My personal experience is decades old, but different. I never had an emotional release provided by LSD. Instead, there were enjoyable visual hallucinations, ability to concentrate, and a heightened appreciation of beauty.

But then coming down after a few hours was an emotional dumpster fire. It was really hard to endure emotionally; self-doubt, paranoia, and extreme sadness. But after many trips, not overreacting to those feelings, and knowing they'd pass, became a skill.

It was never less painful to come down, but it did become expected, understood, and manageable. That skill has since served me well in other contexts.