ELI5..’Ego death’ on a psychedelic.
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Sometimes, when you smoke, snort, eat, drink, or inject certain substances, you may have the unusual reaction of experiencing something like death, but without physically dying.
The particulars vary widely and may include hallucinations, visions, voices, or just feelings.
Some experience an acceptance of the end of their mortal life, others are aware of being alive while their current “self” ceases to exist.
After the experience, many feel as if they are not the same person as before it, but the effect does not necessarily change anything about them and is not necessarily hard to get over while a few people are driven to make immediate and radical alterations to their lives.
It is worth mentioning that drugs and altered mental states are *not* required to have such an experience.
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