> I've always been high strung, and maybe my experience reveals something that needs fixing inside of me, but given how marijuana turned my anxiety up to a measure that has only ever been matched by an actual panic attack, I'll avoid LSD (and anything similar like shrooms) like it's a loaded gun pointed right at me.

I'm the same way, perhaps to a lesser degree. My sister more so.

Part of me thinks I need to get really high more often and explore myself, but there's a chance I'm just chasing shadows and another approach is needed.

Lots of people have an "always sober" policy and they do fine. Or are they square?