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Tripping on any type of drug can be a mind-bending, beautiful, reinvigorating experience. A time to find yourself, float into a realm outside of reality, reset. On the other hand, it can also be the stuff of nightmares: your innermost demons, dreads and insecurities bubbling to the surface. But the bad trip is a universal experience that we all suffer through at least once. A rite of passage, if you will. So, in the name of solidarity with The Bad Trip™, we asked some of our readers to sum up their worst trips in a succinct six words.“Thought I had become a worm.” – Jack, 28“Dildos dancing overwhelmingly in sex shop.” – Oscar, 18“My Uber was the devil. Jeevan.” – Ashley, 28“Friend thought he was the devil.” – Yeshi, 18“I thought Kali Uchis was God.” – Kiana, 19“Thought I looked like a hobbit.” – Astrid, 23“Irish Bondi backpackers turned into Demons.” – Sage, 20“Convinced shooters arrived at bushdoof.” – Sarah*, 26“Toes looked like inflatable hotdog people.” – Ko, 22“Asleep on bathroom floor. Naked. Vomit.” – Iona, 25“Lost my identity. Vomit saved me.” – Jess, 34“Thought the moon disappeared. Couldn’t breathe.” – Ryan, 20“Thought I’d given myself irreversible psychosis.” – Ross“Crying into ex’s arms for 3 hours.” – Callum, 18“Uncontrollable twitching. 8 hours of hell.” – Laura, 31“I forgot who my family was.” – Andy, 31“Sold my soul to the devil.” – Harper, 23“Stranded on traffic island all night.” – Teo, 34“Eating a chicken sammich under water.” – Waki, 25“DMT ALIEN DEATH IMPALED VOMIT IMMOBILE.” – Jayde, 20“I saw cartoons.” – Tapiwa, 28“Hair fell out.” – Ruby, 34“Switzerland, Racist, unapologetic, beautiful landscape” – Juliana, 24“Stolen phone. Food poisoning. Worst UTI.” – Sophie, 21“Tent zipper stuck. Trip videos. Existentialism.” – Ben, 19“Cuban aeroplane. Engines failed on takeoff.” – Emma, 30“Had no weed while road tripping.” – Jon, 31“Husband met up with his mistress” – Vanessa*, 39Follow Julie Fenwick on Twitter and Instagram.Read more from VICE Australia and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, This Week Online.
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THE SHAPESHIFTERS
THE VOMIT STORIES
THE GENUINELY AFFECTED
THE FOODIE
THERE’S ALWAYS ONE…
THE ONES THAT DIDN’T FOLLOW THE BRIEF!!!
NOT QUITE WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR BUT WE SEE WHAT WENT WRONG
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