There is no such thing as a bad trip.

If a dark/anxious experience come to the surface, realize that it’s an experience and it has something to say.
Ask yourself ‘where am I in?’ or ‘what does this look like?’.
Stay in contact with your body, feel what’s happening without judgment.
To fully go through this challenging experience, it requires to be open with a focus.

Because of the open approach, you come to an answer and new insights.

Fearful / traumatic memories are experiences kept in our subconscious that we would rather not confront again. There is often dissociation because it was an intense matter accompanied by feelings of shame, guilt, fear, anger, disgust and sadness.

However this experience which comes back into our consciousness can be experienced as a bad trip, but it’s not. It’s facing the shadow side of us where a lot of memories are stored.

Read more in this blog; does a bad trip exist?