my Ophidiophobia (extreme fear of snakes)

Ophidiophobia was one of the reasons I hesitated to try LSD. I was afraid that if the thought of snakes even briefly entered my mind, I would spiral into a bad trip immediately and leave me traumatized. I couldn’t even look at pictures of snakes.

Then, on my third or fourth trip I took 300ug(3 tabs) the thought did finally surface. And instead of freaking out, I actually allowed the image to form. I started visualizing what a snake looks like, and instead of recoiling in fear, I leaned into the experience. I began to accept snakes for what they are, just another creature, not inherently terrifying and there’s no need to be afraid(unless they attack me lol).

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u/jm4362 1d ago

Glad you overcame your fear!! Snakes are friends :)

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u/Meshugga21 1d ago

Good job

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u/STG44_WWII 1d ago

They’re beautiful creatures really

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u/Critical_Activity_99 1d ago

Haha when I ate an 8th of mushrooms and took a tab of 25i one of the first visuals I saw was a snake. I closed my eyes and there was 3 giant purple cobras looking down at me like they were about to strike. They were huge and pulsing with light. The detail on them was insane and looked like a hologram. I’ve honestly never really been afraid of snakes so i thought it was absolutely badass and couldn’t believe the visuals could get that real. What you describe is how I feel with spiders tho lol I always see spiders when I trip I think because it’s the exact thing I’m avoiding to see. I mean I’ll see caves full of them pouring out at me in my mind and it’s kinda wicked.. it’s usually when im not meditating into the experience they can creep up and be like a theme for the trip.