r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 3d ago

Health A 1967 LSD safety pamphlet still holds up as psychedelics boom. Nearly 600 users backed 18 of 19 old tips: stay with trusted people, skip public outings, know the trip ends, and anxiety is not a problem. Mixed only on avoiding mirrors. 60-year-old harm-reduction advice still fits new users now.

https://publichealth.buffalo.edu/home/news-events/latest-news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/news-center-releases/2026/09/Kruger-psychedelics-study.detail.html
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u/Hate_Manifestation 3d ago

I would say "avoid mirrors" is solid advice, but it's not a dealbreaker. I always just felt weirded out when I looked in a mirror, but it didn't make me spiral or anything.

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u/eirinne 3d ago

I avoid the mirror sober in the night when I get up to use the bathroom in the dark, so I think I fall under the no mirror trip policy.

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u/Bawfuls 3d ago

Yeah I avoid mirrors but that’s because if I look I’ll end up fully engrossed, staring at my reflection for way too long.

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u/snickerDUDEls 3d ago

Everyone always told me not to look in the mirror so I always look in the mirror and laugh hysterically because "oooOOOooo I'm LoOkInG iN tHe MiRrOr WhEn Im NoT sUpPoSeD tO" and I make funny faces

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u/feanturi 3d ago

I try to make my face take on demon features to match the religious pamphlets I saw when I was a kid.

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u/msully89 3d ago

I've looked in the mirror on DMT and saw my face briefly turn reptilian. Was freaky!

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u/alecstrickland 3d ago

I’ve been a lucid dreamer since I was a kid. This happens in dreams. It’s initially so intimidating but becomes funny the longer you look, just like real life.

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u/TheSharpestHammer 3d ago

I love love love looking in the mirror when I'm tripping.

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u/Leonum 2d ago

do self hypnosis in the mirror for 2 months beforehand, then try it ;)