Spotlight: New Years Day Ketamine Journey Out of Body
I hit a different threshold for this journey where I was able to feel myself disconnect from my physical form
Becoming reacquainted with ketamine has been a wonderful experience since starting in December. My first 200 mg journey was a fantastic experience! This next journey I embarked on was 300mg. This time I wanted my journey to have a meaningful and grounded intention to start the new year. 2025 has been a wild year already and I wanted this journey to serve as the reminder of the work I'm doing in my mental health and that there is more work to be done.
To ensure a successful journey, I did not engage in too much partying on New Years Eve. Enjoyed some pizza and a little bit of champagne and I made sure to get a good nights rest. The following morning, New Years Day. I started my day with coffee and some hang time with my brother, roommate, and friend who had spent the night before. It was nice to regroup and have a minute to hang with everyone. We all went our separate ways and started our day. I allowed myself to have a morning of relaxing before my journey, and didn't make any plans to run errands or venture out into the world.
While I was relaxing at home, I worked on getting my room and space together for my journey. I removed any clutter, lit a candle and made my bed. I opened a window to bring in fresh air. By mid-afternoon, I was beginning to fast from any food and continued to hydrate and made an effort to take a walk. Later in the day I napped before my journey I had scheduled for 6PM.
Once it was time to journey, I wanted to set a tangible and personally meaningful intention. As I was waiting for my medicine to dissolve, I began a stream of consciousness in my journal. My intention on this journey was to release the previous year, reflecting and look fondly back but it was also to celebrate and move forward through whatever comes in 2025. I reminded myself that my mental health and happiness are paramount and that I owe it to myself to work harder in therapy.
My journey was the most beautiful, visually striking, and positive that I had experienced so far. This journey was similar to my 200mg journey but it was like my 200mg journey was a 6 and my 300mg journey was an 8 in terms of visuals and my overall feelings during the journey. This journey was not intense, nor did it leave my scratching my head.
More interestingly, I hit a different threshold for this journey. There was a point during my journey where I was able to feel myself disconnect from my physical form - it was beyond fascinating and in that moment I felt a profound level of peace and space - I didn't have a single care or worry, instead I allowed myself to be entirely present in my journey. It was fascinating to feel it all fizzle away as I got to float in what felt like the cosmos.
Post journey I am working on a better after care routine. After my journeys I have been experiencing some nausea. Floating back into my body and sticking the landing tends to cause my nausea so I have been mindful of it post journey. Personally I find that drinking ginger tea and having something super light for dinner does my post journey recovery the best.
Through my ketamine journeys I have started to love participating in integration and take it pretty seriously. I want to make sure that I get the full neuroplastic effect from the medicine! For this journey I did some meditation and a yoga flow, followed it with some painting and singing and dancing. I painted a nice little sunrise and belted out songs from "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" from Chappell Roan. (That album is full of hits that make me smile and dance without a care in the world!) For previous journey integrations I've hiked, or scheduled my journey to align with a therapy session. My post journey integration continued with breakfast and some relaxing. Post journey I always feel incredible. Super well rested, quiet in my head, and ready for the day that lies ahead.
Im so excited to see where my journeys and experiences take me! Im very thankful to get to have and share these experiences!
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