I have a few years experience of using pychedelics. I have tried allt the "classics" but 5-MeO-DMT. They all have been great help for me in different ways. I never recommend psychedelics or encourage anyone to try. My personal belief is that you should feel the calling yourself, in that case I can enable a trip. I have only done this once, with my dad when he wanted to try San Pedro mescaline. Mescaline is powerful, but not in the same way as LSD, Shrooms or DMT.
Today a friend of mine called and told me about his 25 yo son i feeling really depressed, he is addicted to 3cmc, also dealing, has had od:s and last night he had cut his wrists. Not deep enough to cause any real harm, probably a "call for help".
My friend told me that his son hade asked for LSD, as a tool to try to get his mind on the right path. So, long story short. My friend asked me to introduce LSD to his son, guide him through the experience. He had seen some documentary about psychedelic therapy. And you all here know that LSD kan do magic. But it can also make things worse, and sometimes it simply gives you nothing but a weird and funny experience.
In my own opinion it could be worth trying. The thing is that even though I have some experience using myself I have no experience of being a psychedelic therapist whatsoever. My thoughts are that I maybe should let the kid try, on a day when he has one of his better days, at least less shittier than usual, when he is sober, together with me as a sitter and guide. Also help him as good as I can with integration afterwards.
But I'm not 100 % sure on this. I'm quite confident I can do some good work on calming and guiding someone if in a challenging place. But I'm not a therapist, I have no clue how to direct him during a trip so his issues will be addressed.
What do you think? Should I let him have some and hope the molecule makes its thing and just be a sitter myself? How important is the therapist part really? I have solved a lot of own issues tripping and integrating by myself.
Edit: I also have enough n,n-dmt for one trip. Would it be better to let him smoke that? The peak is just a couple of minutes, so maybe it's a better option for someone who never tried psychedelics?