Have had two trips and needing advice and feedback

Hi everyone,

So I recently had my first dmt trip. Prior, I only had experience with iv ketamine in a clinical setting. These sessions were quite profound. Definitely k holed several times, had complete ego death, got the cosmic joke, etc. Feel free to ama about the ketamine if you like.

Anyways, my first dmt trip was effortless. First hit I had some clarity. Like seeing reality in super high definition. Almost felt like a good cannabis high that’s mildly psychedelic. Then I took two or three more hits. I was staring at some branches and vines in front of me. They began to move and flow and everything got super technicolor and almost like that wrapped in plastic look. Eventually a face emerged. Nothing was static. The face was constantly moving and changing.

The face had depth to it. I could see down like a tunnel of vines and at one point everything was kaleidoscopic over my entire vision like a repeating pattern.

Keep in mind, if I broke ny concentration the visuals would kind of evaporate to a lower baseline level. Then I could focus again and the more intense visuals would emerge. I felt like the peak of the trip was only 2-3 mins.

My second dmt trip was unpleasant. Pretty sure we were burning the product which resulted in some harsh vapor, coughing, heavy body load, some anxiety and racy heart. I road it out. I had some visuals but they were kind of unremarkable and not as intense.

Couple of questions. Is the focusing on one thing part of getting deeper? Almost like letting it suck you in? How deep was my first trip if you could rank it? I want to go deeper.

My last question is I want to try shrooms. How is the body load/come up on it? Are they comparable? Any advice at all?

Thanks :)